Thursday 23 April 2015

N avarre, The Land of Light



Well, this move is dedicated to my family and all those who love this land. It is highly suggested to view full screen and activate HD. I also recommend increasing the volume of the music. The video is available in 4K, and all scenes shot in Navarre. 

Music by Lights & Motion, licensed from themusicbed.com
Main equipment used: Sony A37, A850, A7R & various Sony/Minolta lenses
Slider: Mslider
inaxiotejerina@gmail.com
flickr.com/photos/minoltero

00:0000:18 – Etxauri
00:1800:26 – Belagua
00:2600:34 – Larra
00:3400:42 – Urederra
00:4200:50 – Belagua
00:5001:02 – Erreniega (El Perdón)
01:0201:13 – Izagaondoa
01:1301:22 – Izagaondoa
01:2201:34 – Bardenas
01:3401:42 – Lantz
01:4201:53 – Artzibar (Valle de Arce)
01:5302:02 – Larra
02:0202:13 – Astrain
02:1302:22 – Larra
02:2202:30 – Araitz- Malloak
02:3002:37 – Zaraitzu (Salazar)
02:3702:46 – Aralar-Sakana
02:4602:54 – Gendulain
02:5403:02 – Aralar
03:0203:10 – Urbasa
03:1003:18 – Aralar
03:1803:26 – Bardenas
03:2603:34 – Larrazpil (Aralar)
03:3403:50 – Zaraitzu (Salazar)

NAVARRE, THE LAND OF LIGHT - TIMELAPSE (2015) from Iñaki Tejerina on Vimeo.

Los Angeles from Above

Earlier this month I got an amazing opportunity to fly over Los Angeles at sunrise and again at sunset with my friends at Commonwealth Pictures: commonwealthpictures.com/ .The A-Camera was set up on the left side of the helicopter and was using a Tyler Pogo Stabilizer which I was super impressed with! I was shooting B-Camera on the right side leaning my body and my camera out the side of the helicopter which was insanely fun! I was using a hand-held Kenyon 6x6 stabilizer, which I was pretty happy with! The battery died about 2/3rds of the way through my flight, so on my second flight I brought two. The 6x6 was just barely powerful enough to counteract the shake of the helicopter, I suggest finding a bigger one.

It was my New Years resolution this year to get a sweet shot of me dangling my feet out of a helicopter! Needless to say I got that shot twice! Everything was shot on the Dragon in 6K at 60fps, mostly at 250ISO except for the darker situations where I went up to 1280ISO. I shot the first run with a Canon 24-70mm and the second run with a Canon 16-35mm. The track I used is called "Glimpse" by Helios

Los Angeles from Above from Patrick Lawler on Vimeo.

Wednesday 22 April 2015

The Untouched - A Time-lapse Film




From Shreenivasan Manievannan Plus  
"The Untouched” - A Time-lapse Film" is a self-project I have been working on, for the past two years across different National and State parks in the United States. The main vision of the video is to showcase the untouched beauty of National/State Parks across USA and to make awareness about conserving natural resources of our planet including the ever dipping dark skies. The time-lapse trip started with my travel to Crater Lake in Oregon when I first captured the majestic beauty of night sky over the astonishing landscape of the volcanic lake. 

So, as I kept learning the art of time-lapse, i use to start traveling to remote locations to capture specific scenes based on calculating weather conditions and astronomical alignments to the landscape. I wanted to capture exclusive alignments, cloud movements and reflections for which there was endless planning that went on my mind keeping track of wind conditions, cloud cover, storm movement, and seasonal alignment changes of astronomical elements such as Sun, Moon, Milky Way galaxy etc.

Moreover, as the expedition progressed and I started to sense and observe the effect of climate change though trying to capture these lovely places, i.e., Mono Lake, Yosemite, Crater Lake, Mt. Hood, Mt. Rainier were facing substantial to severe drought conditions and was able to sense the change of water level in their water bodies such as rivers, water falls, and lakes as I tried to get back to similar locations to depict diverse seasons and light conditions over the past two years. 

The weather conditions changes were evident as well with the dropping of moisture and coastal fog cycle in the Pacific which were quite imperative for an ecological balance for coastal vegetation like redwoods that exists. The winter precipitation became a dream with very little snow fall over the sierras and volcanic peaks of Pacific Northwest. 

The winter Alaskan adventure turned out to be a memorable trip with moderate winter temperatures and rare weather patterns thru the state. The summer became hotter with rise in temperatures close to unimaginable levels in most part of the country I was traveling in. Mountain glaciers were starting become a thing of the past with many of the glaciers melting fast with the high heat and not much of winter precipitation to maintain the level. The tidal patterns scared as the high tides got the water closer to the shore and even caused coastal flooding during storms. 

