Over the past weeks we’ve released clips from the promo piece that I shot [and DaBanks crushed on the editing end] for the Nor’easter. These clips will be playing in the EMS stores (all 80+ of them), the Nor’easter website, viral placements, and now here. This is 12 minutes of goodness, with some high level climbing footage, rockin’ beats, and cool characters. So sit back and crank up the music, I hope you enjoy. Also if you really want to see this on the big screen and in higher resolution I have some DVDs left over from what was produced for the EMS stores. If you want your own copy drop us a line (info[at]kemplemedia.com)and we will send you a copy for $1! How cool is that?! Check out the Nor’easter website and I hope to see you all there in September.
Some of you might have seen some photos floating around that I’ve leaked out from a shoot we did in the Czech Republic in April. It was a crazy adventure to the Northeastern part of the country to a climbing area rich in climbing history and ethic — Adrspach. Also along on the trip was Peter Mortimer and aside from shooting footage for his upcoming feature, he did a great piece for the New York Times online. Check out the video here… and keep an eye for my cameo and shout out.
The only stock agency I’ve ever really worked with is Aurora Photos, based out of Portland, Maine. I’ve never been much of a stock guy honestly, I’d rather be creating unique brand based campaigns with a client. But that doesn’t mean that stock isn’t still a huge part of the photo world, and a decent part of mine. In the past few years, Aurora has been able to grow from being solely a photojournalism and news based stock agency. Thanks to forays into new markets (outdoor, assignments) and IMHO by relying heavily on a handful of really good photographers (Corey Rich and David McLain immediately come to mind) they continue to think outside the box and be an agency that can stand up to the big guys. Check out some fresh work and good creative motivation in the form of a video ‘JUMP’: tk
Vincent Laforet is a young (early 30s) NYC photographer whose work I seem to see everywhere these days. He started out as a NY Times guy and after leaving a couple years ago has done some really inspirational and creative work for editorial and commercial clients around the world. He inspires me.
Recently Vincent posted up a current state of the industry piece on SportsShooter, and while it does carry a sports journalist perspective, anyone who makes their living in the visual arts, likes photography or video, or reading the good stuff [I'm talking about well researched and insightful] on the web should give this a read. Hope you all had a great 4th! tk
One of my clients Eastern Mountain Sports, EMS, had a grand opening of a new store in Conway, NH this past week. Not only is the building brand spankin’ new (and filled with all sorts of Earth friendly technology), but the interior design and layout just looks killer (of course I’m biased because they have some monster sized banners and posters of some of my images, and some local images from one of my heros, Bradford Washburn, as well)!
I grew up spending my summers in North Conway so I’m so excited to see this whole project come together. If you are in the area make sure you check it out in person!
Geeze Louise! Its been over a week and no update!! I wish I could say that I was somewhere extreme in the world, someplace where they haven’t heard about the interweb yet (have you heard about the interweb:))… but really I’m in Salt Lake City and behind the computer in Final Cut land. I have three different video projects Im psyched to share soon. One of which is the complete Noreaster DVD. Its not too long, about 15 minutes, but it has a bunch of great footage of Rumney, and some Music video goodness of State Radio and Basenectar. The complete version will be up here soon, and I’m going to offer the DVD for the cost of shipping (for a couple bucks you can have a DVD in your hand… details to come). We’ve also been trucking along with a pilot for an alcohol commercial (yeah that’s right we’ve made the big time)… also a couple editorial projects. Check out Clark Shelk, owner of Revolution, below:
As many of you know I was on a string of back to back to back shoots this Spring. We were running all over the place… Mallorca, Morocco, China and more. And as the title suggests all of the shoots took place in the hundred days from the beginning of February to the middle of May. I can’t share all of the shoots, but most of the good stuff is in here. Check out the video here (or here for larger) and read more after the break,
Here’s another video we shot for the Nor’easter outdoor festival coming to New England in September. This one features a live performance by State Radio and some badass, impressive climbing by Kevin Jorgeson. Edit by none other than Dbanks.
I did a week long shoot in April for the promoters of the Noreaster (an art/music/outdoor festival coming to the metro Boston area in September). The images and video are going to be used for viral marketing purposes the next few months. This short is of Kevin Jorgeson making the second rope-less ascent of ‘the fly’ the hardest route on the East Coast.
I spent my long weekend in Telluride at the Telluride Mountain Film Festival. It was good to relax and meet up with friends I hadn’t seen in quite a while. Everest photo pro Jimmy Chin was there, I shared dinner with Conrad Anker and his wife Jenni, David Brashears and a bunch of other mountain lovers. I’m not trying to drop names, although it was cool to hang out with these talented, inspirational people, so stick with me. There were a bunch of fantastic films, parties, and presentations but the one flick that seemed to have everyone talking was Red Gold.
Its a movie set in Bristol Bay in Alaska and while its billed as an eco-type film it really is a social commentary. The conflict is that on one hand this region is home to two of the most salmon rich rivers in North America, but on the other, sits atop one of the richest copper deposits in the world. To heighten the tension the people of the region are monetarily poor and the proposed mine could bring a large amount of wealth to the region. Should a mine be built? Is a renewable resource (the salmon) more important than the non-renewable one? What is wealth?
What struck me the most was that because the idea and the social chords the movie struck were so simple yet real the impact of the film was great. Everyone who watched the movie had an emotional response in one form or another and it carried out to the dinner tables and bars afterwards. Check out the trailer (and hopefully the feature length film).
