tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52282519192724935422024-02-20T23:47:56.312-08:00JasperG PhotographyJgibson13http://www.blogger.com/profile/16417468142177571637noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5228251919272493542.post-85439558627179860382014-03-11T14:21:00.002-07:002014-03-11T14:21:57.162-07:00Snowy days in Bellingham<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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<br /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">All in all it was great learning experience. I can safely say that I now know a lot more about flashes but still have sooooo much to learn. The shoot opened my eyes as to how flash photography can give you the means to make photos in otherwise unsuitable situations. It has inspired me to buy flashes and the works!</span>Jgibson13http://www.blogger.com/profile/16417468142177571637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5228251919272493542.post-82699560596741821002014-02-27T18:16:00.004-08:002014-02-27T18:19:17.892-08:00DEEP!Holy POWDER! After getting an incredibly slow start to the season here in the Pacific Northwest, Mt. Baker and the surrounding area finally got the storm it had been waiting for. We received over one hundred inches in 10 days and it was some of the lightest snow I have ever skied! Luckily for me I have a few days off of school, and I may have played a little hooky too. After having doubted this season, my perspective was totally changed in a the matter of seconds into my first run.<br />
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These photos are from one week ago when Adam Robert and I got out for my deepest POW day of the season at that point.<br />
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I checked my Facebook late the following evening and had a message from Brandon Clabaugh. After three years of anticipation, I got the word that the boys were gonna build up and send the Mt. Baker road gap. My stoke level blew its cap and I think I had a slight erection.<br />
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I woke up early the next morning and was on the road by 7am. Driving to the mountain that morning I could feel something in the air. Today will be a good day.<br />
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I arrived at the mountain and was greeted with big smiles and daps from my friends Jackson Blackburn, Brandon Clabaugh, Ed Bear and Kevin Curran. They were just as amped as I.<br />
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We made it to the site where the gap is usually built and decided to build it in a different spot. When airborne, you have to clear a 40 foot gap to the landing and you are falling about 40 feet down. At your peak in midair you are about 50 feet off above the road.<br />
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It took us about an hour to build the jump up to standard. It was a well groomed launchpad, ready for takeoff. As the rest of the crew got ready to hit the jump I ran down to the road and set up for some photos.<br />
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Jackson Blackburn launched the first hit. Needless to say he sparked the session off right with a massive, laid out backflip. After that it was on! (I am holding the best images, I'm trying to get some of them published!)<br />
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<br />Jgibson13http://www.blogger.com/profile/16417468142177571637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5228251919272493542.post-86568581766238046072014-02-20T11:31:00.005-08:002014-02-20T11:34:11.645-08:00Breakaway<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Hap</span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">py - /</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">ˈ</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">hapē/ -</span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span>Feeling or showing pleasure or contentment<br />
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What makes you happy? What is it that you love to do? Have you been doing it recently? If not, how do you feel? If so, how do you feel?<br />
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I think the key to happiness is doing what you love, and doing it often; because if your not doing what you love, then what are doing at all? Sometimes there is work to be done or obligations that need to be fulfilled, but everyone needs to make time for doing what they love. Otherwise, life isn't much fun.<br />
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Since I didn't get a seasons pass this year, skiing has not been as easy. I still get into the backcountry fairly often, but I can't ski when the avalanche danger is high. It becomes hard when all of my roommates and friends go to ski inbounds and I am left back at home. My head starts going haywire, I get stressed out and I start letting little things get to me.<br />
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Luckily, skiing isn't the only thing I love to do. Photographing people doing what <b>THEY</b> love to do is something that <b>I </b>love to do. So when the skiing was bad this weekend and I couldn't go inbounds i followed some of my friends to document them in the midst of their passions.<br />
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Bikes are sick. They are a self propelled, mechanized horse that can take you for a delightful stroll by the beach or send you down a braided goat trail, dodging boulders and branches at 30 miles per hour.<br />
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Fatigued legs push and pull, steadily progressing our steel steeds upward for another surge of adrenaline. Heavy breathing (mostly from me) can be heard as we finish the last steep uphill before the trailhead. High fives go around as Kristian Duft, Spencer Pikel and I get ready to for the fluid motion of the descent. We duck into the trees and sweep around a corner, tires gripping the frozen ground.</div>
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I also went out biking this weekend to help out Cody North with a sponsorship video. Video is for sure my weak point when it comes to media production, so I have been trying to practice it more.</div>
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Fly Fishing</h4>
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10, 2, 10, 2. If you can imagine the full rotation of your arm to the side of your body as a clock, 10 and 2 are the ideal spots to start and stop your cast. This is what my dad taught me. Don't be jarring with your casting, be patient and fluid.</div>
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Fly fishing is an art. Casting a fly line probably looks like another boring sport that old men like to do. But, it is far from that. It is a chance to get intimate with other beings and your surroundings. It slows down time.<br />
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Jgibson13http://www.blogger.com/profile/16417468142177571637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5228251919272493542.post-57166020970243902822014-02-03T10:31:00.000-08:002014-02-10T10:32:25.891-08:00The Art of Crashing<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">Kkkkssshhhh…. A tree branch
catches your tips. Your lofty, joyous airtime is quickly becoming a miserable
excursion back towards earth. Impact. Cue exploding cloud of snow. Tomahawk.
White, blue, white, blue goes your vision as you ragdoll down the slope. Stillness.
