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The good
busy
The miracle march has
happened. To some extent at least. Two snow storms brought in copious
amounts of water, with enough high elevation precipitation to give us
spring melt when the time comes. It'll be early and it's not 100% but
it is a season and I'm happy about that. The precipitation has come at
a busy time. I've been scheduling laps on the Upper Middle Cosumnes,
South Yuba and Giant Gap between weddings and business meetings. On
Friday the 30th we ran Giant Gap of the North Fork American and filmed
more than normal. The video is a celebration of one of the best parts
of kayaking; just being outside in wild places, enjoying great scenery
and spending a day doing so with good friends. So
enjoy the not-gnar, because kayaking doesn't have to be extreme to
be awesome.
Following a beautiful day on the river, I did something ages ago I swore I had no interest in; photographing weddings. It's good business with new challenges and to date has been a great experience each time. I love learning and each time I shoot a wedding I learn many things about a whole different realm of photography. In the most recent, snow made for a unique, fairytale setting.  Nikon D700, Nikkor 70-200mm 2.8 VR @ 70mm 1/160 f/2.8 ISO 200 Following the wedding
we skied a great day of powder at Alpine Meadows, then on Monday had a
quick South Yuba paddle for Austin's
birthday. Tuesday flew by editing images and catching up on business,
and Wednesday saw me flying up to Bellevue for a guide meeting with
Eddie Bauer. I thoroughly enjoyed the being involved with the Guide
Built process, giving feedback on current pieces of First Ascent
outerwear and thoughts on future additions. Sure there is some
corporate consideration involved in each item, but it's pretty damn
cool that in the process a guide/athlete can I say "that sucks, I
wouldn't use it" and it won't go into production. The icing on the cake
was meeting outdoor athlete icons like Ed Viesturs, Peter
Whittaker and the Crist brothers. Especially fun to talk with
Reggie about his early Stikine descent. Impressive as an athlete, to
paddle the Stikine then go on to a sucessful career as a professional
skier.
Bellevue from the 21st floor.  Sony NEX-5N, Nikkor 5.8cm 1.4 + T/S Adapter @ 1/125 f/2.8 ISO 100 Friday night I flew
out of Seatac airport, got home at midnight for a little sleep, rose
early in the morning, packed all my camera and snow gear and headed to
Kirkwood to shoot the Subaru
Freeskiing World Tour for the
ESPN blog with Sasha Coben.
It was a long day of shooting, but fun to legally ride the permanently
closed cirque to get a good position. Fun but a little more stressful
than normal big mountain riding, lugging around the weight and expense
of photo gear in challenging terrain.
 Jake Sakson, for third place. On telemark skis no less.  Nikon D700, Nikkor 70-200 2.8 VR @ 150mm 1/1250 f/8 ISO 200 Thanks to Subaru we
had a free room for the night. I could really get used to this staying
at the base of a ski area thing. Currently out of the budget, but maybe
some day. A great day of skiing and snowboarding at Kirkwood and here
we are with the weekly wallpaper.
Laura Farrell, Yuba Gap, California  Nikon D700, Nikkor 300mm f/4.5 ED-IF AIS @ 1/1000 f/8 ISO 200 1920x1080 1620x1050 1366x768 1280x800 1024x768 |
