April 4: Sun Rise

After a nice April storm, we tried for some golden sunrise light.

The twilight was incredible.

The sunrise was a bit too clear though, so the light wasn't dramatic enough.
And it was cold: 6 degrees?

The shots didn't turn out, but it was definitely worth the hike.

Mar 23: Big Jump

Justin and Hazen built the Pyramid booter, by themselves, in 2 days.

It looked rather beautiful as we approached it the next morning. (For scale, the vertical wall of the ramp is 12 feet tall.)

We worked from 9am until about 2pm, sculpting the ramp and smoothing the in-run. We had about a dozen guys shoveling, stomping and testing.

Finally, with a good crowd of supporters, Justin and Hazen enjoyed their moment.
Pete and Eric also put in a couple laps.

The real images are still processing.

Mar 10: Spring Time

It feels like spring. Sunny and warm. Good time for a big ol' booter session.

That's some aggressive shoveling.

Watch out.

Gotcha!

The gallery.

My models.

Having a good time.

Ok, back to work. I had them pose like this for a couple hours.

Use your imagination to put some ski tricks into those reflections.

Jan 29: Grab Bag

The skiing is warm and wet this week, so a couple of the guys are practicing some new grabs.

This super poppy booter is cleaned up to look nice.

Justin is working on a truck driver.

It's getting closer.

But it's still in the developmental phase.

A few more tries...

Much better.

Timmy is locked in.

It looks effortless.

Ariel joins later. Is this the running man?

Rad base graphics.

Feb 26: Spring Skiing

16" made for good skiing.
The warm weather made it a bit Springy.

We started by sending Vanessa off a sweet cliff.
I combined 20 images into a massive composite. I'm saving the big one, but here's a teaser image.

Then, we went into Grizzly to hang out in the sun.
Check the time lapse video.


Spring Days in Grizzly Gulch from Jeremy Koons on Vimeo.


I had another camera on a tripod, firing remotely with a Pocket Wizard.
It felt good to just let the P'-Wizard do the work. I didn't even check the framing until halfway through the day. A nice lazy afternoon in the sun.
Some shots from the P'-Wizard:


Justin.

Timmy.

Hazen.

JP.

Keenan.

Wes.

Spring is here already.

What happened to Winter?

Jan 4: Night Lights

Here's my preliminary test for a sunset photoshoot concept.

I learned that even if I frame a nice image, the athletes are capable of going Uber huge and missing the frame.

Hazen goes big & inverted.

Justin removes his ski mid air, again.

From a different angle. Nate was a great photo assistant, shooting bursts while I shot strobes. And Hazen, background right, shoots video. With 2 other photogs, we had at least 5 cameras on the action. Hopefully something turns out.

Finally, we start to dial it in.

It was a great practice session. Hopefully tomorrow we can line it up on a sunset and create some stronger images.