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Guest Editor JT Holmes
Where the Action Is
I look at these photos and like anyone,
I feel something. I am brought to
afternoons in high school spent mad
Action photography is all about the thrill of capturing the decisive moment. The
at the world, with only Squaw Valley’s
skate, surf, and snow sports communities have strong traditions of documenting their
KT22 for a punching bag. I am brought
passion from the inside, casting the photographer as daring participant rather than
to delinquent moments in life in which
mere spectator.
you take a moment to think: how the
This community-driven passion feels right at home with the JPG ethos of Brave
hell did we end up here?
New Photography, and so it is with great pleasure that we welcome skier JT Holmes
It’s the thoughtlessness in youth,
as guest editor of our Gravity Powered theme. To compliment Gravity Powered, we
the anger in athletics, the balance
also present three How Tos on getting the perfect shot in snowboarding, surfing and
amongst chaos, the consequences and
skating, as well as a feature on some truly amazing gravity defiers.
disregard, the routine found in panic.
Like any sport that captures an
Given JPG’s global reach, and to celebrate the launch of 8020 Publishing’s new
individual’s being, it’s a passion, an
travel magazine Everywhere, we turn our gaze outward to the world at large by
evolution, a progression. For me it’s
presenting travel photography off the beaten track. Our Passport theme includes
skiing: Faster, bigger, straighter,
People of the Klein Karoo, Jill Coleman’s photo essay documenting this South African
steeper, more remote, more exposed.
community. Once again, we’ve been treated to a unique view of the world’s people
With bringing a BASE rig to the
from those who know them most intimately.
mountains, we are virgins again; new
We conclude this issue with Tools of the Trade, sponsored by the National
and twisted thoughts of questionable
Association of Photoshop Professionals. Showcasing the indispensable tools photo-
judgment flooding the mind constantly.
pros use to get the job done, this theme includes an intensely personal view of the war
Two Saturdays from now, we’ll
in Afghanistan from American soldier Jeremiah Ridgeway.
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above downtown Reno, with my skis,
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passport
gravity powered
jpg issue 13
24 Natalie Wells
79 David Holloway
December 2007 - January 2008
26 Aaron Brown
81 Guillaume Perimony
27 Brian Reiter
82 Audrey Kanekoa-Madrid
publisher Paul Cloutier
22 Gravity Powered
28 Calvin Sun
83 Guillaume Simon
design director Laura Brunow Miner
29 Charel Feiereisen
84 Sandy Carson
designer Rannie Balias
30 Kim Smith
86 Sean Harris
copy editor Robert Glen Fogarty
72 gravity defiant
31 Michele Molinari
87 George Cannon
vp business Devin Poolman
Breakdancers, Trapeze Artists, and More.
32 Grant Hamilton
88 Lindsay Docherty
technical director Jason DeFillippo
33 Tawny Alipoon
89 Stanislav Ginzburg
senior engineer Devin Hayes
98 snowboard photography
34 Scott Sandler
90 Eike Schroter
uX developer Jason Schupp
Ten Tips by Luke Phillips
35 David Lazar
91 David Newton
vp sales Dennis O’Brien
36 Ray Ordinario
92 Devin Poolman
marketing associate Christi Ginger
100 skateboard photography
37 Séverine Cousot
93 Phil Mislinski
Ten Tips by Ryan Allan
38 Todd Winters
94 Andrew Strain
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Ten Tips by Ryan Cardone
42 Nick Payne Cook
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MY PRECIOUS
Photo Credit: NYI Gradu
plastic, fantastic!
ate Jim
Holga 120N

