Step into Adventure
Explore the Land.
Sometimes life can feel as barren as this land seems, but a closer look will show life is thriving and abundant. Let the stars lead you to new lands to explore and experiences that will last a lifetime.
Explore the Land. Meander the forest looking for firewood. Think back to the smell of the campfire warming your face on cold summer nights under the stars.
Explore the Land.
Hear the rocky crunch under your feet. You’ve been here 100 times, you know the path like the back of your hand. Notice your breath fog in the light from your headlamp, be thankful winter is over and it’s not too cold. Say hello to the critters in the trees as you walk by. It’s probably just bunnies hopping away as you scuffle past lugging your gear along with you.
Tell the bunnies your plan, it helps to rehash it for yourself as well, but if you tell the bunnies then you aren’t technically talking to yourself. Arrive at the first clearing, and take a deep breath.
Notice Scorpius in the sky and know the Milky Way is close behind it.
It’s time to set up your camera. Tripod first, you have to be sure your photos are going to be stable. Open your backpack and secure your camera to the tripod.
Remember your training, be glad you turned the brightness of your camera’s lcd screen down and dialed in the settings for your first test shot. Check your focus, and snap the shutter. Stand back and take it in as more stars become visible and your mind relaxes. Look in excitement as the first photo pops up on the screen in front of you, and you see the faint Milky Way. Success!
Explore the Land and meander the forest.
Follow the path, you have been here 100 times.
Life blooms all around. The land is far from barren.
Take a step back and enjoy the experience.
Remember your training, check the histogram because the lcd screen will lie to you every time. Check your focus on the photo playback. When everything is ready, set your camera to take 15 more photos, just like the right one. Know your planning was a success and everything lined up just right for you to create art from your experience tonight. Put your camera to work and take 3 steps back.
Do your happy dance, thank the bunnies for their company, and share your intentions once again. Look up at the sky and enjoy the view.
Embrace Mother Nature, accept the star therapy.
Redirect your attention to the foreground, increase your shutter speed to let in more light, and capture the sparse trees that surround you. Take more photos than you planned to, because something caught your eye in the night that you didn’t notice during the daytime scouting trip, or the blue hour foreground session. Promise the bunnies you will leave now, and scuffle back to your car.
Take one last deep breath of the night air and tell the stars you will see them next time.
Go home, get some sleep, and make some art in the morning.
The stars are so many light years away. The cosmos is vast, powerful, never ending. And yet, the Dark Horse large in the sky looks the same size as one of the pine trees scattered on the rocky Earth.
Embrace that feeling, go about your life better for it. You are important. You are meaningful. You have a place here.
Purchase Explore the Land here.
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A 16×20 inch photo print showing the Milky Way above a flat rocky ground with pine trees scattered throughout. The ground is gray, the trees are dark green, and the sky is bursting with stars. The Dark Horse is prominent in the sky, the stars shine with a large presence that feels fantastical with wonder.
Printed on archival metallic paper, this print will last many years.
It will come titled and signed by me, with a story about the image.
This print will be ready to be matted in a standard 20×24 inch mat cut for a 16×20 picture, inserted in a 20×24 inch picture frame, and hung on your wall. Or simply framed as is in a 16×20 inch frame. Go with what feels right to you. Just know that whatever you decide, the framing job will be simplified due to the standard sizing of the art.
It is my thought that easier framing means you will be able to hang and enjoy your art much sooner.
Learn about these 16x20 fine art photography prints.
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Image size and paper type are 2 ways artists can truly share their art with you the way they want it to be seen and experienced.
Printed on certified archival metallic paper, these prints will last for 100+ years on home display. The ultra-bright background, and shiny metallic finish make these night time images pop. Art that shines like the stars.
The 16×20 print size is big enough to be impactful, but small enough that it will fit in most places you may want an impactful piece of art. It is a standard size that is easy to frame, hopefully meaning you will be able to get it up on your wall to fully experience fast.
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This summer print sale will be active August 4-14, 2025.
Shipping cost will be $10. This is really a share the load cost, in most cases I will be paying more than $10 to get your image to you, but in a small business, shipping is often an estimate.
I will be batch ordering all purchased prints at the end of the sale from a lab in the Midwest, signing them, and shipping them to you through USPS by August 26th.
I will title and sign the back of each print, and include a bonus story about its creation. I will then package it up in a mailing tube to keep the photo print safe, and send it to you via USPS ground advantage.
This timeline means you should be able to close out your summer with your Cojack Photography original art print. Just in time to feel those summer vibes last through fall, winter, and many years to come.
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Buy 4 get the 5th free! No need to add it to the cart, or take special action. I will take care of the inventory side.
I designed these images so they look great by themselves, they each have their own stories, feelings, and their own parts of the overall adventure.
They also look amazing together as a whole collection.
As an honor to this collection, and a giant thank you, if you order 4 of the prints, I will send you the 5th for free.
You can keep them all and display them together or in different areas of your home. Or you can share the art love. Gift one or more to people who help you feel a sense of wild wonder, exploration, and calm amazement. Or to people you want to help feel adventurous and free.
I will include a story about the image with your purchase. I have thought about and done a lot of work to create this collection, and I want to share as much as possible of my creation adventure with you as I’m able.
No tax, even in Ohio. I am obligated to charge, track, and pay sales use tax on my items to people in Ohio (where I live). August 1-14 happens to be this year’s tax-free holiday. So for the duration of this sale, there will be no tax on my items, even if you live in Ohio.
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I named this collection Step into Adventure because it really explores the type of fun we like to have on summer vacations shared with our families.
This art can stir up feelings of epic road trip adventures to once in a lifetime places. Even though none of these images are actually of iconic places, they can instill the same feelings when we let the art speak to our minds, souls, and memories.
Step into adventure can remind you that the regular places you maybe visit(ed) every year are just as important as those once in a lifetime places, as they leave a lasting legacy for your family.
I want to thank you from the bottom of my Artsy Fartsy heart for being here, and stepping into my adventure!
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After the sale is over:
Ohio tax will go back into effect.
I will be increasing the prices. A discount sale may be available in the future, but the prices will not be as low as this collection launch sale.
No more bonuses. I will be ending the final image for free and included story bonuses.
Shipping standards will change. If images remain on my website, they will be shipped from the lab with no signature, or double the shipping cost so I can get the image to sign first before I send it to you via USPS.
