2011 Powder Magazine Photo Annual Cover – Skier: Kyler Cooley.

Shot during the filming of “Gunnie Season” by 4Bi9 Media

This is the one, this is it.  It’s the biggest thing that’s happened to me in my career.  It’s the Powder Magazine Photo Annual, and my photo of Kyler Cooley is on the cover!  My first Powder cover came last season (see it here) and it was a big deal.  A real big deal for me.  Literally a childhood dream.  Now, a year later there’s another, but it’s on the Photo Annual.  It’s the biggest issue of the season for the photographers and honestly it’s something I didn’t really consider ever getting.  Needless to say, I’m pretty happy about it!  If it doesn’t quite sink in to how happy I am, check this out and it will explain it a bit better.

About this photo, it was a shot that came after shooting on the jump we had already planned to hit earlier in the day.  We went snowmobiling around a bit to see what else we could find and we stumbled apon this snow covered creek bed.  With the low snowpack at the time things like this weren’t just a flat snowy wash, but shapes, texture and a straight shot into the ever approaching sunset.  I lined this shot up as usual with a strobe, but that day I had decided to also start shooting a second shot from the same angle, shot with just ambient light.  I setup a Pocket Wizard Plus 2 transciever with the motor drive cable plugged into my Nikon D3 along with another Pocket Wizard Plus 2 in my hand to trigger the remote camera.  As it turned out, I liked the ambient light shot a lot better, and so did Powder.  I’m convinced now if the feature is unique and I’m lighting the shot, a remote camera shooting ambient is 100% necessary!

Here’s a few more photos I have in the Photo Annual.  Yup, I’m stoked right now.

Will Wesson Profile

Ahmet Dadali “Voice” Profile

Nikon D40, 1/1000, f11, ISO 200, Nikon 70-200 f2.8 ED VR,  Elinchrom Ranger RX AS Speed, Alien Bees 800, 400, Pocket Wizard Plus 2 and MultiMaxTranscievers

This was the 2nd of 3 ads for a Scott campaign featuring their top freeskier, Tom Wallisch (check out the first ad here).  I worked with Tom a lot this season specifically for this campaign and I’m pretty stoked on the shots and that it was based on what we both wanted to shoot as opposed to being confined to a creative breif.  It was a go out, get some epic shots and we will work with it in the end.  It allowed us to produce the best shots we could, which is something I’m stoked on.  You can’t really ask for much more but a blank canvas.

This shot in particular was the primary reason I came out to Minnesota for that trip with Level 1 Produtions.  I knew that feature would produce something I’d be stoked on and it was something I could really spend time with the lighting on.  It was a miserably cold night for the whole crew of myself, Kyle Decker (Filmer for Level 1), Tom Wallisch, Ahmet Dadali and Liam Downey and we had some challenges with some equipment and being extremely visable from a major road but everyone got their tricks, their shots and it was one extremely productive day/night.

Shot in Minneapolis, MN with Level 1 Productions for their new film “Eye Trip“

Nikon D3, Nikon 70-200 f2.8 ED VR, Elinchrom Ranger RX AS Speed, Alien Bees 800, 400, Nikon SB80 DX’s, Pocket Wizard Plus 2 and MultiMaxTranscievers

Tom Wallisch – Scott USA Ad – 2011 Freeskier Magazine Buyer’s Guide – 2 page spread

Shot in Minneapolis, MN with Level 1 Productions for their new film “Eye Trip“

Nikon D3, Elinchrom Ranger RX AS Speed, Alien Bees 800, 400, Nikon SB80 DX’s, Pocket Wizard Plus 2 Transcievers

Spy Optics Ad - 2011 Freeskier Magazine Buyer’s Guide – Back Cover – Ahmet Dadali

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