by Paul Williamson
Edds
I was given my first camera for my 21st
or the wide angle lens that forces you
simple mods it’s easy to develop your
birthday. It was a compact digital point
to move closer to your subject. I was
own identity.
and shoot, with which I was instantly
immediately struck by its simplicity:
From talking to other fanatic
besotted. I took it everywhere and
fixed shutter speed (around 1/125),
Holgagraphers, it seems—for the
photographed anything that caught
one effective aperture (f/13), and basic
majority of us—using a Holga takes
my eye. After a while I noticed I was
focus. Initially restrictive, I soon
us back to why we ventured into
spending more time in post-production
found this simplicity quite liberating.
photography in the first place: sheer,
than out shooting. What I didn’t realize
I began to wonder just how far I could
unadulterated fun. When I’m asked to
at the time was that I was trying to
push the camera, and this is where
describe how using my Holga makes
break down some of the sterility of my
my true obsession began. I started to
me feel, I retort, “it’s just like being a
Jim had a successful career as a chemist, but it wasn’t for him. He turned to
pictures—I desperately wanted them to
notice various modifications turning
kid again.” For me, seeing everything
have a more organic and unpredictable
up: pinHolgas, Holgaroids, macro
through a plastic lens hides a lot of the
photography, moved to the Florida Keys and became a member of NYI. From there
nature. Nine months ago I discovered
modifications, 35mm modifications,
negativity of adulthood, leaving one with
it’s been quite a ride. After working as an underwater photographer, he took up
the Holga. I immediately felt that rush
and then it hit me just how flexible
a world that is simpler, more colorful,
of excitement of something new and
this cheap hunk of plastic is. I started
and blissfully innocent.
storm chasing. His video clips run regularly on the Weather Channel. Jim takes both
unpredictable. I bought as much 120
to compulsively collect and collate
roll film as I could, shooting dozens of
information about these hacks, and
still photographs and video under the most demanding conditions. As he notes,
pictures before waiting anxiously for
before I knew it I was regularly
Paul Williamson is an IT technician from
them to be developed.
performing surgery on my Holga. I now
a seaside resort in England. His favorite
So what was it that attracted me
have a unique Holga that is as flexible
things are photography, music, and
to the Holga? It may have been any
as I find necessary, and something to
monkeys.
number of things: the price, the dreamy
be proud of. Each Holga starts out as
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MY PRECIOUS
Dropped In a Lake
Olympus Stylus 770 SW
By Jason DeFillippo
Prime Suspect
I recently bought a new Stylus 770 SW because it boasts the
toughest specs of any point and shoot I’ve seen on the market.
It’s waterproof to 33 feet, drop safe from up to five feet, and
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II lens
crushproof to 220 pounds—an all around workhorse. I’ve lost
countless point and shoot cameras to my back pocket and a
By David Moore
bad memory, so this camera sounded perfect for me. I was also
excited about being able to take it snorkeling and not have to
ever use a useless underwater disposable again.
I was recently in West Virginia for a family reunion, which
was held at a lake that was fairly well stocked with friendly
It’s cheap, plastic, and it wheezes, but
faithful color rendition and an overall
bluegill, so I thought I’d give the underwater features a test
it’s by far my favorite lens. My precious
feel so much better than you’ve a right
run. These shots were taken by just sticking my arm a few
is the Canon 50mm f/1.8 II lens.
to expect for $70. If this was what it
feet into the water from the dock. I tried several different
Eschewing such luxury developments
meant to use primes, I was hooked.
auto-exposure modes and varied the use of flash to see what
as USM focusing or full-time manual
It’s small and unobtrusive, while
different effects I could get. Unfortunately, I didn’t make any
(and don’t even think about image
also fast enough for low-light shots of
notes so I can’t elaborate on which settings resulted in which
stabilization), this $70 lens—known as
my constantly moving two-year-old
photos. I don’t recommend using flash underwater, though,
the ‘nifty fifty,’ ‘thrifty fifty,’ or ‘plastic
daughter. And the necessity of zooming
unless the water is perfectly clean since every bit of debris
fantastic’—produces amazing results.
with my feet makes me think harder
will be lit up like a small sun; removing the spots will require
It’s in no way a pro-grade ‘L’ lens, but
about framing and composition.
extensive image manipulation.
Canon has been working on this classic
With the 1.6 crop factor, it’s a
The results are interesting and I’m quite surprised and
for decades—50mm is the standard focal
reasonably long 85mm, so it works well
pleased with the images. The originals were slightly muddy and
length for 35mm film cameras—and it
as a walkaround lens outdoors. But its
washed out, but auto levels in Photoshop cleaned them up. No
does one thing very well.
real strength is in portraiture, where its
other modifications were done to these.
Bought on the strength of
sharpness and creamy bokeh production
My only criticism of the camera is that the LCD, while
recommendation (Amazon reviewers in
really shine.
very large, is very, very hard to see clearly in direct sunlight.
their hundreds sing its praises, and even
The autofocus is slow and grinding,
The thick glass over the screen is highly reflective and makes
the picky crowd over at Fred Miranda
and I wouldn’t want to shake it too
checking your shots somewhat difficult when on the spot.
can’t say enough good things about it),
hard, but when it finally breaks (or gets
For a mid-range point and shoot, I am really pleased with
I was anxious to see how it compared
lost down the back of the couch), I’ll
