photographer director mountain lover tim[at]kemplemedia.com 603.475.3389Tumblr (3.0; @timkemple)http://blog.kemplemedia.com/<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzo69cub5t1r48kc3o1_500.jpg"/><br/> Sunrise in Castle Valley <br/><br/> <img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzo69cub5t1r48kc3o2_500.jpg"/><br/> Castleton Tower - Processed<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzo69cub5t1r48kc3o3_500.jpg"/><br/> Castleton Tower - Raw<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzo69cub5t1r48kc3o4_500.jpg"/><br/> The Rectory<br/><br/> <img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzo69cub5t1r48kc3o5_500.png"/><br/> Red Cine - Converting Raw Footage<br/><br/> <img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzo69cub5t1r48kc3o6_500.png"/><br/> 100% Crop<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzo69cub5t1r48kc3o7_500.png"/><br/> Close to 40MB<br/><br/> <p><strong>Using The Red Epic For Still Photography?</strong></p> <p><strong><br/></strong>It’s been hyped for a couple years, but <a href="http://www.red.com/" target="_blank">Red Digital Cinema</a> 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’.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>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)</p> <p><strong><br/></strong></p>http://blog.kemplemedia.com/post/17947933726http://blog.kemplemedia.com/post/17947933726Mon, 20 Feb 2012 08:30:05 -0700<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzebfqElGq1r48kc3o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzebfqElGq1r48kc3o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzebfqElGq1r48kc3o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzebfqElGq1r48kc3o4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzebfqElGq1r48kc3o5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzebfqElGq1r48kc3o6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzebfqElGq1r48kc3o7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzebfqElGq1r48kc3o8_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzebfqElGq1r48kc3o9_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzebfqElGq1r48kc3o10_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><p class="Body"><strong>Guest Blog From My Assistant on a Recent Advertising Shoot <br/></strong></p> <p class="Body">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:</p> <p class="Body"><strong>Operating a Man Down</strong></p> <p class="Body"><strong>Caroline Treadway</strong></p> <p class="Body">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.</p> <p class="Body">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.</p> <p class="Body">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.</p> <p class="Body">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.</p> <p class="Body">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.</p> <p class="Body">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.</p></p>http://blog.kemplemedia.com/post/17614125487http://blog.kemplemedia.com/post/17614125487Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:31:01 -0700Tim KempleTim Kemple BlogThe North FaceRunning<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/36093129?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p><strong>Winner of the Camp 4 Collective editing contest announced!</strong></p> <p>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.</p>http://blog.kemplemedia.com/post/17556918089http://blog.kemplemedia.com/post/17556918089Mon, 13 Feb 2012 10:28:55 -0700Camp 4 CollectiveTim KempleNate Balli<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/36260745?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0&color=ff9933" width="400" height="224" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p><strong>Camp 4 Finalist Video #1</strong></p> <p>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.<br/><br/> 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.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>This video edited in Switzerland with love from Tom Malecha is our first of the week.</p>http://blog.kemplemedia.com/post/17156451428http://blog.kemplemedia.com/post/17156451428Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:16:30 -0700Tim KempleCamp 4 Collective<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyp8qnG74k1r48kc3o1_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyp8qnG74k1r48kc3o2_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyp8qnG74k1r48kc3o3_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyp8qnG74k1r48kc3o4_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyp8qnG74k1r48kc3o5_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyp8qnG74k1r48kc3o6_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyp8qnG74k1r48kc3o7_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyp8qnG74k1r48kc3o8_500.png"/><br/> <br/><p>SIA Studio Portraits</p> <p>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 <a href="http://www.snowsports.org/" target="_blank">SIA</a> trade show booth.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>The process: a week of shooting in Salt Lake City and Vancouver (big shout out to <a href="http://scottserfas.com/" target="_blank">Scott Serfas</a> who opened up his studio for our shoot).</p> <p>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.</p>http://blog.kemplemedia.com/post/16865610776http://blog.kemplemedia.com/post/16865610776Wed, 01 Feb 2012 08:30:05 -0700The North FaceSIA<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lybznypnLh1r48kc3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>The Last 10% is the Most Important Part</strong></p>http://blog.kemplemedia.com/post/16439866159http://blog.kemplemedia.com/post/16439866159Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:47:58 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxybjcj0HF1r48kc3o1_400.png"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Coming to SLC for @Outdoorretailer? Stop By For a Visit</strong></p> <p><strong> </strong>The Bi-Annual Outdoor Retailer trade show is this week, and while there are lots of things going on if you are in town and want to meet up for a beer or coffee or whatever drop me a line or give a call. This is always a great time for catching up with old friends and for making new ones.