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Pursuit: A spectacular storm-chasing time-lapse made from 90,000 photos

27 Jul

Storm chaser and award-winning photographer Mike Oblinski has done it again: he’s created a time-lapse that will blow you away. Captured over the course of three months, across 10 states, and involving 28,000 miles of driving and over 90,000 time-lapse frames, Pursuit is the result of utter determination.

Oblinski tells the story behind this time-lapse in the video’s description, explaining how this season of storm chasing nearly broke him.

After 12 straight days on the road and away from his family, he left once again, just 24 hours after getting home, to chase another storm on June 12th. But doubt got the better of him, and he found himself 80 miles away from the spot he needed to get to.

“I got back in the car and as I drove, the pain got the better of me and the tears came,” he writes. “It may not be easy to understand why, but when you work as hard as I did this spring, a moment like that can break you. I felt like I let my wife down. But mostly I let myself down. I forgot who I was and that’s not me. Or it shouldn’t have been me. I failed myself. And it seemed like the easy choice to just give up and head for home.”

But he didn’t head for home, he decided to keep going, got out ahead of the storm, and captured one of the best structures he’d seen all spring.

The result of that decision not to give up, to keep on going even when it seemed like he had utterly failed, is one of Oblinski’s best time-lapse films yet… and that’s saying something if you know his previous work.

To see more from Oblinski’s portfolio, head over to his website or give him a follow on Facebook and Instagram.

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Yannick Wolff & Niels Verlemann In Pursuit

28 Apr

Yannick Wolff Pursuit Editorial Fashion Shoot with Niels Verlmann

Yannick Wolff is a new talent based in Germany (Darmstadt, Hessen in fact) that caught my eye and he is a photographer that I am sure you will be hearing more about in the future. His latest shoot, titled, Pursuit showcases a business fashion editorial shoot for menswear with model, Niels Verlemann from East West Models. I managed to interview Yannick to find out more about this young upcoming photographer and the inspiration that lead him to create this shoot.

Yannick Wolff Pursuit Editorial Fashion Shoot with Niels Verlmann

In answering how he got started in fashion photography and what made him want to become a photographer in the first place he replied, “I love taking pictures of people since the time I started with photography. During this time I got interested in fashion more and more, so I finally decided to try to shoot fashion as well and I really loved it and still love it.”

Yannick Wolff Pursuit Editorial Fashion Shoot with Niels Verlmann

Not only does he shoot fashion, “I´m shooting sports and people as well” he said. When asked if the photography principles translate well into these other photographic fields he answered, “It is kind of like the same methods you have to do, just in another area.”

Yannick Wolff Pursuit Editorial Fashion Shoot with Niels Verlmann

When asked how did the origins of his story, “Pursuit” came about, he replied “I simply took a look in some magazines and spotted some awesome fashion editorials of well-known brands. So I searched for the right location for such a project and, of course, the right model. I got inspired by many other photographers work and especially men’s fashion magazines. I used my Nikon D800 with a Nikkor 24-70mm f2.8 and the Sigma 70-200m f2.8. For the lightning I had 2 Priolite flashes and a large reflector from Profoto”.

Yannick Wolff Pursuit Editorial Fashion Shoot with Niels Verlmann

To find out more about Yannick Wolf’s story, “Pursuit” you can find it on his website and on his facebook page that’s updated weekly, www.facebook.com/yannickwolffphotography where you can find the whole story and a short behind the scenes video on his blog. You can find out more about him on Facebook, Twitter and via email (detail for these are on his website).

Yannick Wolff Pursuit Editorial Fashion Shoot with Niels Verlmann

Credits “PURSUIT”

Photographer: Yannick Wolff (www.yannickwolff.com)

Model: Niels Verlemann (East West Models)

Hair/Make Up: Kerstin Hocke (www.kerstinhocke.de)

Assistant: Kai-Philipp Nosper

What do you think about this photo set? Please post your comments below.


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In Pursuit of the Ideal Time-lapse Camera Bag: Gura Gear Bataflae 32L

16 Oct

What is the best camera bag for time-lapse photographers?
Welcome to my quest.

I’ve been shooting time-lapse photography for several years and in that time some great gear innovations have come about. Back when I started exploring time-lapse photography a tripod, camera and intervalometer were all you needed so a standard camera bag was enough. Now that motion control dollies, robotic tripod heads, large batteries and computers are involved a simple camera bag often isn’t enough. Until recently I’ve been using my old camera bag and slowly adding smaller camera bags to the mix. It hasn’t been the most efficient way to travel and eventually I settled on traveling light with only my time-lapse gear in a smaller ThinkTank Sling-o-matic 10 bag that easily fits my eMotimo TB3, a battery, remote, a level and 1-2 lenses or a body & lens. Still I’ve been yearning for more… a bag that I can put everything in, work easily out of it and still travel with (car or plane).

