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A thick fog shrouded the sky early in the evening. As the sun made it’s way through, some brilliant colors started to bleed into the clouds. This exposed piece of beach had a very shallow grade. The waves would roll in slowly, but with a huge volume of water.
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At about 1 AM my clients and I were suddenly woken by high winds beating on our tents and the strong smell of ozone in the air. Being that we were camped near the edge, this was a little alarming. Not only that, but all weather reports and radar predicted no storms nor rain and so I (stupidly) parked my 4WD miles away on a road that was in a wash! I downplayed my concern as I checked outside my tent. Even though it was dark, I could tell something serious was brewing! I told my clients we were ok and they went back to sleep. I did not sleep but kept watch on the conditions. We got up about an hour before sunrise to ensure that my clients had their photographic positions ready. We were greeted with amazing, thick and dramatic clouds almost ready to rain, but with a small gap just at the horizon. Anyone who has done landscape photography for a while knows that this is one of the better lighting conditions one can get. Just as the sun broke the horizon the light suddenly exploded! The intense orange glow was just awesome. I was preoccupied with helping my clients get the shot, and as soon as I knew they were all set up and shooting, I managed just one bracketed “grab shot” (here). After a little time, I knew we needed to get out of the area quickly because the weather was intensifying. We packed up our gear as fast as we could and took off, hiking some miles in a pretty intense pace. The very moment we reached my rig, the sky opened up and began to pour. After about 30 minutes of rigorous 4 wheel driving, we got into a safe area and we looked back. The location we had been shooting was getting clobbered with rain that looked like armageddon with violent lightning and flash flooding! One client remarked “that was some amazing timing!” It was certainly an adventure! 🙂 From this shoot, one of the clients got published in a popular Arizona magazine as well as ended up hiring me to post process some 73.5 inch super gloss acrylic mount fine art prints that he sold. I can not help but feel incredible privilege and gratitude to be able to do this work for a living! I will be announcing another very special workshop in the next week. Just watch my website HERE if you are interested.
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Europe – Scandinavia – Norway – North of the Arctic Circle – Troms county – Senja – Norway’s second biggest island – Devil’s Jaw – Oskornan mountains taken from the beach of Tungeneset under fresh cover of snow during winter time at Sunset
Camera Model: Canon EOS 5D Mark III; Lens: EF16-35mm f/2.8L II USM; Focal length: 19.00 mm; Aperture: 22; Exposure time: 25.0 s; ISO: 50
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The ice in Antarctica can not be trusted. It tries to seduce you with its amazing shapes, subtle tones, and ultimate wildness, making you want to go in there with a zodiac and explore. And weak as we were, that’s exactly what we did.
To see skyscraper sized icebergs from aboard a zodiac is pretty incredible. And if you get the perfect conditions, it looks even more impressive. Big ice, gloomy skies and the dark Antarctic waters are very effective aphrodisiac for any photographer.
But you have to be careful – the current can suddenly change and all the ice can be pushed into one direction, yours for instance. That what happened with us. One moment we were photographing the giant icebergs reflecting in the black water, the next we were slowly being surrounded by sea ice that came from all directions and got denser by the minute.
The nightmare scenario is obviously that you’re gonna get trapped and can no longer move the zodiac. Our ship could of course rescue us, but that really depends on where the zodiac is and whether the water is deep enough for the ship. Luckily, the zodiac drivers are all very experienced, and we managed to get back to the ship safely, but you can imagine how those first explorers must have struggled in situations like this.
It was a great experience and it made for some excellent photography. Everything handheld of course.
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If you’re interested in joining us later this year on our Antarctica photo tour, please check out my website for more pictures, a tour impression video clip, and a detailed PDF:
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Hope to see you there!
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In two weeks time I’ll be off to Japan again for our annual White & Wild Japan tour.
Many years ago, I started to experiment with off-camera flash in an effort to create truly original images of the often photographed Japanese snow monkeys. At the time, no one else was doing this, so it seemed like a good thing to do. And it was. Over the years I’ve created an entire series using this technique, and it eventually won me the Grand Title ‘International Nature Photographer Of The Year’ at the International Photography Awards. I’m still very proud of that achievement, but it also taught me a valuable lesson: it pays off if you try to be different.
We’re still in the early stages of the digital revolution, but you can already see how it has changed photography. Just look at this website for instance. Someone posts a picture on 500px, that picture becomes very popular, and soon after you will see a lot more pictures taken at that same location or of that same subject. Locations that were once exotic have turned into cliches within a decade. If you’re the exploring type and/or love hiking, you don’t have to worry – people probably won’t be able to find your locations and copy what you’re doing. But the moment you decide to photograph a common subject or a well know location, it’s good to know that you have to put in some extra work to make your images stand out from the rest. That’s not easy, but in the end, it will be a good thing for both yourself as an artist and for the quality of photography in general.
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If you’re interested in joining us on our White & Wild Japan tour to photograph snow monkeys, Japanese cranes, Steller’s sea eagles and whooper swans, please check out our website for more information:
Squiver Photo Tours & Workshops
Marsel
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