Time to assess the damages.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">The art of crashing. It isn’t
exactly an enjoyable part of progression, but it is a natural part of
progression. If you’re not crashing then you’re not trying hard enough.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">“A crash is like taking a test
or an exam,” Kevin Curran, (aka Camper Kev in the Newschoolers community) said,
“you might be worried about the outcome but once its over, you look back and
you’re like, that exam wasn’t as bad i thought it was going to be."</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">Every crash teaches a lesson
that can be applied during your next line or takeoff. A little less speed. Be
more forward on the landing. Don’t drink so many whiskey gingers the night
before…. If you’re smart about how you ski, you will take the time to reflect
upon what may have gone wrong. That is where the art of crashing lies.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">Luckily for us, skiers have a
more forgiving surface to dig their face into than a lot of other extreme
sports. That isn’t going to say that rails, ice, rocks and trees don’t hurt
just as bad as concrete, but usually we have a little bit of cushion to our
falls.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">That being said, skier are able
to repeatedly crash without causing serious injury to themselves. Usually they
can shake it off, get back up and ski another day.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">“Crashing is something that we
all try not to do, but it is inevitable,” Curran stated. Unless you’re Tom
Wallisch or a freak of nature, you are going to fall.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">Falling is not often a graceful
thing. It can lead to embarrassment, injury and some soggy gear. But, some
people are masters of falling. Given the abundace of skier and skill levels
these days, people are going down frequently.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">There are three different
categories of crashers that are out and about on the slopes, make sure you keep
your eyes peeled for them in a gallery near you.</span></div>
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out. They are coming for you. The gapers are well apt at catching an edge and
savagely slamming their dome-piece on some freshly groomed corduroy. These snow
swallowing aficionados have the ability to lose all control of motor functions
and take out innocent bystanders at any moment. Most importantly, you have to
keep a keen eye on anyone riding on skis over 200cm. Those become heat seeking
missiles when put in the wrong hand. </span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Flailers</span></h4>
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i’m good enough to go really fast, but not good enough to stop skiers.’ The
ones that you see going penguin sliding face first down the busiest run on the
mountain. They can now even be found in the backcountry, snowshoeing up the
skin track or finding slide paths to walk up. They have even been seen going
orbital off of side hits, making sure to swipe the feet out from under their
friends upon re-entering the stratosphere.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Avant-Garde </span></h4>
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are the experienced shit eaters. These are the ones you enjoy watching without
being in fear for your life. They will send themselves off of massive cliffs,
ragdoll head over heals four times, walk back up the hill, collect their gear
and ride off like nothing happened. These Picassos and Van Goghs are able to
dip their tips, frontflip out and come out drinking a PBR. Some even plan on
jibbing trees in midair which can turn out to be quite the entertaining debacle</span></div>
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Jgibson13http://www.blogger.com/profile/16417468142177571637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5228251919272493542.post-69226955873477883932014-01-30T14:55:00.001-08:002014-01-30T18:56:13.961-08:00EffortA few weeks ago I stumbled upon a quote that stuck with me. It reads "<span style="background-color: white;">how much effort y</span>ou are willing to put into the game determines how much fun it will be." I guess you could take that as a reference to a sport, but I took it more as a reference to life.<br />
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If you work hard, push yourself to do better and try to progress, you are naturally going to have a good time. If you're slacking, being lazy and not testing yourself then it is much harder to have self-worth and enjoy your experiences. Relationships, goals, school and work all become less of a burden when you take the time to put effort into them.</div>
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Lately I have been putting a lot of effort into my photography. It has been awesome! I have been progressing behind the lens which has in turn been pushing my limits as an adventurer too. I am wanting to get out and take interesting photos, so I need to find c<span style="text-align: center;">aptivating subject matter.</span></div>
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That being said, I feel blessed to be living in such an outdoor oriented location. Within two hours in any direction of Bellingham there is access to world class skiing, climbing, biking, kayaking and hiking. Being so close to these natural playgrounds has allowed me to get out and explore the Northwest in ways that I have only dreamt of.</div>
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This weekend one of my dreams was realized. For as long as I can remember I have seen pictures of humans climbing up exposed, vertical rock faces, jamming their fingers and hands into cracks as they fight off the force of gravity. I was a little nervous to try a multi-pitch climb, but more than anything I was stoked! <span style="background-color: white;">Kenny Frank </span>and Gus Landefeld were nice enough to lead me up the Calculus Crack on The Chief in Squamish this weekend.<br />
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We rolled into Squamish, BC as the last sherbet rays of daylight dipped beneath the horizon. We passed a massive granite outcropping protruding out of the ground as we drove on the Sea to Sky Highway. The Chief was standing stoically, watching us enter its domain.<br />
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The night air was warm as we grabbed food out of the car and walked to a cook area by the base of The Chief. Gus, Kenny and I enjoyed some dinner and brews while basking under the night sky:</div>
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Since it gets dark so early these days we were left with not much to do. We didn't want to go to bed, so we headed to downtown Squamish to exercise our legal drinking abilities at the Howe Sound brewery.<br />
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While sipping on some delicious local beer we met a nomad from New Zealand named Luke. He has been traveling for about the last decade, exploring all over the globe. He does carpentry as needed to support his lifestyle. For the past few years he has been living in his awesome gypsy wagon while traveling around the US and Canada. We were curious about his living situation so he invited us into his abode to share stories and a peace offering.<br />
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After exchanging memories with the wanderer it was about sleepytime.<br />
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I awoke to the eager duo opening the back of my Subaru where I was sleeping. Time to climb. We drove from our roadside camping spot just down the road to the parking lot for climbers, ate oatmeal and started off towards the Calculus Crack.<br />
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The difficulty of climbing route is called the 'grade' and it ranges from 5.0 which could be a ramp or steep section with good holds to 5.15c which is the hardest route ever climbed. Most intermediate climbers stick to the 5.7-5.9 range.<br />
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We hiked through the dank, green forest to the base of The Chief. The Calculus Crack is a 5.8 crack that shoots upward out of the forest. On the way up the first pitch we were able to use the trees as holds.<br />
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I am glad that I was out there with Kenny. He was raised in southern Idaho in a climbing family, so he is very confident in his abilities. It is fun to watch a solid climber. The ability to cling onto the rock while placing gear into the crack is an art form. I have learned a lot from Kenny and Gus about climbing these past few weeks, they have kind of been my climbing mentors.<br />
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It is pretty amazing what you can do with your body when you use willpower, determination and effort. The first time I looked at a crack route all I could think was, "you mean I'm supposed to climb that?" Crack climbing is interesting. You wedge your hands, fingers, feet, legs, or arms into the crack to secure yourself. For footing, you stick your foot in the crack vertically and then twist it until you gain purchase. It can hurt, but its better than falling.</div>
