The Jeff Hawe Photography Collection
Tanya Schmid
- February 18 2009
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Rider: Tyrel Thorton. Photo: Jeff Hawe.
“Last winter was one of change and growth for me. It ran a very different course than seasons past, and was very exciting. I did not start my winter until the beginning of February. I basically jumped from spending my days in the ocean, surfing, and warm tropical weather in the Southern Hemisphere. To spending my days wrestling my sled around in waist deep in powder. In the midst of one of the best winters in my recent memory, it was a mad scramble for me to get as much done as I could with what time I had left of the winter. I did a lot of branching out last winter, making new friends and working with crews that I had never worked with before. Hitting new locations, and learning a lot about the art of shooting snowboarding. While still keeping time to ride with all my good friends around MT, stoked! All said and done it was one of the best seasons of my life. This is a collection of moments I was able to capture last winter, hopefully it will give you a feeling of what my winter was. Here’s to another season of that caliber, bring on the snow.”
Thanks for looking,
Jeff
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Lucas Wilson slashes and makes a quick and sneaky exit from the scene in the Utah backcountry. Photo: Jeff Hawe
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February 18th, 2009 at 8:40 am
FIRST!!!!!
February 18th, 2009 at 12:11 pm
first doesn’t really count unless it a video bro…sorry
February 18th, 2009 at 12:24 pm
Montana sucks.
February 18th, 2009 at 12:47 pm
nice images jeff. cool to see your accomplishments—
February 18th, 2009 at 1:57 pm
blown out pictures brah
February 18th, 2009 at 2:18 pm
up and coming? i think hes arrived
February 18th, 2009 at 3:30 pm
whats it counting towards?
How big of an idiot you are?
February 18th, 2009 at 4:37 pm
thats cool bro, nice rule
February 18th, 2009 at 4:49 pm
keep giving you photos away for free, see how for that gets you by next year. living with mom and pops.
February 18th, 2009 at 6:45 pm
annoying how the explanations get cut off all the time on these
February 18th, 2009 at 8:25 pm
montana does suck, thats why i left. Jeff Hawe is the man and so are the rest of the homies at world boards, so stop hating.
powder sucks too
February 18th, 2009 at 10:29 pm
love seeing the montana hate comments on here….stay away.
February 19th, 2009 at 12:53 am
stop giving your photos away free, do you have any idea what kind of revenue tw generates from this website, it’s alot. Not to mention that tw is owned by bonnier which is a multi billion dollar corporation. Whats the world come to when the top publication in our industry doesn’t pay for editorial photos. Sorry, I’m sure it’s out of your hands, but it really grinds my gears.
February 19th, 2009 at 10:02 am
Good work Jeff
you continue to still capture some raw shit,an the vibes felt (Tyrel bein a girl out there screaming.. ha)
Hope to see you around more,now that your not at the shop,an State is became a Hinderance.you keep inspiring me to shoot,so keep em Coming
406
February 19th, 2009 at 10:47 am
I’m afraid of men with velcro gloves searching for sheep stuck in the fence.
February 20th, 2009 at 2:16 am
seriously, hating on jeff hawe isn’t going to get much accomplished besides bumming out someone who still remembers why we do this year after year: because we love snowboarding (well at least he does). These are clearly his shots that didn’t get run this year, and they are still legit. Stay positive jeff, you’re one of the few people in the industry that is beyond the bullshit. Funny how the anonymity of the internet breeds assholes.
February 20th, 2009 at 2:42 am
Dear photographers,
Please read all the pages of this conversation-
http://www.wheelsandwax.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=5995&st=0&sk=t&sd=a
February 20th, 2009 at 2:43 am
Agreed.
February 20th, 2009 at 2:47 am
If TWS is willing to have these photos published on their website, then he deserves to be paid. Camera gear and travel is not cheap. Sure photography is a great job, but giving your work away for free ruins any chance at having professional contributors getting paid for content here.
February 20th, 2009 at 10:21 am
i snowboard with carson’s little brother spencer sometimes.
both very good snowboarders repping Bend, OR.
check out NC productions video for this year called “Almost Dead”
Carson schubert, Jonny malanga, and Skylar Thorton all kill it.
February 20th, 2009 at 2:20 pm
whats up with the comments on here? cant you just enjoy these pictures instead of shitting from the mouth. oh and by the way, no one gives a fuck what you think about montana, generally speaking to anyone who said montana sucks.
February 28th, 2009 at 3:13 am
Mitch, hopefully your naivety will pass with time. Yes, we all enoyed Jeff’s shots, but that’s not the point of all the “shitting from the mouth”. The point is, if TWS thought enough of Jeff’s shots to use them in this website, Jeff should have been paid.
Why should he be paid?
1) TWS is making money from the photos (if they aren’t, their business model is broken).
See all those adds on this page? Well, the advertising companies paid TWS to have them there, and generate revenue with each unique view (or some other similar scheme). The only reason the adds are there are because people come here to look at the photos. Plain and simple.
In the real world, people provide other people with services or products that help other people make money. These people charge a fee for the services and products they provide. People buy these services and products because they know that by using them to enhance their own product they will: not only recoup the money spent on the services or products, but also make a profit too. Basic business savvy. In this senario, the photographs are the product TWS uses to make money. To not pay for the product that brings in revenue is a win for TWS, but a loss to the photogs that put in the money, time, and effort to provide the product TWS uses to make money.
Which brings me to reason #2
2) Costs of producing a shot.
Jeff obviously wants to be a serious snowboard photographer, so he’s probably invested a lot of money into the camera body and glass that he uses. But those aren’t the only costs unfortunately. Car and camera insurance, gas, lift tickets/passes, food, and rent are all costs that need to be paid for. If you are shooting for the love of it, but with the goal to bag some covers etc, then you are by default putting a lot of money and effort into it. If the resulting photographs are good enough to be featured by TWS in *ANY* capacity, then the photographer should be paid for it.
I see absolutely no reason to give photos away for free to any for-profit business. Photo credit is no reason at all, BTW. After all, there are only two people who care about a photo credit, and we all know who they are, right?
February 28th, 2009 at 4:38 pm
while you’re at it, check this out too!
http://www.wheelsandwax.com/v4/2009/02/a-company-approaches-you-for-free-photos/
March 1st, 2009 at 1:33 pm
#17….DOUUUUUCCCCHHHHEEEE
March 30th, 2009 at 2:41 pm
Now I’m coming back for sure
April 8th, 2009 at 6:03 pm
I dont usually comment, but after reading through so much info I had to say thanks
August 29th, 2009 at 11:57 am
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August 29th, 2009 at 8:03 pm
Great stuff, thank you very much!
September 1st, 2009 at 9:40 pm
Your help is very useful, thank you!
September 2nd, 2009 at 11:19 am
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September 21st, 2009 at 6:07 am
So typical of people sitting on their coach to be critical of one of the coolest and most talented dudes i have ever met. And even better that people are critical of one of the most amazing shredable places in the US. Works for me though … stay out and leave it to homies like Jeff and the Bozeman crew.
September 29th, 2009 at 12:03 pm
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