Gura Gear Bataflae 32L

The folks over at Gura Gear were kind enough to let me try out their latest camera bag the Bataflae 32L. In case you’re unfamiliar with the meaning of Bataflae it is Bislama (Vanuatu) for ‘butterfly’, which makes perfect sense when you begin to work with the bag. Rather than have one large flap that opens and closes to access the main storage area of the bag, you can access half the main storage area like a toolbox or open the bag like your standard bag. Personally I’ve fallen in love with the ability to access my gear with greater flexibility. The butterfly design alone makes the bag awesome. Every time I’ve gone back to using a standard camera bag I’ve tried accessing half the main storage area only to be bummed that I can’t. It’s such a simple innovation that after you use it you can’t believe someone hadn’t thought of this before.

Gura Gear Bataflae 32L

Other features that I found to be rather slick include the ability to store the backpack straps for snag free travel, an extra handle on the side of the bag enabling you to lift the bag more easily and extra large side pockets to carry a tripod or in my case components of my time-lapse dolly. The bag comes in two models the Bataflae 32L and Bataflae 26L. The Bataflae 32L has external dimensions of  14 x 21 x 9 inches (36 x 53 x 23 cm) and internal dimensions of 13 x 20 x 7 inches (33 x 51 x 18 cm). The smaller Bataflae 26L has external dimensions of 14 x 18 x 9 inches (36 x 46 x 23 cm) and internal dimensions of 13 x 17 x 7 inches (33 x 43 x 18 cm). The cost for the 32L is $ 449 and 26L is $ 399. Yes a bit pricey, but the material, construction and flexibility make this a great choice. One of the things that attracted me to the 32L was the prospect that I might fit Dynamic Perception Stage One modular dolly rail sections in the bag. These modular rails measure 21″ long and they’re just a bit too long to fit inside without altering the bag. Where there is a will, there is a way I suppose. I’m sure they could be squeezed inside, but I found it workable to store these modular sections in the external side pockets designed for tripods and keep the interior of the bag looking like new.

Gura Gear Bataflae 32L

One question I’ve received after releasing my eMotimo TB3 review was, “How do I carry everything?” Clearly having an assistant would be ideal to help cart around cameras, lenses, dollies, tripods, etc. In the past I’ve saddled up like a mule carrying my ThinkTank Sling-o-matic 10 bag and two tripods (in two bags clipped together with one shoulder strap) over my back with my free hands then carrying my Dynamic Perception Stage One dolly. Clearly having an assistant would be easier on the back. The Bataflae 32L looks to be a more comfortable and flexible solution if you’re aiming to be a bit more mobile in the field.

See more photos after the jump

Gura Gear Bataflae 32L half open with my time-lapse gear (Stage one dolly sled, 8 modular rail extensions, eMotimo TB3, battery, remote and tools)

Gura Gear Bataflae 32L half open with my camera gear (5D Mark III, 5D Mark II, Canon 16-35mm f/2.8 II and Stage 1 dolly ends/tripod plates)

Gura Gear Bataflae 32L open in the standard manner with all my gear

Gura Gear Bataflae 32L containing all my time-lapse gear plus two Indura tripods

Gura Gear Bataflae 32L containing all my time-lapse gear plus two Indura tripods in their cases ready for travel

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1 October, 2010 – Bombay Taxi – On the Pursuit of Images

01 Oct

Today’s new essay is titled Bombay Taxi. It is by Azhar Chougle, a photojournalist who lives in Bombay, India, and who also studies in New York. In it he explores what it takes to persevere in the pursuit of images.


I have been shooting in the mountains of Virginia this past week, with my Sony A900, and also a Sony A55, kindly loaned to me by Sony Canada for further testing. (If you haven’t already done so, you might want to look at my A55 Preview Report and also my recent A55 Further Evaluation)

I continue to be impressed by the A55, though when used alongside the A900 the EVF does leave something to be desired. Image quality doesn’t though, and while only 16MP vs 24MP, IQ is excellent, displaying at least two stops lower noise than the A900 at higher ISOs.

Today’s Home Page image was taken with the A55 on my shoot this past week, and there will be a few more on these pages in the days ahead.

Of note to those interested in the A55 and A33 is that Sony just announced that the camera is subject to overheating after a certain amount of time when shooting video with sensor stabilization turned on.

I am not surprised, since I noted this issue in my A55 Further Evaluation report several weeks ago – to my knowledge that being the only test report of this camera that observed and reported on this phenomenon thus far.

 


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