Ryan Aw
@rawcaptures.net
Environmentalist, Adventurer, Cat parent, Outdoor Photographer
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Conservation Through Composition
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Conservation Through Composition
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Ryan Aw
@rawcaptures.net
· Apr 27
Hi BlueSky, I’m Ryan!
I’m an environmentalist, adventurer, photographer, and full-time cat parent that’s hopelessly in love with Earth
While I spend most of my time advocating for the polar regions, there isn’t a single ecosystem on this planet that escapes my interest
🧵 👇
I’m an environmentalist, adventurer, photographer, and full-time cat parent that’s hopelessly in love with Earth
While I spend most of my time advocating for the polar regions, there isn’t a single ecosystem on this planet that escapes my interest
🧵 👇
I don’t normally buy souvenirs…but how could I say no upon seeing this?
#polarbear #churchill #canada
#polarbear #churchill #canada
November 25, 2025 at 11:16 PM
I don’t normally buy souvenirs…but how could I say no upon seeing this?
#polarbear #churchill #canada
#polarbear #churchill #canada
Mom and her cubs contemplate having us for lunch
Luckily, the largest bears in the world decided we weren’t fat enough to be prey
#wildlife #canada #polarbear
Luckily, the largest bears in the world decided we weren’t fat enough to be prey
#wildlife #canada #polarbear
November 24, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Mom and her cubs contemplate having us for lunch
Luckily, the largest bears in the world decided we weren’t fat enough to be prey
#wildlife #canada #polarbear
Luckily, the largest bears in the world decided we weren’t fat enough to be prey
#wildlife #canada #polarbear
Fresh polar bear prints, just minutes old
November 23, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Fresh polar bear prints, just minutes old
November 23, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Watching bears wrestle on newly formed sea ice is a very good way to wake up in the mornings
November 22, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Watching bears wrestle on newly formed sea ice is a very good way to wake up in the mornings
November 20, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Ever wonder how life ends up with you sitting on a frozen beach, just 100m away from a Polar Bear and her cub, while sea ice actively forms in the Hudson Bay?
Me too. And I have no idea what I did to deserve this, but thank you anyways
#canada #hudsonbay #polarbear
Me too. And I have no idea what I did to deserve this, but thank you anyways
#canada #hudsonbay #polarbear
November 20, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Ever wonder how life ends up with you sitting on a frozen beach, just 100m away from a Polar Bear and her cub, while sea ice actively forms in the Hudson Bay?
Me too. And I have no idea what I did to deserve this, but thank you anyways
#canada #hudsonbay #polarbear
Me too. And I have no idea what I did to deserve this, but thank you anyways
#canada #hudsonbay #polarbear
What I’ve been up to:
Riding the northernmost sleeper train in North America to the Canadian subarctic
#churchill #manitoba #canada #trains
Riding the northernmost sleeper train in North America to the Canadian subarctic
#churchill #manitoba #canada #trains
November 19, 2025 at 2:47 AM
What I’ve been up to:
Riding the northernmost sleeper train in North America to the Canadian subarctic
#churchill #manitoba #canada #trains
Riding the northernmost sleeper train in North America to the Canadian subarctic
#churchill #manitoba #canada #trains
As weather cools in ATL, I find myself yearning for the first time in my life, for summer
Not for weather, but these skies. This Milky Way szn’s been so fun w/ a modded camera, but it’s finally time for me to return to the tundra & I couldn’t be more excited
#photography #astro #utah #publiclands
Not for weather, but these skies. This Milky Way szn’s been so fun w/ a modded camera, but it’s finally time for me to return to the tundra & I couldn’t be more excited
#photography #astro #utah #publiclands
November 11, 2025 at 7:59 PM
As weather cools in ATL, I find myself yearning for the first time in my life, for summer
Not for weather, but these skies. This Milky Way szn’s been so fun w/ a modded camera, but it’s finally time for me to return to the tundra & I couldn’t be more excited
#photography #astro #utah #publiclands
Not for weather, but these skies. This Milky Way szn’s been so fun w/ a modded camera, but it’s finally time for me to return to the tundra & I couldn’t be more excited
#photography #astro #utah #publiclands
Very proud to announce that two of my images will be part of the ‘Our Planet 2025’ exhibit at the Atlanta Photography Group
The exhibit runs from Dec 2nd - Jan 9th, with the Opening Reception on Dec 4, 7pm EST
Come hang out if you’re in town!
#atlanta #indieartist #shoplocal #photography
The exhibit runs from Dec 2nd - Jan 9th, with the Opening Reception on Dec 4, 7pm EST
Come hang out if you’re in town!
