Saas Fee Switzerland November 2003…we visited Freddie at the Dorfblick for some early season shredding…the five feet of fresh snow wasn’t planned but we definitely made the most of it!

TWS Team Challenge, Northstar at Tahoe March 2003. Our team consisted of Nicolas Müller, Ryan Lougee, Mikey Rencz, Colin Langlois with special guest Mitch Reed.

Miscellaneous flyers, [...]

Today’s edition of Flashback Friday comes straight from the light table. For the past week I’ve been going through my entire catalog of transparencies dating 1999 through 2006, sorting out the images that need to be archived for life. Anything not making the cut hits the floor.
The most commonly asked question I hear while going [...]

caught a couple waves with kelia moniz this morning out here at this secret spot on north shore……..aloha
Jim Russi

Jim Russi grew up on the beach in southern California and began surfing at the age of 6 years old.  He graduated from Brooks Institute of Photography with a B.A. in Fashion & Advertising.  In 1978 he moved to the north shore of Oahu after what was planned as only a week-long surf trip to the island.
Surf [...]

Jim got a new website….check it out at http://www.jimrussi.com/

Just some walkin’ around photos I did last night at the Big Shooo.

I was invited to talk at two seminars at the PDN Photoplus Expo, in NYC (Oct 22-24). This is pretty crazy, as two years ago I went to a few seminars here and learned a lot and now I am invited to talk? Should be an intersting time- haha.

The first one I will be speaking [...]

Built this grid from some portraits of Summer Camp kids.  What a fun project and a good exercise in gaining quick rapport with some otherwise stand-offish kids.

Ross Powers lifts his way to a second US Open of Snowboarding Title in March of 2003

Big snow, big terrain and plenty of jibbing in Valle Nevado, Chile during August of 2002

The beauty of a 1-megapixel digital point and shoot camera…the S20 makes it’s debut in Japanese media covering the Burton Promo Tour during September [...]

I am a firm believer in shooting personal work.  I am always looking to shoot new and interesting subjects that fit well in my book and in promos.
I shoot most of my personal assignments to attract potential clients.  I am in the business of advertising and editorial photography and I aspire to continue to shoot [...]