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Show B3 CULTURE Shooting at 11,000 feet By Andy Earl Culture Writer release his project: Wasatch now in its third season. The podcast follows skiers and snowboarders on their exploits through the uniquely accessible Wasatch Mountains. The project has been featured in the Apple Store nationwide, has received over 135,000 downloads on Vimeo, and has 320,000 downloads on iTunes. "I guess the biggest reason why I chose new media is because there is so much potential Mountain Podcast, UVU student/photographer/ cinematographer Parker Alec Cross's eyes look a little red as he stares at his computer screen. His room looks as if a camera bag has vomited its contents across the floor. A disheveled Parker sits atop his twin-sized bed in the corner with laptop in hand. This is his position for several days when it comes time to in it," said Cross. "My Digital Media major at UVU is intensely focused on new media distribution and has a really good infrastructure for learning how to do it effectively, so I just ran with it. I feel like I am ahead of the pack in a lot of ways." With the podcast's growing popularity, Cross is now garnering the attention of professional photographers and riders. This new season's project will follow a group of riders to the twenty-two summits in the Wasatch Range over 11,000 feet. "Shooting broadcast-quality HD video in the backcountry isn't a cake-walk, if you think about how much equipment it actually takes," said Cross. "All my camera gear weighs about 40 lbs, which, by itself, isn't light. But if you also think about the fact that most of what we're doing in the backcountry is human powered, meaning we're hiking around for hours at a time. Put that into the context of carrying all the camera gear, plus all my snowboarding gear, it starts to get pretty heavy when you're doing 3,000-4,000 vertical feet in a day." "Despite all that, and the fact that it sounds pretty terrible, it's not," Cross adds. "It's work that feels like play every single day." For more information, visit www .crossroadstudios .com or visit the iTunes Store. • _km: Parker Alec Cross •Major: Digital Media • r 4ip 4. • • 4 S Photographer and cinematographer, Parker Alec Cross shows his talent and experience with this selfportrait. • Pi I 1..'; L iC. arker Alec Cross Photo by Parker Alec Cross 1,\ The Culture Section is Looking for YOU! If you are interested in writing for the Culture Section, please email DP/ at uvuculture2010@gmail.corn RU DRY HOES. GMAT, GRE, LSAT Every point matters! When you need to score higher! FREE Practice NO SNOW INDOOR 5K. 5K Indoor Run/Walk Register early at Campus Connection. February 26th, 2011, 9:00 am, Center Stage Registration begins at 8:00 am uvu Test Registration is 510 in advance, $15 day of the race. FREE t-shirt and FREE pancake breakfast after the race! All proceeds will go to the UVU Habitat for Humanity House. Call 863-8786 with any questions. environment I Receive diagnostic results of your test UTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY I Take an actual retired test administered in a proctored I Learn test-taking strategies from BYLI's highly skilled Register now! Space is limited! Saturday, February 5, 10:00 a.m. in the BYU Tanner Building (TNRB) BYU TEST PREP 26 Years of Better Scores pfig ke_r Scores, Costs Test Prep instructors Habitat for Humanity" of Utah County Register Now: testprep.byu.edu/practice • For more information, call 801-422-4853 |