the 770 SW and plan on keeping it in my pocket (the front
to the competent but not amazing
run out and buy another one instantly.
one!) for the foreseeable future.
28-105mm f/3.5–4.5 consumer zoom that
I’d transferred from my old film SLR to
David Moore is a writer, photographer, and
Jason DeFillippo has been snapping photos for over 20 years since
my new Canon Rebel XT.
web designer now living in Santa Fe, New
he got a Pentax K-1000 for his 15th birthday. He’s been published in
The nifty fifty felt like a toy with its
Mexico (by way of England and Ireland).
Transworld Skateboarding, The Economist, German Forbes, and The
plastic mount and worrying lack of heft.
He likes a nice cup of tea, and wishes he
New York Times as well as several other smaller publications. His
But when I looked at the first shots I
hadn’t told himself he was visually illiterate
favorite subject is large cities in the early mornings and the dead of
took, I was amazed.
for all those years.
night when everyone is sleeping.
They were murderously sharp with
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HOW TO
Double Take
Twice the Fun
By Rob Turner
I love the satisfaction that I get when I create something
place in the finder and take another exposure. The two
genuinely strange with my camera without the use of
exposures should blend into each other for a strange, mirrored
Photoshop. This is one of my main reasons for still shooting
effect. Please note this works best with cameras that have
film most of the time over digital. With digital, I would have
either a centrally placed viewfinder or are SLRs as the image
to “cheat” with Photoshop post-production work, whereas with
will be better aligned—but interesting effects can be obtained
film, I can take multiple exposures on the same frame.
with any camera.
First things first: you must be sure that your camera can
Further effects can also be achieved with creative masking.
facilitate multiple exposures—most can with some fiddling.
This is done by masking parts of the film plane of the camera
The easiest type of camera to use is one with an uncoupled
so that only parts of the frame are exposed. For example,
film advance and shuttercock (such as the Holga) or one with
you could mask half of the frame, then the other half after
a special “multi-exposure” switch that re-cocks the shutter
reloading the film to obtain a half-frame effect (tip: make the
without advancing the film (such as the Lomo L-CA+). If your
edges of the mask rough for added character), or you could
camera doesn’t have either of these features, you may still be
shape the mask for strange, abstract effects.
able to get multi-exposures with the following technique: shoot
You can get unpredictable results when the film is unloaded
your first shot, then, using the film rewind crank, make sure
after shooting and reloaded into another camera. I choose to
the film still in the can is tight. Hold it there. Continue to
expose the film in ether my Zenit 11 SLR or L-CA+ followed by
hold the crank while you press and hold the film rewind button
my Supersampler multi-lens.
while advancing the film; the shutter should cock, but the small
For the last two techniques, it is required that you unload
sprocket that advances the film should be loose, keeping the
the film with some of its header still sticking out of the film
film still.
canister. This is achieved by rewinding the film very slowly.
If your camera has automatic exposure, the film speed is set
When the film is felt to slacken off, it becomes disconnected
to double the normal value to obtain the correct exposure. If
from the takeup spool. Open the back and take out the film. It
the camera is manual, you should underexpose each image by
is now ready to be loaded into a different camera, be it yours or
one stop.
a friend’s.
The first technique I will cover is overlapping two images
These methods have resulted in a lot of fun and some very
on the same frame. I normally opt for a fairly plain background
interesting images; I hope that they will do the same for you,
texture for my first exposure and an interesting subject for the
too.
second. I quite often use a flash on the second exposure (often
my Colorsplash) to help bring out the subject.
Another cool technique is the mirror effect. First take a shot
Rob Turner is a music student from Leeds, UK and is a die-hard
of a nice, tall subject (buildings work the best in my opinion),
analogue photographer.
then flip the camera over, lining up the subject in the same
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PHOTO ESSAY
People of the Klein Karoo
The People of Rooi Rivier Farm,
Western Cape, South Africa
By Jill Coleman
This documentary series, where I
with indigenous Khoi and San.”
gradually got to know and grow to
This area of The Klein Karoo
love and respect these folk known
(Little Karoo) is about five hours
as the Cape Coloureds, has been
inland from Cape Town, between
ongoing for almost three years.
the Swartberg and Outeniqua
Wikipedia.org defines “the
Mountains. The closest large town
term Cape Coloureds [to refer] to
is Oudtshoorn, which used to be
the modern-day descendants of
the center of the ostrich feather
slaves imported into South Africa
industry many years ago.
by Dutch settlers as well as to
Almost every single day I will
other groups of mixed ancestry.
walk over and spend time in the
They are the predominant
little village, gradually gaining the
‘population group’ found in the
trust of the people there—always
Western Cape Province. Their
using natural lighting and
population size is roughly four
minimum equipment. I totally
million. Most Cape Coloureds are
rely on my eye in my work and
mother tongue Afrikaans speakers
only try to capture emotion. I am
but those from European or Asian
a self-taught photographer and I
origin are English speaking.
always try to create my own style
Slaves of ‘Malay’ ancestry were
with unusual crops and my own
brought from Indonesia, Malaysia,
techniques, mostly disregarding
Madagascar, and Mozambique,
“the rules” of photography! These
