Vallerret Blog

Vallerret Photography Glove Ambassador Denis Palanque shares his experience photographing the famous Yellowstone National Park in the winter. Wild bison, elk, wovles and so much more make Yellowstone their home during the snowy cold winter. Read on if Yellowstone is a dream winter location for you!

How to improve our number one crowd favorite? At Vallerret, there’s always a way! The Markhof Pro glove has been with us since our second glove production and not long after being on the market, it became our #1 customer favourite. It's back this season a fresh look and subtle improvements. 

The people want warmth? We'll give them warmth. Our Ipsoot is back this year as our heavy duty winter glove, built to withstand the elements on the coldest winter days. This glove was inspired by our Canadian team shooter, Todd Easterbrook who spends his winters as a professional snowboard photographer.

How do you create a perfect photography glove? Combine the Norse Goddess of Winter, a loveable German filmmaker, and a whole lot of thought and planning. We're so excited to bring the Sakdi Zipper Mitt into our lineup this year but this one is more than just a glove for us. It's an embodiment of everything we're about: making gloves that keep our fellow winter lovers out in the elements even longer.

Ask any self-taught photography professional what they wish they had done when they were starting out, and the answer is sure to be “I wish I had of paid for a workshop where someone could tell me all the secrets in a few days instead of trying to figure them out myself over years”. With so many overwhelming options popping up every month, it can be tricky to narrow down the workshops that are best for you. Here are our tips for selecting the pe...

The Vallerret team has just returned Cologne, Germany where they cruised the floor at Photokina, the world's largest photography expo, being inspired by the latest and greatest innovations and meeting the best in the biz! 

In the past few weeks, we’ve mastered both aperture and shutter speed in relation to winter photography. This week we’re taking a quick look at the final pillar of photography: ISO. ISO is the last step to understanding the basics of shooting on manual mode and is a crucial component to a well-exposed photo.

This week, we’re going back to basics with winter photography aperture 101. What is it? How does it work? And why is it important? Aperture is one of the three pillars of photography and if you can master it, you'll be well on your way to a manual shooting pro! 

The struggle of the modern photographer: Finding balance between paid work and personal projects. It’s a recurring statement as of late, in articles, interviews and podcasts alike. Photographers and many creatives for that matter are instilling the importance of personal projects, getting out of your comfort zone and changing your surroundings. Team Shooter Todd Easterbrook shares his thoughts on making time for personal projects.

With hopes of being blowing away by the shear size of the infamous rock climbing routes, inspired by the subjects that caught Ansel Adams´s attention, and enjoying the summer outdoors we ended up battling a thick layer of smoke which engulfed the valley.

Christian Hoiberg: This winter I spent three full months living and guiding in Arctic Norway. While I’ve spent a lot of time there previously, staying there for this extended period of time led to me getting a more intimate understanding of the surroundings.

It has been 3 years now since I first started shooting pictures and clips in board sports. I’m proud and relieved to see that I have progressed fairly well during that time, thanks to a lot of hard feedback, encouragements, inspiration and hard work. Nevertheless, I have never considered myself as a professional photographer. When can one call himself “professional” at something?