My Girl

My girlfriends name is Kat and I think she looks like one here! hehe

Mr. Coconut

This guy splits coconuts all day and is super chill. This was shot on a recent trip to Bali.

No Reason Just Because

I had some friends all come into the studio and get silly or something to that effect.

More Portraits

New Bio Image

Yesterday started day 1 at my new job Seapia. It was slow at work so myself and coworker put together some outfits and photographed each other. Check it out and check out Seapia Photo on the boardwalk in Asbury Park.

Friends at Happy Hour

These are some shots on Polaroid of my friends at happy hour. They were shot last summer.

93 and keeping it real!

My grandma is 93 and keeps it real on a daily basis! If you want to get put in your place you should talk with her sometime. I love her raw attitude and outlook on life. I haven't photographed her in about 8 years, so prior to going out west at the start of the winter I made it a point to do so.

Homeless in San Francisco

After flying back to Cali it was time to go out and start seeing some things so I charged a road trip--couch tour that lasted 12 days with pit stops to all my homies places throughout the state. This image was from the first leg of the trip in San Francisco. Every time I come here I am always amazed by the amount of homeless people who call this city home. While pumping my gas I grabbed my camera and approach this man who had his whole life in his shopping cart. When I first saw his skateboard and his random 20" bmx wheels I knew I had to speak with him and ask for permission to photograph him. He was super soft spoken and it always rattles my brain on how so many people end up here in the same situation.

Scotty Lago on Twitter

This portrait of Scotty was shot soon as we got back from the shooting for the day in Lake Tahoe. Scotty jumps on twitter and lets his audience know that Sierra @ Tahoe has a lot of fun to be had!

This guy is Classic

So as I was being rowed around Dal Lake in Srinagar India, I saw this classic dude rowing himself around the lake while smoking a hookah. This was a first for me to see and probably for you to absorb also. This was shot on my last day of the trip before the 30 plus hours of traveling to get home.

Another Rad Military Guy

I had a conversation with this soldier and he was super chill. They did draw there guns when one of the guys was skateboarding. He almost got shot.

People love to have there photos taken in India

I was so fortunate to travel to India for 2 weeks for shooting a story on behalf of Transfer Snowboarding. What I was super excited for this trip and to capture portraits as often as I could. A camera was always around my neck when driving or walking around the new area just wanted to capture unique people and there personalities. Also if someone wasn't into you photographing them all you had to do was apologize then show them an image of them and your back into shooting with them.

Flow Snowboard Ad

Here is a Ad for Flow Snowboard. I shot the portrait of Scotty Lago in Argentina. He is popping his head through our bathroom door that he thrashed... Ps Scotty is the Shit. Action photo by Rami

My editor Homie

Here is a polaroid of my buddy Timmy Donnely shot on location at his house. Timmy is an amazing writer and a good all around dude. Look for his writings everywhere from stories of Jack Johnson to Bruce Springsteen, Timmy has spent some quality time with the biggest name people in music.

Aaron Coyle

Aaron Coyle
A part time resident at the 1010 Spot. One hell of a good surfer and one funny ass kid to kick it with. Always fun times with this cat named Coyle. Trying to shoot some friends to stay busy until I leave for my voyage cross country.

1010 goes to Mammoth

This was a photo I grabbed of a good friend "I Bobby" who came up to help out in Mammoth for a few days. Thanks for all the genius appointments. He is also the proud owner of a sick clothing company called CAIDA Garments.
Go to his site and buy a shirt that no one in your area has yet!!

In Mammoth for Superpark

Well it is that time of season when you want to and also need to light your soggy boots on fire and call it quits with the snow and time to start dabbling at the beach. After returning from a shoot where I was assisting with Cole Barash for some Nike Ads I am back in Mammoth Lakes where I will be posted up on the floor at the Florum House for some days to come. Left Colorado at 3am, fly at 6am to San Fran, then to Reno and do the necesarry 3,000 mile oil change on my drive to the next location. Get to Mammoth around 2pm and wallah on the Mtn by 3pm. Not having a lift ticket can't always slow you down so I through on my camera bag and hiked all the way up in time to shoot just before sunset. During Superpark it has now became a tradition for shredders from all over to go to mammoth and camp out in the desert at the hotsprings and commute to the mtn on the daily. This image is of Wyatt Caldwell who is the MAN when it comes to camping and is the one responsible for everyone having a good time.

The Editing Life

The Editing Life
Originally uploaded by www.tylerheffernan.com

After a nice long trip of racking up images there comes a time when one has to sit down and start chopping the pile in half to say the least. I got into my house around 2 am after a solid 24hr travel day. Started my edit at 5 am super jet lagged and continued throughout the day and into the evening. I have 1 more solid day of editing followed by color correcting. Tomorrow I am going to make time and post some more photos from the trip onto FlickR.

1 Week in Mammoth with Flow Snowboards

1 Week in Mammoth Lakes, Ca shooting for Flow Snowboards and there international team. Not all the riders had the best of luck. This rider got hurt his first day off the plane from Japan. I tried to always pull him aside to get some lifestyles of him since action photos were out of the question. Here is one that I shot of him while his buddies packed the car to head back to the airport.

Travels Back Home

On the 31st I boarded up the plane in Munich, Germany at 2:30 in the afternoon, took it to my next stop chicago but of course the weather always sucks in Chicago so our pilot detoured us to Milluawkee for some gas because we circled chicago in the air for so long. 3 hours parked in a unexpected airport then got to chicago and for sure missed all the flights to San Francisco, grab my luggage and head to a hotel sleep for a few hrs then back to the airport bounced to San Fran wasn't allowed to get onto the earlier flight to Reno wait 6 hrs for a 2.5 hr drive. Land in Reno- Take a shuttle to a hotel near where I live in South Lake Tahoe and have a friend pick me up to finally get back to my house. The next morning was time to pack up my house into boxes and get a storage facility and then it was time to pack up and head to Mammoth for 2 days to do some shooting with friends and take a drive through the desert.