and from these diverse origins
are a selection of my personal
they gradually developed into a
favorites.
grouping that was subsequently
classified as a single major
ethnical grouping under the
Apartheid regime. In many cases
the slaves were imported to be
concubines and wives to single
male Dutch settlers....
Jill Coleman is a freelance documentary
“Much racial mixture has thus
photographer living in South Africa, born
in Zimbabwe in 1963. She is reclusive,
occurred over the generations
dedicated, and passionate about
between the Europeans, Indians,
photography, life, and real people.
Malays, various Bantu tribes, along
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Passport
Photography can take you across borders and over oceans,
to exotic destinations and hidden corners of the globe.
JPG photographers took their passports for a spin and
brought back their most exciting discoveries.
Photographs of the world, by the world.
This was taken at the Sunset Beach Bar on Maho Beach in
St. Maarten. There is no way you would get this close to a
commercial airliner in America.
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Wadi Rum, Jordan.
In Egypt, time has a different meaning. Some things have changed
little in 5,000 years.
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Ocean Park cable car overlooking the Pacific
Beijing, China.
Ocean in Hong Kong.
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On the road to Saranda, somewhere in Albania.
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While we were there everyone came out of their homes to
see the out-of-place Americans. I did not pose them this
way—they were just sitting outside of their house like this.
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This photo is taken at the top of the 83m-high Rock Fort—the
only outcrop in the otherwise flat land of the city of Trichy in
Tamil Nadu. Looking back down toward the hazy city, we see
another decorative Hindu temple.
Taken in Haridwar, India at a mountaintop temple called
Maa Mansa Devi. My wife and I were the only Westerners
there. It was funny; everyone wanted a photo with us like we
were some sort of attraction! You can take a gondola to the
top, and from there you can see the peaks of the Himalayas
far in the distance. Haridwar is a powerful place said to be
where Lord Vishnu (Lord of the Universe) placed his foot on
Earth. The Ganges river flows fast and clean here—the place
is charged—and, in my opinion, better than more well known
Rishikesh (also very beautiful), which is 45 minutes north.
Overall, I prefer southern India to the north, but Haridwar
stands out.
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Fisheye view from a hotel in downtown Toronto.
The sign on the road means “stop” (tomare).
Like many budget-conscious travelers, we trade staying in
little rooms for a chance to enjoy a grand view.
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The most colorful place I’ve visited in my life.
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Porto, Portugal. Of all the places I’ve been, Porto and its
A small Umbrian town between Florence and Rome.
surrounding areas are the most magical.
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The view from Corcavado Mountain, overlooking Rio and
Sugarloaf Mountain. Shot in Rio, Brasil—the most beautiful,
ugly, city on earth.
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PHOTO ESSAY
From the Front
War in Afghanistan
Photos by SPC Jeremiah Ridgeway, Essay by SPC Thomas Walton
We expected an attitude of resistance when we deployed to
camps was usually in a sorry state of repair; at its widest there
Afghanistan in February 2006. What we found upon arrival
was barely enough room for an HMVEE to turn around, and
was another story.
at its narrowest a vehicle’s wheels hugged the edge. 100-foot
I watched locals collecting dumpster trash around FOB
drops were the consequence of any deviation. The typical plan
(Forward Operating Base) Salerno, fishing out broken odds and
consisted of us driving down the road, waiting to be attacked.
ends to take home with them—some fighting over large finds.
The generous US Army paid the wretches a dollar for eight
hours’ labor. Outside of the FOBs, it got worse. Many people
If not for AK-47s and RPGs, the people
around Camp Keating (locally called Kamdesh) lived in mud
here have remained unchanged since
huts. Most were subsistence farmers, working tiny patches of
land with primitive tools to support large families—not as a
Alexander the Great first conquered.
result of the war; it was just how they had lived for the last
two thousand years. If not for AK-47s and RPGs, the people
here have remained unchanged since Alexander the Great first
During one daylight mission, D Company drove an LMTV (a
conquered.
large military transport truck) from Naray to Kamdesh with
Our unit, 3-71 Cavalry 3rd Brigade Combat Team 10th
a convoy. Upon arriving at Kamdesh, the convoy reported
Mountain Division, spent most of our deployment in the
that it had been very difficult for the LMTV to make the
Nuristan province on the Pakistani border. Much of our
trip. Heedless of this report, command ordered the LMTV to
mission was an attempt to stop insurgents and weapons flowing
make the trip back to Naray with a convoy at night. Soldiers
in from Pakistan. We built three bases: Naray, Camp Keating,
on the ground were so sure of the mission’s failure that they
and Camp Lybert. From these, we were expected to control
manned the LMTV with minimal personnel in the eventuality
the largest patch of rugged terrain in theater. The mountains
of a rollover. They couldn’t sway command to cancel the
so constricted our movement that, outside of the single road
mission. Less than two miles from the gate of Kamdesh, the
connecting the small bases, we were never able to conduct
road fell away under the tires of the LMTV and sent the truck
successful operations more than a couple kilometers from our
plummeting down a 300-foot cliff into a river. CPT Benjamin
camps or the road.
