Skins....

Broken down rental car in Austria


This is in Italy, 8 years ago - he wished then he could clone himself to get more done.


He is a left eye and really digs the Bolex camera - Chile


There is always time for a cafe in Italy


Warren and Josh - Yellowstone Club Circa 2004


This is Josh last week in Vail.

Josh Haskins - the producer of the Warren Miller movie has been my partner in crime for many years. He started as most around the building - as an intern and showed promise early on - honestly he was the only guy with the balls to handle the original neg film from all the vintage years - you can really screw up the archive if you don't have a steady hand and the patience to be really careful with a piece of film that ran through Warren's camera 40 years prior. Anyway - "Skins" as we call him has taken on the role of Producer and done well - he had some big shoes to fill - prior to Josh I answered to Don Brolin, DB as we call him was as professional as you can get, a master at his craft and with 30+ years working at Warren side - he knew everything about everything in our world of ski films. So Skins has pulled through and is on his 10th year at WME. I wanted to mention him here because he has been one of my closest collaborators everyday making these films, he has always trusting my weird creative concepts and way out location suggestions. He shoots too - and does well with that too. I was just digging through some old photos from years past and found some moments on the road with Skins. Enjoy - you truly want this guys job - but bring you phone and a light meter.

And of course - Chris Anthony

Warren Miller Ski-lebrity Chris Anthony and I have been friends for about 18 years - in this time we have spent at least a few days each winter shooting a segment for the latest film.... usually we are off in some distant corner of the globe, last year China, in years past, Alaska, Ecuador, the USS Nimitz, Italy etc. This year I caught him at his home mountain Beaver Creek and we just got lucky and met on what the local were call the best day of the season. It's early April and we just received 24 cold inches of powder - the resort and patrol were nice enough to let us into Stone Creek early and let us have it to ourselves (sorry locals - it's the only way we can make the movies) for 3 hours. Chris was great and as usual hiked all over the place in sometimes waist deep snow. It was a great day - just deep enough to make great pictures without it being a total white-out. Chris dropped a huge cliff - probably about 75feet (pretty good for a guy in his early forties). Chris's dad Vino was along and he snapped the photos above.

Then a few days later we headed over to Vail to shoot a quick piece with a telemark skier who we dressed up as a WW2 10th Mountain Soldier on skis. He looked perfect - it was all to tie the segment together with Chris Anthony and his interview about how when you ski in Vail - you really feel the spirit of the 10th Mountain Guys that pioneered the creation of this area after they returned from the War in Europe.

It's going to be a cool piece in the new film.

ALASKA - Warren Miller shoots with CPG

This Photo by Chris Davenport



It's been a couple years since I made the spring jaunt North to Alaska - I did miss it. I was assigned to shoot a segment for the next Warren Miller flick with some old friends at Chugach Powder Guides, Chris Owens and crew have hosted me up here at least 8 times over the last 12 years. It's a great operation and I feel like I am among friends when I work up there, I was there 12 years ago when they hatched the operation and have seen it grow both in clients and terrain. They really know how to keep my vision and our objectives a priority - they keep us safe and always working toward our goals. I was joined by Chris Davenport and Stian Hagen, Dav and I were here together 12 years ago (equipped with skinny skis then) and a few years ago in the Tordrillo Range also under the CPG umbrella. Dav is a total pro and we have such a similar vision for the terrain and photography that we really don't have to say much to get the job done. This was my first shoot with Stian and he was very impressive - a great style and confidence in every turn. We ended up with 2 really good days and perfect snow conditions - one of which was probably my most production shoot day in AK every - 2600 feet of film and 5.5 hours of heli time in 8 hours, we got the momentum we needed and just kept hammering off shots on a steep face that just kept producing spectacular shots. I am looking forward to seeing the dailies of this stuff asap.

Thanks for your interest.

Warren Miller - from Breck to Telluride

SO - I ended up spending alot of time this spring in my old haunt of Colorado. After Summit County I headed to Telluride (via a family visit with Anna and Quinny in Aspen) - the San Juans are always stunning and a great place to be armed with a camera and some great conditions. Our objective was to shoot a piece for the next Warren Miller film about the newly expanded Telluride ski area - the new terrain is Palmyra Peak and it's a captivating zone that is only accessed by foot. We ended up timing it great with about 2 feet of fresh snow and nice cobalt blue Colorado skies. We had a great cast of local skiers to work with including Hilaree Nelson O'Neil and her husband Brian O'Neil - both long time locals and strong back country skiers. Additionally we had a great patroller that was leading us around Eric Larson - it's key to our success to have a great patroller who is a team player and understands the mission. Cheers to the Telluride crew for all the hard work.