Trail Running Shoot with the Lowepro Photo Sport 200 AW
Over the past year Lowepro has been sending us photo packs to try out from their outdoor and active lineup. And the Photo Sport 200 AW has been seeing a lot of miles on trail running and mountain...
View ArticleAlpine Diving in the Sierra Nevada
Swimming and diving the alpine lakes remains an all time highlight of our 200-mile traverse across the Sierra Nevada last fall. There are literally thousands of these precious gems along the high...
View ArticleUltralight Backpacking for MontBell
We were fortunate to enjoy a stint of work in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California this fall. One of the projects we shot was a backpacking trek for MontBell. The Japanese apparel and equipment...
View ArticleA Week on California’s Big Sur Coast
We recently found ourselves in California with a week to kill. With our last meeting in LA and our next photo shoot in Northern CA, we decided to take the slow road along the coast. Not that you can...
View ArticleAlpine Climbing for CAMP USA
It would be easy to wager that alpinist Nate Smith spends more time in the air than most airline pilots. Correspondence with the SLC-based climber always reveals a travel itinerary that borders on...
View ArticleSweet Sixteen: Favorite Projects from 2016
Happy New Year! 2016 stands out with some unique differences from past years at HagePhoto. Many of our projects now include a video component as a matter of course. Some of our work was commissioned...
View ArticleEndless Summer in So Cal for La Sportiva
It’s not uncommon when working for top outdoor brands to be shooting out of season. Production schedules must line up with availability of prototypes and lead time to get assets into pre-season...
View ArticleBadwater to Telescope Peak in Death Valley
The four of us piled out of the SUV for another predawn start in a pull-off on the side of the road. Shoes were tightened, trekking poles extended and packs were hefted (heavier than I had expected)...
View ArticleThe Wonderland Connection
My first visit to Joshua Tree National Park 15 years ago nearly ended in that kind of tragedy. A buddy and I were down from Anchorage, Alaska to climb granite splitters in the desert sun. After a week...
View ArticleSummer Sojourn in the Trinity Alps
Usually we know we’re in trouble when it’s 80-degrees at the trailhead. But that’s considered a cool summer day in the Klamath Mountains of Northern California. Back at our Airstream on Trinity Lake...
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