Keating (for whom Camp Keating would be named) was killed
We were not fighting the Taliban, but HIG (Hezb-e-Islami
and another soldier was badly injured. In a similar mission, a
Gulbuddin). Before US forces arrived, a lumber smuggling
small team was inserted on top of a mountain out of range of
operation had been the area’s biggest concern; US forces upset
all indirect assets and without immediate medical evacuation
the status quo and turned neutral smugglers into this anti-US
plans. The resulting firefight left four US soldiers dead,
insurgency. HIG tactics were fairly simple in character but
including SGT Lybert (for whom Camp Lybert was named). In
deadly in effect. The insurgents built positions overlooking
all, 3-71 suffered nine KIA and a great many WIA.
our one road to ambush convoys with RPG and small arms,
falling back into caves or over ridges out of sight. Ambushes
jeremiah ridgeway is a combat arms soldier
could be stretched out over several miles and commonly came
with the 10th Mountain Division, stationed at Fort
from across the river from our convoys, ensuring that we
Drum, New York. He was deployed to Afghanistan
could not pursue. Typically, the HIG would disable a vehicle
for 15 months and leaves the military in July
in front of the convoy to block the road, hitting us at will and
of 2008. He has plans to continue college and
disappearing when it got too intense.
pursue conflict photography.
One of our missions was transporting supplies between
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Kamdesh, Afghanistan. When the US military established
O.P Warheight, Afghanistan. The steel mortar team reacts to a
camps in northeastern Afghanistan, the objective was to
contact on the valley floor, a place soldiers call “Ambush Alley.”
rebuild the economy; soon it was to be a battle with insurgency.
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Kamdesh, Afghanistan
A child from a nearby village, makes his final
visit to see a U.S medic to have his stitches
removed.
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Man digging for lugworms on Brighton Beach at low tide.
Apparently you can get £3 for 10 of them, and in two hours he
can collect up to 100. Finding worms in the dark isn't easy—a
head torch is essential. Brighton’s Old West Pier can be seen in
the background.
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American Airlines Boeing 757 cockpit, 39,000 feet somewhere
over America. The aircraft is in flight; I was in the cockpit
jumpseat. Photo was taken shortly after sunset.
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Muti School, Ethiopia. Degu Shalo, a primary health worker
for the Chiri Health Center, preloads needles with tetanus
vaccine. Several hundred students were vaccinated against
tetanus, measles, and polio this day.
Malawi is one of Africa’s most impoverished countries. This
blackboard and chalk were the only tools the teacher had to
work with in this overcrowded one-room primary school. The
current day’s teachings were about the Nile River.
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Jewelers live and die by the little things. You know those little
An aged palm reader concentrates on reading someone’s
screws that hold your eyeglasses together? Well, jewelers work
future through his beloved magnifying glass.
with screws and other parts that make those look like lug nuts.
I watched my father work on watches for many years with this
very same jeweler’s loop. It’s banged up and dented from many
years of service, but the lens still renders the intricate innards
of a Waltham railroad watch in striking detail.
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Yes, people still shoot slides. I scored the projector for $10 at
a garage sale. Loupe, light table and projector are all tools that
I still use.
The indispensable tool of an editor: the keyboard. This is my
edit bay work station where I spend way too much time.
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I went to a bull fight in Acapulco. A bullfight is beautiful and
horribly cruel at the same time. The matador works the cape
with grace and style. It's elegant and awful—like a deadly ballet.
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Monks use long, metal funnels that are beaded on top to
spread sand with great precision while creating a sand mandala.
The funnels are rubbed along the top edge to cause a vibration
that dispenses the colored sand very slowly and carefully.
I snuck up behind a worker at the Red Fort (Lal Qila) in Agra,
India. They still carve the sandstone with the same methods
they've been using for centuries.
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Working with one of the biggest tools in the world—a 960 ft.
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FEATURE
Moving with grace and ease on the ground is hard
enough. Aerial dancers and trapeze artists create
thrilling spectacles suspended in mid-air. Modern
aerial artists work both within modern dance
companies and more traditional circus acts, relying on
their incredible strength and skill to create the illusion
of effortless movement while battling gravity. Playing
with the notions of flying and falling, trapeze artists
offer a glimpse of grace far from the comfort of the
ground. Photos by: (from left to right) Sarah Thomson, Stephen
Strathdee, Lane Hartwell, Lane Hartwell.
Gravity: that ponderous and constant force
snub reality. There’s nothing more awe-
that keeps our feet planted firmly on the
inspiring than watching people temporarily
ground. While most of us accept gravity
experiencing the freedom of flight. Come
as law, some people seem determined to
marvel at these moments of weightlessness.
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Parkour is the physical art of moving the body from
Parkour:
emergency escape. Everyday obstacles like walls,
traceuses, as the practitioners of parkour are known,
place to place as efficiently and quickly as possible.
branches, rocks, and rails become the tools for
say parkour is more than a hobby; it’s a way of training

