Jesse Kasten

greetings, earthlings

noreply@blogger.com (Jesse Kasten) — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 03:35:00 +0000

Once again, back from a blogging hiatus. Been super busy with the business of life...which has mostly consisted of working and not working. I'd say a 50/50 ratio. My seasonal employment allows me to explore the awesome rivers, canyons, and endlessly inspiring landscapes of the Colorado plateau while on the job, as well as ample time off to do...whatever i want! During the month of August I put nearly 5,000 miles on my car/mobile command center.

(sometimes hard miles. but the SOOB is a champ)

Made it out to the Sierra Nevada's for about ten days, with a stop at Mono Lake. This place is a photographers dream! These are my favorite shots from that venture. I was hoping to get some night shots, but the clouds in these photo's were the first signs of quite a storm that puked rain all night and next morning--the only adverse weather of the trip. Made for a spectacular sunset.

These formations are called tufas, limestone formed by
springs which were once submerged (another story entirely)

More to come..........................................next stop: Ye ol' ROCKY MOUNTAINS

Lunar Eclipse

noreply@blogger.com (Jesse Kasten) — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 05:40:00 +0000

Got this one this morning during the total lunar eclipse. I found out about the event midday yesterday, and decided to check it out. I thought about doing a series of the entire eclipse put together into one image, but that would have taken about two hours from 5-7 this morning. I didn't have that kind of motivation since the temps were in the teens and the wind was HOWLIN'. So i winged it, found this composition and came up with this shot. It was a pretty majestic moonset/sunrise.

Desert Sentinel

noreply@blogger.com (Jesse Kasten) — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 21:50:00 +0000

Got this shot from an overnight foray into the desert. I was searching for that classic-looking saguaro--quintessential Southwest. After stumbling around in the thorniest place on earth for a bit, I came across this guy, and got the composition i was after. I suppose I'll call it "Desert Sentinel", that's what jumped out at me. yeah...I'm going with it.

River Love

noreply@blogger.com (Jesse Kasten) — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 03:11:00 +0000

Here are some shots of a bridal session I did with my friend Malia on the Green River in Utah. The shoot went great, the wedding was a riot, and I'm very pleased with how all the photos turned out. The last shot is an overall view of the wedding reception at Swaseys Beach, taken at about 10pm. Congrats Malia and Brian!

Landscape Arch

noreply@blogger.com (Jesse Kasten) — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 15:12:00 +0000

Largest natural arch in the world. Nearly 300 feet across. The pics don't do the size of it justice, but this thing is huge when you stand underneath it (which actually involves a little bit of illegal off-trail scrambling). But hey, no one was around, and i got the shots I was after. Hope yall like 'em! Click to enlarge...

Delicate Arch

noreply@blogger.com (Jesse Kasten) — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 19:14:00 +0000

Last night was a new moon, and the milky way was out in full force, so I made my way out to Arches National Park and schlepped all my camera gear up to Delicate Arch to see what i could pull off. I'm very pleased with the results. I even put a watermark on em...

Goin' with the flow: San Juan River

noreply@blogger.com (Jesse Kasten) — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 16:45:00 +0000

This summer I am working as a river guide for Holiday Expeditions in Utah. We run single and multi-day trips on a bunch of sections of different rivers throughout the state. You can check out their website at: http://www.bikeraft.com/ Here's a few shots from the San Juan River in Southeastern Utah. Though it's not known for it's whitewater, this section of river contains some amazing petroglyph panels and ruins.

River House at night. An Anasazi ruin built in the mid 1200's.

Spiral petro at night. River House

Typical Basketmaker figure. Butler Wash

Sun Spiral. Butler Wash

Bighorn Sheep petro. Butler Wash

I've been slacking on the blogging lately with how busy I've been. I'll be posting more as I have time. PEACE

Blogging Hiatus

noreply@blogger.com (Jesse Kasten) — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 16:44:00 +0000

Haven't posted in a while, been very busy. look for some new posts coming soon...

Season's End

noreply@blogger.com (Jesse Kasten) — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 05:04:00 +0000

Done with my job, and done skiing for the season. It was a wet and wild smashing good time--over 650 inches of snow while i was there, and I got over 100 days of skiing in. Good stuff, but I'm in need of some vitamin D. Here's a couple shots from my last few days there.

Me. Workin'. Thanks Seth Hamel: http://sethhamel.com/

Me. Playin'. Thanks Tim Burdick: http://timothyburdick.co/

unofficial networks link

noreply@blogger.com (Jesse Kasten) — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 02:37:00 +0000

got some shots up on unofficialnetworks.com.

link: http://unofficialnetworks.com/2011/04/02/jesse-kasten-photos-week/

Luuuuuuke

noreply@blogger.com (Jesse Kasten) — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 01:14:00 +0000

Luke Byrnes, throwing down in Wilbere Bowl.

