tahoe trip

been in Tahoe for some of the big snowstorms, haven't been keeping up on the blog very well, but I been trying to keep busy, here are some random shots from the Tahoe area while out shooting. It's always a lot of work for a little reward but I love it.

enjoy

-jesse

trying something new

Embry Rucker is a huge inspiration of mine, he's got a bunch of these well done on his blog. I found a great view of Lake Tahoe that I wanted to try it out. not too shabby,I'm not a big photoshop user, I kinda just stick to lightroom, so I'm into this,because I tried, perfect? no far from it, but its still a sweet view and I hope to try more sometime.

Seasonal Siblings

3 good friends of mine have started a website and video blog series that documents their traveling pro snowboarding lives, from contests to shooting the backcountry. Ian Thorley, Sam Hulbert and Brandon Reis along with other riders will be posting video episodes periodically on the website, http://seasonalsiblings.com/. Heres episode one, keep an eye out, I'm exicted to see whatelse they have to offer especially since I'll be living with them for the season.

Seasonal Siblings Episode 1 from Seasonal Siblings on Vimeo.

updated portfolio

I've added shots from last season to my website, mostly to action but some in lifestyle, some you may have already seen, but there might be some gems in there thats new. take a peak!

http://jesserourke.showitsite.com

enjoy, thanks

-jesse

In Print: Transworld Photo Annual Volume 24

Picked up the new transworld photo annual and was stoked to see my shot of Flow rider Brandon Reis as a 2 page spread in the wallpaper section, first wallpaper and first 2 page spread I've ever have had in print, couldn't be happier to find it in the photo annual. take a peak. big thanks to Chris and the guys at transworld, and brandon for killing it

shot in the mag

-jesse

hiking the AT

big post today people, normally I would rather show the best of the best shots from a personal shoot like a small portfolio, but this camping trip was just so awesome, challenging and fun that I wanted to share with the other hikers and all readers what myself and four other friends did and to make you feel like you were all there. The back story quick is we been wanting to hike a challenging portion of the Appalachian trail, just about 30 miles was our goal. The group took off work, skipped classes and got our asses out there for a weekend trip, hike in friday afternoon and night, camp, 11 miles saturday, 11 miles sunday, destination High Point, the highest point in New Jersey. Not only was the hike challenging but so was getting photo opportunities, we made it happen and I hope tim,jeff,dan and liz got as much out of this as I did. good times! thanks everyone! Here are the photos I came out with.

hiked in to our camp just as the sun dropped below the horizon

I jumped in the shot, jeff didn't meet up till later haha hes crazy

an amazing clear night

while everyone was passed out, tim and I got an early rise and got first peak at sunrise.

tim getting warm while everyone sleeps

got a good start

dan had a water filter, fresh spring water,better than your faucet

we enjoyed our resting spots, taking a breather

if dan didn't have that filter, we'd all have beaver fever

after the filling up on water we hauled ass as close as we could to sunrise mtn

this campsite was awesome tucked away and we had lots of animal activity which got a little crazy, but thats what this was all about.

woke up at 530 and got up to sunrise mountain, and it was worth it, jeff and tim soaking it in at the pavilion.

had to put this in

thanks sunrise mountain

loves his tea

got started but lovin' the views

we barely stopped, once we really got going we kicked ass, high point monument in sight

final ascent

nice looking monument

check out the views!

droid incredible hooks it up

group shot from left to right..jeff,tim,myself,liz and dan

and an excellent finish to our trip!

enjoy!

-Jesse

Alex Andrews in Pittsburgh

My first trip of my season last year was to pittsburgh,pa.. I took a few hour bus ride into the city to meet up with a couple kids coming in from SLC because pitt had an uncharacteristic amount of snow. Our crew was brandon hammid,sean black and alex andrews along with matt roberge filming. One of the sickest crews I've shot with and I'm thankful I was invited to come along. We found a few spots,including a rail lit with stadium lights, a perfect night spot without using a generator. The guys coming out of salt lake have super creative ideas and we got a bunch of things going but they were really feeling this gap over fence to down rail...and so was I. These kids killed it, I threw on the fisheye, some colored gels on the flash to liven it up a bit and had Alex give me a few tries without matt in there with his fisheye too, which is sick, I love when riders are willing to throw down without a filmer getting a shot, also as a note, matt roberge is one of the sickest rail filmers and a good friend of mine, which is nice because hes willing to get out of the way sometimes, plus he'll critique the hell outa photos and I respect his knowledgeable opinions. Anyways, this is about the riders,they killed it,Alex got some shots with a frontblunt getting over the fence getting ready for touchdown on the rail, i like it because the colors and his helmet team bern unlimited got interested in this shot for online and catalog space and now I can post it up on here. Thanks for working hard everyone! enjoy!

youda man A.A

-jesse