Winter in the Mountains After a decent break from putting a blog together its time to get back into it with a re-cap of what was a busy winter living in the mountains. Off the back of a solid summer, hitting as many MTB races as possible, I was lucky enough to land myself a gig shooting for Thredbo Resort as part of their media team. This involved capturing all things happening on the mountain from day to day, fresh snow fall, events, concerts, party’s, sunrise, sunset, skiing, snowboarding, kids and a touch of real estate to keep me on my toes. Allowing me to test my skills as a photographer across a huge range of genres and only a short few months to get it all done. It was somewhat of a whirlwind and I had a ball. For what was looking like it could be a tough season in Australia weather wise, the season turned out to be pretty decent none the less. Snow fell from the opening weekend in June to start it out, then cold temps and lack of rain gave the ideal conditions for massive quantities of snow making to be done. This made up for the lack of natural snow, and kept the mountain up and running until the natural stuff started to fall more regularly.

Once the natural stuff kicked in and started to fall there were a number of killer days skiing throughout July and August. All the while the mountains events schedule was in full swing with Uni week, the Torah Bright Mini Shred, snow series, Top to Bottom and the village concerts all happening. With so much going on, my days were busy on the slopes and in the office. Choosing the best shots for every day was always the toughest part but definitely the most fulfilling. The highlights of the season for me had to be the shooting the powder days, getting on the hill early with a hand full of awesome skiers and boarders to get the shots of fresh tracks. As for events the Banzai, Banked Slalom and One Hit Wonder were definitely some of the best to watch with One Hit taking the cake for the most impressive freestyle skiing and snowboarding I’ve witnessed first hand. To top that off, all the skiers and riders were super chill and proved that skiing is all about having fun with your mates.  

In the end I racked up a grand total of 560GB of raw files, not quite sure what the photo count on that is but I know it is a lot and I was definitely ready to have a rest from the cold and spend a bit of time on the bike to recharge myself before getting back into shooting bikes again. Its fair to say there are way too many images to fit into one blog post so I’ve stitched together this little video displaying a large majority of my favorites.

A huge thanks goes out to Thredbo and everyone who helped me get all the shots, it wouldn't have been possible otherwise.