Article: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/features/interview-photographer-climber-jimmy-chin-master-art-of-chill/
For this week's blog I decided to find an article about a professional photographer. This article is titled Photographer Jimmy Chin on Mastering the Art of Chill. I have always been intrigued with Chin's photography and videography because he goes above and beyond to get the perfect shot.
Chin was a typical climber/dirt bag and he lived in the back of his car inside Yosemite National Park. While on climb up El Capitan, Chin took a picture of his friend with the sunrise in the backdrop. They sold the picture for $500 then Chin went out to buy his first camera at the age of 20. At age 23 Chin went on a climbing expedition with his friend Brady Robinson in the Karakoram mountains in Pakistan and documented the trip with his camera. Soon after the trip, Chin's pictures started showing up in many outdoor magazines and from that moment he knew he was in the photography game.
Chin is now in his late 40's and he is a world renowned photographer/director working for the North Face and National Geographic. One of his biggest projects was being a director, videographer, and photographer for the movie Free Solo which took many years documenting the life of Alex Honnold in his quest to free solo El Capitan. I feel that I relate on some level to Chin, because he has a passion for skiing and climbing and so do I. He uses photography as a tool to document the activities that he loves to do and that is what I aspire to do as well if I become good at photography.
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