http://justinkosman.com/index.php The latest news and extensive randomness is found here. en justin@justinkosman.com Copyright 2010 2010-08-29T04:03:00-08:00 http://justinkosman.com/index.php/news/article/polaroid_emulsion_transfer_project/ http://justinkosman.com/index.php/news/article/polaroid_emulsion_transfer_project/#When:04:03:00Z Shoot it, peel it, wet it, stick it, press it, peel it. I’ve been working on a Emulsion Transfer project this past month using a bunch of photos I shot of the Vans BMX team.  The good people at Daylab got me going with a Polaroid copier and the rest is history.  These images will be making their way to my marketing materials for this fall and as soon as Interbike next month.  Tracking down the Polaroid 669 film has been tricky after I ran out of the supply that Daylab kindly gave me from their private stock, and the Fuji 100C has been a recent substitute, but nothing looks like the 669. 2010-08-29T04:03:00-08:00 http://justinkosman.com/index.php/news/article/new_sandisk_32gbs_have_arrived/ http://justinkosman.com/index.php/news/article/new_sandisk_32gbs_have_arrived/#When:19:44:00Z I just had a package from Sandisk arrive at my front door with 5, 32GB Extreme Memory Cards inside. Zooom Productions Agency in Fuschl, Austria was able to get it’s photographers some of these very high capacity memory cards so we can keep shooting! Much thanks to Sandisk for the 16GBs, the 32GBs and the Firewire 800 card readers to help ingest the shots just as fast I I take them. 2010-07-08T19:44:00-08:00 http://justinkosman.com/index.php/news/article/spider_awards_deadline/ http://justinkosman.com/index.php/news/article/spider_awards_deadline/#When:17:37:01Z Black and White Photography Contest I just finished uploading my final images for the Black and White Spider Awards International Photography Contest. The images from last year were pretty amazing, so hopefully my sport images will get some play this year. The deadline is creeping up so if you are going to submit images do it before July 16, 2010. In other news, I just finished a huge video project for Haro bikes and have Chad Shakelford authoring the whole DVD out in Cincy while I get prepped for the next four weeks of travel to Chicago, Pennsylvania, LA, Huntington Beach and Portland.  Mileage Plus here I come. 2010-07-08T17:37:01-08:00 http://justinkosman.com/index.php/news/article/lights_camera_rail/ http://justinkosman.com/index.php/news/article/lights_camera_rail/#When:17:39:00Z LED light trails While shooting a Vans Roadtrip this spring, I saw a kid in Tempe running around with these LED lights on his fingers and got the idea to put them on a BMX bike for a bulb exposure experiment. I finally found a place that sold them up in Big Bear while I was getting a prop carved for another shoot and despite being over-priced and under-engineered, I had to clean out their inventory. I called up Kink/Shadow/Lotek rider Albert Mercado and told him my idea and he was ready with a location the next night at midnight. Any easy 4-stair rail was a prefect place to test out the power of these little lights. Half the stock failed within 5 mins, but we were able to get enough power out of them to expose a nice trail through Albert’s run-up, pop the flashes on the rail and a nice trail through his landing. Canon 5D MK2 on Manfrotto tripod, 15mm fisheye lens, ISO 320, f/8, 3-second bulb exposure. 1 Q-Flash, 2 x Vivitar 285s. Next week I’ll be teaching this shot at Woodward East Digital Media Camp, so if you are signed up, bring a tripod!  PS- Thanks to Defgrip for the feature interview.  It turned out great guys! 2010-07-05T17:39:00-08:00 http://justinkosman.com/index.php/news/article/red_bull_stomping_grounds/ http://justinkosman.com/index.php/news/article/red_bull_stomping_grounds/#When:02:53:01Z I’m out in Chicago shooting the Red Bull Stomping Grounds event for the weekend. Here is a cool portrait of Kye Forte I was able to grab during practice.  Kye came over from England and brought a whole film crew with him and his brother Leo to document the whole trail contest experience. I’m loving the Gino’s East deep dish pizza, but if I could get out to El Mex in Lisle it would really complete my trip. 2010-06-12T02:53:01-08:00 http://justinkosman.com/index.php/news/article/we_arent_in_kansas_anymore/ http://justinkosman.com/index.php/news/article/we_arent_in_kansas_anymore/#When:20:51:00Z But I was… I was in Kansas last weekend.  I had the opportunity to head back to Harveyville, KS to shoot a music video for Kid Congo in an old high school during a mock prom.  Ron Miller and Nikol Lohr live in the school and have a pretty awesome program going on.  Ron is a tattoo artist and mixed media painter, and Nikol is an author and knitting entrepreneur.  They raise half a dozen sheep and chickens out on their property and do kick ass things like record music and harbor artists looking for a long-term retreat from city life.  Ron is the drummer in Kid Congo and the Pink Monkey Birds, and Golden Brown was the song I shot live during the prom party.  I was able to take off early enough to check out a place Ron told me about in Topeka called Truckhenge.  You must see this to believe it, and it’s not just the boats and trucks buried ass-end up. Hearing Mr. Lessman’s stories about his battles with the tax and zoning corruption in his county are legendary.  