Photos by Ben Anderson
Founded in France in the 1990s, parkour combines
forward movement, turning your normal urban
your mind to move through the world in a new way.
the discipline of martial arts and the principles of
landscape into the ultimate playground. Traceurs and
Anything goes, just never move backwards.
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A projectile launched at 60 mph towards a well-placed
net, the human cannonball is the perfect lesson in
extreme physics. Since it was first attempted in 1877,
the job of human cannonball has attracted brave
daredevils with the promise of launching 100 feet into
the air. A job that is as hazardous as it sounds, even
tiny miscalculations can spell disaster for these high-
flying projectiles. Over 30 human cannonballs have
died in the act and the speeds reached in flight are
fast enough to cause midair black outs. Despite the
risks, human cannonballs continue to defy gravity and
amaze crowds the world over. Photos by: Andy Hornby
(left), Karen Lee (right).
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Drop, freeze, spin, and break to the beat: the street
improvisational dance styles. Breakdancing blends
style that showcases both personality and physical
dance that reached frenzied heights in the 1980s
elements from gymnastics and other forms of dance
ability. From Brisbane to the South Bronx, modern-day

Photos by: Gregg Bucken-Knapp (top),
continues its evolution as one of the most creative and
with unstructured personal expression, creating a
b-boys continue to push their bodies to the limit.
Conan Whitehouse (bottom).
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Photography can freeze time, showing us just a single moment of a larger
story. These photographs seem to capture people suspended impossibly in
midair, leaving us to imagine what happens next. We all live with gravity’s
relentless pull, making the illusion of flight all the more inspiring.
KIRKUK, IRAQ—DECEMBER 2: Jermaine Brown, a Harlem
Globetrotter gives an impromtu slam dunk demonstration
to a group of troops on an outdoor basketball court at
Camp Warrior in Kirkuk, Iraq, on December 2, 2006. Navy
Entertainment and Armed Forces Entertainment organized
the Globetrotters’ trip to visit troops during a 21-day tour of
the Middle East that included 12 different US Military bases
located in five different countries.
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Little prop plane at an air show, defying gravity.
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Ben is a French 25-year-old, from Montpellier.
Mike Manzoori shredding a fullpipe in Detroit, Michigan.
This is a wallride.
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Car gets airborne on a turn during the Super Vee races at
Watkins Glen.
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Rodeo in rural Montana
Coney Island, Brooklyn
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Jumping into the river, Pitt Meadows, BC.
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An early morning swan dive into Lake Tahoe.
Randall Paulson ejects from a wave during the qualifying round
of the 2004 Rip Curl Banzai Pipeline surf contest. Ehukai
Beach Park, North Shore Oahu, Hawaii.
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Dave Fortin goes big at the 2007 Grouse Mountain Showdown
Over the City, high above Vancouver, British Columbia.
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I ran along the beach earlier that morning and noticed how
amazingly creepy these structures looked in the fog. I had a
flight out of L.A. that day but managed to make it back for a
few minutes later with my Holga. As I was looking through the
viewfinder, composing my image of the structure by itself, this
guy swung into frame! In a split second I snapped, and that was
the image.
The urban landscape doing what it does best: fitting in
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Everything can get shut down due to a dangerous snowpack and avalanche conditions. It
can rain instead of snow, or do neither, often for just as long as you can afford to be there.
1. love sharing the moment
5. it’s all about people
jib/other scary obstacle. This maximizes
I’ve been lucky to work with a wide range
It is easy to get a fluke shot in a magazine,
the number of times you can try different
of people in the industry, but they all share
but very hard to sell the next one. And the
angles/setups before the landing is bombed
one common thread: a love of capturing
next one. The trick is people. A truly epic
out or riders are broken.
images for all to see and from which to
shot might never reach the light of print
take inspiration. Photographers, filmers,
if the rider isn’t well known or because
9. not all terrain is created
and the various media they work for
someone else made more an impression on
equal
provide a bridge from isolated events on
an editor. It can take years to build up good
Terrain parks have sprung up all over the
snowbound mountains and streets around
networks, but it’s necessary. Nine times out
place in recent years, and have received
Snowboard Photography
the globe.
of 10 it’ll be those with the network who get
coverage accordingly. For me, they are
the banging shots. However, strong shots
really only for the spring or summer. If
2.keep shooting
can equally well come from nothing but
there’s powder on the mountain, going to
the terrain park is just lazy. The first photo
If at First You Don’t Succeed, Try, Try Again
One top international photographer told me
persistence.
recently that he shot nearly 8,000 images
editor I ever met showed me a massive
last winter. Digital means you can just
6. look for something new
folder in his cabinet of park (mainly rail)
By Luke Phillips
keep taking pictures and experimenting,
under the sun
shot submissions, saying he had no
something that anyone can now achieve.
Always try to find original angles and
intention of using any of them. Unless it’s
Ever looked through a snowboard magazine and
When it comes down to it, it’s all about
make the most of what is available to
a highly original angle or obstacle, the big
wondered what it took to capture each of those points
trial and error, and learning from that
you (it is much easier to be negative than
mountain shot is often what they want.
positive). Any clown can fire off hundreds
in time? Let me tell you, it took a lot of lugging huge
experience.
of sequence shots—what makes yours
10. build it and they will come
packs around through perfect powder days, whiteouts,
3. sometimes it sucks
stand out from the crowd? Having said that,
Making a small pile of snow to hurl yourself
and everything in between, plus a heap of patience.
The reality of trying to get through each
don’t forget to shoot stock angles before
off is easy, but building big powder kickers
winter, spring, and summer of shooting
you start trying to get the fantastically
in the backcountry is an art form. It takes
is not always as glamorous as it looks.
experimental shots.
years of experience to know what will
Traveling is tiring and cash-draining, and
work and what is dangerous, but in-run
you can’t always afford the luxury of being
7. have a little faith
speed is usually the key factor. Shooting
where the motivated (and uninjured!)
Never underestimate the insistent
images that show the size of the jump, and
riders are. Even then, snowmobiles are
motivation of a rider wanting to get a trick
the people involved in its building, is my
guaranteed to get bogged down and won’t
dialed in perfectly. I am forever humbled by
first priority. Each booter is different, but
move until you start digging. Batteries,
watching a friend crash and hike the same
I usually start shooting close and move
trucks, and logic will almost certainly fail
booter or hit the same rail multiple times
progressively backwards to a longer angle
to function at some point, and riders will
to land it clean.
for sequencing.
slam. They have bad days, and so will you.
8. the more the merrier
4. take the weather with you
Step 1: Gather motivated riders—as many
Born in 1978, Luke grew up in and
Because light is critical, the weather can
as possible. Step 2: Offer them fame. Or
around London. Since then he has been
slowly drive you mad. Everything can get
beer. I find beer can work more effectively.
sporadically roaming this earth, looking
shut down due to a dangerous snowpack
Step 3: Encourage the riders, get a session
for a sugar mumma to support his many
and avalanche conditions. It can rain
going, and push them to make as many
expensive habits.
instead of snow, or do neither, often for just
attempts as possible at the designated
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gnarly or original looking jump/rail/drop/
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Make sure to not pressure your friend, model, etc., to do something they may not be able to
do. There is nothing worse than knowing you just sent your buddy to his or her hospital bed.
1. getting the gear.
are shooting outside with your flashes,
be able to do. There is nothing worse than
Let’s start with gear. A basic kit includes: a
you’ll want to go with the fastest sync
knowing you just sent your buddy to his or
DSLR (digital single-lens reflex) camera, a
speed you can get—usually 1/250th, unless
her hospital bed.
fisheye lens, a telephoto lens, and at least
you have a good old Nikon D70, which syncs

