Kevin Coakley // TWS Checkout

This checkout of Kevin Coakley was published in the August, 2009 issue of Transworld Skateboarding Magazine. We shot it over the summer of 2008.
– Shot in Boston, MA -

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Steph Morgan: nollie shuvet for the Familia

This ad of Steph Morgan ended up running as a 1/2 page in S. Africa, sometime in 2009.

Shot in 2008 on his trip to Philadelphia.

Jimmy McDonald // Houston, TX

This is from a trip down to Houston, Texas last January. We rented a van in Philly and headed south, while stopping in Tennessee, Alabama, and New Orleans. Below is one of the photos from the trip, of Jimmy McDonald doing a frontside bluntslide to fakie, at the “Easy 7″ ditch in Houston.

Pat Heid: gap to back lipslide

Below is a photo of Pat Heid, doing a quick gap to back lipslide on aged marble in Philadelphia. While the trick wasn’t particularly difficult for him, I thought the spot looked cool and could make a good photo, which is something that in my opinion magazines lack these days, all of them. Would you rather see an good trick over a good photo? This has been an ongoing issue for me. Run a photo that you f’d up strictly because it’s a good trick? My opinion is that magazines should run the best of the photographer and the skateboarders work, there’s so much good skateboarding and photography out there that there’s no reason not to. I wouldn’t consider this so much a rant, but a question that I’d like to hear opinions back from, both skateboarders and photographers.

Philadelphia, PA
June 2009

The “Dango” – Philadelphia

New York, NY

Last week I had my first “Bolt Bus” experience. Completely worth it. $27 each way from Boston-Philly, topped off with a plug outlet and free wifi. Shot this from the bus stop… Which is still on the sidewalk like the Chinatown.

May 2009, b/w 35mm rangefinder

Here’s some of the better shots from the first 35mm roll of May, more to come. Shot on Ilford HP5.

Walt Wolfe // Backside 180

Published in Focus Skate Mag "Incentives" section.
May-June 2009

Shot with Kodak E100VS, in Feb 2009

Lighting

I wish I remembered to do this for every photo, but here’s a reference shot for this backside tailslide of Julian Heller.

Shot setup:

Philly, April 2009

Here’s some photos from April, shot on a Canon 35mm rangefinder.

Jon Lankford:

Rory Milanes & Chris Mulhern:

Rory Milanes & Chris Mulhern:

Missing Censorship?

Homie:

Lucien Clarke:

Rory Milanes:

Dom, Jon, Mitchell:

Lucien, Jon, & Chris:

Andrew Feldt:

Andrew Feldt:

Brendan Granstrand:

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