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The feeling of climbing is exhilarating, and multi-pitch climbing just magnifies that feeling. Even though climbing is nerve wracking, I can compare it to meditation. When you're climbing your whole being is focused on that one moment in time. Nothing else around you matters.<br />
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The last pitch was a low angle slab that we quickly scrambled up. As I untied from the rope at the top of the route I felt accomplished knowing my first big wall climb was complete. The boys and I exchanged our stoke and recapped the climb while overlooking the unique Canadian landscape that surrounds Squamish.<br />
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Climbing is quickly becoming a favorite activity of mine. It is one of those sports that brings you to places that you otherwise would never go. Pushing and pulling yourself upward takes a lot of effort and determination. It can teach you a lot about yourself such as; how you deal with stressful situations and how to overcome problems on the fly. Climbing is not the means to an end, it is just another way to explore the seemingly endless features of this globe that we live on.<br />
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Life is good. And I am realizing that the more effort I put in, the more rewarding it becomes.</div>
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A state in which different things occur in equal or proper amounts or have an equal or proper amount of importance.<br />
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Balance is something that is necessary for all aspects of life. Balancing work and play, time with friends and time for yourself, enough sleep and enough fun. Is balance ever really achieved though? And if so, how can you tell?<br />
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In photography, balance is essential. This last week I have been consciously focusing on balancing the objects in my photos. Arranging the elements in the field of view to create an ascetically pleasing image is a process that takes thought and training of the eye. I have found that the more I have forced myself to look for balance, the easier is has become.<br />
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Here are some photos I took this week that have some form of balance:<br />
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Since winter quarter started, I have been trying to juggle school and adventuring. It has been hard arranging my schedule to fit in both, but I am starting to get the hang of it. Hopefully as this quarter goes on I will be able to keep getting outside, seeing as I don't have a ton of schoolwork.</div>
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Anyways, if you haven't experienced dense, dreary fog then you haven't spent much time in western Washington. This weekend I needed to get out of the grey so I went on a few outings. Above the fog the weather was incredible! It has been a weird warm January.<br />
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The fog surrounded us as we headed south on I-5 towards Anacortes early Friday morning. Kenny Frank, Brooke Warren, Gus Landefeld and I decided to hang up the skis for a day and go climbing. As we drove up Mt. Erie the sun started to peak through the dispersing fog. When we reached the summit the fog hung just below our feet, creating an ocean of clouds with mountain ranges as islands. We took a few moments to revel in the morning's glory and warm up in the sun before descending back into the fog to climb.</div>
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As the day went on the fog blew off and the sun came a shining. It ended up being spring-like, we were even climbing with our shirts off! I am fairly novice at climbing so I spent most of my time getting better instead of taking photos.</div>
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Sometimes things just don't pan out. As was the case of this weekend's attempt to summit Mt. Baker with Olin Wimberg and Brandon Clabaugh.</div>
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Olin and I left our house in Bellingham late Saturday morning to rendezvous with Clabaugh at his place in Kendall. There we grabbed his snowmobile (sled) and threw our gear in the back of his truck. Once loaded we set out for Baker.</div>
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We parked the truck at snowline and unloaded all the gear. As Clabaugh pulled back on his sled to unload it, the handlebar broke in half. </div>
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Clabaugh gypsy-rigged the handlebars so we could ride up the road a mile or two to the trailhead. It was quite the process getting everything going that morning, but finally everything came together and we made it to the start of the man-powered climb.</div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">We wound upward, skiing</span> for about three miles through old growth forest while crossing creeks and dodging patches of exposed dirt and rocks. As the trees began to dwindle and the skinning got steeper we started to encounter bulletproof ice. We looked at each other with apprehension before continuing upwards, but went on anyways. A few seconds later, Clabaugh's skis slipped out from under him and he started sliding downhill out of control. Luckily it was at the beginning of the steeps, so once he hit a mellower slope 100 feet down he was able to stop himself.<br />
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At that point it was about an hour till dark so we made camp and cooked up some dinner. Over potstickers and ramen we discussed plans for the morning, and the outlook was not favorable. See, we are skiers and not experienced mountaineers. And with Mt. Baker being the ice rink that it was, it would have been extremely unsafe for us to try and climb. Also, the main goal was to ski Mt. Baker and that would have been virtually impossible given the conditions.<br />
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Even though the rest of the mission seemed like it wasn't going to happen, we still enjoyed camping up there in the mountains. As we were sitting on our snow bench bullshitting, the clouds above us broke off and revealed the night sky, littered with twinkling stars. It made me think, "why don't we sleep under the stars every night?"<br />
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The three of us crammed into a two person tent and tried to get some sleep. Throughout the night the wind was howling and at one point the tent was so far bent over that I thought it was going to collapse. We woke up in the morning to the same terrible ice conditions so we decided to call off the summit attempt.</div>
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After a good little hike we made it to the sun. We cracked a beer and took in the glory of the surrounding jagged peaks of the North Cascades.</div>
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The glissade (I guess you could call it that) down to camp was quite comical. We decided to leave our crampons on and keep our feet up. It was a fun experience, but next time I'm going to remove my crampons and avoid flying down the mountain in starfish position.</div>
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Back at camp we ate the rest of our food and packed up to head down. The ski ended up being one of the sketchiest experiences of my whole life. Since the mountain was a sheet of ice, anything that was steep was almost impossible to set an edge on. We had to traverse across a ridge till we found a mellow slope down to the trail. Dodging trees, jumping creeks and skirting past patches of dirt, we flew threw the forest back down to the trailhead. Then we continued skiing on the road back to the car.</div>
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All in all it was a failed summit attempt, but not a failed adventure. We still got out of the fog to soak in the beauty of Washington's mountains and make some memories.</div>
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Jgibson13http://www.blogger.com/profile/16417468142177571637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5228251919272493542.post-66850737499202905212014-01-13T13:58:00.000-08:002014-01-22T00:54:54.765-08:00DumpBack to the good ol' blog! Its been a long time since I have updated this beast. For most of the summer and fall I didn't shoot much due to not having a camera. I nutted up around Thanksgiving and bought a Canon 6D with a 24-105mm lens. It has been sick! I'm stoked to once again have a camera in my hands all the time.<br />