</p> <p>So consider this an open invitation, my studio is down the street from OR and I’m excited to talk cameras, business, climbing, skiing, you name it. I can’t think of a better way to kick off 2012.</p> <p>You can reach me <a href="http://kemplemedia.com/#/contact/" title="Contact" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>http://blog.kemplemedia.com/post/16010671552http://blog.kemplemedia.com/post/16010671552Tue, 17 Jan 2012 09:38:00 -0700<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxmctrqNXQ1r48kc3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>My shoot with @bobby_brown1 for @redbulletin is out. If you don’t have the app check it out here — <span id="taw">http://itunes.<strong>app</strong>le.com/<strong>RedBulletin</strong></span></p>http://blog.kemplemedia.com/post/15659932692http://blog.kemplemedia.com/post/15659932692Tue, 10 Jan 2012 22:34:38 -0700col_s<p>It’s the New Year and Camp 4 is stoked to announce that they are searching for new editors  – so what better way than throwing a contest. We are looking to freelance with some of the most progressive/fun/inspirational editors we can find anywhere in the world. We don’t care how well you can ski, climb, shoot, drive, or eat – simply how creative and jaw dropping your FCP or Premiere skills are.<br/><br/><strong>You:</strong> Badass Editor looking to work on anything from television commercials to award winning docs.<br/><br/><strong>Us:</strong> Camp 4 Collective a family of inspired artists that love telling stories about passionate people exploring the outdoor world.<br/><br/><strong>How it works:</strong> From now until midnight on January 18th  (two weeks from now) submit a link to a reel of your editing work and your contact information (we don’t care who shot it, only that you edited it) to — info@camp4collective.com<br/><br/>Our expert panel of judges will review the entries and pick 10 finalists on Jan 23rd. The ten finalists will then receive in their hands on the 24th a drive with footage from one of our recent Phantom shoots (no one has seen this footage ever) and then they will have one week to deliver a final video. The deadline for delivery will be by midnight on the 31st.<br/><br/>The winner will be determined via a simple vote by Camp 4 principles [one vote each for a total of 3] and by Facebook Poll [two votes for most awesome]. The editor with most votes wins.<br/><br/><strong>What You Get</strong>: Some Schwag, A Ribbon, and the opportunity to be paid competitively to work with us on upcoming edits.  Bottom line – We hope to use the winner as one of our elite go to editors.</p>http://blog.kemplemedia.com/post/15348015345http://blog.kemplemedia.com/post/15348015345Thu, 05 Jan 2012 09:04:10 -0700camp 4 collective<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwobg370xE1r48kc3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span class="st"><strong>Studio Session with @sageAdventure [</strong></span><strong><span class="st">Sage Cattabriga-Alosa</span></strong><span class="st"><strong>] </strong><br/></span></p>http://blog.kemplemedia.com/post/14683894996http://blog.kemplemedia.com/post/14683894996Fri, 23 Dec 2011 13:26:27 -0700Sage Cattabriga-AlosaTim Kemple<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwiuhnChTX1r48kc3o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwiuhnChTX1r48kc3o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwiuhnChTX1r48kc3o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><strong>Eastern Mountain Sports - Images on the Streets of NYC</strong></p> <p><a href="http://ems.com" target="_blank">Eastern Mountain Sports</a> (@easternmntn) found a way to actually use some old phone booths in the Upper West Side of NYC — put some pretty pictures on them! These shots are from a spring/summer campaign we did in and around New York this past year.</p>http://blog.kemplemedia.com/post/14526169894http://blog.kemplemedia.com/post/14526169894Tue, 20 Dec 2011 14:32:11 -0700Eastern Mountain SportsEMSTim Kemple<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lw7ktxC7k61r48kc3o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Website Update<br/></strong></p> <p>@Aphotofolio has a new look they are calling ‘Soho’ and they let me take it for an early spin. Digging the big pictures and the video friendly layout! Check out my site to see the new look.</p>http://blog.kemplemedia.com/post/14223967618http://blog.kemplemedia.com/post/14223967618Wed, 14 Dec 2011 12:29:57 -0700col_stim kemple blog<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/29491450?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0&color=012733" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><div class="caption"> <p><strong>EXCLUSIVE: [Part 2!] Tested. Proven. : Behind the Lens in the Tetons</strong></p> <p>Part Two of a Three Part Exclusive Series</p> <p>This past Spring my video production company Camp 4 embarked on one of our biggest projects to date — documenting a ski mountaineering trip deep into the Tetons Range in Wyoming, in hopes of gathering enough high quality footage to produce a :30 television commercial for The North Face. Our goal was to be ‘light and fast’ but still capture the highest quality content possible. <br/><br/> This video is the second of a three part Behind the Scenes series that we’ve dubbed ‘tested. proven’ - an in depth look the the production and shooting process. <br/><br/> You can view the finished commercial currently airing on national television here:<br/><a href="http://vimeo.com/30339021" target="_blank">vimeo.com/30339021</a><br/><br/> You can view The North Face behind the scenes here:<br/><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=VC-46a1Fg7s" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=VC-46a1Fg7s</a></p> </div>http://blog.kemplemedia.com/post/14166531662http://blog.kemplemedia.com/post/14166531662Tue, 13 Dec 2011 07:37:32 -0700Camp 4 Collective<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/29490830" width="400" height="300" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p><strong>EXCLUSIVE: Tested. Proven. : Behind the Lens in the Tetons</strong></p> <p>Part One of a Three Part Exclusive Series</p> <p>This past Spring my video production company Camp 4 embarked on one of our biggest projects to date — documenting a ski mountaineering trip deep into the Tetons Range in Wyoming, in hopes of gathering enough high quality footage to produce a :30 television commercial for The North Face. Our goal was to be ‘light and fast’ but still capture the highest quality content possible. <br/><br/> This video is the first of a three part Behind the Scenes series that we’ve dubbed ‘tested. proven’ - an in depth look the the production and shooting process.