SALT

Thanks to the SALT crew.  And thanks to Danny Kwok for allowing us to use his home and the 

Ranch for our location.  It was a beautiful day.  

Death Valley does Holden

Traveled to Death Valley to shoot the Holden Outerwear Fall/Winter 089 campaign.  Great crew of snowboarders all with their own great personal style.  Both inside and out.  Great characters and people.  I took my dog with me and others had their canines along as well.  

Excited for the work to appear.  I went a slightly more stylized direction with the photography.  The landscape and the styling leant itself to a slicker, more stylized look in the light and overall exposure ratio.  The word Mike LeBlanc from Holden and I tossed around was 'cinmematic.'

It was a grand success.  And most importantly something everyone is very proud of.

Thanks to Mike from Holden for everything and I mean everything.

Recently photographed Shaun White for Guys NYLON.  I was in NYC when it hit and I saw it all over the place.  Super fun shoot.  Thanks to Marvin Jarett and Stephen Walker of Nylon for the gig.  Check out the article.  Shaun is a pretty funny dude.  

Janna Meyen for Transworld

Ahhh, the Pink Motel.  Where do I begin?  100's of films and TV shows have been filmed here, but for me the most important was a little indy film titled "Bones Brigade - The Search for Animal Chin."  If your a skater from the 80's or a skater from today you should know of this skate vid.  It was I think the 3rd Skate vid to ever be made.  Right behind the first Bones Brigade Video show and I think the Vision Video.  Anyway, the pool in the back is highly skate-able ( hell yes I skated it).  In the vid, it's T. Hawk, Lance Mountain, Tommy Guerrero, Mike McGill and the legendary Steve Cabalerro skating.  Check out the link.  It's rad with a capitol R.   Go to: youtube.com/watch?v=NluAvNT_3gk.  Fast forward to the 6:40 mark.  You'll notice the Motel desk clerk.  He's Monty the owner still. 

Thanks Shanna, Renee, Janna, Nick from TransWorld, Tonino from Nitro,  Monty and Tom from the Pink Motel, Conrad and Karen from Red Bull (inside joke), Skateboarding, my mom and dad for buying me the video.

Two recent Hummer ads.  These puppies have been running in a lot of pubs.  A couple gate folds.  I am very happy with how they evolved.  Creatively they get the point across for GM that these vehicles will get to some tight spots.  It's true.  They will.  Hummer's (not the kind from your girlfriend) get  a bad rap.  They get better gas mileage than most comparable SUV's and when we shoot, we really put them through the grind.   No faking it.  And as far as it being a war vehicle.  Remember a little brand called JEEP.  Those were the Hummers of WWII.  Now their driven by everyone from Tex the 4x4 guide in Telluride to Princess the college freshman to Mom, the super Mom. 

Many thanks to Michael Langone from Modernista!.  Greg Carter too. 

"Skateboarding is not a crime."

Been wanting to make this picture for some time.  It's part of a series where I  incorporate sports action and  car beauty.   Fun picture to make.  Interesting melding the two together, having to think about the car and the action separately, but shoot them so they fit well together.   Next one is gonna be pretty crazy.  Stay tuned.......

Roxy Fall

Flew to Utah for a day and a half to shoot a couple ads for ROXY.  Photographed Sarah Burke, the worlds best freestyle skier and Torah Bright, worlds best snowboarder.  Great girls.  They photograph so well for athletes and are super fun to hang and laugh with.  

Lifestyle photography isn't easy.  Especially when your not using professional talent or models.  It's all about creating a fun atmosphere and being fun.  As things unfold, that is where you tweak it with some direction and composition.  I love showing up to a location and feeding off of it.  I once read how Helmet Newton wouldn't ever travel further than 1o minutes from his hotel on an assignment to photograph a celebrity or model.  He was able to use what was 'around'.  I feel a little bit like that.  That no matter where I am I can find a shot.  There is always something to shoot.  

Anyway,   big thanks to Jessica Dalpiaz at Roxy for all her efforts.  She is entirely a multi-talented young woman.  

 

Mac Danzig Shoot

Shot Mac Danzig, the UFC World Champ today.  Great guy.  A really good landscape photographer it turns out.  I went home to watch him on YOUTUBE.  Needless to say I wouldn't want to tussle with him.  And, uh yeah the red stuff in the picture with Pamela my digital tech is real blood.  Thanks but no thanks!

Men's Fitness

More work from Monica Bradley of Men's Fitness. I love when my clients call back.  Means they like what I am doing.   Shot Jason Wright and Jason Osborn two Jason's who own a granola company called FEED.  Great guys.  Super excited to be in the magazine and really genuine guys.  Also shot Mark Steins of Entertainment Tonight.  Super nice guy.  Loves doing his own photography so it was fun to bounce ideas off him.  Had lots of energy and we just moved a lot and freaked out on each other.  Super fun.  Oh, did I mention we did both shoots in the same day.  Made it that much more fun.  I swear I wish I could do this every day of the week.  9-5 baby.  Hell, 6am-10pm wait......24/7 bring it on!

Oneill in Canada

This is a shoot for Oneill I did north of Whistler at SNOWCATS.CA.  A 40km snowmobile ride into the mountains.  Stayed in metal housing.  Shot close to 10,000 frames in a weeks time.  Enjoyed a -12 degree night camping in the wilderness and plenty of snowmobile exhaust.  But the beauty of the landscape and a wonderful group and our wonderful hosts made the shoot such a pleasure and almost to much fun.  Thanks to Martijn and Marc from Oneill for bringing me out to shoot.  Look forward to the next one guys.  Preferably on the beach.......

Lozza "It's just not possible"
Matt my assistant.  Great guy.  Hard worker and positive attitude.  Snuse got us thru.....
The Crew......after a free pow run.  I was to busy shooting.  I don't take free runs.  I work.
Girls camp site. Testing some exposures.  
Matt and Carolina wrestling.  I think Carolina held him for a three count for the win.

Frederick one of the pro snowboarders, hangsome but also kinda weird.  Super cool quirky personality.  We robbed him of all his snuse.
Mark Van Laar from Oneill.  The producer cracking the wip.
Reg, the owner of Snowcats.ca.  Thanks Reg and Kathy.  Great hosts.
Chris our guide.  This guy can ski.  One of the premeire Canadian Rockies skiers and guide.  Just check out Powder mag now and again.  He's the small black dot atop some sketchy ass line.

Big Pimpin' with my own grip sled.
A happy art director makes a happy photographer.  Martijn Andrissen from Oneill.  Great AD.
Northern lights.  In all my years out in the wilderness at night during winter have never seen them as beautiful as this night.  The sky looked as though  it was crying green fireworks.  If that makes sense.
Cabin attire.
Last but not least our dear savior, Gayle.  The cook.  If not for her nothing was possible.  A real lady.