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On Facebook I mostly post ski photos, so this post will be a dump of photos showcasing my other work! I have been working on taking more portrait and lifestyle shots. The beautiful Virginia Faulker-Monks and I went out to shoot some photos a few weeks ago down by Bellingham Bay. It was a cloudy overcast day which made for some soft lighting.<br />
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It was fun getting out and shooting with an old friend! The colors of her jacket popped like crazy against the bleak background, making for some awesome contrast. I love taking portraits! It is challenging working with models and getting a person's body positioning and looks dialed. But when it all comes together you are left with a clean finished photo.</div>
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Here are some other portraits/lifestyles I have taken recently:</div>
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Every week I try to go down to the bay with my friends to soak in the glory of Western Washington. It is usually grey and cold but what do you expect, its Washington.</div>
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5am. Wake up. Breakfast. On the road by 6.<br />
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The beginning of an adventure. Pulling out of my friend's driveway in Gig Harbor, Wash, I had little idea what was in store for the next 10 days. Spring break had just begun and it was to be a non-stop whirlwind of continuous missions around Southern Washington and Oregon. During the trip I met up with the Balls Deep Productions kayakers who so generously let me and 6-10 other friends take over and set up a shantytown around their house in White Salmon, Wash.<br />
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I was captivated by the places we ventured to. My eyes were glued open, taking in the dank evergreen forests, the sepia-tone plains, the massive snowcapped Cascades Volcanoes, and the most crystalline blue water I have ever seen.<br />
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My first few days were spent skiing some powder and park at Mt. Hood with my buddies from Bellingham.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Drew Swisher touring around Ski Bowl at Mt. Hood</td></tr>
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Soon after, I was off to the BDP mansion to rage and document the ensuing missions. We first went to the Little White Salmon River, a class V+ river that the boys run a few times a day if the conditions are right:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jakub Nemec sending off Spirit Falls. Spirit Falls is the main waterfall on the Little White Salmon River</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Evan Garcia throwing up a BDP sign while maintaining his style.</td></tr>
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We were traveling on the highway through seemingly endless farmland until we turned off on a dirt road and came upon the falls. It was a place unlike any other that I have seen. The water had carved out a perfect bowl, and in the middle was Celestial Falls. Eric Parker, Olin Wimberg, Russel Davies, Fred Norquist, Galen Volckhausen, William Griffith (aka Jam-boy), all hucked themselves off the 45 foot drop:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Eric Parker looks on as Olin Wimberg takes the plunge over Celestial Falls.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Galen Volckhausen attempting a back freewheel off Celestial falls. Key word: attempting</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Eric Parker anticipating the drop in the pool above Celestial Falls. The waterfall in the background has still never been run by kayakers, it has been deemed unsafe.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">William Griffith hucks Galen's paddle back to him. Galen lost his paddle sometime during the drop</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sometime kayaking can hurt, Olin Wimberg smashed his face of his paddle or boat during the drop</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Eric Parker on his fourth descent of Celestial Falls in one day.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After conquering Celestial Falls for the fourth time in one day, Eric Parker, paddles downstream.</td></tr>
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It was awe inspiring watching these athletes in their element. They make it look easy.<br />
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A day or two after, we rallied two cars and made the four hour drive to Koosah and Sahalie Falls outside Sisters, Oregon. We got there and discovered that the other car had missed the turn, and there was no cell service. The next hour Jakub Nemec drove around the deserted roads and finally found them. In the mean time, Tait Trautman and I scouted the different angles for the shot. Unfortunately I made the mistake of wearing shorts, the nice weather in White Salmon did not follow us south. The snow on the ground should an indicator of how cold it was:<span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jakub Nemec driving south to Central Oregon. Sahalie and Koosah Falls<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">DJ Stoneman in position to set saftey for Galen Volckhausen<br />
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Stoke was in the air as Jakub, DJ, Galen, and Seth geared up and scouted their line off Sahalie falls. The 70 foot falls had a hairy entrance. Galen Volckhausen was the first to go. He only assessed his line from one side of the waterfall, so when he accidentally hit the lip like a jump he launched outward as he travelled the down the waterfall. Boof!!! Stuck it!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Galen sending way out off Sahalie Falls. Galen boofed the falls, but managed to stay in his kayak.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Somehow Galen managed to stay in his boat.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Seth Stoenner laying some treats off Sahalie falls. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Seth Stoenner after dropping Sahalie Falls. The mist from the falls gave this photo a cool effect.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jakub scouting Sahalie Falls from below.</td></tr>
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Seth Stoenner had a sick line off Sahalie, no problems besides a little swim. Jakub unfortunately went over-vert during his turn. Afterwords Jakub gave his praises to the youngsters for their ability to run park-and-hucks without warming up.<br />
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Next it was DJ's turn. DJ styled his line and stuck it perfectly! "Woohoooo," cries of joy could be heard from all who were watching.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">DJ celebrates after running Sahalie Falls, like a boss.</td></tr>
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DJ was so exhilarated that he decided to nut up and run Sahalie's little sister, Koosah Falls. DJ ended up being the only kayaker to run Koosah that day. It was a sight to see:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Still fired up after Sahalie Falls, DJ Stoneman, decided to run Koosah falls.<br />
Stoneman was the only kayaker to drop Koosah that day.</td></tr>
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The adventures didn't stop there! I couldn't believe how I was spending my time, every waking minute was memorable.<br />
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Woooooosssshhhh... The propellers started and the smiles stretched. My acquaintance Lucas King was so generous to take my friends Brendan, Francesca, and I on a flight around the Columbia River, Mt. Adams and Mt. Hood. I don't believe a description of the flight will do it justice. The feeling of being thousands of feet above the ground with your best friends while the sun is setting is not something that can easily be conveyed, so I'll try and show you:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Brendan and Francesca getting excited before the flight.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Captain Lucas King, 19, preforms his pre-flight procedures.<br />
When King isn't flying, he is the CEO of <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TheNewWorldFarm" target="_blank">The New World Farms</a>, in Trout Lake, Wash.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Brendan and I stoked to get airborne!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The view from the back of the plane looking southward to Mt. Hood.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Brush Fire near White Salmon Washington. Notice the light rays from the smoke.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Columbia River Gorge looking westward at sunset on March 30.<br />
Hood River, Or is on the left and White Salmon, Wash is on the right.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lucas looks to Mt. Adams and Mt. Rainer in the distance.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The southeastern face of Mt. Adams with Mt. Rainer in the distance.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">So much stoke!</td></tr>
