by HagePhoto
My first visit to Joshua Tree National Park 15 years ago nearly ended in that kind of tragedy. A buddy and I were down from Anchorage, Alaska to climb granite splitters in the desert sun. After a week of constant climbing, we needed to give our destroyed hands a break. A day hike through the […]
Categories: Adventure • Tags: Adventure, Backpacking, California, Climbing, National Parks
by HagePhoto
It would be easy to wager that alpinist Nate Smith spends more time in the air than most airline pilots. Correspondence with the SLC-based climber always reveals a travel itinerary that borders on insanity. Wrapping up on the east coast, a day back in SLC to repack and then to Peru for two weeks. “Hey […]
Categories: Active Lifestyle • Tags: California, Climbing, Mountain, Utah
by HagePhoto
We’re truly fortunate to live this life. Sure, it’s a lot of work to run your own production business. But when we look back at what we’ve accomplished last year and where we’ve been, it’s hard to hold a grudge against all those 16 hour days and endless stream of airports. It was tough to […]
Categories: HageLife • Tags: Adventure, Alaska, Backpacking, Climbing, India, Japan, Mountain, Mountain Bike, Sierra Nevada, skiing, Southwest, Travel, Utah, Winter
by HagePhoto
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
by HagePhoto
We got to participate in something new last fall. While producing our photo work for Black Diamond in the rugged Sawtooth Range of Idaho, we were also being filmed for a short video to air on BD’s site. Most of the video was shot by our friend Kris Swanson on a couple different sessions with […]
Categories: HageLife • Tags: Adventure, Backpacking, Climbing, Mountain
by HagePhoto
Hey! Will Day here. I’m an adventure photographer based out of Anchorage, Alaska, and I’m stoked to be interning with HagePhoto this spring. Over the past two years, photography has become an increasingly prominent passion in my life, and as I am finishing a degree in Outdoor Studies at Alaska Pacific University, it’s clear to me that […]
Categories: Photography Business • Tags: Alaska, Climbing, Internship, Mountain, Photography
by HagePhoto
Who doesn’t like a nice, warm puffy jacket? This time of year, we often get requests to recommend a good down jacket. And for years there is only one brand we turn to for the lightest, warmest down goodies on the market – MontBell. Since we shoot a majority of the Japanese brand’s catalog and advertising […]
Categories: Equipment • Tags: Backpacking, Climbing, Equipment, skiing, Travel, Winter
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Patagonia’s recent release of Worn Wear on Black Friday reminded me of several big adventures and the performance clothing that helped make them possible. Now, I don’t have any stories that hold a candle to some of those in the film, but I do have a handful of decade-old pieces with a lot of miles. […]
Categories: Equipment • Tags: Adventure, Backpacking, Climbing, Mountain, Travel
by HagePhoto
Our travel schedule has been unusually hectic this winter. We just returned from nearly a month in Japan and had less than a week at home to regroup for a three-week assignment in the Andes. We’re off to join up with an amazing group of people in Mendoza for a shoot on Aconcagua, the highest […]
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Red Rock Canyon outside Las Vegas has become one of our favorite locations and we were fortunate to do a couple nice long stints there last year. The East Face of Mt Wilson is one of those enormous sandstone cliffs that dominates the ‘Welcome to Red Rocks’ skyline. The face holds numerous quality climbing routes, […]
Categories: Adventure • Tags: Climbing, Mountain, Photography, Southwest, Travel