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Colorado Tourism Commercials Are Live! I’ve already shared...

Tue, 15 May 2012 08:52:40 -0600

Colorado Tourism Commercials Are Live!

I’ve already shared some of the images we shot last summer for the Colorado Tourism campaign HERE. But those were only half of the story.. Today I finally get to share part two: the television commercials, 4 of them to be exact.

Check out the whole series here:COLORADO TOURISM VIDEOS

The idea for the commercials was to capture the energy, soul, and epic grandeur of Colorado. Real outdoor enthusiasts, off the beaten path locations, all paired with music from the Colorado Symphony - I couldn’t be more stoked with the outcome of these pieces. This was one of the bigger productions that I’ve had to shoot photos and direct the video on, and I couldn’t have done it without the great team we had on board. Props to Forge Motion for capturing the vision and to Karsh\Hagan for their attention to detail thru-out the whole process

UK Running Making it into the Wild: Buses, Billboards, and Print...

Thu, 10 May 2012 10:45:57 -0600

UK Running Making it into the Wild: Buses, Billboards, and Print Ads

I was just sent an email loaded with all of the places that the images from our UK Shoot from last summer are being used. There was a big reveal for the Boston Marathon, and now these are showing up in Phili, Chicago & Denver as well.

We had an amazing team of athletes from all over the world (UK, USA, France, Canada) in the Lakes District for only a few days of dry(ish) shooting. I couldn’t be happier with how killer the shots [AND VIDEO] turned out. The design team at Factory Design Labs in Denver killed it as usual on the design front and of course the in house marketing crew at The North Face made it all happen!

PDN ‘Best Of’ 5 Years in a ROW ! Each year...

Tue, 08 May 2012 10:16:21 -0600

PDN ‘Best Of’ *5 Years in a ROW* !

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 5th year in a row one of my images (from our kick ass shoot for The North Face in Patagonia) has been selected and featured. See more images from that shoot here. Thanks to everyone at Factory Design Labs, and The North Face that made this award winning shoot possible!

Big in Dallas, Chicago, Minneapolis, and Houston?! I wish I...

Mon, 07 May 2012 09:46:00 -0600

Big in Dallas, Chicago, Minneapolis, and Houston?!

I wish I could see some of these HUGE billboards I shot last summer for the Colorado Tourism campaign in person — but for now these photos will have to do. Super stoked, thanks to all the folks at Karsh\Hagan for making it happen!

I’m On a Bus [In the flesh]! I posted a couple weeks back...

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 09:50:54 -0600

I’m On a Bus [In the flesh]!

I posted a couple weeks back about the image I shot for @easternmntn that was going to be gracing buses in Portland, Maine this Spring. The next thing I know… look what just showed up in my inbox. The real deal already cruising the streets of the 207. #stoked.

On that note I’ve heard rumor of ‘Colorado’ billboards showing up around Chicago, if anyone gets a chance to snap a pic of one I’d love to see it!

New Ads in TRAVELER, SUNSET, and BACKPACKER The images from the...

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 11:34:00 -0600

New Ads in TRAVELER, SUNSET, and BACKPACKER

The images from the Colorado Tourism campaign I shot with Karsh/Hagan are now showing up in several large magazines including a spread advertorial in SUNSET. Sweet!

Colorado Tourism Print Campaign is Live! Finally! I can share...

Thu, 05 Apr 2012 08:51:00 -0600

Colorado Tourism Print Campaign is Live!

Finally! I can share some of the images we captured last summer for Colorado Tourism— a BIG project that involved a huge crew (we were 25 people strong!) and tons of support from our friends at Karsh/Hagan. The photos are only half of the story as there are a series of videos (I Directed, Forge Motion shot and killed it!) that are being released this week as well. Its all really, really exciting and I can’t wait to share some more details and behind the scenes video soon!

Just Out: A limited edition The North Face summer mailer was...

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 11:33:00 -0600

Just Out:

A limited edition The North Face summer mailer was just released; loaded entirely with my images and a short blurb from Newfoundland. Unexpected and well done - check it out.

