by HagePhoto
It was 6:45 in the morning and I’d already run the same 100 feet of trail 6 times, maybe more. Always in a pair. A few times in front. A few times 3 strides behind. A few times with a jacket. Each time, I ran right through the center of a patch of rather spiny […]
Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: Adventure, HageLIfe, Mexico, Travel
by HagePhoto
About this time last spring, we were all sitting in a friend’s living room in Grand Junction, Colorado, staring incredulously at the evening weather round up. The national weather service had been tracking a storm front moving across the country from the Pacific. It would arrive on Western Slope in two days and a series […]
Categories: Active Lifestyle • Tags: Mountain Bike, Singletrack, Southwest, Travel
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
by HagePhoto
When we were getting started, one of the first magazine projects we worked on outside of Alaska was a travel assignment documenting a tour of backwoods hot springs in British Columbia. It was late fall and it rained hard the entire week we were in the region. Other than the constant battle with water and […]
Categories: Photography • Tags: British Columbia, Canada, Hot Springs, Photography Business, Travel
by HagePhoto
Last spring we wrapped up our ski season with a two-week shoot in Iceland to showcase Black Diamond’s new apparel line. At the beginning of April, we took the polar flight to Reykjavik and then onto the northern hub of Akureyri. Our agenda for the next ten days was to hit the road on a […]
Categories: Adventure • Tags: Iceland, Mountain, skiing, Travel, Winter
by HagePhoto
This time last year, we were well into a month-long tour of Japan. We were there primarily to ski and shoot winter work for a couple outdoor brands. It might seem strange to think of Alaskans traveling across the Pacific to play in the snow, but winter on the northern island of Hokkaido is something […]
Categories: Adventure • Tags: Japan, Mountain, skiing, Travel
by HagePhoto
This past year has been really exciting. We shot assignments in a half dozen different countries on four continents. And even managed to squeeze in a few good adventures in the mountains of Alaska, our home base. While we do love to travel and are fortunate to see a lot of the world, working on […]
Categories: HageLife • Tags: Adventure, Alaska, Backpacking, Canada, Japan, Mexico, Southwest, Travel
by HagePhoto
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
Most of our adventures in the desert southwest start with a flight into Las Vegas. And if you’ve spent some time in Sin City, you have probably noticed how every morning dozens of runners hit The Strip. Like clockwork, everyone is out pounding the pavement at sunrise before the heat, traffic and crowds take over […]
Categories: Active Lifestyle • Tags: Photography, Southwest, Travel
by HagePhoto
This fall we got the opportunity (finally!) to check out the much celebrated mountain biking trails around Whitehorse and Carcross in Canada’s Yukon Territory. We were there to shoot some new work for Platypus Hydration, a Seattle-based client that will be launching a new line of hydration packs made specifically for mountain bikers. During our […]
Categories: Active Lifestyle • Tags: Adventure, Canada, Photography, Singletrack, Travel