Sunday, November 21, 2010
Friday, August 6, 2010
Weddings at the Shore House in Tahoe Vista
Wedding season is in full effect and the weather couldn't be nicer in Tahoe. From a brides point of view, weddings can be a stressful affair from planning and expectations. Sometimes it can be a nice thing to just get back to the essentials of your day and keep things real simple. I recently shot a very intimate wedding at the Shore House in Tahoe Vista. Nestled on the north end of Lake Tahoe, the Shore House is a bed & breakfast venue that offers an alternative for those who are looking for a downsized private affair. This venue can handle only maximum of 25 of your closest friends & family. The backdrop is scenic with a view across to South Lake Tahoe and a stones throw away from popular North Lake Tahoe destination, Kings beach.
Saturday, May 8, 2010
My Youngest
My youngest enjoying a nice spring day at Northgate park in Northwest Reno. He is all CHEEKS!
I was able to snap a few pics of my little man while his older brother was running like a wild man in the playground. Reno is a great place in the spring.
Shot with my favorite Camera Lens combo:
Canon 1D Mark III and 50mm 1.4 lens.
Saturday, April 17, 2010
Monday, March 15, 2010
Revived
Revived from Eric Asistin on Vimeo.
Labels:
andy finch,
Andy Spotts,
Ryan Eagan,
snowboarding,
Tyler Copeland
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Continuing Education
There are times in your everyday life when I bet you've beat yourself up for not being the best that you could be. In order to the be the best that you can, what have you done in order to improve? In any profession from A-Z.... to a photographer like myself, one has to keep sharping his tools & skill set in order to perform at a high level. For this past week, I have been attending WPPI in Las Vegas (Wedding & Portrait Photographers International) to hone my skills & learn from master photographers in the industry. Today's leading industry professionals are here to help photographers become better & within their own peer group, they themselves push each other to become better developing a great sense of camaraderie.
For those of you who have visited my blog or my website know that I shoot some polarizing subjects...weddings & action sports. In terms of the education that goes into shooting these contrasting subjects, being here at WPPI is a perfect complement. As an action sports shooter, I can get all caught up in technical hoopla in the creation & process of a image. As a wedding photographer, I have to take that technical jargon from action sports and marry that into a happy medium remembering to get the emotional side as well. Us photographers are a passionate group to say the least and our egos can get in the way at times. In a creative field like photography, there is nothing better than getting together with a group of people that know more than you to break you down. In that break down process you can find out more about yourself than you ever imagined. I encourage you in whatever field you may be in, to join a great organization such as WPPI to further your education.
Labels:
Bride,
LakeTahoe Wedding,
Las Vegas Wedding,
Sin City
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Castle Peak 02/13/2010 from Eric Asistin on Vimeo.
Finch and I have been venturing out in the Tahoe Backcountry searching for some fun snow. Last Saturday we hooked up with local Sledneck Jay Grube and missioned out to Castle Peak to see what it had to offer. The snow was questionable in some areas, but it didn't deter us from making something happen. Finch found a little drop he wanted to start the day out with. The drop won taking out Finches board & hopes for bagging any more shots. I told him..."We're already out here & you don't have a backup so rally my board." He switched out bindings to my Capita Charlie Slasher 164 and got some great turns. Hey, no busted board is going to stop ya from having fun is it? (Note: I carry backup cameras at all times just in case....ya may wanna carry a backup board for the same reason!)
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Monday, January 11, 2010
Mammoth Slopestyle Finals 2010
Paul Mitchell makes great hair care products that will hold up to the high speed velocity you can achieve while on the slopestyle course. This was the only Slopestyle contest on the USSA Schedule prior to the Olympic games. The boys at the Unbound terrain park at Mammoth put up an amazing course considering they were farming snow from all areas of the mountain in order to put together the great course. The course consisted of a double line to rail feature to another double line at the bottom. in the womens division, South Lake Tahoe's Jamie Anderson took the win and in the Mens, Porters team rider Chas Guldemond got back on top of the podium. Check the pics to see what went down.
Saturday, January 9, 2010
Friday, January 8, 2010
Sunday, January 3, 2010
Go Big & Stay Safe
The Olympics are on the horizon & it seems that all competitive snowboarders are in a race to see how many double corks they can land in the Halfpipe. Double corks are gnarly and super dangerous. Just two days ago Olympic hopeful and Burton Team rider Kevin Pearce, sustained a traumatic head injury that has left him in critical condition. Our prayers & best wishes go out to Kevin & his family & hope that Kevin can make a strong recovery.
The new level of snowboarding has gotten so high that riders are literally putting their lives on the line in order to achieve whatever goals they have set for themselves. As the general public watch from the safety of their television sets, there is a false perspective that a viewer may get from that lazyboy. Snow is not as soft as it may seem and is very unforgiving. Lets put this into perspective..the halfpipes today have come a long way from highway banked hits to now the super 22 foot behemoths. These pipes are rock hard and are pretty much solid ice. So, a professional snowboarder can launch himself on a 22 foot pipe on average 10 feet above the lip at a minimum. That's 32 feet up in the air on an ice block straight to the bottom. how do you think your body would hold up to that? Not to mention the velocity & rate at which they are flying. Falling in a big halfpipe hurts, i dont care who you are. If your not ready for something like that...please know your limits. Kevin is a professional & this is part of the game....really just an unfortunate turn of events.As we watch these athletes push themselves for glory, please take note of what they are now sacrificing.
The photo is of Andy Finch & the newly cut Halfpipe @ Northstar at Tahoe. Going big & taking risks.
The new level of snowboarding has gotten so high that riders are literally putting their lives on the line in order to achieve whatever goals they have set for themselves. As the general public watch from the safety of their television sets, there is a false perspective that a viewer may get from that lazyboy. Snow is not as soft as it may seem and is very unforgiving. Lets put this into perspective..the halfpipes today have come a long way from highway banked hits to now the super 22 foot behemoths. These pipes are rock hard and are pretty much solid ice. So, a professional snowboarder can launch himself on a 22 foot pipe on average 10 feet above the lip at a minimum. That's 32 feet up in the air on an ice block straight to the bottom. how do you think your body would hold up to that? Not to mention the velocity & rate at which they are flying. Falling in a big halfpipe hurts, i dont care who you are. If your not ready for something like that...please know your limits. Kevin is a professional & this is part of the game....really just an unfortunate turn of events.As we watch these athletes push themselves for glory, please take note of what they are now sacrificing.
The photo is of Andy Finch & the newly cut Halfpipe @ Northstar at Tahoe. Going big & taking risks.
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