more inspiration.

i’m a huge believer in keeping things as real as possible regardless how crazy this ride called life throws one’s way. it’s amazing the egos + totally wacked elements that make their way into photography, visual media + our lives in general but it’s simplest terms it’s mostly bullshit. i’ve always tried to maintain ties [...]

fun story from pdx writer peter frick-wright + yours truly via sierra magazine out now online. the print version is due next week + according to the pe looks even better. almost time for that white stuff again so good way to start what is sure to be a grand winter season.
this article, while solid, [...]

fantastic to see the thriving variety of uses for imagery + visual media evolving lately. two big hitters this week include national geographic + the ny times. the times feature is similar to work that is slowly making it mainstream that i touched on earlier here.
the national geo piece is via gizmodo + in [...]

if you haven’t heard of first descents here’s a great intro. they are a non profit founded by professional kayaker brad ludden to teach kids with cancer how to kayak and get outside. brad’s a personal friend of mine + one helluva person + we’ve been lucky enough  to work together in montana + have [...]

here’s what a bit of sun can inspire after a long day of work on location. interesting story how this came together so take a stab at it (at least the technical part) + i’ll get the perfect in-house designed summer t-shirt out to the closest explanation that comes in.

speed sequence from heathkorvola on Vimeo.

great to see friend + former ecuadorian national climbing champ pablo p up in the latest timex ad courtesy of yours truly. nice work mi amigo. this was from a shoot on mt rainier, wa though pablo + i have been lucky enough to work together in his homeland as well.

now that our work with merrell is rolling out for the spring/summer campaign wanted to cut loose our behind the scenes bit. 5 days, 10,000+ images + more than 1000 miles from sf to lake tahoe to santa cruz + back. superb team effort + i couldn’t do it without such amazing people at their [...]

proud to see first descents and america’s most eligible bachelor (according to cosmo magazine) brad ludden getting some attention today in USA Today. fantastic work brad + his group do for cancer patients – get involved if you haven’t. and thanks to colin at giant noise for putting it together in mere minutes.