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An Italian Garmin

Well, when you get a call like this, there is no answer besides an astounding YES! With the request for a more luxury marine shoot for Garmin in the Mediterranean waters off the coast of Genoa, we dropped all other things and flew east. For deliverables we created a library of still assets for mutliple products, the main being their large Chatplotter screens, as well as their new Fusion Apollo…

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This was a tiny editorial shoot in January, with an emphasis on spring outdoor athletic wear by WaveKelly. The trick? Find the best model, a Pacific Northwest talent who knows the PNW cold in January. Meet Lauren Alexander. Pro.

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Baja California... everything is always better with Baja in it. A taste of Grundens 2025 Spring Collection from where the desert meets the sea. A source of inspiration for your weekend of adventure. Get outside.

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The LV in Las Vegas

I have an extreme love/hate relationship with Las Vegas. I love the food. I love the energy. I love the visuals. I love the stimulation. But I hate the purpose and the sole reason for Las Vegas' existence. It is a magnificent desert drained by the behemoth of humanity's opulence and overtly outrageous drive for more. The stark contrast to nature is superior to all cities but a few, and the resources to make it grander are what suffer the most. I often say The best part of Vegas is when you're leaving Vegas.

I have an extreme love/hate relationship with Las Vegas. I love the food. I love the energy. I love the visuals. I love the stimulation. But I hate the purpose and the sole reason for Las Vegas’ existence. It is a magnificent desert drained by the behemoth of humanity’s opulence and overtly outrageous drive for more. The stark contrast to nature is superior to all cities but few, and the…

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Seattle Central's Alumni Spotlight: Cam Karsten

Karsten’s goal during this academic hiatus was to become a writer. “I was collecting stories and characters, learning through real-world experiences rather than studying books and taking tests,” he explained. At first, Karsten would hunker down at internet cafes to write stories to his friends and family. But when he discovered a travel blog community of fellow backpackers, he started sharing his travelling tales to a much more global audience under the blog name cam2yogi, a nod to his deep interest in Buddhist philosophy he developed travelling through Asia.

Here’s a retrospective of my path to commercial photography via Seattle Central’s Creative Academy. Always a treat to have someone interested in your story, and the hope to inspire others to follow their dreams. Original post can be found here. For budding photographers, Seattle Central Creative Academy alumni Cameron Karsten (‘12 [I think ’13…]) offers simple, yet pragmatic advice: “Shoot what…

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Albertsons' Memorial Day & Summer Campaigns

Summer in Los Angeles in February. We spent three days capturing the warm summer vibes of LA at 70 degrees. Produced by HyperionLA with a skilled crew of assistants, DigiTech, HMU and food stylists, let alone the creatives from Albertsons.

Summer in Los Angeles in February. We spent three days capturing the warm summer vibes of LA at 70 degrees. Produced by HyperionLA with a skilled crew of assistants, DigiTech, HMU and food stylists, let alone the creatives from Albertsons – it was all perfect… except for the locations. One house’s online profile turned out to be smoke and mirrors; completely disheveled, which included an immobile…

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Hoselink's US Campaign

In this industry, we are problem-solvers, but the key is; how do you handle yourself and others around?

Hoselink traveled from Australia to shoot their first US campaign in Portland. Over two days, we faced equipment issues from cameras to monitors to unsuccessful connection, and still with smiles on our faces, successfully captured the desired stills and motion. In this industry, we are problem-solvers, but the key is; how do you handle yourself and others around? Ultimately, the aim is to exceed…

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The Forgotten Seasons: Down the Pacific and Back

The project began back during 2020 Covid lockdown, when our expanding worlds as a young family shrunk and became isolated. Work disappeared and we found ways to be creative with what was within our immediate circles.

As part of an on-going series titled The Forgotten Seasons, I’m constantly training my eye on my family, not only as a father and partner, but as a photographer, seeking those moment of joy and elation, those times of overt emotion and strained tension, as well as the things of pure absolute beauty. The project began back during 2020 Covid lockdown, when our expanding worlds as a young family…

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Trothe Wine 2024 Harvest

I absolutely dig the client who also becomes a friend and a colleague, along with his staff of people working hard to create and grow the business. Jeff Andrews at Trothe Wines is one of those people and clients.

