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3. The Arctic Light
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This was filmed between 29th April and 10th May 2011 in the Arctic, on
the archipelago Lofoten in Norway.
My favorite natural phenomenon is one I do not even know the name of, even after talking to meteorologists and astrophysicists I am none the wiser.What I am talking about I have decided to call The Arctic Light and it is a natural phenomenon occurring 2-4 weeks before you can see the Midnight Sun.
The Sunset and Sunrise are connected in one magnificent show of color and light lasting from 8 to 12 hours. The sun is barely going below the horizon before coming up again. This is the most colorful light that I know, and the main reason I have been going up there for the last 4 years, at the exact
same time of year, to photograph. Based on previous experience, I knew this was going to be a very
difficult trip. Having lost a couple of cameras and some other equipment up there before, it was crucial to bring an extra set of everything. I also
made sure I had plenty of time in case something went wrong.
If you can imagine roping down mountain cliffs, or jumping around on slippery rocks covered in seaweed with 2 tripods, a rail, a controller,
camera, lenses, filters and rigging for 4-5 hour long sequences at a time, and then
having to calculate the rise and fall of the tides in order to capture the essence - it all proved bit of a challenge.
And almost as if planned, the trip would turn out to become very
difficult indeed. I had numerous setbacks including: airline lost my
luggage, struggling to swim ashore after falling into the Arctic sea: twice, breaking lenses, filters, tripod, computer, losing the whole dolly rig and controller into the sea, and even falling off a rather tall rock and ending
up in the hospital. As much as I wanted to give up, the best way Out is
always “Through”. I am glad I stuck it through though because there were some amazing sunrises waiting. At 1:06 you see a single scene from day to night to day which is from 9pm to 7am. Think about that for a minute.. 10 hours with light like that.
I asked the very talented Marika Takeuchi to specifically compose and
perform a song for this movie, and what she came up with is absolutely remarkable. Thank you very much Marika!
Available in Digital Cinema 4k
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This video was created using the Dynamic Perception Stage-Zero dolly found here:
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Thank you to my sponsors:
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dynamicperception.com/
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and to my friend Geir Nøtnes for all the help.
This was filmed between 29th April and 10th May 2011 in the Arctic, on
the archipelago Lofoten in Norway.
My favorite natural phenomenon is one I do not even know the name of, even after talking to meteorologists and astrophysicists I am none the wiser.What I am talking about I have decided to call The Arctic Light and it is a natural phenomenon occurring 2-4 weeks before you can see the Midnight Sun.
The Sunset and Sunrise are connected in one magnificent show of color and light lasting from 8 to 12 hours. The sun is barely going below the horizon before coming up again. This is the most colorful light that I know, and the main reason I have been going up there for the last 4 years, at the exact
same time of year, to photograph. Based on previous experience, I knew this was going to be a very
difficult trip. Having lost a couple of cameras and some other equipment up there before, it was crucial to bring an extra set of everything. I also
made sure I had plenty of time in case something went wrong.
If you can imagine roping down mountain cliffs, or jumping around on slippery rocks covered in seaweed with 2 tripods, a rail, a controller,
camera, lenses, filters and rigging for 4-5 hour long sequences at a time, and then
having to calculate the rise and fall of the tides in order to capture the essence - it all proved bit of a challenge.
And almost as if planned, the trip would turn out to become very
difficult indeed. I had numerous setbacks including: airline lost my
luggage, struggling to swim ashore after falling into the Arctic sea: twice, breaking lenses, filters, tripod, computer, losing the whole dolly rig and controller into the sea, and even falling off a rather tall rock and ending
up in the hospital. As much as I wanted to give up, the best way Out is
always “Through”. I am glad I stuck it through though because there were some amazing sunrises waiting. At 1:06 you see a single scene from day to night to day which is from 9pm to 7am. Think about that for a minute.. 10 hours with light like that.
I asked the very talented Marika Takeuchi to specifically compose and
perform a song for this movie, and what she came up with is absolutely remarkable. Thank you very much Marika!
Available in Digital Cinema 4k
Follow Facebook: facebook.com/TSOPhotography
Follow Twitter:
twitter.com/TSOPhotography
Follow Google+:
plus.google.com/107543460658107759808
Press/licensing/projects contact: tsophotography@gmail.com
Music: "The Arctic Light" by Marika Takeuchi
on.fb.me/kOezbO
Buy it on iTunes
itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-arctic-light/id445751308?i=445751313
huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/01/arctic-light-time-lapse-video_n_869054.html
This video was created using the Dynamic Perception Stage-Zero dolly found here:
dynamicperception.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=16&products_id=26
Thank you to my sponsors:
canon.com/
dynamicperception.com/
g-technology.eu/
fstopgear.com/
and to my friend Geir Nøtnes for all the help.
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Excellent work as usual! I always look forward to your films.
Har ett lite spørsmål, og håper du kan svare på det.
- Hvordan kan du filme så lenge? Hvordan kobler du hardisken du har til 5D'en din ? (tror det er de du gjør)
- Vil vite hva oppsette ditt er, strøm, hardisk ? PLIS SVAR!! :-D
eg har 7D, og vil filme veldig lenge, sånn du har gjort. bare lurer på hvordan du gjør det. Håper på svar :-D
HÅPER PÅ SVAR
- Kent Jørgen
Og meste eg har sett til Canon kamerar, 7D/5D er 128 GB, og det er vell ikke nåkk til og filme så lenge.
Så lurer bare på hvordan ?!! :-D
- Kent Jørgen
storyful.com/stories/gjdk17
Du har ikke lyst å røpe noen hemmeligheter? Som hvor ofte du tar et nytt bilde og lukkertid nede ved sjøen?
Igjen må jeg bare si at disse filmene inspirerte meg til å begynne med timelapse fotografering!
pure poetry..
congratulations and thank you for sharing xx
Although I do not agree about the perception of what arctic light is. It may be a collective term for several lights, and to many arcitc light is the northern lights. But, I believe for most, and in my opinion "arctic light" is the special spread of pink-cyan colors that appear in the sky, and on the snowy mountains, when the sun is starting to indicate she's coming back, just below the horizon, late january in Northern Norway, and a little later over Svalbard (march/april).
A good example what I mean is this:
flickr.com/photos/35187935@N08/5299382325/in/photostream
Nevertheless, this video really do justice to some of the beautiful sceneries and landscape we who live up here are lucky to be surrounded with. The music also suits very well.
Congratulations.
Ole
Nevertheless a excellent work. Love the scene at 1:35
you are a hero!
I noticed the gradient ND filter in-front of your lens, now I was wondering if you shot this HDR or did you only use the ND?
You can see here some identic shoot :
flickr.com/photos/leoginailhac/sets/72157623138211941/with/4726974393/
I think what you are asking about is the traveling movement. A pan is when the camera is on a tripod and it just spins on a single axis. A tracking shot is when the camera is on a dolly, or rails, and moves on a second axis, usually horizontal. In the description it he says he uses '2 tripods, a rail, a controller', so the answer to your question is he uses rails and both pans and tracks the camera with a remote control.
This is a kind of works that inspires me for doing the things better and better, for the pleasure of make the people happy.
Thanks for your artwork.
Greeting,
Simoné.
PS: Love the song too. Compliments for Marika
and with all the trouble you went through, even more so.