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The flight was one of the most beautiful experiences of my entire life. I have spend some time around the Columbia River Gorge, but never have I seen it from that vantage. You could look in any direction and see something jaw-dropping. The giant Cascade Volcanoes swelled out of the undulated landscape. The Columbia carved is winding path to the east and west. And looking to the east you could see the desolate panorama of Eastern Washington. As we descended the sun began to set, painting the snowcapped peaks shades of red and pink. The Northwest never ceases to leave me stunned.<br />
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Only hours later those spectacular sights would be rivaled... We landed the plane at sometime around 7 P.M.<br />
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At 9 P.M. that same night, (my last day of Spring Break), Eric Parker looked at me and said, "we found you some skins for your skis, we are to climbing up Mt. Hood tonight." I looked back and replied, "Hell yeah, lets do it!" We discussed the climb all break but we didn't know if it was going to happen.<br />
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With only hours left during the break we set off for Mt. Hood, this time by roads. It was 1 A.M. when we reached the parking lot at Mt. Hood. No one in the crew had slept a wink, we were all too excited to start our climb. Olin Wimberg, Fred Norquist, Eric Johnson, Brendan Wells, Eric Parker and I stuck our skins to our skis and began the ascent.<br />
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I was climbing in a T-shirt at 1 A.M. because it was so warm. But, the further we ascended, the colder it became. The crew naturally started breaking up as the climb progressed.<br />
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As sunrise edged closer I found myself climbing alone. The first ray of light started to crest the horizon as I reached the point where my friends and I were to meet. Ahead of me lay a pile of rocks, I thought to myself that my friends must have pushed on. Tired and discouraged that my friends weren't there, I decided to try and catch them. I again started trudging uphill when the rocks above looked like they was shifting. I yelled out "Jah boys!" and one of the rocks (Eric Johnson) replied with "Yo mon!" It was my friends! They were all huddled up in their jackets trying to stay warm and I had mistaken them for a pile of rocks.<br />
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Reunited, we watched the rest of the world wake up. To the east the sun was rising. To the west Portland's viens started pumping. To the south were the sleeping giants, Mt. Jefferson and the Sisters Mountain Range.<br />
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(Some photos by Eric Parker)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Daybreak on Easter Sunday looking southward from Hogs Back on Mt. Hood. Eric Parker snapped this shot at around 5 A.M.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking south you can see all the way down to Central Oregon. The mountain from front to back are Mt. Jefferson, North and South Sister, and Broken Top Mountain.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mt. Jefferson looms in the distance as the Northwest wakes up. The moon lit up the night sky during our ascent the entire time we were climbing.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some icy lines down the South Face of Mt. Hood. The snow was the hardest I have ever skied.</td></tr>
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We sat and watched in wonder. As the sun crept up a little more, I took a look to the west. I was confused by what I was seeing, there was a huge dark triangle that protruded across the landscape for 50+ miles. For the first few seconds I couldn't comprehend what was going on, probably due to lack of sleep, but then it hit me. I was looking at the shadow of Mt. Hood:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yours truly right before the icy descent down. The shadow of Mt. Hood<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The shadow of Mt. Hood extending towards the West. Look closely and you can see shadow of the snow fly off the top.</td></tr>
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The climb up Mt. Hood was the capstone to the entire trip, the cherry on top. It was surreal seeing the sunrise from 10,000 ft. My trip felt complete.</div>
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Promptly after getting in the car Olin, Brendan and I feel asleep. The sleepless night and the climb up Mt. Hood made for a lifeless car ride back to White Salmon</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">People always told me I was a beautiful sleeper</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Brendan might even be more beautiful than me</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Olin Wimberg catching some Z's after the successful night.</td></tr>
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So concluded my spring break. It was inspring to step away from school. The BDP boys reawakened me what life is supposed to be. Your supposed to get after <i><b>it</b></i> every day, it doesn't matter what you are doing, do it well.<br />
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My dad once told me, 'you can learn more in a day outside than you can during a day spent in a classroom.' So true. Every time I take a trip like this, I learn lessons that will stick with me for the rest of my life.<br />
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Thanks you BDP and friends, this trip would not have been the same without you!Jgibson13http://www.blogger.com/profile/16417468142177571637noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5228251919272493542.post-23825224649888886162013-03-13T01:36:00.000-07:002013-03-13T20:35:35.384-07:00Tag<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
The past few days I went out with the Modern Day Pirates aka MDP and shot photos of some graffiti. It was an awesome experience to get a glimpse at his underground world. Check out the audio slideshow from my experience:</div>
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Here are the best shots from the nighttime shoot that I did. We went on a crazy little adventure through the pitch black night to a train tunnel that was sheltered from the rain. The lighting was incredibly hard to shoot in, but once I figured out the exposure I started to get some good shots.</div>
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We were in the train tunnel for a while when all of a sudden I hear something that sounded like a train. I looked at one of the MDP crew and asked them if they heard anything, he responded with "what?," and then kept tagging. A few seconds later he looks at me and said "did you mean a train?" Sure enough we looked to our left and saw a beam of light piercing the darkness of the tunnel, lighting up the graffiti laden wall. "Oh shit!!" we exclaimed. I grabbed all of my camera gear (Canon 5d around my neck, photo backpack on tracks, and Nikon d40 w/tripod on the tracks) and headed for the end of the tunnel. MDP was hot my tail and we escaped a few seconds before the train came out of the tunnel. </div>
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We then proceeded to go back to our art. Even though another train never came, I kept telling myself that I could hear one:</div>
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The next day we went out for another round of tagging.This time we avoided the trains.<br />
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It was inspiring to see these artists at work. They are amazingly talents people who don't receive enough recognition for what they do. These urban artist put themselves at risk everyday that they paint; they can get arrested, fall off bridges or even get hit by cars.<br />
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The article I chose was "Teens who 'sext' more likely to be sexually active."<span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2012/09/17/t"></a></span> I used two of my good friend to portray this idea:<br />
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who ‘sext’ are seven times more likely to be sexually active than teens that</span><br />
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not, said a recent study taken in urban areas. Teens may also be at a</span><br />
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Jgibson13http://www.blogger.com/profile/16417468142177571637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5228251919272493542.post-27023280970403414702013-03-06T13:48:00.000-08:002013-03-06T13:48:54.224-08:00Copy Line OnlyAssignment for photojournalism where we tried to make a standalone photo which had some context about that day in time. It was very nice the other day so I took some pictures of a lady doing some spring cleaning:<br />
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garden. Vollendorff </span><br />
