UnSalted / Calypso Pictures

02/05/2018

unSalted Fact:

Most people don't know this....but one of the largest concentrations of migrating birds on the entire PLANET occurs an hour and a half west of Cleveland! A MIND BLOWING 235 species were seen last year!

Biggest Week in American Birding is a HUGE deal. 90,000 people attended last year, from 50 states, and 52 countries.

http://www.biggestweekinamericanbirding.com/how-to-get-started-in-birding.html

Hit me up if you are going. I'll be on the boardwalk early Saturday! There will be thousands of birders there. Friendly people willing to point out rarities and hidden owls, and help newbies identify what they're seeing. It's an AMAZING time.

So you’ve caught the buzz about birding. You know that thousands of people have taken up this hobby, or outdoor sport, or whatever it is, and they’re having a great time. And now you want to...

24/12/2017

River, the Rescue Dog kept trying to tell me that she wanted to play in the snow....so we did. RIP Mavic Drone!

Anyway: Enjoy some pure puppy bliss!

https://youtu.be/_qN-JJLDkiU

Merry Christmas! We woke up this morning, 2 days before Christmas..and it was SNOWING! River, our Rescue Dog, was borking her tail off for a chance to go pla...

10/12/2017

unSalted left the watershed this fall, and did a week of touring and hiking in the Smoky Mountains, including several National Forests.

06/07/2017

What a great Independence Day weekend paddling the curvy Manistee River in beautiful .

Thanks Chippewa Landing for our lovely red canoe!

03/07/2017

50 miles on the Manistee River!

08/05/2017

While we normally tout the features of our Great Inland Sea...Sometimes the Ocean call to us.

This month, unSalted "goes salted" with a week in the U.S. Virgin Islands!

Here's a quick short

https://vimeo.com/calypsopictures/stjohn

Megan Bednarski Smith

My wife and I shot this very short video on a recent trip to St. John in the US Virgin Islands. All footage was shot by us, with: Drone: DJI Mavic Pro Handheld:…

16/03/2017

Frozen Inland Sea:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BRtXDqslVQy/?taken-by=calypsopictures

5 Likes, 1 Comments - Daniel Smith () on Instagram: “Cleveland Lighthouse after the ice storm, on the second day of spring. …”

16/03/2017

We've recently come to possess a "Polaroid Spirit" Instant Camera from the '70's.

Because of the "Impossible Project"...film is once available for this old snapper...BUT..at nearly 30 bucks for 8 shots....we gotta make them count.

Comment below: Where should we shoot our first Instant Photos?

02/03/2017

Hey Cleveland! We're SO proud to announce that unSalted is being featured at the "Reel Paddling Film Festival" world tour. Come check us out on the big screen, as well as many amazing paddling related features and shorts.

https://www.reelpaddlingfilmfestival.com/

18/02/2017

OMG, I can't believe this little girl has had such an impact on our lives! https://youtu.be/7hC6GyTwXq8

Hi Everybody. I know it's been a while since we posted an episode...but we've got a good reason. In October, we lost our beloved Greyhound, Tortuga (he appea...

09/02/2017

Amazing News! One of our unSalted episodes has been picked up by a Film Festival!

We'll be screened at the Reel Paddling Film Festival as it comes through town TOMORROW!

https://www.reelpaddlingfilmfestival.com/tour-schedule-vanity/106-hosted-by-loco-yaks-and-the-backpackers-shop-2.html

29/01/2017

Upper falls at Old Man's Cave in Hocking Hills looks lovely this weekend.

16/10/2016

Hey everybody. You've all met our pound puppy River. We took her to a halloween parade this weekend. She won second place BEST IN SHOW for her kayak costume salute to the great outdoors.

Check out all the amazing doggies that came out to this event in Lakewood, Ohio!

https://youtu.be/Q9nIWR-R3Xk

We didn't plan this video...it just sort of happened. We've always heard of the Lakewood Alive spooky pooch parade...but living the next county over, we've n...

13/10/2016

This episode raises the bar on a whole bunch of levels. Our first trip to the Canadian side of the inland sea, and our first ever back country permit.

Stay tuned! This is unSalted.

22/08/2016

Hey everybody. Today our photography is being featured on www.lorain365.com ! Go check it out!

A photo a day of life in Lorain, Ohio

10/08/2016

Hey....we got a new video up! Join us as we kayak and hike the Huron National Forest in Michigan!

https://youtu.be/YltaxLPJhqc

07/07/2016

24/05/2016

So......It's been quite a while since we had time to make an adventure episode. This week, you'll find out what's been taking up all of our time! Announcement and episode THURSDAY at noon!

23/01/2016

IT's NEW EPISODE DAY!

Check out this fun little short we shot at the Cleveland Metroparks' Chalet Toboggan Chutes in Strongsville Ohio!
http://bit.ly/unsltd12

Join us as we celebrate the new year with a little outdoor fun in the Cleveland Metroparks. We're heading to the Chalet Toboggan Chutes in Strongsville, Ohio...

22/01/2016

I think it's about time we released another episode of unSalted. What do you think?

15/12/2015

Some of our favorite unSalted moments could be hanging in your home in time for the holidays. Some of you have asked us for prints of our photos....so here, for the first time, is an opportunity to own some unSalted magic.

Some of our photography is now available on Fine Art America. Thank you for supporting unSalted! All proceeds go to better, more epic adventures!

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/lights-of-the-sixth-city-calypso-pictures.html

Lights Of The Sixth City by Calypso Pictures

30/11/2015

I took up the offer of REI and other outdoor outfitters to stop shopping and go outside this weekend. Here's some shots from todays' walk at Sandy Ridge. Enjoy, share, comment!

16/10/2015

Hey everybody! Got a new episode of unSalted!
http://bit.ly/UNSLTD11

There are many cities along the shore of the inland sea that have seen better days. Once thriving downtown corridors, shells of their former selves. But some...

15/10/2015

New episode on the way! This time, we check out the FireFish festival in downtown Lorain.

While you wait...check out their page!
http://bit.ly/LorainFireFish

08/10/2015

Finishing up another unSalted Episode. This time, Megan and I experience what it's like to reboot a city's downtown core with an infusion of arts, culture, dance, music....and of course FIRE! Stay tuned to experience FireFish....through our lens.

24/09/2015

Happy Equinox, Friends.

17/09/2015

I went to Chicago on Monday to attend Graph Expo, a huge Graphic, Print and Media trade show in Chicago. I had a small amount of down time one evening....so here's a walking street photography session from Monday night.

10/09/2015

First leaf of Autumn.

09/09/2015

Not really an "episode"....but we wanted to share this moment with all of you. Our (going on) 16 year old Greyhound doesn't walk very well anymore, so we carry him around a lot. He was very hot today, so our neighbor offered to dip him in their pool. Our old boy can SWIM!

Here's Tortuga, the retired racer, swimming for the very first time!

https://youtu.be/ZHElkrNBkwA

I know this is a bit off topic for unSalted, but we had to share this precious moment with our dog. Tortuga is an increasingly appropriately named former rac...