Friday Stress Relief (at 1200 FPS).

Fri, 30 Mar 2012 10:54:55 -0600

Friday Stress Relief (at 1200 FPS).

A quick hit that @FstopGear put together from my recent trip to...

Thu, 22 Mar 2012 11:51:37 -0600

A quick hit that @FstopGear put together from my recent trip to STL to shoot the new Climb So Ill gym.

Check it out here:

http://fstopgear.com/en/news/903-tim-kemple-visits-st-louis

I’m On a… BUS? If you find yourself in...

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 12:49:00 -0600

I’m On a… BUS?

If you find yourself in Portland Maine this spring keep an eye out for the city buses (specifically the backside) — you might see an image I shot last summer for Eastern Mountain Sports bringing up the rear. I’d love to see a shot of this in the wild if anyone happens to see it!

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC: EXTREME PHOTO OF THE WEEK and...

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 10:44:20 -0600

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC: EXTREME PHOTO OF THE WEEK and INTERVIEW

Last week I was in Portland to shoot with kayaker Erik Boomer and now an image from Sahalie Falls is being featured on the National Geographic Facebook page, Nat Geo Adventure blog, and Nat Geo Extreme Photo of the week. Click here to check it out, don’t forget to like/share the article. Also check out National Geographic Adventure’s Blog for a more in depth interview!

New Video: Jez Bragg Profile Last summer we went to the UK to...

Fri, 09 Mar 2012 10:37:34 -0700

New Video: Jez Bragg Profile

Last summer we went to the UK to shoot photos and video of the newest and greatest TNF running gear. Besides just shooting the product we got to hang with my good friend Jez Bragg one of the worlds top ultra-runners. Check out this little profile we did about him and some of his philosophy about running.

More from The North Face running shoot in the UK

Wed, 07 Mar 2012 10:04:20 -0700

New Spring Ads - Even though winter is still here out west,...

Tue, 06 Mar 2012 08:08:00 -0700

New Spring Ads -

Even though winter is still here out west, spring print and electronic ads are starting to pop up. Here is some work I did for The North Face last summer in Newfoundland and the UK that is finally making its public debut. #stoked

Using The Red Epic For Still Photography? It’s been hyped...

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 08:30:05 -0700

Sunrise in Castle Valley

Castleton Tower - Processed

Castleton Tower - Raw

The Rectory

Red Cine - Converting Raw Footage

100% Crop

Close to 40MB

Using The Red Epic For Still Photography?

It’s been hyped for a couple years, but Red Digital Cinema is finally starting to roll out their premiere motion camera THE EPIC. Capable of shooting 5k images with its 13.8 MP (5120 x 2700) sized sensor at up to 60 RAW frames per second the question for photographers has to be, ‘is this thing any good at shooting stills’? After using the camera on different projects over the last six months I’d say, ‘it depends’.

There is no doubt that this finicky beast of a camera takes amazing images with beautiful gradation and latitude that is better than most cameras I’ve ever shot with. What it lacks in megapixels it makes up for with its incredible frame rates and raw footage that takes processing amazing well.

Stay tuned in the next week for a more in depth look at how I see this camera fitting into the still photographers quiver. In the mean time enjoy some EPIC images (pun intended)

Guest Blog From My Assistant on a Recent Advertising Shoot...

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:31:01 -0700

Guest Blog From My Assistant on a Recent Advertising Shoot

This past fall I was asked to shoot the Spring 2012 running campaign for The North Face in the Lakes District of the UK. It was a fast and furious production — and epically beautiful. Check out Caroline’s thoughts below:

Operating a Man Down

Caroline Treadway

One minute it’s me, Tim, Matt, and Hennie at the Amsterdam airport. We’re eating sausage rolls, drinking coffee and checking email before our flight to England for a week-long shoot with the TNF global running team. The next minute, we’re in the boarding area and Hennie comes up with this long face and says, “I can’t get on the plane.” I thought he was joking. Apparently South Africans need visas to enter the UK, due to a recent legislation change we were unaware of. Hennie’s South African. And we needed him, not to mention the video equipment in his bags.

