stay busy:
Pretty happy with the results from this week’s shoot. Light painting might be my new favorite thing! These Knotted Root Beers are on point as well… if you like ’em hazy and hoppy AF!
A new retail motion piece I designed for Eldora. These run on all of the in-lodge monitors at Eldora Mountain Resort alongside other promos and communications.
Coming right up… January 2025 – a ski and snowboard contest in downtown Ned. I whipped this one up for my buddies Geoff and Paige and their “Pretty Chill Rail Jam” contest – arguably Nederland’s coolest event!
As an avid mountain biker for over thirty-five years I finally decided to start up a little mountain biking brand here in Nederland, Colorado. Just doing tees and stickers for now – working up some socks and hats next. Over the decades I’ve lived and traveled much of the American mountain west. So much amazing trail logged thus far, in such a beautiful part of the world. The time has come for the Mountain Bike West brand. Check out the Studio Montane Zone Etsy shop at this link and the logo below or reach out to us to find one in person here in Colorado.
OPERATION: BEER PHOTOGRAPHY:
Really getting to push my photography skills in my new roll as photographer and designer for Knotted Root Brewing in Nederland. Having fun with this weekly can release shoot. Playing with depth of field, lighting, etc.
This track David and I put together remotely during the pandemic – borne of the “Audio Speed Dating File Trading” sessions. David Moeggenberg, Guitar. Eric Keeney, Bass.
© 2020 Montane Zone Music
Today I am filled with gratitude as I’m steadily working on multiple projects for my three main clients that keep the lights on and the animals of the rancho fed. Eldora Mountain Resort, Knotted Root Brewery and Stashlogix. Getting to flex creative muscle in all the disciplines for these guys – a perfect combination of graphic design, photography, video production and motion graphics. A big thank you to you all! Keep it coming!
Remember when those Bernie memes were the thing? Time flies. Here’s a throwback to when I made a few of my own Bernie memes, this one with the delightful Frank Zappa album cover “We’re Only in it for the Money”. Nerd fact: Jimi Hendrix was actually at this photo shoot, despite possibly being a cut-n-paste like so many of the faces.
Originally released in 1968, the intended front cover of the album was a notorious parody of The Beatles Sargent Pepper’s Lonely Heart’s Club Band. At the insistence of the record company, the image had to become part of the gatefold sleeve instead of the cover, much to Zappa’s unhappiness. More recent releases of the album have seen the originally-intended artwork displayed as the cover – though not with Bernie. 🙂
2023: Fun new design project I worked on for our hometown of Nederland. Printed 11 x 17, in two colorways.
APRIL 2023: Studio Montane Zone is located on an elk migration path near the Indian Peaks Wilderness. These guys are part of what the Fish & Wildlife Department have named “The Caribou Herd”. We get to see lots of them each Spring and Fall. © 2023 photo by Eric Keeney
MARCH 2023: Promo for this year’s Trick Ditch Banked Slalom Race at Eldora. Love being a part of these events. Thanks Eldora! Get out there you guys! Race is the weekend after Spring Break in Colorado – on Saturday, April 1st. (photo by Cullen McHale)
FEB. 2023 – Paid a visit to my old stomping grounds up at Mt. Baker in Washington state. Also raced for the first time in the Legendary Banked Slalom. What a blast! Forgot how much I missed this place and these people. Here’s a few snapshots. Pictured here are legendary pros and former U.S. Olympians Rob Kingwill, and Seth Westcott.
(photos by Eric Keeney)
Dig this little design I did for the town (our hometown) – Nederland, Colorado. You can buy this design on t-shirts being sold at the Visitor’s Center in Ned. Maybe you’ll get lucky and find some vintage Frozen Dead Guy merch while you’re there.
We’ve also been busy working with Stashlogix in Boulder, Colorado. They design and engineer secure storage devices for the cannabis industry. Fun projects, another new industry for us! Here’s a little animated GIF we did for Stashlogix.
This was one of many on-mountain design projects for Eldora Mountain Resort up here in Nederland. We’ve been working with them for over four seasons now. First as their video producer, and currently as the on-mountain designer. Here’s a poster design in two sizes and social in two sizes – plus a 16 x 9 motion piece for the lodges. Stoked to race again this year too!
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Music, photography and video is always a work in progress it seems. I like this photo quite a lot. Hi Jefi!
