Back from the Lab: Costa: Personal

I went down to Costa Rica/ Panama a few weeks ago. Only brought the hassy down and some 120 for some personal work.

No pressure, no schedule, no bull shit, just shooting when ya feel like it or inspired.

Got these back from the lab recently.

I feel these would look differently shot with digi? What do you think ?

PIRO IN SLC for TRANSWORLD

Nick Hamilton, from Transworld Snow came to me in December and told me his plan of doing three separate night shoots at each of the dew tour stops. He asked me to come up with something creative to shoot in the halfpipe at Snowbasin, utah last month.

Well, I love to blow shit up, and grew up lighting things on fire. I wanted to do something different so I created a concept of a halfpipe shoot with fire works. With help from ALLI and snowbasin, it was a go! Check the link below for a behind the scenes video. (Skip over or mute the part when Muzzey is talking about me) Stoked the entire shoot all came together and it went out with a bang!

The final images will run in TW SNOW next season.

Thanks for all that helped to make it happen.

THE LINK

RND 2- NYC

Just got back from a week in NYC. Lots of flavor in that place, every time I go I am reminded. You see the most interesting and wide variety of people there, I think in the world. Pretty inspiring to see that.

I spent the majority of the week, showing my book around. I was able to meet with a few ad agencies (Weiden+Kenedy, JWT, and Saatchi and Saatchi), a few magazines (New York Times magazine, ESPN, PDN), and a two photographers (Peter Yang and Platon). It was really great to hear feedback, guidance, and insight on my book from people like Plat and Peter. Both have such different styles and approaches, but both who I have so much respect for. It gave me a whole new moitvation and direction to go out and make new work with for the next 6 months.

It made me realize, how important establishing relationships is. As well as when you want to show work, show prints in person, not Jpegs on a computer or a website. The work is so much more real.

This trip was pretty last minute, however I was able to get a few "leave behinds" printed up before I left. This was very benificial as you are essentialy giving a small piece of you work as a visual reference to the person you are meeting with. I kept the design pretty simple, I chose 5 different images which were printed individually with my contact info on each. I used a local printing agency, 110 pound paper was used for print. A few were square, 1 horizontal and the rest horizontal. This is something I will bring for every meeting from now on, NYC or not. Its nice to leave something, always.

Below is some eye candy..... What NYC is to me (Click to make bigger and press command +):



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Thanks for let me shred the closet matress LAME! word!

HOME FOR EWTAH

Just got back from a few days in Utah for Oakley and Transworld. On Friday night, we did a pretty crazy night shoot in the pipe up at Snowbasin. Stay tuned.

Above- Danny Davis hikes up the acid trip halfpipe

HAAKON-Board Select

Terje Haakonsen- Legend-

Send it........

On new years eve on of my good friends, Kevin Pearce got worked, real worked in a snowboarding accident. One of the purest kids I know to this day. So if ya can, send it........ Send your good vibes, positive thoughts and prayers to KP. Heal up mang!

PURA VIDA

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