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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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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
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Earlier this summer we had the opportunity to spend some QT in Flagstaff, a favorite place for us in Northern Arizona. While in the neighborhood, we reached out to the local mountain bike community and put together two different shoots. First we got together with local pro rider Alex Pavon (Juliana) and visiting pro rider […]
Categories: Photography • Tags: Arizona, Mountain Bike, Photography, Southwest
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This spring we traveled to Utah’s Wasatch Mountains for a travel assignment with Utah Office of Tourism and Sundance Mountain Resort. Along with local writer Brett Prettyman, we worked on a story to feature the early season fly fishing opportunities on the Provo River and the relatively new guided program offered by the resort. Needless […]
Categories: Photography • Tags: Fly Fishing, Tourism, Utah, Winter
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Every summer we shoot a campaign for Gregory Mountain Products to showcase their latest pack line. Last year it the focus was on a new version of their popular Stout and Amber packs. The brief was a mix of the packs at use in a variety of scenarios and product shots done out in the […]
Categories: Photography • Tags: Alaska, Backpacking, Commercial, Mountain
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Happy New Year! 2016 stands out with some unique differences from past years at HagePhoto. Many of our projects now include a video component as a matter of course. Some of our work was commissioned strictly for social media campaigns instead of traditional advertising. And with the birth of our son (!!!) we decided to operate […]
Categories: Photography • Tags: Alaska, Arizona, Backpacking, British Columbia, California, Camping, Canada, Family, Huts, Mountain, Mountain Bike, New Zealand, skiing, Southwest, Summer, Travel, Winter
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Last fall we were called upon to up our production game. Seattle-based mountain apparel brand Outdoor Research wanted us to setup a shoot with a couple of their sponsored athletes to showcase their new alpine jacket: the Deviator. They needed video assets in addition to the photography that we usually produce for them. Since we […]
Categories: Adventure, Photography • Tags: Athlete, Climbing, Mountain, Photography
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Halfway there has never been an option for me. In fact, finishing something to completion and exploring every possible angle is the only concept I know. Ask my parents—how many times during my childhood they sat around waiting for me to crawl to the very…verrrrrrrrrry end of a lava river cave or help me construct […]
Categories: Photography • Tags: Internship, Photography, Photography Business
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It’s an old saying, but so true. The best camera is the one you have with you. Or more precisely the one you’re going to get out and use. That’s our advice to those asking recommendations looking for advice shopping the latest and greatest cameras on the market. Frankly, unless you’re going to take the […]
Categories: Photography, Uncategorized • Tags: Equipment, iphone
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It’s been a month and as promised, adventuring has become a huge aspect of the internship and it’s absolutely rad. As you all may know, the Hage’s are fairly nomadic. So the beginning of my internship was a slew of e-mails and phone tag explaining how to submit images to stock agencies and their guidelines. […]
Categories: Photography • Tags: Alaska, Backpacking, Internship, Photography