El Cap – Tommy and KJ – Goes Live
The images and video (remember the behind the scenes) from El Cap that I did this past November for Black Diamond are live. From the website:
And Video:
Blog Update — Patience
I’m updating the blog to allow for more and bigger photos. Hold tight. Thanks – tk
BTS – Shooting on Canon Cliff – Make it an Adventure
One of my first corporate clients back in the day was Eastern Mountain Sports an outdoor retailer (similar to REI) with 80 stores up and down the East Coast (The Right Coast – they’d say). Our first shoot was a winter one atop Mt. Washington (the highest peak in the Northeast known for its wicked [...]
Climbing Mag Gets New Editor – Interview With The Ex -
Rumors have been floating around for a while, but while I was in NH shooting, it became official. Matt Samet, a good friend, and uber talented writer and experienced climber had stepped down from his position as Editor in Chief @ Climbing Magazine. I had alluded to how many hats the stripped down editorial staffs [...]
Shoot Quotes from ‘White Lines Red Noses’
I’ve wanted to resurrect an original part of this blog for a while, Shoot Quotes; if nothing else as a memento to all the characters that I meet along the way. Without their help the shoots I do would have no stories, and want fun are pictures without stories? It’s impossible to describe all the [...]
The Road Less Traveled
I’ve been summit hopping in the windy, cold, summits of the Northeast with my uber dedicated assistants and a posse of knowledgeable and talented models (we are in an alpine hut with nobody else around for miles)… Pictures to come. But for now, a poem from the region that applies not only to my life [...]
In Print: New InStore Displays
I just got back to the homestead (in NH) after speaking at the Eastern Mountain Sports sell strategy meeting today. It was a great honor to be asked to speak at this private event. Even though this stuff is supposed to be top secret I snapped a few shots with the iphone of some of [...]
A Little Weekly Update
I posted earlier about the Telluride Photo Festival where I will be doing a workshop later this summer – here. Well registration is OPEN, lots of great workshops going on. If you are looking to take the next step with your photography, or you like drinks at the bar while talking about photography and video [...]
Telluride Photo Festival
It was just announced that I will be doing a rare 3-day workshop during the Telluride Photo Festival. I say rare, because I haven’t led a workshop in over a year and because it makes spending three days with me sound way cooler. Seriously, if you want to break into outdoor / action sport photography [...]
It’s Monday Get Off Your Ass and Do Something
No this isn’t another one of my magazine rants… its something much bigger and much more important.
Don’t think about. JUST DO IT.
Spray For Haiti
I got this from my friend Joe Iurato this morning and I wanted to pass it on, check out his site for contact information.
“Friends,
I hope this finds everyone well.
I want to share a thought with you: Last night I walked in the door
and my apartment was quiet. My wife was just tucking herself into bed
and [...]
New Website: Soft Launch
I’ve been working my butt off the past few weeks on a website refresh and I’m stoked to say that its just about done. There were a couple reasons for wanting to do an updated site (better video support and easy updates being the biggest two) and I’m excited its 90% there. If you have [...]
Behind the Scenes: TNF Athlete Summit
I recently went out to SF for a long 10 days, to shoot a couple different projects for The North Face. One of those was full length ‘portraits’ of their snow sport athletes for the upcoming SIA show in Denver. One of my good friends (and TNF athlete) Renan Ozturk shot some behind the scenes [...]
How Creative Will the Future Be?
There’s been a lot of talk about how the editorial market is near death. Here’s a whole website dedicated to it. The latest news about National Geographic Adventure is just another nail in the coffin and I couldn’t agree more with those realists. The modern day magazine, the one charging thousands a page for advertising, [...]
Worth the Read!
Work for free lately? This piece was brought to my attention by one of the models we shot with over the weekend (Thanks Brook!). Hilarious, and if its been posted elsewhere I apologize… I’ve been working at 100mph in my bubble the past couple weeks.
Check it out HERE:
Kids?!
Sometimes you get asked to shoot some of the most unexpected campaigns… While shooting the Endurance 2010 line for The North Face last week, I was told that their Junior or ‘Kids’ shoot from earlier in the month was canceled and they were scrambling to get something together before the trade-shows early in 2010.
“Could I [...]
Dean Karnazes Has a Massive C###
Yup that’s right… We shot with Dean Karnazes today for The North Face and I now have a picture to prove it, Dean Karnazes has the biggest calf I have ever seen. I guess that’s what happens when you run a marathon or two before most people wake up. Check out Dean’s website and book, [...]
Get to Know Your Local Airline!
I’m packing again, this time for a two week shoot in the San Francisco Area, and getting the bags and equipment ready again got me thinking about all the tough lessons I’ve learned flying the past decade. I’ve never traveled light, whether its climbing gear, snowboards, or camera equipment I have learned the hard way [...]
Jungle Marathon: Tracy Garneau
This is the fourth dispatch that we shot and cut from our trip to the Jungle Marathon in Brazil in October — a little ‘get to know’ and behind the scenes with Tracy Garneau. Check it out:
Behind the Scenes Yosemite: Putting it All Together
Ok so hopefully we can wrap up “Behind the Scenes in Yosemite” with this post — by putting all the pieces together. You’ve seen the camera gear, and you’ve seen how we get around on the wall… so just a little composition and we’re ready to go. Sounds simple enough but composing climbing (and action [...]