#atlanta #indieartist #shoplocal #photography
November 9, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Very proud to announce that two of my images will be part of the ‘Our Planet 2025’ exhibit at the Atlanta Photography Group
The exhibit runs from Dec 2nd - Jan 9th, with the Opening Reception on Dec 4, 7pm EST
Come hang out if you’re in town!
#atlanta #indieartist #shoplocal #photography
The exhibit runs from Dec 2nd - Jan 9th, with the Opening Reception on Dec 4, 7pm EST
Come hang out if you’re in town!
#atlanta #indieartist #shoplocal #photography
We don’t gatekeep in this house
Wanna know how any of my photos are made?
Ask away! I might just spend half my day laughing to myself as I make the worst video possible to explain it
#photography #astrophotography #startrails
Wanna know how any of my photos are made?
Ask away! I might just spend half my day laughing to myself as I make the worst video possible to explain it
#photography #astrophotography #startrails
November 6, 2025 at 3:50 AM
We don’t gatekeep in this house
Wanna know how any of my photos are made?
Ask away! I might just spend half my day laughing to myself as I make the worst video possible to explain it
#photography #astrophotography #startrails
Wanna know how any of my photos are made?
Ask away! I might just spend half my day laughing to myself as I make the worst video possible to explain it
#photography #astrophotography #startrails
After many sleepless nights hoping for a break in the clouds & wildfire smoke, we finally had clear skies
5yrs ago, this image came to mind when I 1st saw this arch. With a newly modified camera, it finally happened.
#astrophotography #utah #arches #milkyway #photography #startrails #longexposure
5yrs ago, this image came to mind when I 1st saw this arch. With a newly modified camera, it finally happened.
#astrophotography #utah #arches #milkyway #photography #startrails #longexposure
October 31, 2025 at 10:14 PM
After many sleepless nights hoping for a break in the clouds & wildfire smoke, we finally had clear skies
5yrs ago, this image came to mind when I 1st saw this arch. With a newly modified camera, it finally happened.
#astrophotography #utah #arches #milkyway #photography #startrails #longexposure
5yrs ago, this image came to mind when I 1st saw this arch. With a newly modified camera, it finally happened.
#astrophotography #utah #arches #milkyway #photography #startrails #longexposure
I’m always floored at the quality of the prints & frames I receive from Digital Arts Studio - their work adds a whole dimension to mine
With the closure of PPR, DAS is the only print lab worth your time left in #ATL
Artists, I can’t stress this more:
Support local. Print your work
#photography
With the closure of PPR, DAS is the only print lab worth your time left in #ATL
Artists, I can’t stress this more:
Support local. Print your work
#photography
October 31, 2025 at 3:38 PM
I’m always floored at the quality of the prints & frames I receive from Digital Arts Studio - their work adds a whole dimension to mine
With the closure of PPR, DAS is the only print lab worth your time left in #ATL
Artists, I can’t stress this more:
Support local. Print your work
#photography
With the closure of PPR, DAS is the only print lab worth your time left in #ATL
Artists, I can’t stress this more:
Support local. Print your work
#photography
Sitting on the edge of the world
#canyons #utah #publiclands #protectpubliclands #publiclandsinpublichands #photography #landscape #nature
#canyons #utah #publiclands #protectpubliclands #publiclandsinpublichands #photography #landscape #nature
October 30, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Sitting on the edge of the world
#canyons #utah #publiclands #protectpubliclands #publiclandsinpublichands #photography #landscape #nature
#canyons #utah #publiclands #protectpubliclands #publiclandsinpublichands #photography #landscape #nature
#Affinity Photo, Designer, & Publisher have now rolled into a single software simply named Affinity, & is now FREE to use
AI features are an additional paid subscription, but not necessary for the core product to function
Leaving Adobe has never been easier.
#photography
AI features are an additional paid subscription, but not necessary for the core product to function
Leaving Adobe has never been easier.
#photography
October 30, 2025 at 8:55 PM
#Affinity Photo, Designer, & Publisher have now rolled into a single software simply named Affinity, & is now FREE to use
AI features are an additional paid subscription, but not necessary for the core product to function
Leaving Adobe has never been easier.
#photography
AI features are an additional paid subscription, but not necessary for the core product to function
Leaving Adobe has never been easier.
