about dan walker.
Dan Walker is a photographer, videographer, retoucher, documenter, writer, traveller and nature lover based in the Illawarra region of NSW. His work mostly revolves around documentary-style travel, landscape and nature photography and video. However, he also has a strong interest in sports writing, particularly football (soccer) and has experience working as an e-commerce photo retoucher for the Cotton On Group.
photography.
Dan’s original love was with photography. He became interested in photography in high school where he learned how to take photos on black and white 35mm film and develop the negatives in a darkroom. After finishing high school he continued to study photography at TAFE where he completed a Certificate IV and Diploma in Photo Imaging. Here he refined his photography skills as well as photo editing.
writing.
After finishing his photography courses he went on to complete a Bachelor of Journalism. While studying his degree he gained experience working as an intern in newsrooms as a writer for companies such as Newscorp, and Australian Geographic. During his studies is also where he learned the skills of recording and editing video. Since finishing his degree he has written for several blogs and websites spanning genres ranging from football (soccer), to travel and gardening.
wanderwalkers.
Dan, alongside his partner Kayleigh June started travel vlogging under the name wanderwalkers back in 2016. wanderwalkers started as a passion project for the young couple to document their trips around the world and to inspire others to travel. They were travelling regularly and wanted a way to journal their adventures so wanderwalkers was created to be a visual diary.
Dan has spent most of his time since finishing his formal studies travelling around much of the east coast of Australia and internationally to more than 30 countries. Most of his domestic and international trips have been recorded and uploaded to the wanderwalkers Youtube channel.
soulfully green.
Dan has not only followed his passion for photography, video and travel but has also more recently started to share his love for nature and passion for sustainability through gardening.
While travelling, Dan has spent the far majority of his time visiting natural settings and it has inspired him to feel connected to and have a deeper appreciation for nature. Dan’s love of the outdoors has also helped him to live more sustainably, especially when not travelling. Soulfully Green was created in 2020 to teach others and learn about living more simply and sustainably at home through gardening.