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Outdoor Pursuits Photography Contest

Outdoor Pursuits Photography Contest

The Outdoor Pursuits floor of Roskie Hall runs a photography contest every year, sponsored by Outside Bozeman and several shops around town. My six entries are below. Yeah! Photo: David Howland Skier: Sam Willits Alex Photo: David Howland Skier: Alex Davis Looming Photo: David Howland Strangled Photo: David Howland Circle Photo: David Howland Hiking Photo: [...]


Layer Masks

Layer Masks

Fed up with Photomerge and Hugin’s inability to accurately merge my action mosaics together, I finally tried working it out manually with layer masks. It actually worked out way better. I have so much more (read: total) control over how the images are blended together and how they are aligned. I still have a long [...]


Powder Day! – October 29, 2009

Powder Day! - October 29, 2009

What a difference two weeks makes. We did things much smarter this time. A storm rolled in Tuesday and lasted all night, leaving us with about 6″ of snow here on campus in Bozeman and an unknown amount in the mountains. Everything looked white though. We left campus around 7:30 and were hiking at 8:00. [...]


Day 1 at Bridger Bowl

Day 1 at Bridger Bowl

My alarm rang at 7:36 this morning. I dragged myself out of bed, angry and confused at why I was awake so early. And then I remembered…I was going skiing! Adam and I loaded the car, the smell of the fresh wax on the skis lingering in the air. I settled in to the driver’s [...]


Chimney Sweep

I filmed and edited this movie together after the Backcountry Agenda 2008 Tuckerman’s Ravine weekend. Chimney Sweep from David Howland on Vimeo.


Motion Panoramas

Motion Panoramas

This is a new technique that I’ve been working on and I’m pretty excited about. I’ve always loved shots, both on TV and in still pictures, that depicted multiples images of an object in motion. I’ve been working with Photoshop recently to create my own images with this technique. I’ve only got one so far. [...]


A Powder Week at Bolton Valley – Day 1

This trip turned up completely by surprise when my friend Matt called me Monday morning to say that his friend had gotten sick and that he had an extra spot open in his car. His plan was to drive up to Williston, VT and spend the night at the Holiday Inn. Overnight guests supposedly got [...]