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Tony’s Trail, singletrack in Crested Butte. Photo © Chris J. Russo.

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ramblings from the road / Crested Butte

This morning, a five year old asked me if I was a boy or a girl. When I told him, I was a girl, sometimes.” He said, “You sound like a boy.” His mother apologized, “He’s just not used to seeing girls with short hair.” To which I then said, “I guess there [...]

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prepping the camera, prepping for trip

This week I’ve been in pre-production on my new short film, Colorado Untitled, prepping Kodak’s own, Aaton A-Minima camera and re-learning how to load the tricky 200′ mags only the French could design.  It is hands-down, the coolest and one of the smallest s16mm cameras you’ll find today, mostly used by documentary filmmakers, but also [...]

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Steve Fierberg @ Panavision

One of my favorite things about my job is that I get to work with incredible Directors of Photography like my good friend, Steve Fierberg, ASC, an extremely gifted photographer and cinematographer who is currently prepping an independent feature to be shot in Pittsburgh, PA in the upcoming months. Today he was testing a [...]

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trekking poles

I hiked about 5 miles today up in Temescal Canyon, a great workout and training loop for my upcoming fourteener climbs. I primarily wanted to test out a new set of trekking poles, which I must admit, I have never used before. I’ve been told that they help take the weight off your [...]

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gearing up

I’m getting excited about heading out on the road soon.  Going back to a place I call home, the beautiful state of Colorado, to explore the wilderness of the San Isabel National Forest and several of the fourteeners up and down the Sawatch Range. I’m also going to check out some of the legendary mountain [...]

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meal from heaven

Last night my good friend, John, surprised me with a home cooked meal up in the bucolic wilderness of Malibu. We sat on his lanai that overlooked the hills, the ocean and the darkening, evening sky.  As we discussed relationships, family, and the meaning of life, two deer galloped across the property, a curious coyote [...]

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Gull, Malibu, CA. Photo © Chris J. Russo. 

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Violet takes a bath. Photo © Chris J. Russo.

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love the dirt

In my never ending quest to get closer to nature and to push myself physically in the great outdoors, I discovered mountain biking last weekend.  As an avid hiker and self-proclaimed mountain woman, it makes total sense to finally figure out this sport. With the exception of my fear of falling off the bike, or [...]

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