I am a photographer specializing in Photojournalistic Adventure Sports Imagery and Portraiture.

4/24/10

Earth Treks Roc Comp Presented by Mountain Hardware! 

Pics!  Text!  Live Internet Broadcast Here!

2/13/10

On site at the ABS Nationals!  I am once again Lighting Designing and Photographing plastic pulling prodigies.  Details HERE.  Continually updated Photos HERE.  Update: VIDEO HERE!

2/9/10

Top Pick! ‘Buttermilk Falls’ won a ‘Top Pick’ mention at the 2010 North East Ice Photo Contest!

Also, an excellent documentary on the famous climber Reinhold Messner has been released on Hulu!  Go check it out.

12/7/09

How to photograph a Jet Black Dog in High Contrast Sunlight. The 38° Holiday Card Shoot in Central Park.  Results Here.

11/25/09

Muhlenberg College Dance Department Student Choreographer Fall Showcase.  Emerging work from Emerging Choreographers. More Here.

10/22/09

Get your rock shoes ready!  It’s Gunkstoberfest!

9/20/09

Busy summer!  The High Sierra, Bishop, And Finally the photos from Alaska!  Updates to the Lifestyle and Rock Galleries.  More Pics To Come!

7/21/09

It’s the 2009 NE2C Mammut Bouldering Championships! I am back in Salt Lake City lighting another ReeeDICulous Climbing Event!  This year’s comp is Bigger, Badder, and is being broadcast LIVE over the Internet... Images Here!

7/1/08

The North Face has solicited my photos for a slideshow at their SoHo Store!  Details Here. New Primer VIDEO!

6/11/09

Great video from the 2009 Gravity Brawl at Dead Point Mag!

5/31/09

BEN CARLSON PHOTOGRAPHY in the press.

Check it @ Dead Point Magazine.

5/30/09

Is it a Rave?  Is it Climbing?  You make the call.  The 2009 Gravity Brawl Pro Finals.

5/29/09 Later in the Day

Oh the insanity!  Is this a Climbing Comp or a Martian Landing?  The Gravity Brawl  Presented by NE2C.  Lighting and Photos by Ben Carlson!

5/29/09

While I have some killer shots from Alaska,  I’ve been too busy to select the winners.  I am out at the NJRG today lighting and photographing the

NE2C Gravity Brawl.  No doubt, REEeDICulousness to follow...

5/11/09

I leave today to climb and photograph the Ham and Eggs Gully on the Mooses Tooth in Alaska.  Expect Greatness!

4/24/09

It was a gorgeous day in the Gunks, so I headed down to the Coxing Kill to try some new techniques.  Check out the photos under Latest Work!

4/4/09

BEN CARLSON PHOTOGRAPHY moves one step closer to the bandwagon.  The Scotch Chronicles is born!

4/1/09

Not totally photo related, but on 3/18, I rode my bike from NYC to the Gunks.  90 miles, 5 3/4 hours, Top Speed 43.7mph. Average Speed 15.5mph.  I was NOT in photo mode, but I did take some documentary photos. Some Details Here.

3/17/09

Happy St. Patrick’s Day. I sold 3 More Photos!  Thanks to Mike MacElhiney and Nick Stoumpas for their interest!

3/11/09

I collaborated with Tom Widing, President of Chestnut Mountain Productions to photograph the Banff Mountain Film Festival at Symphony Space in NYC!  Photos Here.

3/10/09

Backcountry Ice Climbing....Fail!  Slush climbing in Avalanche Pass.

3/6/09

It’s very far away from NYC, and the whole video is in Norwegian, but this is supposed to be the longest, hardest ice climb in the world.  Perhaps there is something to this Norway thing...  Looks sick!

3/2/09

Rufus Lusk and I have submitted an application for the McNeill - Nott Award, a grant provided by the American Alpine Club.  Some details on our big idea here. UPDATED 3/14!

2/19/09

Climbing Magazine’s website has featured my article on the marquis spot on their Front Page!  Check it out.

2/11/09

My article about 30 5.10’s in a Day has been featured on Climbing.com!

This is my first published piece for Climbing.  Special Thanks to Rufus for the motivation and enormous effort!

2/06/09

Finally! While attending the 2009 Mt. Washington Ice Festival, I bagged Way In The Wilderness NEI 5, White Mountains NH with Mike MacElhiney and Nick Stoumpas.  And got some sick shots too! Photos here.

2/04/09

More Photos of ReeeDICulousness! Latest Work, Ice, Landscape, Lifestyle, and Abstract galleries updated today!  Mike and Jill MacElhiney climbing Ice, Winter Sunsets over Millbrook, Taylor Williams feeling the burn...  Go check em out!

12/23/08

Stolen dog made to pose for camera.  Film at 11...

12/21/08

Winter hit the Gunks very hard today, so hard that adventure presented itself right in the backyard.  First Descent of the Yellowhouse Backcountry!

12/17/08

Moving Into New Ground!  Photo Shoot with Kelley MIller.

12/8/08

Mike MacElhiney and I headed up to Mt Washington last weekend for 3 Days of Alpine Madness.  Stellar early season Alpine Ice Climbing in Huntington Ravine. More.

11/26/08

Woah! Too long of a break there.  BEN CARLSON PHOTOGRAPHY has been very busy taking photos these past few weeks.  Climbing, Marathoning, Equipment purchases...  Here is the short version.

10/14/08

I had a client book me for a photo shoot today to get an really nice, professional picture of him and his partner climbing.  Here’s one of the results.  More to come!

10/8/08

New Pics!  The Amazing Zac Hansen, Dylan Maguire, and Taylor Williams Feast on Virgins in the Gunks! Latest Work.

10/8/08

I sold 2 more pictures!  Many thanks to Chris Kenny for his 5.13 abilities.

10/7/08

Ben Carlson’s Photos of the Nor’Easter showcased on Climbing.com, UrbanClimber.com, and EMS’s Nor’Easter site!

9/27/08

The 1st Annual Nor’Easter was held all rainy weekend long at Tenney Mountain near Rumney NH.  It was the first event of it’s kind combining a (rained out) climbing portion with pro climbers such as Timmy Caldwell, Emily Harrington, Lisa Rands, Chris Sharma, Daniel Woods, and others with a totally rockin rain or shine music festival that included State Radio, Endtrain, Adam Ezra and more! Photos Here.

9/23/08

Rufs Lusk and Ben Carlson climb 30 5.10’s in a day at the Gunks. More.

8/9/08

Lighting by Ben Carlson

The 2008 Mammut Bouldering Championships,

This was the most insane Bouldering Comp Ever...more

Watch the teaser video on YouTube.

7/29/08

SOLD!  Today, I sold my first picture, details here.

7/28/08

New Photos added to the Landscape and Abstract gallerys.

7/15/08

My photo of Tim Deroehn On Orangahang in Rumney is the Featured Photo on RockClimbing.com!

If you like my work, freely contact me to photograph your next article, event, trip, outing, or expedition.  I am always excited to be outside photographing climbers and climbing...

If any of my images move you, they are all available for purchase.

Check out the Licensing and Rates page.

Check it out and climb safely!

-Ben

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