Quite Possibly The Most Terrifying POV Video I Have Watched
HOLD ON!
What do you think? Please leave a comment. … Continue Reading
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Corey Rich is a superstar in the ranks of the outdoor adventure photography and filming field. He recently completed production on a new film: Why, shot for Nikon using the new D4. Corey has done a lot of stuff and seems to hop continually from one high profile project to another.
He was recently on the TV series Flying Wild Alaska which ran in December and featured him and an expedition team heading in to remote Alaska to climb some unclimbed routes.
Here is the D4 film, WHY and also the link to his interview with Adweek Magazine regarding the shoot. And if you want to read how he did the shoot you can find it on his blog post .
WHY – Nikon D4 Release Video from Corey Rich on Vimeo.
Sometimes images do well in the market if they convey a sense of motion and action. As photographers we are storytellers and our images need to convey that story.
If you are into photographing action subjects like skiing, mountain biking, running, water sports, or any moving subject, you can enhance an image and story by emphasizing that movement.
There are essentially two ways to show motion: you move the camera with the subject or you move the subject while the camera is still.
You might think that freezing a moving subject in place tells a better story and it will in some cases like a skier in the air or any subject better displayed as ‘frozen’ in place.
This image works better as a frozen subject: … Continue Reading
This is pretty cool! Diver Markus Thompson was diving off of Deep Bay BC when he discovered a corroded Canon EOS1000D on the bottom. He took it home and opened it up to find a SanDisk Extreme III card in it.
After cleaning up the card he stuck it in a card reader and it worked. The card contained around 50 photos and some were family vacation while others told the story of the owner, a firefighter, and featured an event they attended.
Markus eventually located the owners.
The camera was underwater for more than a year and was corroded, but the fact the SanDisk card was still readable is amazing. I can see a SanDisk advertisement coming out soon next year……..
I remember the Timex watch ad depicting a watch that was run over by a truck: ‘Timex takes a lickin and keeps on tickin’. … Continue Reading
Many outdoor photographers are parents as well and one subject that they should be shooting is their children in the outdoors.
Not so much the ‘happy snaps’ but images of the kids active in a variety of outdoor activities from hiking and backpacking, to fishing, canoeing, biking, and other outdoor adventure activities.
The markets are there despite the downturn in the stock photo economy. Many major magazines have published family outdoor issues form Outside Magazines Guide to Family Vacations and Backpacker Magazines Guide to Family Camping.
And that is only two. There are many camping magazines along with other publications that cater to ‘anything’ family and who often publish images of family and/or children participating in outdoor activities.
If you are traveling to great locations and only shooting nature you might want to consider children enjoying the same outdoors you do like some of these shots. … Continue Reading
The Camp4Collective team of adventurers, photographers, and filmmakers has produced some pretty awesome videos of mountain and rock climbing, skiing, general adventure travel, and product videos. Here they have produced another great video on climbing the Tooth Traverse in Alaska. If you are new to HDdSLR filmmaking, simply watching the camera moves, pans, and editing is inspiring and educational.
The Tooth Traverse from Camp 4 Collective on Vimeo.
You are well into planning a photographic adventure of some kind and it could be a trip like rafting, backpacking, camping, climbing, an RV adventure, or maybe an African safari.
As a photographer, you plan on capturing the scenery and wildlife photo opportunities that this adventure is all about. But have you considered documenting the adventure itself?
From a marketing stand point, the images of people outdoors on an adventure are just as marketable as the scenic and wildlife images and may actually be more in demand.
Photographing any adventure trip is best done when the photographer is a participant on the adventure. This in itself allows for a unique perspective of the event and activities taking place. … Continue Reading
National Geographic photographer George Steinmetz’s project African Air in a collaboration with multimedia company Mediastorm, was recently completed. What makes this project interesting is that Steinmetz photographed and filmed most of the project from the air and specifically from a motorized Paraglider.
The result is some fantastic perspectives of Africa’s unique variety of landscapes and from heights that would more challenging for an airplane to reach.
I am lucky in that I have had a client for 10 years. In fact I have had many clients just as long, but this one is always a lot of fun because it is always outdoor related subjects.
The client is a tourism alliance and I started by selling them outdoor stock imagery which later evolved into assignments resulting in many of them over the years.
In this recent post here: The Future May Be the Commercial Nature Photographer, I suggested that outdoor and nature photographers may need to expand into commercial type subjects as the markets change. There may be more work and income generating opportunities for those who provide more services from video to assignment photography. And I bring this up because I got this client from marketing my outdoor stock.
I recently completed a winter activities assignment for them in February and we covered a lot of territory from snowmobiling to inter-tubing, the bar in the warming hut to snowshoeing, and more. I plan a few posts the next few weeks to share some of these images with you. … Continue Reading
Todd Kaplan is an outdoor, nature, and sports photographer based in Sun Valley, Idaho. His work has appeared in SKI Magazine, Delta Airlines, Sky West, Blue Cross Insurance, Outdoor Photographer, National Geographic Traveler, Readers Digest, Fly Fisherman, Backpacker, Sunset Magazine, Smithsonian, American Angler, Field and Stream, Northwest Fly Fishing, Outdoor Life, Time, and many more. We caught up with Todd and asked him about the art, craft, and business of fishing photography.
My Journey into the world of photography began my last semester of college when I took my first photography class to fill an elective for my graphic design degree. This was the first time I picked up a 35mm SLR. I remember it being very intimidating. I finished this class with a poor mark but knowing that I wanted to pursue photography more down the road. 3 Years later I enrolled at Brooks Institute of Photography and their became familiar with what it would take to pursue a career in photography. … Continue Reading
