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Nature/Landscape photographer Jon Cornforth joins the Faction Team

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F-Stop Gear is happy to announce the addition of nature/wildlife photographer Jon Cornforth to our Faction Team. Jon is an award-winning professional photographer whose images have been recognized internationally for their masterful composition and incredible detail. "I am compelled to express the beauty of the natural world through my photography, so I travel almost 6 months each year to challenge myself in new locations and document the unique creatures who live there. All of my images are captured in the wild. I believe in supporting environmental groups and raising awareness through photography." Jon currently lives in Seattle, WA with his wife, Daisy, daughters, Maddy and Chloe, and Boston terrier, Buni.

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Chris Burkard Takes Top Honors at The Red Bull Illume Photography Competition

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Red Bull's Illume Contest is the worlds premiere adventure sports photography competition. Drawing the top names in the industry, this contest represents the best of the best when it comes to adventure photographers from all over the globe. This year F-Stop Gear's Chis Burkard took home the top honors at the competition.

“I feel really, really lucky just to be here and be surrounded by people I look up to and my peers. There’s something to be said to win an award in front of people you respect. So for me this is huge, a really huge honour. I’m really grateful. As action sports photographers, we’re used to getting towards the action and getting close to it. And nine times out of ten, that’s what we’ll do. But I decided to get as far from the action as I could so I could show the whole landscape so people could appreciate everything that was going on and not just the surfer.” ~ Chris Burkard.

This year not only did F-Stop Gear's Chris Burkard become the overal winner, but F-Stop Developer Tim Kemple and F-Stop Brigade Team Member Camilla Stoddart also made it to the top 50 finalists. We are proud of our Staff Pro Team and we are excited to continue to support some of the most talented, creative and adventurous photographers on the planet.

Christian Pondella Covers the ESPN Summer X-Games 2010

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F-Stop Staff Pro Christian Pondella gets behind the scenes with the ESPN Summer X-Games 2010

"I have been shooting both the Winter and Summer X games since about 2004 and they are by far one of the cooler events I get to shoot. As a staff photographer for EXPN I am giving amazing access to the venue during the competition allowing me to get to some pretty cool spots. I am also working for Red Bull shooting there athletes, so between Red Bull and EXPN this is one of the longer and busier events I shoot. A typical day starts around 8am and I do not finish shooting until around 10pm, followed by a few hours of editing and uploading photos. This is the routine for 5 days in a row. Big thanks to my assistant Peter Morning who is along for the ride with me making sure the strobe and other equipment is always ready!" ~ Christian Pondella