East Coast Super Shoot

This past weekend, I was chosen as a finalist in an event called the East Coast Super Shoot. Five photographers were chosen to go to Stowe Mountain in Vermont and shoot photos for two days. Each photographer picked one rider and one skier to bring along. On Saturday afternoon, each photographer had to make a presentation incorporating their action sports portfolio images with the photos they shot on Friday and Saturday morning. It was an extraordinarily fun weekend. I want to thank my skier Colin Sirois and my rider Jesse Curran for absolutely throwing down, they really made it easy to GTS (get the shot). We captured some great images and I think the final product came out well. I would also like to thank Stowe for the food, hotels, and an overall fantastic event. Also thank you to Orage, Burton and Pocket Wizard for hooking up the athletes and photographers with some sweet prizes.

Check out my entry:

SU CASA!

I had a blast Friday night in Boston. I got the opportunity to visit my friend Rob Losier and watch his band (Su Casa) play their first live performance. For those of you that know Rob, you are probably well aware of how musically gifted he is. When you combine his talent and style with two brilliantly skilled musicians from Berklee you get a pretty solid formula for a band. I feet very fortunate to have been there and to have photographed it because they truly blew everyone away.
Check them out at Myspace.com/SuCasaBand

Check the photos out on my site: CLICK HERE

Poor Boyz Rail Trip

Professional skier Nick Martini asked me to travel with Poor Boyz Productions and Salomon Freeski TV on a week long urban rail road trip. Writer Mike Rogge will be releasing articles about our trip and I will link you to them as they are posted. I will post some photos after I figure out which ones are being used in publications. Thanks again to Cody Carter from Poor Boyz and Steve Horton from Salomon for giving me this opportunity. Also props to the athletes, Nick Martini, Matt Walker, Alexis Godbout, and Jen Crichton for performing some of the most monumental rail skiing in history. Look for the footage in PBP's next movie; "Every Day is a Saturday" dropping next Fall.

Fine Art Print Gallery!

After six years of shooting photographs, I am finally offering a collection of my favorite images to be produced and sold as fine art prints. As displayed in a private gallery online. The photos were captured in all the various locations I’ve traveled throughout the country and around the world. Some of these images have never been released to the public:

MattStaublePhoto.com/FineArt

The lab I will be ordering from uses archival paper and inks that are rated to hold quality, sharpness and color for hundreds of years. Each print will be personally signed with non-toxic ink.

I personally guarantee the quality of these prints. Your transaction with me is not over until you have a print you are happy with, I will re-touch, re-crop, adjust colors and re-print as many times as necessary.

Thanks for visiting! I hope you enjoy the images!

Immortal Technique wants YOU

Photographing Immortal Technique and his crew was not only a blast but also truly inspirational. His lyrics are deeply layered with productive messages demanding people to stand up for what they believe in. Another activist artist by the name of Son of Nun performed. SON performed incredible spoken word and really got everyone going with some exciting new tracks. Thanks to the activist clubs at Uconn that made this event happen, they really work hard everyday for not only the student body but the greater good outside of campus as well.

CLICK HERE FOR THE PHOTOSImmortal Technique is a revolutionary and intense rapper from NYC. He works to be the voice of those victim to Government's lies and carnage. Check him out:
http://www.myspace.com/immortaltechnique

Zion National Park

Here are some photos from a recent trip to Zion National Park. It was one of the most incredible places I've ever been. Hundreds of Millions of years ago this area was just 3,000 foot sand dunes (the tallest sand dunes today are in the Saraha and max out at about 300 feet). The sea filled over this ancient desert and the calcium carbonate in the water cemented the sand into hard sandstone. As the sea retreated it pulled away loose sediment and the rivers that were left continued to erode vast canyons over time. We did a hike up to a place called Angel's Landing.  It's a breathtaking hike that results in incredible 360 degree views of the park. We also hiked The Narrows, a knee deep river with hundred to thousand foot walls on either side. Both hikes were excellent displays of the topographical drama that has developed in Zion over so many years

Above: The view off the Southeast side of Angels Landing

The Thinnest Point on the Angel's Landing hike. Literally 2000 foot drop on either side. If you look at the upper right part of the photo and see that curved gray line, that's a large river.

Below: THE NARROWS

Beautifully look out on the North side of the park

FACES OF VEGAS

Spent a night in Las Vegas. So glad I finally got to see it. I would love to summarize Vegas in a few quick sentences but that wouldn't be possible. You have to go experience it to really what it's like, but these photos aren't a bad start:

CLICK HERE to see the Faces of Vegas Gallery