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Bellingham “it (gardening) puts you in</span><br />
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<br />Jgibson13http://www.blogger.com/profile/16417468142177571637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5228251919272493542.post-36408763216106345452013-02-20T13:46:00.000-08:002013-02-20T13:46:08.107-08:00MotionMotion [moh-shuh n] - the action or process of moving or of changing place or position; movement.<br />
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Last week in my photojournalism class we were asked to capture motion for our weekly assignment. It turned out to be a very fun project. I got out and shot a few different sports; skateboarding, longboarding, kendamaing and some football. Overall the shots that turned out the best were the skating shots.<br />
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I used the technique of panning to capture motion; I slowed down the shutter speed and swung the camera to follow the subject which created a blurred background and a subject that was in focus. The shots turned out better than I expected, and I re-realized a fun technique to add a feeling of motion to a photo:<br />
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a fun thing to do at the time, and it ended up being really fun," says Major.</td></tr>
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<br />Jgibson13http://www.blogger.com/profile/16417468142177571637noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5228251919272493542.post-90724968659804870942013-02-12T21:37:00.001-08:002013-02-14T16:12:39.188-08:00Honest Emotion/RelationshipFor this assignment in my photojournalism class we had to capture an image of an honest emotion or relationship. I was up at the Mt. Baker Banked Slalom and decided to take my photos there. Camaraderie and smiles were abundant which made my job easy. I would have liked to find an image that was more raw, but it eluded me.<br />
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Professional snowboarder Kael Martin shares a laugh with a
fellow Mt. Baker Banked Slalom participant. “I love being in the mountains,”
Martin said, “its just a cool feeling.” Martin and three other professional
snowboarders are road tripping around North America in search of powder snow.
The crew is filming an “all inclusive ” snowboarding movie, the only
credentials to make the movie are a “positive attitude and a passion for Shred.”
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Jgibson13http://www.blogger.com/profile/16417468142177571637noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5228251919272493542.post-30527297143600226252013-02-06T16:05:00.000-08:002013-02-06T16:05:25.815-08:00Sunny SaturdayHoly beauty..... This is why I live in Washington<br />
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This last Saturday my friends and I drove up to the area surrounding the Mt. Baker ski resort for a delightful day of touring (backcountry skiing). We put in a six hour day and were touring around in our T-shirts, a rare occasion for early February in the North Cascades. In terms of views it was the most spectacular day I have been up in the mountains surrounding Mt. Baker. We explored some new areas and got to ski some untouched powder stashes that was lying hidden in the shadows of the knife-edged peaks.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tyler Tran. Stoked.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tim Black scoping the 20' cornice drop</td></tr>
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Jgibson13http://www.blogger.com/profile/16417468142177571637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5228251919272493542.post-79732817675946553852013-02-05T20:53:00.001-08:002013-02-05T21:44:31.545-08:00Environmental PortraitAnother assignment for my photojournalism class. This time the topic was an environmental portrait, capturing someone in their element, whether it be their occupation, passion or hobby.<br />
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I was first going to photograph someone down at the docks of Bellingham, hoping that I would find someone who lived a life on the water. But, it just so happened that I was going to buy a bike on craigslist, and I needed someone who knew bikes to look at it with me.<br />
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My acquaintance Kristian Duft, being the genuinely nice fellow that he is, offered to cruise up to the north part of Bellingham to check out the bike with me. After we check out the bike (which I ended up buying the next day), we rode back to his house and I saw his garage/bike shop. That is when I had the bright idea of using Kristian as my environmental portrait, since he "bleeds oil" I thought that he would be a perfect fit.<br />
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He is a gnarly mountain biker but loves any type of bicycle. When he isn't in school, rock climbing or doing homework, he is downhill mountain biking, or out speeding down hills on his road bike.</div>
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My shoot didn't go spectacular, my best shots ended up being out of focus. But I had a fun time getting to know Kristian more and I did manage to get a good shot out of it all.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">“If you cut me I would bleed oil,” Kristian Duft, 19, says. Biking is a lifestyle for Duft; he has his own bicycle work station in his garage, and he says he has been mountain biking, road biking and racing bikes for as long as he can remember.</td></tr>
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Jgibson13http://www.blogger.com/profile/16417468142177571637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5228251919272493542.post-51423140073727028942013-01-23T13:40:00.000-08:002013-01-23T17:43:40.375-08:00PhotojournalismI have finally picked up
my camera again, and damn it feels good.<br />
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I am taking a
photojournalism class this quarter and so far is been awesome. I have never seriously taken portraits before so it was a nice change of pace from
my regular photography. It was a fun and intimate experience, I would like to
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These are the photos from my first "Icebreaker assignment" for the
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;">“Live everyday abundantly, and pay it forward,” said Young. <br />Young said if money was no obligation she would help people who are in need.</span> </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;">Shirley Osterhaus is a teacher/activist in the Fairhaven College at WWU. Osterhaus said<br /> she has found her place, “I feel I get to do what I love doing and get paid for it.”</span></td></tr>
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Lately I've been slacking, but I have decided to swing things around and pick myself up. Slacking doesn't make for happiness, at least for me.</div>
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I have now been trying much harder in school, and life in general. It feels good to do well. Progressing...</div>
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What I have been slacking on the most is my photography, which really breaks my balls. I seem to get stagnant sometimes and have trouble finding the motivation to shoot. I am trying to change that. I am deciding that I will start pushing myself to become a better photographer.<br />
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The Act of Action</h3>
Yesterday I joined up with Andrew Eckels, Tim Black, Patrick Longley, and local Baker legend 'Woods' to do some backcountry skiing.<br />
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We left Bellingham at 6:15 a.m. and drove as close as we could to Hadley Glacier. Hiking four miles through the snow, in a the forest which was transitioning beautifully between fall and winter, was an amazing way to start of the day.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Crew from left to right: Patrick Longley, Andrew Ackles, Tim Black, Woods, I'm not pictured</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Approaching</td></tr>
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Hadley Glacier, where we ended up skiing, was covered with a foot to two feet of snow depending on wind direction. The snow made for some amazing skiing, but intensive hiking. We got two laps in and the skiing was incredible. We never even touched the hardpack of the glacier, just fresh white powder!<br />
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I am pretty out of shape, so the hiking took a toll on me. By the time we started heading back to the car I was already exhausted. The four mile trek proved to be rigorous, but a good wake up call for what is to come. We got to the car just as it got dark, completing our 10 hour, nine mile day in the beautiful Mt. Baker Wilderness. The adventure was the hardest, but most accomplishing thing I have done in months. It was refreshing to get out and shoot again, hopefully this will be the beginning of the end of my stagnation.<br />
