The New Logo

I recently sat down with local artist Ryan Haworth to help me come up with a unique logo. Here is what we came up with. Just wanted to throw this out there. To come: a portrait shoot with local runner for town council Tommy Wood.

Peter Beste - Norwegian Black Metal

Often I listen to NPR on the internet in search of new music. Don't ask me how, but I discovered an Austin based photographer - Peter Beste who as been documenting Norwegian Black Metal. Norwegian Black Metal is basically what we know as metal (Slayer ect.) but the music and performances are taken to the far extreme. I found this project particularly interesting because of the haunting images Peter created on his travels. After seeing his interview on NPR, I immediately bought the book. Take a look at video, some of the images are disturbing but I guarantee you it will be like nothing you've seen before!

NPR interview with Peter Beste

Just hangin' out

The spring off season here in Jackson can be quite boring at times. Access into Grand Teton National Park is typically tough due to high snow levels. It is cold and rainy and anytime you have that combination sometimes it is just miserable playing outside. Our solution has been working out in indoor climbing gyms. As it turns out a good friend has a really neat shed filled with climbing holds, couches and a few Christmas lights for a little character. Here is a shot I made from that shed. Proves that if you just hang out for a while with some friends things aren't that bad.

Update: The Project

In January I went down to Park City for the Slamdance film festival to watch the world premiere of The Project. The trip turned out to be a blast and the movie ended up great. It even won the viewers choice award. Well anyway, they have put up the official website. It can be seen here. Check it out, most all the stills were shot by yours truly.

Bonfire Jump

For the past 2 years, friends of mine have put together a party to summon snow from mother nature. This year, they had Teton Brewery pro rate some beer and built a bonfire over a jump. Plenty of people showed, and also a few good snowboarders and skiers. I shot this party last year, but was rushed and didn't get the results I truly wanted. This year, with the help of a little information from Strobist, I was able to pull off some pretty cool shots. To make these images, I set up 2 off camera strobes diagonal from each other. Kept walking around and shot the skiers and snowboards from different vantage points around the jump. Here is one image, but I will be posting more here under the winter catagory.

Natural Selection Snowboard Comp

Normally, I am assigned to super boring stories for the paper. My typical subjects are people who don't have time for me and have no interest in looking good. So far I have had a few exceptions and my latest assignment was one of the cooler ones. I traveled over Teton Pass to visit artist Ryan Haworth in Victor, Idaho. Ryan is a long time friend of Travis Rice a local professional snowboarder. Travis asked Ryan to design the trophies for his inaugural Natural Selection snowboard competition that will take place at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort next week. Pictured is Ryan painting one of the buffalo skulls that will be used for the trophies. I had a great time working with Ryan and hope to make it back to shoot the final product. More on the comp and related news in the coming week!

Think snow...

The Project- Update

This past week I went down to Park City, Utah to visit Renart Films and to see the world premier of The Project at the Slamdance Film Festival. To my surprise, the showing was completely sold out and was a complete success. Now, I am not saying this just because I was a part of this film. After the showing there was quite a buzz about it.

For those who are unfamiliar, Slamdance is a film festival based around an anarchist theme. Even cooler, the festival is going green and had many green sponsers. It's pretty cool to see a film festival committed to reducing it's carbon footprint and should be overlooked by no one.

Check out the links and get a quick glimps into the movie. Let me know what you think!