Ryan Valasek

@snackfarmer

San Diego, CA Advertising & Documentary Photographer / DP / DIT Teams: @seager_co @gelatinlabs @thisisgymclass @expedition.studios @roark @pelican
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SoCal — Now accepting film at SEAGER 🎞️! 
A new drop-off location for your analog film is now live at the SEAGER Store in San Juan Capistrano, CA in collaboration with Gelatin Labs. 
 Here’s how it works: 1. Submit your order at gelatinlabs.com 2. Drop off your film at @seagersanjuan SEAGER Store any day of the week. Envelopes are provided over the counter. 3. Your rolls are sent off to Gelatin Labs in a weekly batch. 4. Scans are delivered digitally, and your negatives are shipped back to you.
 Choose from Gelatin’s wide range of scanning styles using the GelForm system — designed to match the tone and feel you want from your film.
 🎥 Filmed by Eli Paul @elipaulfilm 
✂️ Edited by Dylan Lesch @dlesch00 
📸 Photos by Ryan Valasek @snackfarmer — 📍31888 Paseo Adelanto, San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675, USA
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11 months ago
A runner. A surfer. A photographer. A filmmaker. @snackfarmer is a true multi-hyphenate. But it’s running, with its reliable, rhythmic patterns that he turns to most often when he wants to switch off his brain and find his flow. Photo — @cortneywhite_ Video — @kelly_hammond_ Water Shots — @lucascrtx Edit — @payton.gygax #Salomon #SalomonRunning
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3 months ago
Day 15/365 Outtakes from our @natgeo expedition in 2023 for the filming of “The Devils Climb” on @disneyplus Reo insisted on bringing the Polaroid camera days before we left on the trip and overnighted hundreds of packs of film that filled up an entire bag that we had religiously hand-checked at every airport TSA. I think we actually assigned @mattaleslie “Polaroid film airport manager” lol Photo 1: Me at filming at our glacier basecamp the day before the summit push. Photo 2: My DIT Zone. Running some big G-Shuttle 144tb drives. When we could, we would dump some cards throughout the day but usually start dumping cards around 7pm and I would stay up till around 3am babysitting the offloads. @renan_ozturk likes to stay up with me most nights and not only scheme the next days shots but to enjoy some tequila together and vibe. Photo 3: @renan_ozturk resting in his tent before staying up all night shooting Timelapse’s Photo 4: Moments after @alexhonnold and @tommycaldwell completed the devils thumb climb. Reo and @mattpycroft go in tight to film the summit scene of the movie 🍿
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9 months ago
The Beats Of Discovery: Philippines. For the next 45 days, we’re inviting you into the journey. Surf, run, climb, chaos, long roads, humid nights, and the people we met along the way. This is more than a destination. It’s an evolving experience shaped by movement, exploration, and discovery. Stay tuned, but in the meantime, check out the full look-book at the link in Bio for a sneak peek. 📸 @snackfarmer & @_drew_smith_
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5 days ago
the final two pit stops before the last climb and (court’s very fast) descent (see iPhone clip at the end lol). 🎥: @snackfarmer 📷: @cortneywhite_
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8 days ago
Early morning on the final day and the first pit stop back with coffee for the day. 211 miles in. ☕️ @courtneydauwalter 🎥: @snackfarmer 📸: @cortneywhite_
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8 days ago
from the start of the second night to first light on the final morning. it was a very tough, muddy night. the morning light brought a renewed energy to everyone. Mile 176 to 202. 🎥: @snackfarmer 📸: @cortneywhite_
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8 days ago
Night mode with @courtneydauwalter 🤓 📸: @cortneywhite_ 🎥: @snackfarmer
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10 days ago
36ish miles in at Crown King with @courtneydauwalter 🌵 🎥 @snackfarmer 📸 @cortneywhite_ @thisisgymclass
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11 days ago
One of my Philippine workstations from our recent @roark mission. Each night I would curl up on that bunk and cook up some digital photos. But for now, the best part of any trip, the film 🎞️ These are all FLAT EARTH scans from @gelatinlabs . Absolutely love them. I fill the blacks in LR. Contact sheet cherry on top 🍒 @gelatinlabs 🧪 @pelican 🧳 @roark 👔 Day 79/365
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14 days ago
Day 78/365 Favorite trip in a LONG time! Cruising, surfing, shooting photos and spending time enjoying the journey @roark 🤝 Photos from a recent mission with the Roark team ⛽️
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16 days ago
She didn’t run for freedom. She ran to survive. 
From rural Guizhou to the world of trail running, @yaomiao1 turned endurance into a livelihood — each finish line a chance to redefine her future. No Life Defined. Read Yao Miao’s empowering story in Issue 03 of New Mountain Magazine. Photographs & original story by @cortneywhite_ & @snackfarmer 
Written and adapted for print by @so.roge #newmountainmag #trailrunning #print
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1 month ago