Past 5 days in the Southeast

I arrived in Chattanooga last friday in a hopes that weather would be descent. I'm down here on a trip to shoot with Pro-athlete Joey Kinder who recently made the second ascent of a route called Southern Comfort 5.14a.
Saturdays weather was overcast, rainy with 100% humidity. Knowing that I would not be able to shoot or climb myself, I ended up heading over to the Chattanooga Aquarium which, ended up being very interesting.



Rain has thwarted our plans to shoot and over the weekend I made the journey to Alabama to hang out and finish up an interview with my friend Adam Henry. Adam is a straight up real dude, feeds no bullshit and has interesting stories which people will be able to read once it goes to print. The interview will in the distant future be printed in Climbing Magazine as a Perspective piece.

It is now wednesday and I'm seeing the sun for the first time since early friday morning. Joey is very psyched to go shoot on this route and hopefully the weather will abide for the next couple days. I think it's awesome the positive energy that Joey seems to feed me as we talk over the phone and I can't wait to see how this energy fuels both of us for the next few days.

Studio Sessions | Bonnie Billy & the Picket Line

I had the pleasure of attending Bonnie Billy & the Picket Line in the studio at InRoomOne
this past week (Dec.30th, 2008).

The light was very low to accompany the aesthetic overtones of the music.
However for a photographer, low light is our biggest enemy. Not wanting to use flashes to distract the group, take away from the mellow mood or have the microphones pickup the sound of the flash pops, I ended up shooting with my
ISO blown out to 3200.

The high ISO ended up working into my favor for some of the images, because the grain adds a bit of it's own pleasure into each shot.

Dead Point Magazine: Issue 3

Check out the latest issue of DPM online for a couple shots I have featured in the Linville Gorge, NC article. You can also pick up a "free" hard copy at your local climbing gym.

If you sign up with the DPM community (kinda like a facebook., but for climbers), you can enter to win a home bouldering gym from DPM & Etch/Climbingholds.

I caught Santa...

staring at himself in-front of the Apple store yesterday.

- image taken with my iphone.

Happy Holidays!

My Review of Transition Tight - Men's

Originally submitted at Mountain Gear

Stop the bite of chilly winds against your legs with the WINDSTOPPER performance of the Transition Tights from Mountain Hardwear. They are light, windproof and breathable, ideal for cool weather activities where the last thing you want is your heat zapped by biting gusts.

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Transition Tight - Men's

Mountain Hardwear Transition Pant

By Action Dan from Louisville, KY on 12/18/2008

 

4out of 5

Waist: Feels true to size

Inseam: Feels true to length

Pros: Lightweight, Stylish, Durable, Comfortable, Warm, Breathable

Cons: Not Enough Pockets or Features, Needs black color option

Best Uses: Maybe bouldering, Trail running

Describe Yourself: Advanced

Gear Usage: Cold Weather Living, Winter Sports

mainly running and trail running

(legalese)

The Shadow Sculpture

These are two sculptures I had created around 2004/05'.
I thought it would be a good learning experience for me to shoot them and hone in on my studio skills, because I mostly shoot in the field and not in a controlled environment.

Both of these pieces are my representation of Carl Jung's archetype of "The Shadow."

How I shot the pieces (picture below):

I found a nice piece of glass (cleaned it) and thought that would be perfect for a clean floor which also adds a nice reflection to the sculpture.
I had to rig up how I was going to suspend the glass and all I could find a the time were my stands. They did a good job and if I didn't show you the photo below. No one would have ever known the difference.
I used an on-camera flash with a softbox for fill and a remote flash to completely blowout the background to get that pro-white look. The remote flash also adds some highlights to the edges of the piece.

The Kind Chronicles

Keep up with the life of Joey "Kindkid" Kinder

Dec. 9th - He even gave me a little shout-out.