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Roose also found himself bringing
his outdoor offi ce inside.
“It’s important for me to keep growing
as a photographer,” Roose said. “I
was working in the offi ce so much
that I was only shooting three months
out of the year, and that just wasn’t
enough.”
HOOP DREAMS
In an effort to mix things up, Roose
moved to Seattle with his wife
Rebecca in 2001. The couple met
while working in New Zealand two
years earlier.
In Seattle, Roose continued
working for TransWorld as a senior
photographer, giving him more
freedom. He also started shooting
for Vans, a skateboarding apparel
company.
Taking advantage of his new
schedule, Roose was able to
make a connection with former
Seattle Supersonics photographer
Jeff Reinking. The connection
jumpstarted his two-season career in
basketball photography.
“I had always been interested in
basketball photography so this was
a chance to put myself out there,”
Roose said. “I knew Jeff was the
photographer for the Supersonics
and just started looking at all of the
photographer’s name lanyards and
happened to make out his name,”
Roose said.
Impressed by Roose’s spontaneity,
Reinking took him under his wing.
Roose was in charge of wiring all of
Reinking’s camera equipment before
each home game.
“I heard all the trash talk between the
refs and players, giving me a new
perspective on the game,” Roose
said. “It was an amazing experience.
I fi nally started to feel that passion
again that I felt when I started
shooting snowboarding.”
HOMEWARD BOUND
After 10 years of fast paced sports
photography, Roose and his wife
moved to Vermont in 2004 to be
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This is my friend Tim Swart and his wife Brooklyn on their
wedding day in Palos Verdes, California on November, 18th 2005. (Shem Roose)
closer to their friends and family.
“When I would get back from being
on the road, I would see how much
my daughter had grown and realize
all the things I had missed,” Roose
said.
Leaving the world of snowboarding
photography wasn’t easy for Roose.
“That was one of the toughest
decisions I have ever made,” he said.
The move, however, prompted him
to fi nd a new passion, wedding
photography.
“I never thought I would ever become
a wedding photographer,” Roose
said. “Weddings are actually great
for catching life’s spontaneous
moments.”
One of those moments involved a
bride lifting up her dress to fl ash her
wedding party.
“She just did it and I happened to
catch it,” Roose said. “I checked
with her to make sure it was cool, of
course, which it was.”
WISE WORDS
With all the things that have been
at the other end of Roose’s camera
lens, he said he’s not quite fi nished
yet.
“I would love to work for National
Geographic or ESPN. I mean, you
never know what might happen in
Chris Rotax is a hard working
snowboarder for Burton who is always
looking for new things to shoot. This
is a one footed invert on a pile of dirt
(for the Town of Charlotte’s roads)
right next to Route 7. (Shem Roose)
life,” Roose said. “Photography is just
like any tool, it’s important to keep
it sharp and keep an open mind,
because who is to say what makes a
photo great?”
Roose lives in Richmond, Vt. with
his wife and two children, 4-year-old
Sylvie and Ivan, who will be two in
June.