I absolutely dig the client who also becomes a friend and a colleague, along with his staff of people working hard to create and grow the business. Jeff Andrews at Trothe Wines is one of those people and clients. It was the 3rd time I visited their vineyards, whom I was introduced to via the Seattle-based creative agency DoubleKnot back in 2021. I returned this fall to capture stills and motion…

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Detritus

There are moments in time, places that have come and gone. We see things with limited scope, and experience the world around with the smallest of spans. Waking and sleeping, living and dying. There is nothing so fragile as the time we breathe. It is all like an ocean; the passing of tides, a revolution of one great current. Water, water and more endless streams of water. In the air, on the…

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Capturing Italy's Beauty with Garmin's Fusion Apollo Speakers

Shot for Garmin in Italy (and North Carolina). When any great, exciting, unknown, adventurous project lands in the Inbox, my mind jolts with a sense of thrill before settling right into its natural state – calm, clear, and anticipating. Filming on the Mediterranean was as it should be – luxurious. Cruising off the shores of Portofino and Santa Margarita was a dream. And while there, I stepped…

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New Garmin Marine work!

Garmin Marine GPSMAP16x3 in Italy The GPSMAP16x3 chartplotter and a Garmin Marine reel. This was a treat to head to Italy and shoot around Portofino. An absolutely stunning location on beautiful boats with the Spanish based production company Let’s.film. North Carolina was a gem, too, albeit not the most ideal weather for shooting. All-in-all, these are the moments of full appreciation for what…

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Unveiling Authenticity Through the Lens: An Interview with Cameron Karsten

This original interview was posted on Production Paradise's website. It is always a pleasure to sit down at an interview and reflect upon my career, where I've come, and ultimately where I keep striving to get to.

The Vodou Trail in Haiti exploring the ceremonies and rituals of Haitian Vodou – © Cameron Karsten Photography 2015 This original interview was posted on Production Paradise’s website. It is always a pleasure to sit down at an interview and reflect upon my career, where I’ve come, and ultimately where I keep striving to get to. It is a constant development, creating something new, fresh,…

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Reflective Layering: Winter

I think about seasons as temporary transformations of emotion, physicality and the obvious surrounding environs. To me, winter is dark, cold, unforgiving, and often turbulent. A time of rest, thick socks, hot wood-burning stoves...

Lake Chelan, WA – New Years 2023 © Cameron Karsten Photography I think about seasons as temporary transformations of emotion, physicality and the obvious surrounding environs. To me, winter is dark, cold, unforgiving, and often turbulent. A time of rest, thick socks, hot wood-burning stoves, and dark beers to ease my moodier outlook of the external world. Being from the Pacific Northwest, winter…

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Her first dunk! Took 600+ feet of snow, but she did it! Winter memories in the history books @visitmammoth Represented by @thegrengroup (at Mammoth Lakes, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqYXcpOpW-6/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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The Forgiven Seasons - Walk on the Wild Side

The Forgiven Seasons is an ongoing visual witnessing of youth as they grow from isolation into a limitless world limited by the constraints of yesteryear's residuals. They grow from a singularity into a fevered exploration of what is what.

Watching your child grow is a masterclass in many things: obviously patience, but equally wonder, humility, happiness, frustration, the shouldas and the wouldas… and the yins and yangs of one’s own personality. It is to be active and inactive. It is to be protective yet withholding any fears. It is to be a teacher and a student at the same exact moment in time. The Forgiven Seasons is an ongoing…

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GoatBox Co - The OP Hunt

Within less than two weeks we were dialed in on a beautiful day, out shooting on the Olympic Peninsula with a badass truck, a cooler fitting for the occasion, and all the props necessary to pull off an early morning deer hunting scene.

Creative Director John Idle reaching out to me late last year for a last-minute campaign featuring a new product made by GoatBox Co out of Texas. We were looking for a hunting scenario, and immediately my mind began to tick. Being a small production with minimal budget, I called up a couple of friends, told them the what, when and where, and started scouring Google Maps for a close…