Went out again this afternoon to hike a bit above Taylor Pass to check out this singletrack that i’ve been obsessed with lately… and brought Cath… what a great little hike. 4wd up Xpress, then hiked for a while to just below the top of the M&M’s… had some rain showers, hail, awesome clouds, and Osprey Packs to carry gear with. What an amazing load-carrying system… certainly one of the finest i’ve had the privilege of using to-date. Hauled around 50lbs of camera-gear up with us, and the only thing that felt the weight a bit was my legs. My back was unencumbered by the equipment… and i felt super-stable hiking to well over 12kft (in sandals)
I wanted to get my carrying-system dialed in before i leave for the Grand Canyon in 2 days to support www.projectathena.org. I’m volunteering a few days of hiking and photo-support for a fund-raising trip they’re taking to the Grand Canyon. Hiking the Rim to the Rim (and then back to the Rim). 44miles over 2 days to support their non-profit with photos for 3 publications who are coming along to document the trip. I’m stoked! I’ll post up if i can while out there, and certainly upon returning back to base, with photos edited and ready to go.
I’m STILL attempting to solve some power-in-the-field issues i’ve been having, centered around our desperate need to have a means to recharge while on-location. Calls have been made to several companies, but nobody seems to answer their phone/check emails/return phone calls out there… How do businesses stay in business? I’ll get it sorted out hopefully, but it’s looking dire, what with the upcoming bike-trip for around a week with no plug-in-options along the way (in the middle of the desert), and solar being our only option. Can you HEAR me Goal-0 ?
OK, enough… It’s 0120hrs and it’s time to call it a night…
here are a few shots from this afternoon.
So i decided after a phone-chat with the good-people over at Yakima the other day, to show them some lifestyle-stuff that hasn’t been shot in Oregon.
I’m having a difficult-time understanding why companies insist year-after-year, and season-after-season, on shooting the majority of their collateral in their backyards. Doesn’t this
make location-photographers obsolete? How do you introduce VARIETY to your campaign materials?
Are companies THAT pinched that they can’t spend an extra several hundred dollars to get to another location?
REALLY? wow… Just for the sake of giving someone something different-looking, i wouldn’t even charge transportation-time to get to another location… hell, i’d even drive all my shit there to-boot!
Here’s some stuff shot in what amounts to our backyard… 30min from the house. Minimal-prep (we decided to go about an hour before we packed up and left), some lighting, some props, and some people (including myself in the frame for filler). What did it cost? Less than $100k ?… Think we could do the same for your company? Eh…. probably. Think it would be equally painless? Eh… who knows. We’re not really into drama over here… so my guess is= yes.
Here’s the ‘embed’ So you can check out the gallery yourself, and all the beautiful images that have made it thru!
Congrats everyone! And congrats to all my friends who are in there as well!
I’m off the back once again. Been tied to the desk doing retouching-work and prepping for the OR-show in SLC.
Heading to CB tonight to ride this weekend. May have some photo-updates upon my return!
so… i think the theme of the week is ‘evolution’. SO many things are going on over here that i don’t really know where to begin. The business is changing/evolving. Things went from the mundane routine of years-past (well, not exactly mundane, but you get the idea… routine i should say) to a shotgun-pace-development with a new rep, an invitation to www.at-edge.com (which was/is amazing and rather sudden), to a massive learning-session with incredible amounts of studying about re-touching… to now contemplating the foundational aspects of getting my new MultiMedia production company launched and marketed. On top of it all, the weekend brought rain/snow to the home… which sort of put a damper on the bike-riding frenzy, and enabled some more constructive work-time that had perhaps been lacking in the past week. I’m also getting off my ass to write here again, which i’ve sorely missed. I spend some time up at the Monastery in Old Snowmass again this evening for some reflection and singing which is always inspirational… MANY thanks, brothers…
Wow.. what an amazing afternoon today! Drove over to Vail to ostensibly grab a few frames of some of the Kayak Freestyle qualifier event, as part of the kick-off for the Teva Games… First year that i’ve brought the 400mm with me, and was sort of wondering why i didn’t bring it last year? WHAT a fun-lense to shoot kayaking with, especially at the play hole in the village at Vail!
Drove over the Pass on the way over, and was reminded of why i’d wanted to move to this beautiful state since i was a child. Gorgeous snow-capped peaks emerging from verdant-green meadows populated with some rather healthy looking cows graced every vista the entire way. It’s summer, but not yet wildflower-season so we’ve yet to witness even more colour blossoming forth from the amazing landscape.
Teva was crowded as usual, but splendidly organized and truly a treat to attend. Parking however, in Vail still leaves something to be desired; what with the confusion surrounding the parking garage-scene etc.. (rockstar parking was still scored, by going in thru the out-door) )
The way home featured the obligatory stop thru Costco in Eagle, a sandwich from Heidi’s Brooklyn Deli (yum), and then one of the more-amazing Buttermilk-Loop mtb rides i’ve done for a while… this evening. Shot some 1st-person video with the GoPro that i’ll post up here shortly, along with some photos from the day!
My apologies for being remiss with my blogging and video-posting. I’ve been back in Aspen and getting some new content edited and posted to the website (photos), and need to compile some video and post up another new clip. Also have some new stuff for Keen Footwear; a new relationship that i’ve been working on for a short while that looks like it’s about to take flight!
So.. more here shortly… just back in from the ride… i’ll shower up and then post some photos and maybe some video!
Hope everyone had a fantastic Memorial Day Weekend!
Cheers!
-AW
Women's Kayak Freestyle Qually from the Teva Games in Vail, CO.
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