early season - Laax

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Recently I went to Laax, Switzerland for a few days. The pipe is already open for some national teams to practice for the Olympics. The snow is man made and even though it's the last weekend of November, due to the warm temperatures it still feels like very early in the season on the mountain.

ON NEWSSTANDS NOW...

With snowboard magazines getting published mostly during the early season, at times you can have a lot of your work floating around out there at the same time. Here are some tear-sheets of what's on newsstands right now and what I've been blogging about earlier so I wanted to get some of the results up on the blog as well.

Whitelines, #86, GB
Rider: Christophe Schmidt

Slammer Magazine, 04/09, FIN
Rider: Sami Saarenpää - I wrote about our shoot here...

Free Magazine, December, CZ
Multi pages article about Talma, wrote about it earlier...

Document ,#59, GB
Rider: David Benedek. This shot and double cork sequence from one year earlier. Really good interview with David that highlight some special moments in his career.

Snowboard Magazine, December, USA
Rider: Eero Ettala. Some portraits for his interview, initially shot for Pleasure Mag in Germany.

Left page: Transworld Snowboard Magazine, USA. Shaun McKay in Arlberg, read the blog here...
Right page: Pleasure Magazin, #82, GER
A "how to" article with Christophe Schmidt. A multi page sequence massacre shot in Mammoth, check my travel post here...

It's good timing to see your photos printed and get motivated for the winter. Soon it's going to be early bird missions and hiking. And in a year from all the sweat and travel it took to take these photos is forgotten and magazines hit newsstands. People, buy more magazines!

Winter is around the corner

With some early snow falls it's already full on winter in the higher regions of the Alps. Being in the city you wouldn't expect this at all. You even get funny looks when carrying snowboard equipment through Munich.

The other day I was shooting at a pretty unique location...

...the next day back in Munich looked like this.

WHERE FINLAND S SNOWBOARD ELITE COMES FROM

Finland has one of the best snowboard scenes I've witnessed. And some of the best riders in the world come from there as well, no coincidence. There's this resort called Talma just outside of Helsinki. Since it's dark most of the time in winter anyways, they've got lights so you can ride pretty much any time of the day. Naturally people go for a shred after work or school and sure enough you'll always run into someone you know. How great is that?

I've shot a story there this winter that got published in Pleasure Snowboard Magazine (Germany) and Snowstyle (Japan). Here are some tear-sheets, check out the full story in the mags - they're at newsstands now.

Pleasure (GER)

Snowstyle (JP)

Thank you: Ali, Eero, Rasmus, Iikka, Jani, Eric, Eiki, and the rest of the gang

ISENSEVEN CLOTHING - Lookbook Preview

Take a peek at the look-book for the Isenseven 2009/2010 clothing collection on their website. Or check out the latest two ads over at my work blog. As always I had a great time shooting with the Isenseven guys, thanks to Esel and everyone involved!






Hier ein paar Bilder aus dem Lookbook der Isenseven 2009/2010 clothing collection. Mehr davon gibt's auf deren Facebook Seite.

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tiny heli

ENGLISH VERSION BELOW...

Eine Aktion von der ich leider nicht mehr Bilder posten kann. Zumindest ein paar Eindrücke von einem der kleinsten Helikopter der Welt. Ziemlich witzige Sache, ich hab mich wahnsinnig über den Rundflug gefreut.



Unfortunately I can't post much more photos, but here's a little impression of one of the world smallest helicopters. The ride in this thing was great fun!
Not so long ago I got to fly with a microlight aircraft, see here.

Website Updates

I updated my portfolio website with Sports, Snow and Lifestyle photos. Pay me a visit if you‘ve got a minute. CHRISTIANBRECHEIS.COM

VillaWool Country Club and Finland's Fisherman's Wharf

VillaWool Country Club and Finland's Fisherman's Wharf aka the annual trip to Estonia and Finland, family visits and vacation. Too little time as always. Was great seeing everyone, always nice to be up there.

Isenseven Ad "Club" and additional photos

ENGLISH VERSION BELOW...

Die erste Anzeige aus der Isenseven Custom Clothing Kampagne. Zu sehen in Pleasure Ausgabe Nummero 81, jetzt am Kiosk.

Arbeitstitel war 'Out with Friends' und von Club bis Kino war einiges geboten während des Shoots. www.isenseven.de

"Out with Friends / Club" one of four ads for Isenseven Clothing

some more photos from our 'tour stopp' at the club...

It was a fun shoot for the Isenseven Custom Clothing ad campaign. Working title was 'Out with Friends' and we had a blast shooting at various locations such as a club or at the movies.

The first out of four ads is out now, check out Pleasure Magazine issue nr 81, at newsstands now.

Thanks to everyone involved!

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Eero Ettala for Pleasure Magazine

Here are some tear sheets of the recent issue of Pleasure Magazine, I've been shooting the Portraits of Eero for his interview.





Eero Ettala
Lifestyle / Portraits for his interview in Pleasure Snowboard Magazine (Germany)
Photographed in Helsinki, Finland this summer.
Check out Pleasure Magazine #80