Last month I went through the submissions for the photo competition that I mentioned in my previous blog post, and picked out the top ten. Here are my picks along with comments on the top five images. Congrats to Tom St George on the win! … Continue readingBucket List Photo Comp Results
Here’s a really good behind the scenes look into the lengths a team of outdoor and adventure sports photographers and their athletes will go to in extreme cold conditions to get the shot. Chris Burkard, Ben Weiland, Renan Ozturk and the rest of the crew … Continue readingShooting in extreme conditions, behind the scenes video with Chris Burkard
End of April and it’s dumping snow all week. Best course of action? A new ski tour! Rohnenspitze in the Tirol was ideal, only two and a bit hours up with a steep north face decent back down. We set off from the car park … Continue readingSkitour and Photos at Rohnenspitze, Tirol, Austria
If you’re just starting out ski mountaineering or even if you’re already a bit of a pro, I’d recommend this useful 11-part video series with Andrew McLean by Backcountry Mag and Outdoor Research. They cover everything from the basics of ski touring, right through to expedition … Continue readingRecommended: Ski Mountaineering Skills Video Series
I shared some photos previously of my recent ice climbing trip in the Tyrol and here’s the video I’ve put together, all shot on the Sony a6300 with the Feiyu MG and Manfrotto BeFree Live.
In between meetings ISPO 2017 this year, I snapped some shots with my iPhone of any imagery that caught my eye. The same ‘epic’ photos feature heavily: a lone skier/ice climber putting in a couple of turns on a steep mountain face or hanging onto … Continue readingISPO Munich 2017 | Photo Styles, Inspiration, Trends
I was in Leogang, Austria on the weekend getting some shots for goggle company SunGod, check them out below: 1/1000s, f/6.3, ISO 100 1/1000s, f/6.3, ISO 100 1/4000s, f/9.0, ISO 1250 1/1000s, f/6.3, ISO 100
This week I joined IFMGA Mountain Guide, Tal Niv, ice climbing in the Tyrollean mountains. Tal runs exclusive outdoor courses through his mountaineering school Harim Mountains and as well as ice climbing, he teaches freeride skiing, ski touring and other mountaineering courses. I was very grateful to … Continue readingIce Climbing Shoot in the Tirol
Earlier this week we ski-toured up Ponten in the Austrian Tirol. There’d only been about 10cm of fresh snow overnight but the avvy warning was still a three above the treeline, so we proceeded with caution. It was the afternoon, so we were following the … Continue readingSkitour & Avalanche at Ponten, Tirol
Some shots below from last week’s sunrise and sunset ski-tour up to Ornach near Oberjoch in Bavaria. In the morning we were the first heading up, so it was pretty slow going through the fresh snow. It took us just over an hour to do … Continue readingSkitour & Photoshoot | Ornach, Bavaria