Best Road Trip Vehicle?
Preface:
I love cars, usually fast ones, so I like to keep up to date with what is happening in the car world in my free time.
FFW to Today:
While waiting in the emergency room for hours today for the doc to check out some gnarly skate injuries (not for me) I stumbled across an ad for [...]
Server Switch
I’ve been pretty disappointed in my web host recently (we’ve received an increase in web traffic steadily over the past months, but I don’t think this should be an issue), so I’m in the process of switching over to a new server today. Thanks for your patience. Tk
PDN Awards
I’m stoked to show off the two awards I won in the PDN ‘Best Of’ Photo Annual 2008. One for the commercial work I have been doing with Eastern Mountain Sports and the other for this website! Check out all of the winners here: http://gallery.pdnevents.com/annual2008/
And my winning entries here:
Czech It III
A new behind the scenes video from the Czech is up. The guys have been have been calling me Kempy… watch for the Kempy theme song… tk
httpv://youtube.com/watch?v=OmX-vAN-Lbk
Czech It II
CZECH IT II
8am: Breakfast
9am: Internet
10am: Scout and Rig
2pm – 10pm: Shoot
11pm: Dinner
11:30pm: Beer
12am: Beer
12:30am: Download Images and Charge Batteries
2am: Sleep
[Repeat]
This is the schedule we’ve been on for the past week, and here are some of the fruits of our labor:
And some behind the scenes video:
httpv://youtube.com/watch?v=XHAOvXzJjVI
Czech It
I’m currently in the Czech Republic on a North Face ‘expedition’ and I have been writing a daily blog with tips/insight from the shoot for the camera bag company Fstop. They are a pretty forward minded camera company, actually sponsoring photographers and trips etc. You can Czech (sic… ha) it out here: http://fstopgear.com/aweek
UC Mag
Check out the new UC Mag that has my cover image and lots of other stuff inside.
Like this TNF Ad:
And this Point and Shoot Story:
tk
Shoot Quotes — Canada Aeh
We just wrapped on a two-week catalog shoot in Alberta and BC Canada. It was a great shoot, but here were some of the funnier moments: [more pics to come]
5) Johanna to Random Snowboarder – “What kind of Jacket is that, I like it!”
Random – “Next years”
4) Joshua – “Do you have any monk [...]
Mallorca Vid
We just wrapped up another long shoot in Canada. It was a two week long shoot (hence the lack of too many updates here) filled with snow, glaciers, helicopters, crevasses, cornices, Scrabble, beer, snowshoes, snowboards, skis, sunrises, sunsets, and well you get the idea.Joe Kinder put together a dope video from a shoot we did [...]
Video Week 1
I know its not Monday, but this is going to be the week of the video. We have several different video projects coming together, and I have a feeling in the next seven days there is going to be lots to share.For starters check out this great video of Joe Kinder that Piton Productions put [...]
Shoots — Noreaster
I’ve met up with a great crew in New England to shoot video and stills for the Noreaster Music and Outdoor festival coming to New England in September. Its a music-slash-art-slash-climbing festival that is looking to revolutionize the outdoor festival. The mastermind behind the scenes is Pete Ward, and I really love his passion for [...]
Beta – Lifestyle
I got an email today asking about how to take better lifestyle images and I wrote up a response real quick, I thought it might be interesting to others so here is my response:
Thanks for the good word XXXX,
I don’t really have a set formula, its like saying how do you shoot a good landscape [...]
The Paper Stars
I just wrapped up another shoot, this time in Denver. Everyone that helped out big props; the images, atmosphere and energy were just awesome! One person that made a big impression was Tres Altman. He is an artist from Eldorado Springs and you should all check out his great music if you get a minute. [...]
Gravity Brawl
I’m back from China, straight to NY. I just wanted to give a big shout out to Pete Ward and the crew at Boulderingcomps.com. This group of climbers and outdoor enthusiasts are leading the pack by miles when it comes to bringing climbing to the mainstream. Check out one of their events the next time [...]
Quotes! – China
So our month long journey to China has come to an end. It was an awesome experience, great shoot, and something I am sure to do again. For fear that I have sat on these for too long, in the rain and fog at times, thinking they were hilarious here are 5 quotes from the [...]
Staying in Touch Abroad
I’ve been in China for close to month on a shoot, and one thing has been keeping me sane and in contact with clients and colleagues back on the home-front — Skype. By now most people know about the wonder of Skype — (Free video chat computer to computer, making and receiving calls on [...]
Live From China (A Quickie!)
Just a quick update with my limited internet connection: 1) We are two weeks deep into shooting a North Face expedition in China and while things are halfway done, they are just getting started. The rain has been a buzzkill but it hasn’t kept us from getting some dope images and videos.
You can check out [...]
4 Reasons Why Ping Pong is Cooler than Climbing
My dad often says to me ‘Getting old stinks, don’t do it” and I think I’m starting to catch on to what he means. Birthdays force you to think about things you don’t want to think about, they force you to come to some realizations. And I use realizations, because unlike new years resolutions that [...]
Thank You
I’m not a big fan of “this is what I have been doing blog posts”, but I do want to thank a bunch of recent clients, crew and models that have made the past couple months a whirlwind of fun. In the last week I have been in 9 different airports (Casa Blanca, Madrid, Mallorca, [...]
Shoot Quotes #1
We are wrapping up a LONG (3 week) shoot in Spain and Morocco and thought I should kick off the web version of my Shoot Quotes. Usually these are kept in a notebook, scraps of paper, etc. but I thought this would be a great place to share with everyone. These are quotes from the [...]
In Print
Its been hard to update the blog lately I’ve been out of the country 90% of the last two months; dial up internet, all day shooting, yaddah yaddah. I have posts backlogged in my brain. So here is a quick and easy one. Here are a bunch of Duratrans displays that are up in 90 [...]
1st Blog Post Update
My first blog post has generated more feedback than I expected (both public and private). Here is a link to a great discussion about this blog: http://www.newenglandbouldering.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=5409