two flashes. If you don’t have the latest
at 1/500th or at anything with non-dedicated
8. park life
DSLR and its dedicated flashes, you are
flashes off camera. (Dedicated flashes are
Skate parks are a great place to go and
also going to need some form of wireless
flashes made by the same camera maker
hone your craft. Most kids will be more
trigger system—the reason being that flash
as your DSLR.) This is a really handy trick
than willing to jump down the stairs or
sync cords draped all over the place can be
for action sports photographers. If you
grind the rail over and over so long as they
dangerous and ugly.
combine that with about F 5.6 or F 8 from
get to see some results. You never know;

your flash, you should get sharp images of
your shot could end up as an ad.
2. accentuate the dangerous
those skaters whizzing by at high speeds.



The goal with a skateboard photo is to

9. have fun
make the trick look as high, scary, or
5. before and after
The reason many others and I have chosen
stylish as possible. So use angles that will
One rule in the skateboard world that many
this career path is fun. I never get up
exaggerate the height of an obstacle or
photographers aren’t aware of is that you
dreading the thought of having to go out
increase the width of a gap.
have to show where the skater is coming
and skate that day. The day that does

from and where he or she will land. This
happen, you can take my job.
3. flashing
is what sets our shots apart from Johnny


Skateboard shooters use a lot of flashes.
Newspaper’s shots. Sure, you want to show
10. have an escape route
Why? To make the skater pop out from the
only the skater in the air and call it art.
And wear good fitting shoes so you can hop
background. Your camera’s own flash won’t
Resist. Please. From a skater’s perspective,
that fence with ease.
be enough to make the action really pop;
it’s just plain confusing.

Skateboard Photography
you’ll need two at least, and preferably

a third. Place the flashes in a position
6. give it a whirl
Ryan Allan started out shooting his
that will create drama in the photo. The
Creativity is admired and rewarded in
buddies skateboarding on backyard ramps
common setup is to have them opposing
skateboarding, and it’s the same in
and small-town streets. After studying
Make Cops Happy, Shoot a Skateboarder
each other at a 45-degree angle from your
skateboarding photography. So don’t be
commercial photography at Sheridan
camera. You are battling the sun here, so
afraid to think outside of the box and
College in Toronto and founding Canada’s
By Ryan Allan
get those flashes as close to the action as
come up with new techniques. Because
premier skateboard magazine, he travels
the world shooting the biggest names in
possible without getting them in the shot.
skateboarding is an art, skateboarders

are open to seeing their sport represented

skateboarding. He doesn’t consider himself
So you like hopping fences, running from security guards,
4. n’sync
artistically.

just a skateboard photographer, though.
“Being labeled is the worst. It confines
and dealing with police on a daily basis? Is sitting in
Sync speed is the maximum shutter speed

