Base Jumpers
This Last week I got to go on a rather cool shoot. I went with Garrett Smith of http://hammersincphoto.com up echo canyon. I got to shoot an extreme sport that I have not shot ever before. The sport is base jumping. For those that do not know what that is, It is jumping from any structure with a parachute to aid your landing. It was an excellent journey. Garrett and I had set off about an hour before the athletes just so we could spot out some angles and try to find the trail. Since it was our first time to that area, we did not know where the trails were at. We wandered around for about fifty minutes before we found the trail to the top of the cliff. The cliff is four hundred and fifty feet tall. The shots that I got were from the top of the cliff. Garrett not only being a pro photographer is as well a pro climber. He rigged up a rappel to descend about fifty feet below the exit point. I was sitting two feet from the edge of the drop. The legs of my tripod were six inches away from the edge. I had to be mentally strong and not focus on the fact that I am not tied down to the earth, nor do I have a parachute to slow down my fall.
The jumpers showed up at the top of the cliff we told them our game plan. We had everything setup, lights were ready, cameras were focused, and everyone was cold and ready to jump and get back into their cars. They each called their drops counting off from five, four, three, two, one, and away they went. My heart rate was skyrocketing just watching the first one descend toward the landing zone which was lit up my three glow sticks. It was an amazing experience. I now have a new goal on the bucket list. I will do some base jumping before I croak.
Forgery
Dear Followers of High Cascade Photography,
Recently I received a phone call from a close friend. This person is taking an intro to photography class at the University of Utah. They were assigned to do a little field practice and come back and show their work. One student in the class brought back a panoramic picture of the capitol. My friend thought that the picture looked very similar to one of the pictures that I have placed on this website. After class my friend checked http://highcascadephotography.com to see if it was the same picture. The friend of mine came to the conclusion that it was from my website. I post my pictures online without a watermark so that people can enjoy the pictures and save them as a background, or for other purposes. I think it is kind of messed up to take work from other people and claim it as there own. I have spent so many days trying to create new compositions at the capitol. If you need help with your homework in photography ask someone for help. Ask me, I love teaching. Please have more respect for the artist and help them get their name out there for their work.
Yours truly,
Nick Spurlock
Utah State Capitol
For my final project in one of my classes we were supposed to do a documentary on something. I wanted to go above and beyond and blow my fellow classmates projects out of the water. I spent a lot of time going to the capitol to capture these pictures. I hope you enjoy them.