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It was inspiring to get out into the land that I live so near to, and to do it with such energetic backcountrymen made the experience very influential. I have a feeling that this will be the first of many incredible backcountry adventures this year.</div>
Jgibson13http://www.blogger.com/profile/16417468142177571637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5228251919272493542.post-51593328806890143782012-06-25T13:09:00.000-07:002012-06-25T13:23:30.775-07:00EscapeEscape<span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span style="background-color: white;">[ih-skeyp] - To slip or get away, as from confinement or restraint; gain or regain liberty</span><br />
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Everyone needs to escape, and I feel we don't do it enough.<br />
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Escaping from the confines of daily life is beneficial for the mind, body, and soul. It gives you time to step back and reflect, to reform or change perspectives on events and actions within our lives, and to set our sites on goals that are important to us. We have to set aside time for our escape.<br />
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Escape sometimes involves spending time alone. Being alone can be good, let your mind wander and it will begin to think freely. Our thoughts are constantly controlled by our external environment, giving us little time to think independently. Escaping allows time to reconnect with yourself. It allows you to <span style="background-color: white;">tweak or twist</span><span style="background-color: white;"> the paths in life path to follow the one that you deem correct. It gives you the chance to reflect on the past and grow from your experiences. I enjoy my escape time, it tends to keep me grounded.</span><br />
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Life, for me, has been incredibly hectic for the past month. School came to a close, right after my last final I packed up everything from my dorm room to head for home. The <span style="background-color: white;">monotonous I-90</span><span style="background-color: white;"> drive across Washington provided some much needed alone time to decompress from my chaotic freshman year of college. It gave me time to reflect on the unforgettable times and life lessons learned throughout the year. I made friendships that will last a lifetime and learned more about myself than any year prior.</span><br />
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My time at home came and went in a blink of an eye. I only had a few days to reconnect with my family and friends, but I made them count. I was able to spend some quality time with my Grandparents in Spokane, which helped me place a few missing pieces to my life:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rufus</td></tr>
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While I was in Spokane I also broke away from my usual style of<span style="background-color: white;"> photography by taking some abstracts around downtown:</span><br />
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I left home refreshed and open minded<br />
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Six days after my arrival in Sandpoint, <span style="background-color: white;">I set off for Ashland, Oregon, where I will be working this summer as a wildland firefighter. </span><span style="background-color: white;">Ashland has been liberating. It is the most eclectic place I have ever been. The people here are unique and they all have something to offer. My new friends have been incredibly open and accepting, I feel as if I have known them for years. When I wasn't in my wildfire certification course I was hiking around and getting to know my new home and friends:</span><br />
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On Thursday I made the trip up to central Washington by my lonesome to pick up my car and attend to some business. The trip turned out to be a great escape for me. I was finally alone, lost in my thoughts and the music pumping through my speakers....<br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">Central Washington and Oregon have some spectacular scenery. The drive reminded me why I live in the Northwest, it is home to the most beautiful places I have ever seen:</span><br />
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Life happens when you go with the flow.<br />
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This last weekend a few friends and I made a trip down to southern Washington/northern Oregon for some fun. We shredded Mt. Hood and got into some other shenanigans along the way. While on the trip a friend of a friend was sooooo generous and let me take photos with his Nikon D3 and some really nice lenses. The shots turned out sick, the optics on the lenses made for incredible detail. It was eye opening shooting with that nice of a camera, I really need to upgrade.<br />
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I am starting to get my eye back. I have been shooting consistantly lately and it is doing wonders for my photography, I am noticing things from a photographer perspective again. I have been finding interesting lighting and seeing a lot more subtleties that I had come to overlook due to a lack of shooting.<br />
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Our trip was awesome. I got to know my friends a lot better and heard some cool stories along the way.<br />
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We stayed in Drew Swisher's home town of Camas, Wa. Camas was a little piece of paradise along Columbia River. The Swisher's treated us to a sunset boat ride up the Gorge, where we pulled to the side of the river to send some sand dunes.<br />
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The trip was 60 hours of nonstop fun, we barley slept and being able to shooting with that nice camera made everything better. It is awesome to know that there are such generous people out there in the world, thank you John for letting me use your set up!</div>
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Ski season is probably over for me, now on to the end of school/summer. I am excited for this summer but amazed that this school year is almost over. It will be one for the memory bank.</div>
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Summer is going to be interesting. I am going to be fighting wildfires while stationed in Ashland, Oregon, as well as photo apprenticing under Patrick Orton. I feel like this summer will be quite an experience. It will be like nothing I have done before, I am excited to see how it plays out.</div>Jgibson13http://www.blogger.com/profile/16417468142177571637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5228251919272493542.post-68205098914585584222012-05-10T12:29:00.002-07:002012-05-10T15:01:52.161-07:00College<br />
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px;">This post will be my longest, it contains a lot of photos and a little bit of writing. This post portrays memories from my freshman year at WWU thus far. Please take 5-10 minutes to READ the text and view the photos, as the writing will help give a background.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">My last post's title was Growth, and
I now realize how aptly named it was. I was sitting with a friend revising my
blog when I got freaked out, realizing I shouldn't have started this project without more experience. We talked about it and he brought up a great
point. There is a lot I have to learn, so this blog should be a work in
progress. I now know that I have so much to improve on before my
photography is at the level that I want it to be. This blog will act as a reference for the development of my photography over the next
few years as well as help me to share my experiences with friends and
followers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">College... College has been the best
time of my life so far, I wouldn't trade the world for the friends I've made
and the experiences I've had. I have learned so much about myself, how I
want to live my life and how much learning I still have to do.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Fall</span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">My school year began with a 5 day
backpacking trip in the Chuckanuts, a wilderness area south of Bellingham. It
got my year started off right, I was able to make some lasting connections with
some real down-to-earth people within the Outdoor Center at Western. The trip had a profound impact on me, so much so that next year I will be guiding the same trip I participated
in. Through the experience i found the importance of nature in my life. Nature slows down your mind and lets you reconnect with yourself, with others, and with mother nature.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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school started, it was a sharp contrast to the peace and serenity of nature.
