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Weekly Square: Instagram Travel Blogger Matt Long

January 16, 2015 by Jeff B. Leave a Comment

I met Matt Long, who goes by the name @LandLopers on most social media platforms, at the Sierra West Ranch on Alberta’s Cowboy Trail. We were working on separate projects; however, the atmosphere at Sierra West calls for story sharing across the dinner table, so we were soon swapping travel tails and blogging tall tales. It turns out along with running the uber-popular Land Lopers blog, Matt is also a wicked photographer with a growing IG feed.

I had the chance to climb into a dogsled while visiting Banff/Lake Louise, Alberta, and I captured this photo as the team erupted from a copse of trees into an empty meadow. It’s still one of my favorite travel memories.

It was immediately apparent that Matt has me beat in most story-telling contests. As experiential luxury traveler, Matt Long shares his adventures with thousands of readers every day through his award-winning site LandLopers.com. Diagnosed with a bad case of the travel bug, Matt travels the world in order to share tips on where to go, what to see and how to experience the best the world has to offer. Based in Washington, DC, Matt has been to more than 65 countries and all 7 continents.

Although Matt’s @Landlopers account has been on IG for the past three years, he didn’t dedicate much time to the growing platform until 2014. He know considers it his favorite social media channel:

“It’s a great way to get travel ideas and, of course, to be inspired,” said Matt. “For me, it’s another way to share my story and to specifically showcase my photography, which sometimes gets lost on other social media platforms.”

I captured this lonely cow on a very moody day while driving the Wild Atlantic Way along Ireland’s Dingle Peninsula. I was attracted by the contrast of colors and landscapes more than anything else.

Despite his affinity for fun city themed travel photography, Matt still considers Antarctica as his all-time favorite destination. No matter where he travels, he shoots on a variety of photography equipment. His primary choice is often the easiest to carry – his iPhone5s – but he also uses both a Nikon D5100 and a GoPro.

@LandLopers Five favorite instagram travel blogger feeds?

@Bloggeries | @KirstenAlana | @StoryTravelers | @TravelsInTranslation | @Brendanvanson

And their websites, in the exact same order!

Stop Having a Boring Life | Aviators and a Camera | Story Travelers | Travels in Translation | Brendan’s Adventures

Instagram Travel Blogger Images: On a whim I decided to visit the glass dome at the top of the Reichstag in Berlin, Germany. Luckily it was also at sunset and what is already a beautiful space lit up in a million different colors.

Instagram Travel Blogger Matt Long (@LandLopers) supplied all the images in this post.
Please respect his copyright. 

 

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