Sunday, April 25, 2010

Keep Shooting No Matter The Conditions


I just got finished with photographing with freehubmag on a 2500 mile ten day road trip. After adding it all up I shot 3,002 photos. The card full warning on the camera was common theme. Here's a photo of Josh on the top of Slickrock in Moab, Utah. Note: The wind was gusting to 80mph. Keep shooting no matter the conditions.

Friday, April 16, 2010

Sea Otter Classic Day 1






I arrived in San Fran on Wednesday evening and got picked up by Brandon and Josh from Freehub Mag. The chevy cargo van must weigh in at 30 tons because its full of 5 bikes, thousands of magazines, and a few cases PBR. Can't forget that. We ended up camping in a strawberry field off highway 1 that night due to overpriced Cali hostels and hotels. Who wants to pay $40 to do the same thing at a camp ground. INSIDER SECRET: The KOA camp ground off high way 1 just North of the Santa Cruz state line is da bomb. It's a mix between a private golf course club house and a camp ground. It's loaded with saunas,outdoor private showers, and electricity! After freshening up, thank you KOA, we headed to Sea Otter Classic in Monterey and set up the booth. The booth spot is right across from the SRAM guys and on the perfect corner. You really couldn't ask for a better spot. I managed to shoot a few photos with the little battery that I had of the dual slalom qualifiers. No Pro's tho. Freehub got the invite to the private SRAM product release party. AKA Pros, Beautiful California ladies and one of the best dinners that i've had in a while(salmon). Enough said there. And free beer. Thanks SRAM you throw a hell of a party.

We'll see you tomorrow.

Cheers

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Sea Otter Classic

Hoping on a plane in a few hours to go photographic at the Sea Otter Classic in Cali with freehubmag.com

Photos will be posted tomorrow for day 1 of the event!

Monday, April 12, 2010

F stop gear review





After months of searching I came across a company that produces adventure photography specific packs. www.fstopgear.com. F stop packs are built and designed to handle the limits of nature and the traveling photographer. I've had a few months to test this pack and I haven't been steered wrong.

-Our award winning all around backpack. The perfect choice to carry your gear to a shoot or out to the slopes. Ideal for short trips or just around town with your full setup.
-Comes with Large ICU – (7.5” Deep x 11” Wide x 15” Tall). All Mountain Series backpacks work with all ICU’s so you can use the correct ICU for the trip. Smaller ICU for less camera gear and more other stuff, or an extra ICU for all Camera gear.
-Molle attachment points work with every piece from our Dakota Component System and the internationally standardized Molle System.
-Internal padded Laptop Sleeve fits most 15” laptop.
-Rip Stop nylon and high density foam make this backpack a workhorse that stands up to abuse.
-Full sized hip belt, padded shoulder straps, and adjustable sternum strap allow you to carry heavy loads easier.
-Numerous, Large external pockets and straps fit tripod, snow shovel, snowboard, skis, and almost anything else you want to carry.

Fstop gear is always striving for input on their products which helps their products evolve into the very best. If your in need of a mid-sized camera pack, look no further then the Tilopa. If your in need of taking every battery, flash, and multiple camera boddies with you on the shoot go with the slightly larger Satori pack. So go ahead and part with your fathers 1992 Lowel Pro Bag and pick up an Fstop pack. Now get out and photograph!


Click here to see all their packs

New Site

New Site is launched...

Friday, April 9, 2010

New Blog

The Ryan Kirk Photography site should be done very very soon.

Cheers World