#photography
The canyons of the Southwest are so vast that a single picture can barely contain them
So instead, I took 50 images and smushed them all into one big one
#panorama #nature #southwest #photography #desert #canyons #publiclands #protectpubliclands #publiclandsinpublichands
So instead, I took 50 images and smushed them all into one big one
#panorama #nature #southwest #photography #desert #canyons #publiclands #protectpubliclands #publiclandsinpublichands
October 29, 2025 at 11:18 PM
The canyons of the Southwest are so vast that a single picture can barely contain them
So instead, I took 50 images and smushed them all into one big one
#panorama #nature #southwest #photography #desert #canyons #publiclands #protectpubliclands #publiclandsinpublichands
So instead, I took 50 images and smushed them all into one big one
#panorama #nature #southwest #photography #desert #canyons #publiclands #protectpubliclands #publiclandsinpublichands
It’s only Wednesday, and my camera’s sensor breaking (for literally no apparent reason) is somehow not even the top 5 most annoying things to have happened this week
🙃🙃
🙃🙃
October 29, 2025 at 6:41 PM
It’s only Wednesday, and my camera’s sensor breaking (for literally no apparent reason) is somehow not even the top 5 most annoying things to have happened this week
🙃🙃
🙃🙃
If you live in Georgia & are wondering why utilities have been so high this year, you better go and vote out the incumbents or you have no right to complain
Early voting ends Oct 31. Voting day is Nov 4.
You still have time. Go now.
#georgia #psc #election #utilities #atl #atlanta
Early voting ends Oct 31. Voting day is Nov 4.
You still have time. Go now.
#georgia #psc #election #utilities #atl #atlanta
October 29, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Even as wildfire smoke fills the basins and narrows our horizon, the vastness and sheer expanse of the intricate canyon systems below were simply staggering
#canyons #utah #publiclands #photography #landscape #nature #protectpubliclands
#canyons #utah #publiclands #photography #landscape #nature #protectpubliclands
October 29, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Even as wildfire smoke fills the basins and narrows our horizon, the vastness and sheer expanse of the intricate canyon systems below were simply staggering
#canyons #utah #publiclands #photography #landscape #nature #protectpubliclands
#canyons #utah #publiclands #photography #landscape #nature #protectpubliclands
What an unbelievable part of the world
#utah #publiclands #americansouthwest #nature #landscape #photography
#utah #publiclands #americansouthwest #nature #landscape #photography
October 27, 2025 at 11:32 PM
What an unbelievable part of the world
#utah #publiclands #americansouthwest #nature #landscape #photography
#utah #publiclands #americansouthwest #nature #landscape #photography
If you’re interested in how I make my panoramas, consider checking out this not very serious but somewhat useful video I made
We don’t gatekeep over here, so ask away if you have any questions!
We don’t gatekeep over here, so ask away if you have any questions!
October 26, 2025 at 10:32 PM
If you’re interested in how I make my panoramas, consider checking out this not very serious but somewhat useful video I made
We don’t gatekeep over here, so ask away if you have any questions!
We don’t gatekeep over here, so ask away if you have any questions!
After a few unsuccessful days of chasing nighttime images under the arches, we decided to take a break and explore some canyons instead, stumbling upon this incredible slice of our planet
#utah #canyons #photography #publiclands #nature #landscape #panorama #protectpubliclands
#utah #canyons #photography #publiclands #nature #landscape #panorama #protectpubliclands
October 26, 2025 at 6:43 PM
After a few unsuccessful days of chasing nighttime images under the arches, we decided to take a break and explore some canyons instead, stumbling upon this incredible slice of our planet
#utah #canyons #photography #publiclands #nature #landscape #panorama #protectpubliclands
#utah #canyons #photography #publiclands #nature #landscape #panorama #protectpubliclands
Day after day, we return to the arches, scouting locations for an image I’d been chasing for years
The day before, we were foiled by heavy wildfire smoke. Today, a rare cloudy day in the southwest
#arch #utah #southwest #publiclands #photography #landscape #nature
The day before, we were foiled by heavy wildfire smoke. Today, a rare cloudy day in the southwest
#arch #utah #southwest #publiclands #photography #landscape #nature
October 25, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Day after day, we return to the arches, scouting locations for an image I’d been chasing for years
The day before, we were foiled by heavy wildfire smoke. Today, a rare cloudy day in the southwest
#arch #utah #southwest #publiclands #photography #landscape #nature
The day before, we were foiled by heavy wildfire smoke. Today, a rare cloudy day in the southwest
#arch #utah #southwest #publiclands #photography #landscape #nature
It’s not just weird rocks. It’s hundreds of millions of years’ worth of Earth’s finest work
#arch #southwest #utah #protectpubliclands #nps #photography #nature #landscape
#arch #southwest #utah #protectpubliclands #nps #photography #nature #landscape
October 24, 2025 at 11:49 PM
It’s not just weird rocks. It’s hundreds of millions of years’ worth of Earth’s finest work
#arch #southwest #utah #protectpubliclands #nps #photography #nature #landscape
#arch #southwest #utah #protectpubliclands #nps #photography #nature #landscape
October 23, 2025 at 11:51 PM