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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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 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
by HagePhoto
My photography journey began eight years ago when I first picked up a camera and took a black and white film course at Middle Tennessee State University. This class changed everything for me. What started as a small interest and a way to meet my elective hours quickly became a passion, and I ultimately graduated […]
Categories: Photography Business • Tags: Backpacking, Internship, People, Photography
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Earlier this spring we got the opportunity to shoot with our hometown Lululemon ambassador Tonia Burrow. The session began with a yoga series at her home in Girdwood to capture Tonia’s eclectic character and style. But we also needed to produce work that put her in Alaska. For that we took advantage of a spectacular […]
Categories: Active Lifestyle • Tags: Alaska, People, Yoga
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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
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Last month we were back in the Andes of Argentina for an assignment and once again enjoyed traveling these mountains with the ‘cowboys’ of South America. The gauchos act are the muleteers who direct these beasts of burden that haul our equipment and supplies into base camp. They’re on the go during the day and […]
Categories: Adventure • Tags: Mountain, People, Photography, Travel
by HagePhoto
Wow! 2012 was a whirlwind of travel, adventures and good times. We got the opportunity to do assignment work in some places on our ‘dream list'; Sierra Nevada, Selkirks, New Zealand. There were also so many amazing adventures with good friends, such as climbing and skiing a steaming volcano out in the middle of Alaska’s […]
Categories: Active Lifestyle • Tags: Adventure, People, Travel
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This month HagePhoto is the cover feature for the fall issue of PDNedu. The article talks about how we got started in the photography business and a bit about how we operate on remote assignments around the world. Published quarterly by parent magazine Photo District News, the education journal is targeted to photography students and […]
Categories: Photography Business • Tags: Adventure, Alaska, Mountain, People, Photography, Technique, Travel
by HagePhoto
It seems like a century ago, but today marks ten years since I completed my first canoe voyage down the 2,000-mile length of the Yukon River. In June 2001, I put an 18-foot Old Town in the glassy waters of Lake Laberge and reached the river’s mouth just shy of the Bering Sea coast 90-days […]
Categories: Alaska • Tags: Adventure, People, Photography