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Anchorage-based Jeff Schultz is a professional shooter best known as the official photographer for the Iditarod. He also does corporate and editorial photography as well as nature, wildlife and adventure stock photos.

 

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The Iditarod, known as “the last great race on Earth,” is a long-distance sled dog race across Alaska, during which mushers, dogs, and photographers cover the distance in 8-15 days or more depending upon conditions.

 

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Schultz first picked up an SLR in 7^th grade while living in California when a friend brought a camera to school. Years later he still remembers thinking “this is cool” as he peered through a viewfinder for the first time. “You could say it just clicked,” Schultz told Alaska’s The Sun Times, adding that “I love to be able to compose and focus the world around me.”

 

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After graduating high school Schultz moved to Alaska in search of adventure. His passion for the Iditarod was born after shooting a portrait session with famed sled dog racer Joe Redington Sr. in 1980. A year later Redington invited Schultz to photograph the Iditarod and he hasn’t stopped since.

 

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Schultz says his success is due to a commitment to “capture the best creative images of a situation or person on-time and on-budget.”

 

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You can view much more from Schultz on his Instagram page, and don’t forget to follow us on Instagram at @ShutterbugPix where we’re sharing our favorite photos from our followers. For a look at another intrepid shooter, check out our earlier story about a photographer who camped on Greenland’s icecap to shoot the Northern Lights.

Via The Sun Star