The rare extreme weather outbreaks were pretty frequent due to the climatic changes happening throughout the country, though it provided some amazing light for me to capture it clearly highlighted the climate change we are going through. Henceforth, I clearly found a much robust objective to attain for my film that I get on in the beginning to mollify my passion for photography. I got even more enthused to travel across diverse parts of the country to showcase the majestic beauty of the nature which we are blessed with and make awareness to conserve them for the best of our future.

Therefore the other main issue I faced was to capture the landscape in the night. I had to travel long distances to see the stars shine bright. Because the light pollution seemed to be so bad even in places which were not big metropolitan cities. The light pollution may not look as a big problem from the outside but it has been proved that the extreme light thrown out creates health issues to human beings. 

Scientific evidence proposes that artificial light at night has negative and fatal effects on various creatures including amphibians, birds, mammals, insects and plants which depend on natural day light and star light for their activities. Moreover, too much usage of light in the night just upsurges the usage of energy there by increases the demand and shortage for power. Hence, as per International Dark Sky Association (IDA): We do require some light at night, but much of it is wasted by lights that are overly bright or left on when not required. 

Thus unshielded fixtures waste the most energy. Their lights shine upward instead of down on the ground where it's needed. In fact, IDA estimates that that up to 50 % of all outdoor light is wasted. That adds up to $3.3 billion and the release of 21 million tons of CO2 per year! Moreover to offset all that CO2, we would have to plan 875 million trees annually”. Hence I ventured out to capture the beauty of the night sky to spread the word to the masses to show what the city dwellers like me have been missing. 

According to my vision of the video, I simply wanted to show case the beauty of nature and convey that we can’t reverse time in real to travel back in time to bring back all that we destroyed by mistake. We need to conserve and combat the changes for the best of our future. I’m very hopefully that you’ll like my short presentation of the time-lapse sequences that I captured over a period of time. 



The Untouched - A Time-lapse Film from Shreenivasan Manievannan on Vimeo.

Tuesday 21 April 2015

Rhyolite: An Abandoned Ghost Town from the Air



Rhyolite is an abandoned ghost town in Nevada and if you search for it online and amazingly you’ll find no end of images.  Yet this is the first time I have seen this enthralling place from above.  Director and filmmaker Philp Bloom took his Phantom 3, the new DJI drone, for an hour’s spin over the town (and through it too).  The results are incredible – the shots of the town are unlike any of those seen before. Actually it did pretty well considering the wind. I only had jello issues on some really windy moments, one shot I put in this edit despite that as I actually like it. I’ll notice if I can do more in post to remove it! The wind did stop me doing some of the more difficult shots I had hoped to do. One of the things I love about the Phantom over the Inspire 1 is the size but when the wind is blowing the motors and gps can only do so much so I had to play it pretty safe! The short movie was shot in 4K 30p and conformed to 23.976p to get a little slow down. 

Rhyolite ghost town - Phantom 3 from Philip Bloom on Vimeo.

Thursday 16 April 2015

Bosnian Landscapes

Bosnian Landscapes 4K Timelapse filmed in the last six months. The location of the shots were the popular mountains, lakes and waterfalls in Bosnian and Herzegowina. If you like this movie, then you can obtain high quality footage available in 4K (Ultra HD). To licence any of my clips or talk about a project you have in mind please contact me at:

mail: akfilmsnet@gmail.com

web: akfilms.net

Sound: Hero Of The Day by Mark (Licensed)


Bosnian Landscapes 4K (UHD) from amyrXA on Vimeo.

Central Highlands of Spain



The shot is taken in the central highlands of Spain, the autonomous regions Castilla-La-Mancha and Castilla-y-Léon.  This is a region full of rich history and culture: The Goths, Romans and Moors have left their marks here. Don Quijote has fighted against the windmills here. This was the place of residence of El Greco, Diego de Velazquez and Francisco de Goya.The first time I've taken my dolly with traveling. It did a great job. The landscape there is really very special. It is an incredibly vast country. One cannot capture it with the camera. Indeed he’s true artist and who display a sensitive ability to capture the heart of the Castillian landscape! But see for yourself.
Music: John OO Fleming, The Dewberry Tree
Nikon D90, Sigma 10-20, DIY Dolly:
Dolly: vimeo.com/25452283
pocketslider.de/en.html


Spain from Ben on Vimeo.