The ensuing weeks involved too much partying and not enough school or sleep. It
was a whirlwind of raging hormones and newfound freedom. I made my core group of friends and I couldn’t have asked for
a better time, but I found out that partying like that isn’t conducive for productivity. Unfortunately, my grades reflected how much I fun I was
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Winter</span></h3>
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was absolutely insane, Mt. Baker went off this year with 800+
inches of snowfall. I meet a ton of gnarly shredders that all had every other day off of school so we could ski...talk about a party. I won’t soon
forget the countless cliff drops and car rides to and from Baker, great
memories with great friends. I felt like we never went to school. It was pretty
dangerous; every other night seemed like a Friday then we would wake
up to sooooo much fresh WHITE POWDA!!! I picked it up in school while
shredding upwards of 50 days this winter. I’m super stoked on my college
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">During the winter I also went home for the holidays. It was good to get home. I always knew that Sandpoint was a spectacular place but you really realize it once your gone. Getting away made me appreciate where I was raised, it's one of the most breathtaking places I've ever been.</span></div>
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Winter in Bellingham was temperate. We received snow in town once or twice but the rest of the time it was pretty rainy. We really cherish the sunny days here in Bellingham, everyone comes out when the sun breaks through the clouds. </div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">I had an amazing spring break, Connor Griesemer, Cameron Russel and I road tripped all the way from Bellingham to Dana Point, Ca. (South of LA). We were low on funds and it wasn't until the day of that we decided to take off. The trip had no agenda besides getting to Dana Point and back, it was probably the best plan we could have come up with. It led to impromptu wer camping along with some California hospitality from friends and family. The lack of planning showed us some amazing places. The California coast and the Redwoods are two of the most awe-inspiring places I've ever seen:</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Abandoned WWII lookout bunker</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sketchy Walk down from the Bunker</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">Spring is finally showing in Bellingham and I am really
settling in. Spring has been a time for reflection, learning and
branching out. I am taking 18 credits, which is fun but hard. All my classes
are super interesting but I have a lot less time for a social life.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">I landed a
position as a photographer on The Planet, a quarterly environmental science
magazine at Western. The Planet has forced me to
shoot differently than I usually would, really giving me a newfound love for
photography. This quarter has made me become more independent and a lot more
responsible. I am finally starting to grow up.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px;">The people here in Bellingham are some of the most genuine, down to earth people I have met. I can't wait to spend the next three years with them in this magical place. The subjects in all of these photos are my dear friends, people that I have met and in less than a year I can call my family. I think thats pretty cool.</span><br />
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A more structured approach for my photography is needed. Hopefully this blog will allow me to build upon the skills I already have as well as help me to define my own style. I will do my best to make every post better than the last from here on out, but it won't happen without your comments and critiques. Please shoot me a comment so I can get some feedback!</div>
</div>Jgibson13http://www.blogger.com/profile/16417468142177571637noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5228251919272493542.post-49706447942964326412012-04-29T15:18:00.000-07:002012-04-29T22:13:07.017-07:00GrowthLife is good. Springtime in Bellingham has been amazing thus far, I am meeting a ton of new really cool people and the weather has been producing some sunshine so it's a nice change of pace. I am really starting to settle into Bham and I love it, it's becoming home.<br />
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I have been wanting to make a photo blog for a long time and just never got around to it, so here it is finally. My photos are usually just uploaded to Facebook and i'm tired of doing that. Facebook doesn't do the photos justice and I would like to be able to give my photos more context so people know what was happening.<br />
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I am starting to take photography more seriously, I think I want to do something with it for a profession and I really need to start refining my skills. For part of this summer I am planning on apprenticing under Patrick Orton (<a href="http://patrickortonphotography.com/">patrickortonphotography.com</a>), a close friend and professional outdoor adventure photographer, to gain all the knowledge and experience that I can from him. He has really been a mentor for me, in photography as well as in life so I am really looking forward to spending some more time with him this summer.</div>
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The sunshine has given me the opportunity to get out with some friends and start shooting some more, here are some of my recent works.</div>
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Cam Russell, one of my best friends, and his buddy had this crazy idea to drop a 15 foot waterfall on a wakeboard at Whatcom falls. They had to drag a 60-70lb winch setup down a steep, rugged 150ft decesent so they could use a pulley to gain speed for the drop. The BDP crew and a bunch of friends were there to help us set up the winch and to do a little boating as well, big ups, we couldn't have done it without them. We got the winch set up and after a few failed attempts by Cam's friend, Cam strapped up and dropped it first try, pretty sick in my book.<br />
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