by HagePhoto
Road Trip! In January we hit the road on a shoot for the Utah Office of Tourism. The mission was to showcase a handful of good reasons to visit the State’s national parks in the dead of winter. This might sound kind of just plain cold at first. But then you drive up into those […]
Categories: Active Lifestyle • Tags: Commercial, National Parks, Travel, Utah, Winter
by HagePhoto
It’s not uncommon when working for top outdoor brands to be shooting out of season. Production schedules must line up with availability of prototypes and lead time to get assets into pre-season advertising. Such was the case on a campaign we shot for Italian footwear brand La Sportiva this winter. They needed fresh work showcasing […]
Categories: Active Lifestyle • Tags: Backpacking, California, Commercial, Running
by HagePhoto
Earlier this year we got together with the Italian footwear specialist La Sportiva for a week-long shoot in the desert southwest. Our mission was to produce high calibre hiking and backpacking work that would stand side-by-side with the brands’ already outstanding climbing photography. This can be a real challenge as climbing and skiing imagery inspire on […]
Categories: Active Lifestyle • Tags: Backpacking, Commercial, Photography, Southwest
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Last fall we embarked on a week-long tour of Iñupiaq communities around Alaska’s vast Arctic as part of a production team for Arctic Slope Regional Corporation. Based in Barrow, ASRC is one of the original ’native corporations’ established by the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1972. Today they are the largest Alaska-owned company with […]
Categories: Alaska • Tags: Alaska, Arctic, Commercial, People
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This summer we got the opportunity to work with the folks at Eddie Bauer on a project literally in our backyard. Fully stocked with packs, tents, sleeping bags and latest apparel line, we shot a handful of trips into the Chugach Mountains near our home in Anchorage, Alaska. Most of the shoots revolved around backpacking or […]
Categories: Active Lifestyle • Tags: Alaska, Backpacking, Commercial, Mountain
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The hundred-mile crossing of Prince William Sound from the harbor town of Whittier to Valdez is a classic Alaska adventure. Last summer we took the opportunity to use this 10-day kayaking trip to shoot a wide variety of commercial work for outdoor brand Therm-a-Rest. The line up of gear to shoot included camp chairs, hammocks, […]
Categories: Adventure • Tags: Alaska, Commercial, Kayaking
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This summer we were contracted to shoot a campaign for Gregory Mountain Products, a premier maker of American backpacks since the mid 1970’s. We would be producing work to showcase the launch of their new Miwok/Maya line, a complimentary pair of mens and women’s packs for biking, running and hiking. Needless to say this was […]
Categories: Active Lifestyle • Tags: Backpacking, Commercial, Mountain, Photography, Running, Tetons, Utah, Wasatch
by HagePhoto
The best way to work with real people, as opposed to professional models, is often to make the shoot a lot of fun. And a shoot with active lifestyle brand Smartwool last year was the epitome of that advice. The creative and marketing team had gathered some of their ‘fan field testers’ at their world […]
Categories: Photography • Tags: Commercial, Lifestyle, Spring
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Earlier this summer we were invited to beautiful Steamboat Springs, Colorado for a commercial shoot with the apparel brand Smartwool. Over the course of a few days, we worked with their creative team to illustrate taking the gym outdoors to showcase next year’s spring lineup. It was satisfyingly like running our own boot camp with […]
Categories: Active Lifestyle • Tags: Commercial, Photography Business
by HagePhoto
Earlier this summer we were down in Park City to shoot a job for the Utah Olympic Park. Other than offering up a world-class training venue for olympic athletes, the park also offers activities open to the public. They had recently completed a couple new challenge courses complete with high ropes courses, zip lines and […]
Categories: Active Lifestyle • Tags: Commercial, People, Travel