A few hours later, three of us entered England’s prized Lake District. As Tim sped through the narrow, stone-walled roads, it was easy to see why The North Face chose to shoot their Spring ’12 performance line here. Misty mountains, shiny lakes and neon green pastures were everywhere - a rugged paradise begging to be explored on foot. Plus, the area’s vibrant fell running tradition made it the perfect place to shoot some of TNF’s fastest ultrarunners: Sebastien Chagneau from France, Jez Bragg from the UK, Tracy Garneau from Canada and Kami Semick from the US.

We had two days to scout locations before the athletes arrived and find Hennie’s missing video equipment (he was now in Ireland figuring out how to ship bags). So we broke out the maps for a little recon. The Lake District’s surprising variety of terrain gave us lots of options - barren, rocky mountaintops, steep heather-carpeted slopes and high grassy plains. But with few roads, each required a long, steep approach.

Two days later the shoot kicked into high gear with a fully assembled team. For the next week, the athletes, who were happy to run around after long travel days, tested TNF’s new spring line against a typical English mix of cold rain, hot sun and coastal wind. Our job was to capture the action.

We couldn’t replace Hennie, but we had to try. Everyone carried extra gear, including the athletes. Matt regularly humped 150 pounds plus a crane on his back up the fells. I’d quickly set up a time lapse and run between Matt and Tim, to see who needed what.

When you’ve got all the equipment and people you need to do a job, it’s pretty easy. When you don’t, and you gotta make it work in a foreign country, the key ingredients are patience, hard work and cooperation. Not super glamorous but extremely effective.

Winner of the Camp 4 Collective editing contest announced! On...

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 10:28:55 -0700

Winner of the Camp 4 Collective editing contest announced!

On Friday Camp 4 Collective announced the winner of the ‘So You Think You Can Edit Contest’. All of the entries were amazing, but this edit by Nate Balli was the crowd favorite.

Camp 4 Finalist Video #1 In late January Camp 4 Collective (my...

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:16:30 -0700

Camp 4 Finalist Video #1

In late January Camp 4 Collective (my video production company) announced the ‘So You Think You Can Edit’ Contest (yes, I know its catchy) and asked editors that wanted to work with us to submit their reel. It was an idea I came up with to try and find more creative people to work with. From the over 60 reels that were submitted we selected seven finalists (actually it was 9 but a few folks had projects come up) — that’s when things got interesting.

The seven finalists from around the globe were mailed a drive loaded with Phantom footage, B Roll, Timelapses and Music from a shoot we did earlier in the winter with our friend Carston Oliver. (For those of you who don’t know, Carston is one badass skier and Mtn Biker). Once they received their drives, they had 6 days to put together their final entry. We gave them very little direction — essentially the timeline was a blank canvas.

Camp 4 received the finalist’s videos last week… and at first we were going to share only the winner’s video. But after seeing how hard everyone worked on this project it seems selfish to lock them away. So, all this week we will be sharing them here (1 to 2 videos a day) and we will be announcing our winner on Friday.

This video edited in Switzerland with love from Tom Malecha is our first of the week.

SIA Studio Portraits Overview: During the holidays while most...

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 08:30:05 -0700

SIA Studio Portraits

Overview: During the holidays while most people were relaxing and enjoying some much needed time off we got a call to do some last minute studio portraits for The North Face’s SIA trade show booth.

The request: shoot 10 of the ski industry’s most bad ass athletes in next years top of the line outerwear. Bonus points for infusing some athlete energy and personality.

The process: a week of shooting in Salt Lake City and Vancouver (big shout out to Scott Serfas who opened up his studio for our shoot).

The result: These images are some of the selects. In all there were 8 life sized light boxes on display at SIA in Denver — 2 weeks after final image delivery.