I fully realise how much i travel. I seem to spend my life drifting through airport arrival halls as i move onto my next destination. Now due to time and money constraints i feel that the amount of actual travelling i do is limited. What generally tends to happen is i fly into an airport [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/00/82/12/8212.jpeg[/IMG]
Last week i posted about giving my camera across to the kids at the school i was at in Antigua, Guatemala. They loved swapping around and taking turns at being the photographer with varying levels of success. The focus and composure wasn’t always evident but they had a great time playing around, learning as they [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/00/79/39/7939.jpeg[/IMG]
My Lightroom catalogue currently shows that i’ve taken 1205 photos whilst in and around the school. For every photo i take i usually have to show the result to ten or so children as they shout “Quiero Ver” (show me!) after each click of the shutter. I started doing the maths here……. 1205 X 10 [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/00/77/77/7777.jpeg[/IMG]
I’m approaching my final few days in Guatemala before i head back home this week. Over the last few days i headed over to Lake Atitlan for what turned out to be an awesome weekend break. I headed over by myself on Friday before meeting up with Jo, a volunteer from the school, on Saturday [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/00/77/46/7746.jpeg[/IMG]
Yesterday was an action packed day in and around the school and in the evening i was lucky enough to be invited to a part of the town where a large majority of the children who attend the school live. Vista Hermosa is an area which tourists seldom see. Tucked away on the hillside is [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/00/75/17/7517.jpeg[/IMG]
I’m a firm believer that all the best stories have a twist near the end. Mine was panning out as usual the other day as i packed my bags in Los Angeles after a successful season over in the states. While this was going on a volcano over in Iceland was doing what volcanos do [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/00/74/72/7472.jpeg[/IMG]
Its Crazy how quick a season comes to an end. Today was my last day up on the hill at Mammoth resort and i’ll be packing up and heading to Los Angeles tomorrow. Whether i’ll be able to fly home is yet to be figured out, i’ll have to see what that volcano is doing [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/00/72/80/7280.jpeg[/IMG]
Its always funny how quick seasons tend to go. You never forget each individual one but they can often be a case of blink and you miss it. When back in February you say things like, “we’ve got plenty of time to shoot this” and then before you know it its all done and dusted [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/00/70/36/7036.png[/IMG]
‘Do you remember the good old days before the ghost town?’ Specials: Ghost Town I can’t think of many better ways to spend your day then at a ghost town. When travelling to new places i always try and see if an abandoned town of some sort is around as it always makes for atmospheric photos [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/00/66/67/6667.jpeg[/IMG]
Rumours have been floating around for a week or so now regarding one of my good friends Michaela Davis-Meehan who hurt herself during training at the Roxy Chicken Jam, an all girls snowboard competition over in Mammoth resort. She’s just put the rumours to rest on her website letting people know that she has indeed [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/00/65/47/6547.jpeg[/IMG]
It always seems to be the way that when the season is in full swing regular blogging reduces to a bar minimum. I’ve been based over in Breckenridge, Colorado for the last few months and have been loving experimenting with my new camera gear that i’ll talk about in another post as work starts to [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/00/65/16/6516.jpeg[/IMG]
I’ve spent the day on the computer submitting images to the Red Bull Illume competition and stumbled across lots of personal work thats never seen the light of day. With the snow falling outside and my recent lack of blog posts i thought i’d share some with you. I love travel photography and when i visit new [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/00/48/90/4890.png[/IMG]
Throughout this season i’ll occasionally be blogging over on Document Snowboard Magazine about things which happen or come into my mind as the weeks roll by. For this weeks blog i’ve written some experiences with competitions and in particular X Games which i was at last week. To check out the blog just click [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/00/37/67/3767.png[/IMG]
So the wheels firmly got put into motion as of this week and here’s a little update of whats gone on. Firstly, my insurance company paid up this week for all of my gear that was stolen back in November. As you can imagine i’m super happy with this situation and i’ll write a little bit [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/00/34/28/3428.jpeg[/IMG]
With the snow outside bringing most of England to its feet i’ve decided to take the advice of the British press and have not made any unnecessary trips out of my house for the last week. Such scaremongering in the news day in, day out absolutely baffles me. I mean, apart from the freezing temperatures, [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/00/24/68/2468.jpeg[/IMG]
Once again, happy new year to everyone. 2009 was a crazy roller coaster of a ride for me. Somethings worked well and others didn’t but there was never a dull moment to be had. Over the last couple of days i’ve sat down and sorted through thousands of images to try and put a little [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/00/21/60/2160.png[/IMG]
Happy new Year everyone. I’ll get a post out in the next few days talking through the last year but having just read the news i thought i’d mention this. Kevin Pearce is a snowboarder that absolutely rocks. Not only does he dominate any competition he’s entered into but now is producing the goods with Absinthe [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/00/20/60/2060.jpeg[/IMG]
In between winter seasons i try to keep myself as fit as possible and this year running seems to be the trend that i’m in with right now. Regular readers of the blog will know that i’ve run a number of half marathons and the Eurasia Marathon, over in Istanbul during October. Since then i’ve [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/00/15/41/1541.jpeg[/IMG]
Mick Fanning won his second ASP tour over the weekend at Pipeline in Hawaii. By all accounts he’s had an awesome year. Back in August i had the chance to watch him in the water while he had a free surf at Cronulla beach in Sydney. Even in small waves he destroyed everything there was. [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/00/14/85/1485.jpeg[/IMG]
Hey Guys, Not great news to tell you. Unfortunately all of my equipment has been stolen whilst working over in Barcelona this weekend. I was here covering the Barcelona Snow Show and after a great first day my bag was stolen containing everything that is important to me. Hopefully i`ll be able to travel home tomorrow (my [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/00/05/49/549.png[/IMG]