you.”
that your camera will allow when using
7. easy does it
ditches and alleyways all day your kind of scene? Try your
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flashes. It is also one of the most important
Make sure to not pressure your friend,
hand at skateboarding photography!
factors in skateboard photography. I
model, etc., to do something they may not
f you
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Surf Photography
Getting the Perfect Shot
By Ryan Cardone
Surf photography, like life, isn’t easy. Looking at surf
magazines through the years and admiring the works
of Art Brewer, Larry “Flame” Moore, Jeff Divine, and
David Pu’u, I always wondered how they got such great
Not only do I have to worry about getting run over, I am also trying to get the perfect shot.
shots. Here are a few tips you can try.
1. don’t bust the bank
to me. Not only do I have to worry about
8. it’s not all about the surf
You do not need the most expensive photo
getting run over, I am also trying to get
Use depth of field to your advantage. Put
equipment to get out in the water and
the perfect shot. It’s that perfect shot that
something—an object or a person—in
take a great a surf photo. If you are just
keeps us coming back day after day, like a
the foreground and have the surfer in
a beginner, Fuji and Kodak both make
surfer searching for that perfect wave.
the background. Use a tree branch or
throwaway waterproof cameras. These are
something to crop the top of the photo to
5. rise and shine
great to learn with.
bring the viewer’s eye to where you want
What turns a good photograph into a great
him or her to look. Experiment with shutter
2. maybe just bend it a little
photograph? I’d say 99% is the lighting.
speeds and panning. Push yourself to look
A better camera will get better results,
Early morning light is amazing for surf
for opportunities to shoot something in a
however. Pentax and Olympus both make
photography. Most magazine photos you
different way.
digital underwater cameras, which run in
see (here on the West Coast) use early
the $300 price range. I have shot with both
morning light for a “front lit” effect.
9. practice, practice, practice
and have been more than happy with the
Shooting around sunset time will give you
With the boom of digital photography, it is
results. Just remember: with point-and-
a “back lit” effect, which I love. The colors
very inexpensive to take a lot of pictures;
shoot digital cameras, there is a lag before
are great and it will usually silhouette the
this is a perfect way to learn. Go back and
the picture is actually taken. The trick to
surfer. The worst time to shoot is around
critique your work. Take note of what you
making better pictures with these is to
the middle of the day. That’s when you get
did right and wrong—I believe this is the
learn how long that lag time actually is so
to surf.
best way to learn how to get better. The
you can better estimate when to push the
trick is to get the perfect shot, not the 5000
6. here comes the sun
button.
okay shots.
The other best time to shoot is whenever it
3. invest in camera real estate
is sunny. What if it’s cloudy or overcast? Try
10. do your homework
Another option is a water housing—
switching to black and white. Color is pretty
Just like any other sports photography
basically a box that keeps your camera
dull when it is overcast, so why not simply
or photography in general, learning
dry. Water housings can be bought for
take the color out of the picture?
about your subject will allow you to take
point-and-shoot digital cameras (around
better photographs. Surfing is the same
7. scared of the water?
$400-$1000) and professional SLR cameras
way. Learn about the sport if you don’t
You don’t have to have the $10,000 telephoto
($1500 and up). I use an SPL water housing
already surf. Look at magazines with surf
lens to get a great surf photo from dry land.
made for my Nikon F100 and for my Nikon
photography, rent videos, or go watch a
A little creative positioning will give any
D200. Other brands include Del Mar and
professional surf contest—even better, get
camera a decent chance. Shooting from
AquaTech. Having a comfortable pair of
out there and learn to surf. This will help
piers is a great way to get closer to the
swim fins helps, and a helmet is a very
because you will start to learn where the
action. Try walking down the beach to shoot
smart and safe choice as well.
most critical part of the action will be. The
at a different angle. Some of my favorite
biggest complaint of surfers shot by a non-
4. try not to drown or be eaten
shots to see (as a surfer) and shoot (as a
surfing photographer is that they miss the
by sharks
photographer) are lineup shots. Lineup
action. If you know more about the sport,
I now know what lengths photographers go
shots are pulled-back views to show the
you can get your perfect shot.
to get the perfect shot, especially shooting
surf spot and all its surroundings. These
from the water. We have to get up early and
document a specific time in history and
Ryan Cardone owns TidalStock.com, a
put our bodies in very dangerous situations
help complete the story of your zoomed-in
bouquet stock photography company
like dealing with the cold, currents, and
action shots. Capture your favorite surf
dedicated to ocean, water, life, and extreme
power of the ocean. Most of the time when
spot on a great swell; those photos are
sports photography.
I am in the water I use a fisheye lens—this
priceless.
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THE PROJECT
Just Say No To the In-Flight Movie
Photograph the World from 30,000 Feet
By Alexis Gerard
Taking a trip via commercial jet means an opportunity to
you will be instructed to turn off “all electronic devices” for
photograph your world in a way that looks very little like
takeoff and landing, which is just when you can get some of the
anything you’ve seen published. Most aerial photography is
most interesting views. Um, no comment!
done from low-flying private planes and helicopters that run
camera issues: Objects outside your window move
below the cloud cover. At the other extreme we’ve also seen a
much faster than they appear. So in the interest of speed, turn
lot of images of our earth shot from space. I’ve been fascinated
off your autofocus and just set it to infinity. And since depth
by these types of images for years. I also travel a fair amount,
of field is not a consideration but shutter speed is, go with
mostly for work, and one day I noticed that the view from
shutter preferred or, on the point-and-shoots, sport mode. I
the airplane’s window—which is higher than the former and
recommend those over full manual, because lighting conditions
lower than the latter—is different than either of them and very
can vary dramatically very quickly.
beautiful in its own way.
post-processing: Be prepared for lots of flat, bluish
Getting worthwhile images involves technical issues, which
images that don’t look like what you remember. That’s because
I’ll explain below; mostly it takes patience, persistence, and
your visual system compensates to some degree for the crappy
luck. You can have nothing but solid cloud cover under you for
window and the haze below, but the camera doesn’t. If you use
long stretches of time, and then a break will reveal something
automatic correction tools, you’re most likely going to get a
spectacular—but only for a few minutes. To maximize your
pretty psychedelic result. It can be fun, and some might like
chances, pass on the movies and video games. Read or listen
exactly that. I prefer to try recreating what I saw as closely as
to music so you can send a quick glance out the window every
possible, which means that, even after processing the image in
few minutes. Look not only for the wide view, but also for
camera raw, I usually fine-tune it with three Photoshop tools:
features on which to zoom in. Stay open to different types of
curves, levels, and shadow/highlight.
beauty—cloudscapes, landscapes, landscapes-as-abstract—or
Finally, some references. In “traditional” aerial photography,
you might come up with a different concept altogether.
the uncontested contemporary master is Yann Arthus-
There are three types of technical issues you’ll have to deal
Bertrand. He has more books out than you can shake a stick
with: conditions in the airplane, optimal camera settings, and
at, and they’re gorgeous. There’s also at least one excellent
post-processing. Here are some tips and tricks I’ve learned over
aerial photographer showing his work right here on JPG,
the years.
Dan Darroch (page 56 in this issue, and jpgmag.com/people/
pLane issues: Beyond the obvious (get a window seat), it
ddphoto).
matters which window seat you get. You don’t want your view
For the “landscape as abstract” satellite view, don’t miss Our
obstructed by the wing, and jet engines can leave a trail of air
Earth as Art (earthasart.gsfc.nasa.gov). And there’s actually
turbulence that causes distortion, so you will want to be seated
one book of exactly the kind of photography I’m talking about
ahead of them. If you really get into this, you’ll find your side
here, “Window Seat” by Julieanne Kost (oreilly.com/catalog/
of the plane and the time of day can make a difference. You
windowseat/), which has wonderful images and a lot of great
generally don’t want the sun facing you, so if you’re flying north
technical information as well.
in the morning, the right side of the plane is best. Then there’s

the window itself—which most definitely wasn’t designed for
Alexis Gerard is passionate about the power of imaging to change
photography, and very often wasn’t cleaned properly. I carry
lives. He chairs the 6Sight® - Future of Imaging conference, and
alcohol wipes to remedy this, but if the window’s very badly
co-authored the book “Going Visual.”
scratched or made of a material that bands: game over. Finally,
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printing capability just for kicks. It’s the ink jet built
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PHOTO CHALLENGE
Bird’s-Eye View
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Check out Alexis Gerard’s The Project article, “Just Say No To the In-Flight Movie,” on page 106 for tips on making your
next flight this season something to remember. And don’t forget to submit your aerial photos to the Bird’s-Eye View
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greenland from above by Michael Goermann
Infrared picture I took out of a plane going from Europe to the States.
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