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PDN ‘Best Of the Year’ 6 Years in a Row! So I suck...

Mon, 20 May 2013 04:03:00 -0600

PDN ‘Best Of the Year’ 6 Years in a Row!

So I suck at tooting my own horn, but this is pretty cool. Each year Photo District News (the photographers inside line on what’s happening in the photo business) holds their annual photo contest to showcase the best assignment and commercial photography for the year. I’m honored to share that for the 6th year in row (6 years!!!) my images (from our light and fast shoot for Black Diamond Equipment) are being recognized as the ‘Best of the Year’. Thanks to Sandra, JT and the rest of the team over at BD - kickass!!

This is also the shoot featured in the latest FStop series here: CLICK ME

Rory Bosio for The North Face — Chamonix, France

Fri, 17 May 2013 03:30:39 -0600

Rory Bosio for The North Face — Chamonix, France

Video: Life in Focus

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 10:27:44 -0600

Video: Life in Focus

Featured Photographer on Phase One Site I was lucky enough to...

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 10:19:45 -0600

Featured Photographer on Phase One Site

I was lucky enough to get to play with a bunch of new Phase One equipment the past couple months and they are starting to share some of the imagery on their site. Check it out.

Capturing Stills for Phase One in Mexico A quick behind the...

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 10:49:22 -0600

Capturing Stills for Phase One in Mexico

A quick behind the scenes story about our successful shoot in Mexico last year with Phase One.

Carlo Traversi \Meadowlark Lemon [v15]\

Tue, 05 Mar 2013 09:45:41 -0700

Carlo Traversi \Meadowlark Lemon [v15]\

ViewBug Interview I’ve been working a bit with the crew...

Fri, 22 Feb 2013 12:27:00 -0700

ViewBug Interview

I’ve been working a bit with the crew over at Viewbug and they’ve asked me to be a guest judge for one of their upcoming contest. To get to know each other a bit better, they did this quick interview with me. Check it out, I might have given away all of my secrets.. HERE.

Cascada Television Interview We’ve been blown away by the...

Tue, 22 Jan 2013 09:25:00 -0700

Cascada Television Interview

We’ve been blown away by the response to the Cascada film and imagery. One of the more interesting write ups about the piece, isn’t a write up at all but an interview we did with a nationally syndicated news program. Check it out.

National Geographic Adventure Interview We did an interview with...

Thu, 17 Jan 2013 10:45:03 -0700

National Geographic Adventure Interview

We did an interview with the National Geographic Adventure blog. We are stoked and honored! Check it out:

HERE

National Geographic - Extreme Photo of the Week I’m really...

Wed, 16 Jan 2013 09:57:34 -0700

National Geographic - Extreme Photo of the Week

I’m really excited to share that one of our images from the Mexico paddling trip is this weeks Extreme Photo of the Week!

CHECK IT OUT HERE

CASCADA I’m excited to share this incredible piece from a...

Mon, 14 Jan 2013 10:20:44 -0700

CASCADA

I’m excited to share this incredible piece from a trip we took to Mexico at the end of last year. Honored to work with such talented people.

CHICAGO BILLBOARD! Just got this great snap from Colorado...

Tue, 08 Jan 2013 13:33:48 -0700

CHICAGO BILLBOARD!

Just got this great snap from Colorado Tourism of one of our billboards in Chicago. Rad stuff!!

Mike Wolfe - Walking a Thin Red Line in Hawaii

Mon, 07 Jan 2013 08:30:44 -0700

Mike Wolfe - Walking a Thin Red Line in Hawaii

Self Portrait: Pollen Grains, December 2012

Mon, 31 Dec 2012 08:30:42 -0700

Self Portrait: Pollen Grains, December 2012

My Week With… [Tyler Bradt] (preface: ‘My Week With…’ is a...

Mon, 24 Dec 2012 08:30:00 -0700

My Week With… [Tyler Bradt]

(preface: ‘My Week With…’ is a ongoing personal project / creative collaboration with some of the worlds best action sport athletes. My goal is to push the boundaries of what I’ve seen captured with a still cameras thru images that showcase the most beautiful locations, the cutting edge of athleticism, and the most passionate characters on Earth. This is ‘episode 1’.)

