Thursday, February 19, 2009

follow my footsteps

Well today I decided to commence “the story behind the shot” or maybe a more creative “follow in my footsteps”.

The first shot I’m going to feature is coincidentally also my first shot ever published in a snowboard publication. The image is Justin Baun shot at Kicking Horse Resort in Golden BC. Dano Pendygrasse picked this image up while he was running the photo department at the now defunct Future Snowboarding. Dano was a good photo ed in my opinion, mainly because he ran the type of images that I had liked to shoot. Win win for both parties.



This particular photo was shot in a zone dubbed the backside of “O-zone”. If you take the “my blue heaven” chair up and hike across the ridge, this is the face you end up dropping into. It is very crazy terrain unless you know where you’re going. Luckily Justin grew up here and knew most of the knooks and crannies of every line.

I really like this shot for a couple reasons. First, the action is good, really good actually. Second, I love just how the sliver of light is hitting that little nub. If this were in full soon, I highly doubt it would look as dramatic. The final reason I like this shot is the angle. I love pow shows where it gives the sense that you’re about to drop into the line as well.



That concludes the first “follow in my footsteps”. Stay classy!

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