Photography tips for REI - Improve your Mountainbike Photography Skills

I was honored recently when REI contacted me about writing a series of tutorials for their members on how they could improve their photography skills. Over the past few months, I've covered three other topics so far (see the full list below if you'd like to see the previous tutorials). This week, a new tutorial went online about how you can take better Mountain Biking photos.

Check out the full article HERE on REI's blog.

And here's the links to the previous posts. Happy shooting!

  - http://blog.rei.com/snowsports/photography-tips-getting-started/

  - http://blog.rei.com/snowsports/photography-tips-photographing-stars-night/

  - http://blog.rei.com/snowsports/photography-tips-getting-perfect-ski-shot/

Catalog Photoshoot - Diamondback Bikes - Seattle

Just finished a couple of shoots for Diamondback Bicycles for their commuter and urban bike lines.

 

New Commercial Work for Columbia Outerwear

Just saw this when I was walking downtown.

Billboard: Stevens Pass Resort

It never gets old to see your work blown up larger than life on a billboard!!! I just came across this once last week on my drive into Seattle.  Woohoo!!!

Thanks to model/ skier Amie Engerbretson for always smiling when she skis pow :) Definitely makes the shot a lot more fun.

Auto Photography for Stevens Pass Winter Resort

The new vehicle wrap for Stevens Pass Resort featuring my shot of skier Roman Rohrmoser.

REI Blog: Mountain Biking Eastern Washington

Check out the full story HERE

Fred Hutchinson: Obliteride Video

Recent video work from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research - Obliteride.
Additional video and editing by Keith Bubach

REI Blog

I just recently teamed up with REI on the launch of their new blog. I'll be a regular contributor on there, so stay tuned for upcoming blog posts from yours truly.

 

This weeks post is from a recent backpacking trip to the Olympic Peninsula. http://blog.rei.com/camp/camping-on-the-washington-coast/

Behind the Scenes: Columbia Sportswear Shoot

A few BTS shots from a recent Columbia Rainwear shoot. Sometimes you've gotta bring the rain with you… even when you're shooting in Washington.

Winter Tearsheet: Lifestylez.com

Atlas Snowshoes : Lifestyle Shoot in the North Cascades

New Eddie Bauer Ad Campaign for Publicis

Earlier in this summer (or maybe I should say late, late Spring), I got a call from Publicis - Seattle to shoot part of the new Eddie Bauer ad campaign (Eddie. Set. Go.) They had already shot the action part of the campaign, but still needed close ups of the jackets on their athletes. With little to no snow left in the mountains, crappy weather in the forecast and a looming print deadline, we headed indoors to capture the needed images. We would shoot the athletes (Lynsey Dyer and Wyatt Caldwell) in studio and photoshop in the background elements later. 

 A short notice, quick and fun shoot. Below are the completed ads as well as a couple candid shots from the day.

 

 

 A couple of crappy cell phone shots from the studio (overview of location setup & a shot from Lynsey's Instagram feed of us trading jobs for a few... apparently all photogs have to have attitude when they're in front of the camera :)

New Commercial Work: Salomon Sports and Stevens Pass

As the leaves have started turning and the temperature gets colder, we say goodbye to another Summer. And with that, the start of another ski season. Nothing marks this on my calendar more than seeing the first of the ski magazines and movies of the season. So, without further ado, here's the first crop of images I was fortunate enough to work on last winter.

Promotional poster for Stevens Pass Mountain Resort

Salomon poster for Vincent Gagnier

Brooks Running : Track Shoot

Just finished a quick one day shoot for Brooks Running earlier this week. The shoot was aimed at capturing images of their track and cross country shoes and outerwear for their 2014 catalog.

A large crew of producers, art directors, stylists, assistants, digital techs and models comprised our group. Fortunately, everyone in the group was awesome! All the moving pieces coordinated well and our shot list was easy to achieve in our one day of allotted time.