<br/><br/> You can view the finished commercial currently airing on national television here:<br/><a href="http://vimeo.com/30339021" target="_blank">vimeo.com/30339021</a><br/><br/> You can view The North Face behind the scenes here:<br/><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=VC-46a1Fg7s" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=VC-46a1Fg7s</a></p>http://blog.kemplemedia.com/post/13826526030http://blog.kemplemedia.com/post/13826526030Tue, 06 Dec 2011 07:37:30 -0700Camp 4 Collective<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvpsfjWtvj1r48kc3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Mike Wolfe 5 Minutes After Winning the 2011 50 Mile Endurance Challenge in San Francisco <br/></strong> </p>http://blog.kemplemedia.com/post/13767542467http://blog.kemplemedia.com/post/13767542467Sun, 04 Dec 2011 21:57:19 -0700Mike WolfeEndurance Challenge<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvfiyr7x8i1r48kc3o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://ngadventure.typepad.com/blog/2011/11/tips-on-how-to-optimize-your-iphone-4s-adventure-video-from-the-pros-at-camp-4.html" target="_blank"><strong>New Interview Up on @NatGeoAdventure Blog</strong></a></p> <p>Last week I released our iPhone Music video and the feedback has been awesome. Thank you for all of your emails and questions! Lot’s of people have been looking for behind the scenes type insight about the shoot — How did we stabilize the cameras? How did we get the color? How does the iPhone hold up?</p> <p>Well I’m excited to share an interview I did with National Geographic Adventure for their blog about the whole project. Check out the interview <a href="http://ngadventure.typepad.com/blog/2011/11/tips-on-how-to-optimize-your-iphone-4s-adventure-video-from-the-pros-at-camp-4.html" target="_blank">HERE.</a></p>http://blog.kemplemedia.com/post/13502235912http://blog.kemplemedia.com/post/13502235912Tue, 29 Nov 2011 08:56:51 -0700col_sNational Geographic AdventureiPhone<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/32407718?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p><strong>We shot a music video on the iPhone 4s — Check it out!</strong></p> <p>A few weeks back there was big news in the film world, with the announcement of two cutting edge cameras from Canon and RED. While I as excited by these announcements as anyone else I started to think back on the technology I had only a few years ago — how bulky and ‘ancient’ it was by today’s standards. I mean, the phone in my pocket is smaller and shoots higher resolution video than what I took on my first expedition to Pakistan in 2007.. That’s how the idea for this project was born.</p> <p>Shot over a couple afternoons around Salt Lake City, myself and whoever wasn’t too busy from the Camp4 crew collaborated with our friend Gillian Chase (beautiful and talented singer songwriter) to shoot a music video for one of her songs she has been performing during her live shows recently. It was an incredibly different yet fun project. I hope you enjoy it, and remember any camera is just a tool that makes your story/vision/art come to life!</p>http://blog.kemplemedia.com/post/13114637609http://blog.kemplemedia.com/post/13114637609Mon, 21 Nov 2011 09:47:57 -0700<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/VC-46a1Fg7s?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>I’m really excited to share this behind the scenes glimpse into a project I worked on this spring with my video production company - Camp4 Collective — blog.camp4collective.com</p>http://blog.kemplemedia.com/post/12887019671http://blog.kemplemedia.com/post/12887019671Wed, 16 Nov 2011 11:12:05 -0700<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ts6dDMd7eyE?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>The first of several new video releases this week from our crew here @camp4collective! Free-ride skier Sage Cattabriga-Alosa (@sageadventure) and snowboarder Lucas Debari step out of their elements and get mentored up Denali by a cast of experienced climbers and ski mountaineers: Hilaree ONeill, Conrad Anker, Ingrid Backstrom, Jim Zellers, Emilio Previtali and Giulia Monego. </p>http://blog.kemplemedia.com/post/12791316609http://blog.kemplemedia.com/post/12791316609Mon, 14 Nov 2011 08:36:19 -0700Camp4 CollectiveThe North Face<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltzs6iTIn51r48kc3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I wanted send a HUGE THANK YOU! to everyone who made it out to the NYC event this past weekend.  We had a great turnout of 100+ people make on Friday evening to Hosteling International in the Upper West Side. For me the best part was the hour plus Q+A session that covered everything from expedition planning to flash sync questions.</p> <p>Thanks to <a href="http://ems.com" target="_blank">Eastern Mountain Sports</a>, <a href="http://thenorthface.com" target="_blank">The North Face</a>, <a href="http://www.hihostels.com/" target="_blank">Hosteling International</a>, and everyone who came out for making it a super memorable evening!</p>http://blog.kemplemedia.com/post/12201199979http://blog.kemplemedia.com/post/12201199979Tue, 01 Nov 2011 11:20:41 -0600