Can’t a man just bury some trucks! Here is a photo of Foxy the dog on the Lessman Farm. 2010-06-02T20:51:00-08:00 http://justinkosman.com/index.php/news/article/where_is_guam/ http://justinkosman.com/index.php/news/article/where_is_guam/#When:02:06:00Z Between Japan and Hawaii To be honest I didn’t really know where Guam was.  I would have guessed it was closer to Japan but, it’s still over 1500 miles south of there too.  I’m headed there now with a crew of skaters and BMX riders from Vans to shoot a demo for the troops on Andersen Air Force Base. Mix in a little snorkeling and I’ll be taking a breather before the summer really gets busy. This Winter/Spring has already been unusually busy for me. Here is a quick list of some shoots that went down in the past 60 days: Anthony Napolitan for Red Bull in Las Vegas. Brian Kachinsky “Calling The Shots” Episode Olympic Snowboarder Scotty Lago at Loon Mountain in New Hampshire. 11 Rider Vans/Pro-Tec Team Road Trip from Phoenix- Albuquerque. Ryan Guettler Vans Ad shoot in Greenville. Jourdan Barba street video for Espn. Luke Parslow and TJ Ellis video for Espn. Chase Hawk ad shoot for Vans. Dennis Enarson ad shoot in Malaga, Spain. Adam Taylor skate shoot for Matador/Jack Links. Colin Mackay BMX video & product feature for Vans. After this trip to Guam I’ll be headed to New Jersey to shoot a poster with Scotty Cranmer and then straight from NJ to Cincy to shoot a Red Bull 3Style DJ Battle and then straight to the Protec Pool Party in Orange, CA. Here is a nice tilt shift photo of the monster jump at Cory Nastazio’s ranch in Tehachapi, CA.  Some big moves go down on this pile of dirt. 2010-05-08T02:06:00-08:00 http://justinkosman.com/index.php/news/article/new_monochrome_gallery_on_espn/ http://justinkosman.com/index.php/news/article/new_monochrome_gallery_on_espn/#When:18:02:00Z A couple weeks ago I put together a gallery for ESPN that features only black and white photos. The majority of these shots were B Roll, meaning that at any given location I shot two photos of the same trick.  This gallery represents many of these B Roll shots that were too good to retire.  Check out the gallery here. “Any photographer will tell you that there is always another angle for any given shot. And that is sometimes the question I’m left with after shooting photos, “Was there a better angle?” And if we are lucky enough to have a rider shoot with us for two different angles, one of the toughest things to do is to choose between two angles of one trick. Many of the shots in this gallery were second angles that never saw the light of day for one reason or another. I just got home from a commercial shoot, which was all black and white, so my mind was in B&W mode when I made these gallery selections.” I am off to Phoenix for the next week with some of the Vans BMX team.  We are hitting up a race and some of the amazing skateparks so look for some fresh footage in the coming weeks. 2010-03-03T18:02:00-08:00 http://justinkosman.com/index.php/news/article/new_shadow_ad_revealed/ http://justinkosman.com/index.php/news/article/new_shadow_ad_revealed/#When:17:58:01Z Albert Mercado gets his 180 On The Shadow Conspiracy just posted up their new print at with BMX rider Albert Mercado.  Shot in National City, California Albert is pictured here showing off his mad pop with a 180 over this bike rack.  The surrounding area is really good for riding and there is a skatepark really close by where he filmed his infamous blue ramps edit for SBL.  The sun was setting at this spot and lately I’ve really been into keeping some lens flare in the full frame images.  Thanks to Albert and Ron Bonner for making this one happen. Buy those handlebars. 2010-02-19T17:58:01-08:00 http://justinkosman.com/index.php/news/article/malaga_spain_the_final_days/ http://justinkosman.com/index.php/news/article/malaga_spain_the_final_days/#When:22:01:00Z In the days of rain I’m finishing up a ten day trip to Spain with a couple riders from San Diego and to be honest we were rained on for the better half of the trip. At one point we made it back to the airport only to find that every rental car place was booked solid for two weeks straight.  So driving to Barci was out of the question. Every other day it was a battle against the clouds. Popping out for an hour, sometimes two hours and other times at night.  A couple days we were stuck in the muggy flat we rented and over dosed on coffee. Everyone put in some major work when the rain stopped and we are coming back with some amazing shots.  Big thanks to Rueben and Stefan for showing us around and making us dinner last night.  And big thanks to youtube for for keeping us sane on the days were were cooped up. Here is a shot from the castle we hiked to on the fifth day.  This week I got to try out the new Elinchrom Ranger Quadra A pack and head and I give it a preliminary grade of A-.  The power is max at 400 watts, the modeling light is bright, the controls are a little confusing without the manual nearby and with a bigger reflector I’d say this is the best new flash for action photography on the market. Good job Elinchrom. Finally a fast pack without a car battery. Looking forward to next week with a couple Red Bull photo shoots and some more Vans shoots coming up. 2010-02-16T22:01:00-08:00