Most people that have heard of Tyler Bradt know his name because of his [still] world record plunge in a kayak off of the 186’ Palouse Falls in 2009. But those that have met him in person know him for being a kid trapped in a man’s body — I know few people that work/play/party harder than Mr. Bradt. Tyler has been on the comeback trail after breaking his back (he’s got some serious scars to prove it) in a paddling accident in 2011. So when I got a call that he, Erik Boomer, and a cast of other talented characters were headed to the up and coming paddling mecca of Tlapacoyan to get ‘church’ on the gnarliest waterfalls on earth, I knew it was going to be a trip to remember.

What followed was one of the soggiest, spikiest adventures of my life — a week of non-stop rain, fog, and misty waterfalls. And if having to deal with the hazards of the jungle weren’t enough, the third world sickness rolled thru camp taking no prisoners. It was like the Mayan gods were going to make us earn every frame.

So we learned quickly the drying powers of rice and we tested the healing magic of tequila (the verdict is still out). We pressed on because we were all doing what we loved to do. The hurdles became part of the fun… and I’m proud to share those highs and lows with you here today.

The end of the year is near, and I was just sent a list of some...

Thu, 06 Dec 2012 21:40:12 -0700

The end of the year is near, and I was just sent a list of some the best photo related blog posts of 2012 (we’re mentioned as part of one of them). Its a great set of links, and good reading for anyone who likes reading about the photography industry.

Check it out: Here

Testing… 1,2,3 One last test shot before heading into the...

Fri, 30 Nov 2012 10:29:48 -0700

Testing… 1,2,3

One last test shot before heading into the jungle with the Phase One.

Image details -

rider: Carston Oliver camera: 645DF+ iQ180 Back lens: 28mm sync: 1/1600th

PetaPixel Interview The nice folks over at PetaPixel asked me...

Fri, 23 Nov 2012 13:22:42 -0700

PetaPixel Interview

The nice folks over at PetaPixel asked me for an interview. Check it out here.

Big Air, Dirt, and a Stoked Crew - Mountain Biking in the...

Mon, 05 Nov 2012 12:32:00 -0700

Big Air, Dirt, and a Stoked Crew - Mountain Biking in the Eastern Sierra

Last week we got one of the sweetest care packages in the world sent overnight from Phase One in Europe. Inside was the value of a luxury vehicle — in pure medium format bliss that only a camera nerd can truly appreciate. Phase One is the equivalent of the Lamborghini of cameras - capable of image quality unparalleled in the field and they want to see what I can do with their premiere line outside of the studio.

Over the next several months I’ve agreed to take the gear to some of the raddest environments, work with the most inspirational people I can find, and capture my dream images to share with anyone who wants to see them. The plan — do one of these projects a month for as long as they’ll let me… and since I leave next week for our first shoot, I thought it best to put everything thru the paces.

That’s why last weekend found me in the desert outside of Reno surrounded in the dust of talented Mountain Bikers. Shooting, experimenting, testing, dusting, playing, debugging — you get the idea. It was a killer crew with Cory Dicks, Josh Daiek, Kevin OMeara (just to drop a few names) running laps and me seeing how far I could push the new gear. Its amazing how much you learn when you take pictures with new equipment in the wild instead of test charts and brick walls. These images are a few of my favorites from the first couple dozen shots.

Stay tuned, I’m looking forward to sharing what I learn and the images I capture along the way.

BackCountry.com Shoot Goes Live [and looks badass] At the start...

Fri, 02 Nov 2012 09:43:08 -0600

BackCountry.com Shoot Goes Live [and looks badass]

At the start of the fall I got a call from the creative team up at BackCountry.com (one of the world’s biggest outdoor online retailers) asking if I’d be interested in shooting a fall look book. The concept revolved around two ripping snow sport athletes getting ready for the ski season. We tracked down some rock stars (Kaitlyn Farrington & Angel Collinson) and found an incredible location in the Wasatch Mountains; a mountain A-Frame straight out of the 70s.

Check out the whole Online Look Book HERE.

Big thanks to the athletes, my crew [Blake and Kate], and the team at BackCountry especially Tommy who wrangled product, locations, props, athletes, AND shot and edited the video accompanying the promo.