Buoloco: Web vs Print

A few weeks ago I did another interview with Ed over at Buoloco about how the shift in focus from print to web is affecting people. This was a 3 part interview and in this first chapter I specifically talked about how it is affecting photography. I’m not sure how many of you want to listen to me ramble for 9 minutes, but if this is of interest to you then check it out haha.

LA Night: Corey Smith

A few weeks ago I made a stop at Corey Smith's house up in LA. His living room is a photographer's dream come true, a built in seamless. So we spent the night messing around shooting photos. To see more shots go to my Rad Collector column.

Check out some of Corey's photos from the night on his photo blog.

decent exposure: AARON BLATT

The latest installment of my photographer interview series, Decent Exposure, was with up-and-comer Aaron Blatt. Check out what Blatt has to say on my Rad Collector column.

If you missed the previous interviews you can find them here-
Mike Basher
Brendan McInerney
Oli Gagnon
Ben Birk

Flying Hotdogs: Mascot Superpipe Comp

Personally, I think costumes can make any situation more interesting…. even halfpipe competitions where most of the riders can barely get above the lip. And on Saturday in Mammoth at the Roxy Chicken Jam, that is exactly what went down. For the past three years, as part of the Chicken Jam, Roxy has had this open competition where anyone, and I mean anyone can compete for a first place prize of $3k. It was entertaining to say the least. Since a lot of the riders were barely even airing out of the pipe I decided to take a different approach to how I shot it. Without boring you with too much detail,  I shot most of them so the snow is very over exposed, creating almost a completely white background for the costume wearing creatures to stand out against.  I wanted to do a series of shots that all looked pretty similar just showing the riders costumes… and then there are also some action shots at the end. To see the whole series check out the post on my Rad Collector Column.


I will be doing more posts from my weekend in Mammoth soon. But to check out general coverage/photo galleries. Check out the Quiksilver Blog.

US Open 2010 Photos

Last week I made my way back to Vermont for the 28th Burton US Open. Temperatures reaching the 60s, good friends, and great riding made for an incredible week. It wasn't all fun and games for me though, I spent a majority of my time there hiking through the wet snow shooting photos... which I definitely can't complain about. I picked out some of my favorite shots for the post I did on my Rad Collector column... check it out here.

Blotto Photto

Back in 2008 my friend Blotto asked me to shoot this photo of him for an interview with European based Snowboard Magazine, Onboard. I'm not going to lie, being asked to shoot a photo of a photographer as established and someone I look up to as much as Blotto was a bit intimidating. I'm pretty sure that leading up to shooting this I was worried something would go terribly wrong... Did I double check my battery was charged? What if I left my memory card at home? But things went smooth, rolled up to Burlington airport (BTV), set up, shot a few photos, and that was that. Anyway, I bring it up now because he used it again in an interview with PetaPixel. Make sure you check the interview out here. And if you aren't already following Blotto's blog, you should. He keeps it updated constantly with high quality/interesting content.

The photo as it was used in the spread in Onboard Magazine

decent exposure: BRENDAN MCINERNEY

I did my third installment of my photographer interview series, "decent exposure", with a friend of mine, Brendan McInerney. Check it out on my Rad Collector column here.

Also, here are the previous interviews if you missed those. 
Oli Gagnon
Ben Birk

Snowboarder Mag: March 2010

If you have the March 2010 issue of Snowboarder Magazine open it up to the masthead page and check under the contributing photographers section. I'm not gonna call out which photo is mine since it isn't that big of a deal... but it feels good to be included in a list with some amazing photographers. Thanks Bridges for hitting me up for the shot.

Updates

Updates in the photography section of my site under the "people" and "other" categories.

decent exposure: OLI GAGNON

I recently did my second installment of my photographer interview series, "decent exposure", with Canadian lensmen Oli Gagnon. Check it out on my Rad Collector column here.

Also if you missed the first interview with Ben Birk... you can take a look at it here.

Photo of the Week

I have decided that at least once a week I'm going to pick out a photo from the archives to put up.

This first one is a shot I found going through tons of old family photos a while back. It is my dad... short shorts, high socks, shirtless, mustache, and a camera around his neck. (Dad- if you see this, please don't hate me). I'm not really sure what year this is from, but I'm pretty sure it was before I was born. I couldn't resist.

Tobin Yelland @ JDK

On Oct. 2nd JDK hosted a show of artist Tobin Yelland. The show featured, some of his photography, some Antihero skate decks, a video, as well as a few Antihero ads. Definitely great to see some work from one of the legends of skateboard photography. Downstairs JDK's mini ramp was packed with skaters and the night ended with an awesome performance by the band Rough Francis. To see more of my shots from the show check out BNQT.

Rough Francis


Bess checking out some of Tobin's work


Antihero Skate Decks





JDK's mini ramp downstairs


Rough Francis


Rough Francis


The crowd got pretty into it, a mini mosh pit eventually started going.

Beautiful/Decay

Beautiful/Decay Magazine did a cool little write up of me on their website. Check it out here.

"Well rounded photographer Laura Austin is starting to make an impact in the extreme sports world. Originally from Vermont, Laura is now living in Newport, California, where she has been working on a few fun projects. This girl is rad. She is always willing to go the next mile to get the shot. Whether she is freezing in a tree in the middle of the backcountry or banged up on the front row fence at a concert, Laura will roll home with some pretty awesome photos."

If you haven't heard of Beautiful/Decay before definitely take a look at their website and even subscribe to their magazine. One of the better art/design based magazines out there.

DO Play With Your Food

The other day I got pretty bored and was in the mood to make something. For some reason I decided I wanted to make words out of food I could find around my kitchen and then took pictures of it. Here is the first series... I like the way it turned out so I will probably end up doing more. View the images at a larger scale here.

Graham Crackers... Yes I know there should be a "B".
I didn't have enough crackers.


Carrots


Bacon


Whipped Cream


Oats