Face shots, Pow Hits and a HAPPY NEW YEAR (chapter II)

[Unemployed]

Since so many of you enjoyed the first chapter [ame="http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/showthread.php?t=209380"]'Face Shots, pow hits and a Happy Christmas'[/ame] I thought I'd share another chapter from New Years. Thanks go to White Pass for being gracious hosts and having me there to take images. It was a good time! Hope to be back soon. Enjoy everyone.



















































***I post these images for the enjoyment of all. If you would like to use these images for any other purposes such as enlargements or licensing, please contact me at tharhawk@yahoo.com. Thanks everyone.

[ectreeskier11]

you fucking rock. bring your camera to LCC sometime soon.

[t.odd]

so much really good in here! cheers!

[serge944]

Incredible!

[leftfield]

excellence.

[Blurred]

And THIS folks is what should be posted here...as much as I like blurry, flat, hardpack pics, this is how it's done.

Your pics=extraordinary
So SICK!

[grskier]

Excellent stoke!!!
who are your athletes?

[scottcha]

Awesome pics. I can't say I've seen pics which convey the art of skiing pow as well as those two deep ones you posted. Lots of edits do this but the still shot is elusive. You def captured it!

[fastfroggy]

great photos!

[Signed In White]

Super sick stoke. Thanks.

[Unemployed]

Excellent stoke!!!
who are your athletes?

Family and friends, people I like to ski with who are nice enough to pull up thier turns while I take a few images.

Glad you guys like the shots. It was a lot of fun taking images, even though it isn't my typical ski mountaineering fair. I'll give it this, when the weather and snow conditions aren't safe, it's a nice way to still get images and have fun/do work at the same time.

[Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer]

SICKNESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Again, you deliver A+++++ quality content. Keep it up.

PS - that picture from the back of the truck is really cool. No idea how you did that.

[mnskier]

Great pics! Another great chapter..hopefully many more to come

[SeatownSlackey]

love em. ^^ same truck shot made me dizzy

[monkeywrenchMoose]

And THIS folks is what should be posted here...as much as I like blurry, flat, hardpack pics, this is how it's done.

Your pics=extraordinary
So SICK!

If this was the only kind of stoke posted on these boards then TGR would consist of probably five members: Grizzle6, Gunder, Otter, Truth and Unemployed.

While I absolutely enjoy these technically perfect pictures of untracked pow, I also like the tangible, common-folk, stoke pictures that many good maggots post on here. Especially the ones that tell a story with the sequence of the pictures.

However, I am not condoning the posting of blurry, flat, hardpack pictures. That combo sucks.

[Unemployed]

If this was the only kind of stoke posted on these boards then TGR would consist of probably five members: Grizzle6, Gunder, Otter, Truth and Unemployed.

While I absolutely enjoy these technically perfect pictures of untracked pow, I also like the tangible, common-folk, stoke pictures that many good maggots post on here. Especially the ones that tell a story with the sequence of the pictures.

However, I am not condoning the posting of blurry, flat, hardpack pictures. That combo sucks.

I agree. I see good stuff from all walks of life on this website. Photos don't need to be spot on, neither does the writing to make something good to the viewer. It is the connection it makes that is important. Perhaps a familiar mountain, a place you used to visit as a kid or a place you go to every day.

Overall, I just want to get people excited about the mountains and share the excitement I had with friends on those day(s) when I am fortunate enough to be out there. This isn't any competition; I'm not trying to be better than anyone (not that you said that). I'm just a semi (un)employed photographer/skier/lover of nature sharing his view of the mountains.

[highanxiety]

WOW! Those are some sick pics.. Thanks for sharing.

[Unemployed]

SICKNESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Again, you deliver A+++++ quality content. Keep it up.

PS - that picture from the back of the truck is really cool. No idea how you did that.

You have to punch the ISO down, push the speed down to around 20th of a second or less, which causes the background to blur, then you have to get real lucky and hold the camera super still to keep the foreground crisp. That is the hard part...plus the skiers don't know they are getting their image taken. You need the people to not move. It takes a lot of tries.

[gregL]

Outstanding as usual. Thanks, Jason!

[monkeywrenchMoose]

I just want to make clear that I am not hating on Unemployed's photos. They are fantastic.

I know some photogs don't like to give away their secrets but I'll ask anyway. If you prefer not to divulge, I understand. On the "Shuttling Gear to The Condos" photo did you use an external flash or just the on-camera flash? And did you use selective desat or was it just a gray day outside and colorful jackets inside?

[splat]

top shelf stuff once again, jason.

[tylerjames]

Awesome stuff.

[Dromond]

Great work. You're a busy man!

[Unemployed]

I just want to make clear that I am not hating on Unemployed's photos. They are fantastic.

I know some photogs don't like to give away their secrets but I'll ask anyway. If you prefer not to divulge, I understand. On the "Shuttling Gear to The Condos" photo did you use an external flash or just the on-camera flash? And did you use selective desat or was it just a gray day outside and colorful jackets inside?

No, happy to help.

I used a flash but can't remember if it was in camera. I'll post the exif below.

On the editing, I didn't use selective desaturate. What I did was take down the vibrancy in the RAW converter to almost nothing. Besides that I did the standard sharpening and contrast in CS.

Hope that answers your question.

Here is the Exif:

Exif data
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Creator Tool Ver.1.01
Rating 0
Metadata Date 2011:01:03 09:24:05-08:00
Lens 17.0-35.0 mm f/2.8
Lens ID 99
Image Number 31430
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History Changed /
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Color Transform YCbCr
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Date and Time (Original) 2010:12:29 12:08:35.33-08:00
Date and Time (Digitized) 2010:12:29 12:08:35.33-08:00
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Subject Distance 1.5 m
Metering Mode Multi-segment
Light Source Unknown
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Custom Rendered Normal
Exposure Mode Auto
White Balance Auto
Scene Capture Type Standard
Gain Control None
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Color Space Uncalibrated
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Flash Return Return detected
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[Sluffy]

its obvious how you feel about snowboarders