Pulling Pictures

So after signing on with Aurora I have been swamped sifting through images for my first couple of submissions, needless to say lots of computer time. Signing on with them has also motivated me to get back into shape. Yes, I have been mountain biking and maintaining some kind of fitness, but I mean really good shape. Years back I sat in on a round table talk and the topic being outdoor adventure photography, one thing has always stuck in my mind. The true adventure photographer has to be in just as good if not better shape then the athletes they are shooting, many times in order to shoot the best pics you have to stay ahead of the pack, so so true. That said it's time again to get my ass out and get into really good shape..........

Aurora Photos

Today is an exciting day, we are proud to announce that we have just signed on  with Aurora Photos, www.auroraphotos.com.

From Aurora:

Exotic, visually dynamic, and diverse describe Aurora’s photographic archive. For more than 14 years Aurora has represented some of the best editorial photography in the world. In the past two years Aurora has added commercial and advertising photography to the mix. The aim of the company is to grow balancing editorial and commercial images. The emphasis will always centered on quality imagery keeping with Aurora’s strengths:

GEOGRAPHY • CULTURES • TRAVEL • OUTDOOR ADVENTURE
OUTDOOR LIFESTYLE • WILDLIFE • PHOTOJOURNALISM

Aurora licenses and distributes images to clients around the world. In North America Aurora also represents several of Europe's premier photography agencies, Bilderberg Archiv der Fotografen from Germany, ASA from Spain, Pixil.com, a Swiss group of photographers, Cosmos, Hemis and Sunset, Paris based agencies and by 2008 three other European agencies. Our clients range from magazines such as National Geographic, TIME, Newsweek, Fortune, Smithsonian, GEO, Stern and many other comparable publications worldwide, to corporate clients like Apple Computer, LL Bean, Volkswagen and advertising agencies like JWT, McCann Erickson and Ogilvy & Mather.

In July of 2005 the company launched Aurora’s Outdoor Collection, bringing together the highest quality photography in the outdoor realm. In its first year it has become the premier outdoor adventure and lifestyle collection with more than 100 of the finest outdoor photographers contributing on a regular basis real and released images.
 

Fall is coming

We always get pretty excited when the wind changes and the cooler temps start to head our way. Fall has always been one of my favorite times of year, and so far this fall is shaping up to be one of our busiest yet. Lots going on, hence the lack of posts, on another note we are starting a  pretty big project this week which I'm really excited about, details will be coming soon. So get out and enjoy fall, soak up the colors and fresh air.........

5D Mark II from Canon

For a long long time I've been a huge fan of Canon even though I've had to send in my Mark III many times for repairs due to a much to early release, love it now though...... Well I just got wind of the release of their new 5d Mark II, over kill maybe? or meeting the needs of the professional? Regardless we'll be adding a couple to the mix soon. 21 mega pixels will be great for our large commercial clients, but isn't it a little over kill? For the longest time I've shot with my Mark II (8.2 pixels) and have had images on billboards, calendars, magazine double trucks , you name it and have never had a problem with file size being to small, so I guess my question is why such a huge jump?????? Think of all the hard drives we'll have to get in order to store files, not to mention soon the huge mega pixels will be out resing our fancy glass...... Hats off Canon you did it, I guess I can now toss my thousands out $$$$$ of medium format gear in the trash........ However I'm still looking forward to the new rig.... 

P.S. my wife just informed me new cameras means no new super tricked out travel van I've been wanting........

Zion

Just spent a couple days in and around Zion National Park, we were staying at the Zion Mountain Resort just outside of the park located just before the East entrance, one word, peaceful.......  If you've never been to Zion you gotta put it on the list, the scenes are out of this word. We go up there every fall to catch the changing of the leaves and to shoot, this trip was all business and we'll be back in a couple of weeks to enjoy the area once we have a bit more time and can start breathing again.......

X-Mas recharged

We've been gearing up for the X-Mas season and this year we wanted to offer something a little different in terms of holiday pictures. Trish and I posing down.......

Women of Climbing 2009

The 2009 Women of Climbing Calendar is out and thought I'd share the spread we shot for it this year....