As the catalog is still under wraps, I can't yet share any of the images from the day, but above is a shot of the crew reviewing pics on the iPad. This recent addition of gear/ technology to our arsenal is priceless in it's ability to wirelessly push images to an iPad for easy review by art directors and clients. So much nicer than having four or five people crowd around the back of the small LCD screen on camera. In the shot above, the iPad is coupled with a sun shade from sunhoods.com

Atlas Snowshoes Shoot

Just started the first day of our snowshoe work for Atlas Snowshoes this year. Always love shooting for Atlas as they're a great group of guys and their shoots always take us to some cool places.

Last week's shoot took place up at Snoqualmie Summit, just outside Seattle.

We've got two more days of shooting to plan and execute in the coming weeks. Will keep you posted as those days occur.

MSR Trekking Pole Ads

Last summer I got to do an ad shoot for MSR (a division of Cascade Designs) for their newest line of trekking poles. Those ads just got released earlier this past week and I can finally share them with you.

The TR-3 (Trigger Release) is designed to be used in rocky, uneven terrain. The focus of the shots for this campaign were to showcase the poles in rocky environments, where quote, "Slipping is not and option".

For the shoot we headed into the remote backcountry of the Cascades for our location backdrop. A lot of hiking and hauling gear, but the day couldn't have been better.

Red Bull : Third Shift at Snoqualmie Summit

Last week I got called up by Red Bull to shoot their upcoming ski and snowboard event, Red Bull Third Shift. Held at Summit at Snoqualmie, the event is a slopestyle competition that is held on a custom designed park built specifically for the event.

The venue looks a lot like an abandoned ghost town from the old west, that's been dropped onto a ski slope.

Events are always tough to shoot, as the photographer has little to no coordination with the athletes. Instead a more editorial/ documentary style of shooting comes into play. However, as the event was held at night, we had to resort to utilizing strobes to light the venue. Not an easy task given the size of the space.

On top of that, mother nature decided to throw us a curve ball, and dropped a full fledged blizzard on us during the event. It made for some great photos, despite the tough working conditions though.

All in all, the event went off perfectly. Tons of spectators braved the weather to watch the event. (It probably didn't hurt that there was a full bar built into the venue to help draw a crowd). I always like working with Red Bull... I never know what they're going to ask me to shoot next.

Ski Tuning Shoot for Patagonia

About a week ago I met up with local skier, business owner and close friend, Bryce Phillips, to do a ski tuning shoot for Patagonia.

 

Bryce, who is not only a badass skier for Patagonia, is also the owner of Seattle's uber popular store Evo, a sporting goods store in Fremont. As a result of his ties to the shop, we were able to use the ski tuning room as our location for this shoot. Score!

As Bryce was nursing a sore knee for a few days, and the weather locally was dry as dirt, we turned our attention the more lifestyle oriented shots we could achieve off the snow. 

Troy Lee Designs Shoot

Back in December of last year, I got called by Troy Lee Designs (one of the leading brands in bike and motocross helmets and apparel) to shoot their newest product, the A1 Helmet.

 

As the release of the helmet was a big secret, I haven't been able to talk about the shoot, until now... as the helmet was just announced to the public on the 23rd.

 

When originally called, I was asked to shoot the helmet in the mossy, green forests of the Pacific Northwest. I teamed up with local shredder, Lars Sternberg and we spent a day roaming around the overgrown, rain soaked forests just outside Bellingham.

 

Super stoked with how the photos came out.

Revo Ad Campaign with Jimmy Chin

Just got the first of the layouts from the Ad Campaign I shot for Revo Sunglasses earlier this summer. Really happy with how everything turned out. Stoked to have been able to shoot with Jimmy for this. It's not often that your model is also an incredibly talented photographer and athlete... let alone a cool guy.

 

 

If you'd like to see a little Behind the Scenes from this shoot, check out the LINK to our earlier post.