Birthday Special: Agnes with Cute Critters
Agnes is a lover of animals. Mostly the furry four-legged kind, but there is a picture of her kissing an enormous slug in our files. If they are deemed ‘cute’, she has to hold them or scratch their ears. The yak along our treks in the Himalaya didn’t respond so well to this. And [...]
Portrait of Verizon’s Move into Alaska
Now this isn’t the kind of work we usually highlight on our photo blog. But we felt like this recent commercial shoot here in Anchorage was an interesting bit of problem solving. We were hired to produce photography that would show communication giant Verizon’s move into the Alaska marketplace before they actually fully arrived. Working [...]
Three Season Campaign for Therm-a-Rest
Last summer we contracted with Cascade Designs to shoot a three-part campaign for the launch of their new sleeping bag line for Therm-a-Rest. One segment was shot in the Selkirk Mountains of Northern Idaho, another in a Washington pine forest and lastly a backcountry skiing set-up in Southcentral Alaska. The prototypes arrived in July and [...]
Field Tested: Lowepro Flipside Sport 20L Camera Pack
Lowepro has sent us a few packs to test drive this winter. Since most of work over the past few months has involved skiing or climbing, we’ve been spending more time with those bags that are better suited to these sports. The Flipside Sport was originally slated for our month-long ski trip to Japan at [...]
Ski Adventure on Alaska’s Augustine Volcano
Last spring we took part in a ski trip that can only be described as ‘classically Alaskan’. With a couple phone calls Queen of Scheme Kellie O started a chain of events that would sweep up eight of us, some at the very last minute, and land us out in the middle of Cook Inlet [...]
Alaska Ski Traverse for Black Diamond
Last winter was one of the best ever seen in Southcentral Alaska, with record snow fall and snow stability that was downright stubborn. And it kept it up well into the spring. Come April we were getting ready to put the season to bed after months of shooting some amazing ski adventures around AK. Then [...]
Maps, Pictures and Memories
Does anyone else do this? We have a huge four-drawer file cabinet in a back room that is chock full of maps, clippings and misc travel documents. Most of these files are hair brained ideas just waiting to happen. This is where we curate ideas for future projects. From ripped out magazine articles to [...]
Alaska Trail Running for MontBell
Few outtakes from a trail running shoot we did this summer in Alaska’s Talkeetna Mountains for Japanese client MontBell. If you’ve ever seen their full catalog then you know that they make some crazy outdoor clothing (especially hats). But their down and performance clothing are some of the best on the market. Hope you’re getting [...]
Alaska Sesquicentennial Project
We’re happy to announce our next Alaska book project; a documentary that will look at the last fifty years in dozens of communities around the state. Considering the size of AK, it goes without saying that this is a HUGE undertaking. Editor Tricia Brown has put together an all-start cast of Alaska writers and photographers, [...]
Stock Photography in Backpacker
One of our favorite images from Kesugi Ridge leads the destination section in the June issue of Backpacker Magazine. Just a short bit about how work like this goes from creation to getting in a magazine department. This photograph was made as part of three days of shooting for Cascade Designs brands (MSR, Therm-a-Rest and [...]