Snowboarding

It's January, and the realization that I am not going to have a snowboarding-filled winter has hit me. I have that itch. The urge to run off to Tahoe and be where I really want to be. Yet, that isn't going to happen this winter. So I need to at least edit some snowboarding photos as a weak substitute. But a substitute nonetheless.

I need to have snowboarding in my life in some way. Relive good times from the past and remind myself that, yes, it most definitely is worth all the effort to make it happen. It will remind me to plan ahead and make it happen next winter, or even when I return in March.

Here are some random photos from my last two winters:

Heavenly Jackpot Rail Jam 2009

Heavenly Jackpot Rail Jam 2009

FS boardslide

Rail Jam

Ryan Lurie - 360 tail - Heavenly

Ryan Lurie - 720

Ryan Lurie - Heavenly

Nick Ellis using the bathroom

no respect

downtown LA

Random Photo(s)

My whole life I've traveled the Palisades Parkway between Nanuet and New York City. But never had I stopped at any of the view points just north of the George Washington Bridge. Perched hundreds of feet above the Hudson River, you get a nice view of the Midtown Manhattan skyline off in the distance. Shooting around 3pm the sun was just down the river washing out all of the detail in the photos, but it gave it a hazy, wintery look that I enjoyed.

Random Portraits

Decided to post some random portraits I've taken over the years.

for Airbnb - Dumbo, Brooklyn

Justin - Bleecker St, NY

Mike - Colorado

Camila - NY

Nick Jonas - Newport Beach, CA

San Martin Plaza - Buenos Aires, Argentina

Jay - NY

Federico and JP - Kirkwood, California

Lola - San Francisco, CA

Poyo - San Isidro - Argentina

Federico - Kirkwood, CA

Mike - NY

Photos of the Day

Some random photos I've shot recently:

Chambers Street station

Financial District

Chambers Street J Train

Ortley Beach, lone fisherman

Under the pier

Anthony Vertullo - FS flip in Mahwah

Heelpflip

Boardslide

Brooklyn Botanical Garden

It has been a long time since posting and a lot has happened. I recently learned Telluride Mountain Resort is using several photos in upcoming web and print advertisements and Ski Logik and Bent Gate Mountaineering are using two photos in upcoming issues of Backcountry Ski Magazine.

Beyond that, I moved into a new apartment in East Harlem. I've been working and enjoying the summer, and now the fall. The book is coming along slowly, but it is making progress and I like where it is going. So more on that soon, hopefully.

I recently rented a 105mm macro lens from Adorama and went out to the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens in Park Slope and shot a bunch of photos. I had wanted to use a macro lens for so long, but never had the opportunity. So I finally broke down and went for it.

Unfortunately, the night before there was a big thunder/hail storm which knocked down and completely shredded a bunch of the flowers and leaves. But I still found more than enough beautiful things to shoot.

Some images from the day:

























All the leaves Camila is standing on were the victims from the hail storm. Luckily we were there early enough because when we walked back later it was all swept up into neat little piles making the area far less striking.

Some more photos and words from my travels coming soon(ish).

Photo(s) of the Day

I'm in heavy work mode trying to edit photos from 19 different apartments before Camila comes on Thursday. But I need to balance some work editing with some for my own personal interest to help keep sanity. The drive from LA to SF on the 5 is usually quite boring, but every once in a while the weather is pretty unique and offers some fun photo opportunities. The five hour drive really flies by when you are shooting photos out the window for most of the trip.

I have been on three cross country road trips in the last year including this last one with 13,000+ miles in five months. Each trip I have done alone and to keep myself occupied I have always shot photos out the window as I go along.

Cruise control set at 80mph, one hand firmly on the wheel, shutter speed as fast as can be, a steady hand and luck produced thousands of images (many sloppy and blurry). When I first started shooting out the window I rarely produced a decent image. It can be tricky capturing a sharp and well framed image speeding along at 80mph. Yet 25,000 miles of practice has made me able to time everything right and capture level, well framed images. From the beginning I've always wanted to create a portfolio of these images titled "Shot at 80" or something similar. So here are a few images to get me going in the right direction:














Photos from San Diego and LA up soon.