Change-Up

noreply@blogger.com (Jesse Kasten) — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 03:03:00 +0000

Had to do something different today. I took a day off from Snowbird for the first time in about two months, and hopped in the Soob for a little road trip to check out the Great Salt Lake and Bonneville Salt Flats. Here are my two favorites from the day.

Salt flats were a trip. Totally flat, martian landscape.

Caught the sunset over the salt lake on the way home.

Back to the slopes manana. Peace!

Shot 0' Day

noreply@blogger.com (Jesse Kasten) — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 02:32:00 +0000

http://powdershots.wordpress.com/2011/03/26/03-25-11/

air time

noreply@blogger.com (Jesse Kasten) — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 02:21:00 +0000

Powder's gone...time to get high.

40 feet and counting...

noreply@blogger.com (Jesse Kasten) — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 02:37:00 +0000

Whattayaknow? It snowed a little more here. This storm system dropped another 3 feet in Little Cottonwood Canyon--the snowiest place on earth. Don't quote me on that, but it sure feels like it, as Snowbird has now received 40 feet of the white stuff so far. The clouds parted today, revealing a friggityfresh coating of frosting on the hill. Grab a spork, and dig in.

Day off tomorrow--my turn. Booyah! Peace

Get to da POWDAAA!

noreply@blogger.com (Jesse Kasten) — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 04:35:00 +0000

3 feet of goodness fell over the holiday weekend. As usual, I was there to capture the action in all it's fluffalicious glory--and got a few scrumptious turns in myself to boot. Snow, sun, foggy flat light, fresh lines, and free refills. Heres a sampling of the goods.

Hope y'all had a nice long weekend. Peace!

not quite

noreply@blogger.com (Jesse Kasten) — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 00:19:00 +0000

This is a composition i've had in mind for a while, but the elements just weren't right today--cloudy, with super flat light. Turned it black and white which i think makes it a bit more interesting, though not the dynamic shot i'm looking for.

Blowin' Smoke

noreply@blogger.com (Jesse Kasten) — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 22:55:00 +0000

It's been a little windy at the office the last few days gearing up for a fresh installment of Wasatch powder, which should be hitting tonight and continuing into next week. The mountain needs it, it's been a bit windblown and crusty as of late.

Here's a shot of the American Fork Twins in a swirl of blowing snow.

The Office

noreply@blogger.com (Jesse Kasten) — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 02:45:00 +0000

Pfeifferhorn through snowy trees. This peak is a famous and isolated mountaintop in the Lone Peak Wilderness of the Wasatch Mountains. As seen from Hidden Peak.

Powder to the People: February is hurrr

noreply@blogger.com (Jesse Kasten) — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 21:17:00 +0000

Here's some shots from work today. I was a little jealous that I wasn't tearing up the fresh 16 inches Snowbird got from this storm, but as far work goes, today was stellar. Blue skies, fresh creamy goodness, and--oh yeah--it was cold. -10 degrees at the top...

Hidden Peak and the Tram. Wind chill of -30 up there.

Face shots all morning.

I like the composition here, but i wish I caught the skier in the middle of a big right turn. I'll have to set it up sometime and get it right. diggin' the yellow jumpsuit, though.

Sequence Stylie

noreply@blogger.com (Jesse Kasten) — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 02:57:00 +0000

This is my first attempt at a sequence photo. I combined five photos to make this image, and stylized it in photoshop. this is a popular technique in ski photography, usually to show the sequence of an athlete throwing big tricks. No tricks in this one, but i really like the composition. Next time I'll use a tripod to save me an hour or two in post-production.

Powder to the People: Get some

noreply@blogger.com (Jesse Kasten) — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 00:28:00 +0000

Bluebird day at Snowbird today. Had the day off, and charged hard. Warm temps, soft snow, and big air. Enjoy!

Andrew. Feelin' it.

Connor gettin' in on it.

Yeah, son.

John gettin' his.

Shot o' day

noreply@blogger.com (Jesse Kasten) — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 01:33:00 +0000

Another stellar day at the 'Bird

http://powdershots.wordpress.com/2011/01/25/01-24-11/

Shot o' day

noreply@blogger.com (Jesse Kasten) — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 03:32:00 +0000

Beautiful day of work at Snowbird. Fresh few inches of creamy goodness made for some good skeezing and photos. here's a link to the shot o' day on Powdershots blog. Just another day at the office...

http://powdershots.wordpress.com/2011/01/24/01-23-11/

Powder to the People: Huckin'

noreply@blogger.com (Jesse Kasten) — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 01:02:00 +0000

Day off today. And wouldn't you know it, i was up at Snowbird taking pictures as usual. Went up with the roommates. Couple days after the storm, but there were some powder stashes to be had, and the snow almost everywhere was soft and scrumptious. Found some cliffs, and went for it. Gnar!

Connor. Mineral Basin

John. Mineral Basin

Connor. With Mount Superior in the background.

Connor. Lack of style is his style. Goin' big for the camera though.