by HagePhoto
We love packing what we need and heading into the backcountry for a few days. We also love experiencing wild fish on a pristine stretch of water. One of our memorable personal trips last summer was combing these two passions on a jaunt along the Salmon River in the Mt Hood National Forest. Beginning on […]
Categories: Active Lifestyle • Tags: Backpacking, Family Adventure, Fly Fishing, Oregon
by HagePhoto
We wrapped up this spring with a week-long shoot for the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS) in Arizona’s Sonoran Desert. Founded in 1965 by renowned alpinist Paul Petzoldt, I felt privileged to work with an organization deeply committed to the sport of mountaineering. Up first was to produce a new image library showcasing the various […]
Categories: Photography • Tags: Commercial, People, Photography, Southwest
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Bozeman-based footwear brand Oboz (slang for outside in Bozeman) contacted us last year to discuss a series of projects to showcase new additions to their product line-up. The small outdoor brand had partnered with nation-wide retailer REI to feature a few of their boot, shoe and sandal models exclusively. Understandably they wanted fresh new media […]
Categories: Active Lifestyle • Tags: California, Commercial, Mountain, Photography
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While in Cuba earlier this year, we packed two inflatable stand-up paddle boards from Boardworks Surf. After a week experiencing the city of Havana, we moved to a small town on the coast called Guanabo. The scruffy little town is a popular spot for Habaneros to escape the city for some beach time during the summer, […]
Categories: Active Lifestyle • Tags: Cuba, HageLIfe, SUP, Travel
by HagePhoto
Earlier this year, we got the opportunity to travel in Cuba. It was exciting to legally visit this Caribbean island long off limits to all us Americans. Researching and planning a two-week family trip to Havana (and beyond) was advanced. We could only stay in certain types of lodging and needed to bring a huge […]
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Last winter we were posted up in Northern New Mexico shooting commercial work for Taos Ski Valley. After we wrapped with the ski resort, we stuck around to explore the surrounding area. A friend from Colorado drove down for a week of fishing in the Rio Grande del Norte. It was February and the water […]
Categories: Active Lifestyle • Tags: Fly Fishing, Rivers, Southwest, Winter
by HagePhoto
This past summer, a lot of different factors came together all at once, with the end result having us try something we hadn’t really considered before. It was another hot summer in the Western States and our modus operandi for family backcountry trips was not jiving with the 90-degree days. With one of us carrying […]
Categories: Active Lifestyle • Tags: HageLIfe, Mountain, Northwest, Standup Paddle
by HagePhoto
At the beginning of last year we got the chance to spend a week with the Crist family at their heli-ski operation in Haines, Alaska. And I mean the whole family; from Reggie’s 80 year-old dad to his two year-old son. The massive log home that serves as their Southeast Alaska base-ops was bursting at the […]
Categories: Alaska • Tags: Commercial, Mountain, skiing, Winter
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Earlier this summer we made the trek out to Jawbone Flats, a mid-twentieth century ‘ghost town’ in Oregon’s Willamette National Forest on an editorial assignment for Backpacker Magazine. Nestled in some of the state’s most magnificent old growth forest, it’s the site of a fierce political battle between Oregon’s logging industry and local conservationists. […]
Categories: Photography • Tags: Backpacking, History, Pacific Northwest, Photography
by HagePhoto
This past summer we were invited to be a part of Eddie Bauer’s Why I Hike campaign. The six-month project brought together a team of photographers, athletes and influencers to develop personal stories on what drives them to hit the trail. Over the past couple years the main purpose of our backpacking trips has been […]
Categories: Active Lifestyle • Tags: Backpacking, Family, Mountain, PNW