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Archive for December, 2009


Snow Silhouette Series: Behind the Project

Three years ago, I started to plan out this series I was really passionate of doing. I have always been so hyped on silhouettes and they seem very powerful to me. They eliminate a lot of distractions and make you focus on shapes, lines, and shadows.
The idea sparked when I saw a photo Trevor Graves [...]

Local Boy, Tony Hawk Coverage

Encinitas and Carlsbad Magazines recently interviewed Tony Hawk, presently a resident of Encinitas and formerly a resident of Carlsbad. Tony graces the cover of the December issue of Encinitas Magazine with a nice multi-spread inside and another multi-spread in Carlsbad Magazine.
Cover photo by Grant Brittain.

Niko-Mammoth Sneak Peak

A personal project of mine- Snow Silho- has just ran in a mag. I’ll be doing a full post about it fully soon, once we have all the right pieces lined up. Just wanted to give a sneak peak……

LAME-Snooze

Lame Finds a place to sleep…always
Lame, San Diego CA.

Snowboard Photo Annual

There’s three great things about the month of December…holidays with the family, the beginning of shred season and the release of Snowboarder Magazine’s Photo Annual. Once again the crew at Snowboarder delivers the year’s best photos with minimal text, just images front to back.
An interesting fact Photo Editor Ryan Hughes brings to light is this [...]

Copper Piping

Day one shooting at the Copper Mountain Pipe was cold…something way below zero. The thermostat in the rental car was claiming negative 17 (-27 Celsius) as I left Breckenridge headed West. Once I hiked up to the pipe and met with the crew, everybody was wearing double layers, face masks, the whole nine.
Being that cold [...]

Mercury Dipping

After landing at DIA, I caught the I-70 West towards Summit County, keeping a watchful eye on the semi-icy roads since this was my first time back on slick pavement in some time. While keeping one eye on the road, the other was glued to the in-dash thermometer…what started out as a warm 17-degrees (-8 [...]

Oakley Ad Shoot in Aspen

Right before Thanksgiving I went out to Aspen for an Oakley ad shoot. Here we shot Gretchen Bleiler, this will be part of the Oakley Women’s campaign. The rest of the campaign features other top Oakley athletes is surfing, running, tennis, etc.
This was the first time I had worked with Factory Labs agency. Thanks [...]

Updated Portfolio

Recently I spent a lot of time re doing my portfolio. I worked with Lost Luggage and brewer-cantelmo for my actual portfolios and design. I worked with them to create a unique but simple cover. GB did the printing custom, which turned out great, always nice to work with someone 1 [...]