110
MLCM
FALL/WINTER2016
ASHLEYBARKER
April 21, 2012
CallaghanValley,BC
1/2000 sec; f/7.1; ISO100
"This photowas taken in
2012, late in the season
anddeep inCallaghan
Valley. Snowmobile access
to theCallaghanhas
been shut down since the
2010Olympics so getting
to this zone is always a
mission.That said, the
snowwas pretty poached
by this time of the year,
so getting from point A to
Bwas a piece of cake. I
was shootingwith the
Volcom crew and around
the cornerwas Shaun
McKay (here) andScot
Brownbuilding this
jump. They didn't have a
photographerwith them,
so they hollered atme on
the radio to come shoot
if Iwasn't busy—I love
when this happens.Not
that I’m lazy or anything,
but not having to pickup
a shovel to shoot a jump is
such a pleasure. Anyway,
as it turns out, when
they startedhitting the
jump the clouds rolled in
and the sky turned pretty
overcast. I knew the only
way to get some decent
contrastwouldbe between
the shadows and sun if I
stopped the aperture down
tomake the shadows
darker and kept the
whites in the clouds/sun.
So I did, Shaun sent it to
themoon, et voilà."
