Explore Until You Die 3
Aug, 2016Views
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Location
This Photo was take at shenandoah national park, my good friend (the one in the photo) and I were walking along the road looking for a good spot to take some scenic photo's, first we noticed this opening that had such an amazing view. a few short minutes later we noticed a small spot beyond the road, through some tree's and plants, after hiking through some painful thorn bushes we walked up to this cliff. Which was one of the most beautiful landscapes iv ever scene, and we came to the conclusion that this was the spot to take some photo's to help promote our travel company (Explore Until You Die.)Time
Just seconds after the sunset which I believe was at 7:23 PM.Lighting
The sunset lighting that was in this shot only lasted a few seconds. I took a picture just a few moments before this lighting which was drastically different. I was lucky enough to stick around to have this lighting available.Equipment
This was shot on a 5D Mark III handheld with just a standard 24-70 F4 kit lens.Inspiration
My profession is in the video production industry, and I'v lately been trying to focus on my DP skills (Director of Photography) for professional video shoots. And photography is a great way to practice that skill, you take your time to really focus on composition and think of the story that it's going to create. This photo in particular really emphasizes the story of my friends and I, being entrepreneurs, being young and bold and just starting this huge, exhausting journey of creating these huge dreams of ours. And while I was setting the composition up for this photo I saw how far we have come and where we were, and it helped me create this almost heroic looking photo of what we've been able to accomplish and where we were headed next.Editing
For all post photography work I use Adobe Lightroom 5.5, I have a couple presets that I acquired from a friend. One of them is an HDR preset that i put on, then took my time to tweak settings and burn and dodge parts of the photo, especially on and around the logo that my friend created.In my camera bag
I'v got a pretty big bag. I'm always ready to shoot either simple photography or a full blown cinematic indie short film. For a camera I'v spent most of my time with a 5D mark III, I just recently switched over to a canon 80D for a B camera, mainly because that camera is perfect for Vlogs and Run and Gun filmmaking, while also taking great photos. For lenses I have the standard 24-105 F4 Kit lens, which has saved me hundreds of times in really difficult photography and video shoots. I have 3 primes, Canon 35 MM F2. For a mix of landscaping photography and some Macro, (which surprisingly has turned out very well) A Voigtlander 58 MM F 1.4 for low light/ Street Photography. And a Samyang 135 MM f2, for all telephoto purposes. My next few purchases will be a Canon 100-400 MKII and the canon 10-18MM that way my whole lens kit will be very well rounded for absolutely any kind of shoot that gets thrown at me.Feedback
Be very patient. It's something I'm still trying to master myself and have been getting better at, but still it takes a lot of practice. Especially because I'm a Videographer first and a Photographer second. My natural instinct is to get the shot and then be ready to move on to something else to get as much varied content as possible. It's only thanks to my friend (the one in the picture) that we were able to get this shot. I was ready to move onto another location when he decided we should wait just a few more minutes to see if anything drastic would happen. It went from nearly pitch black to heavenly orange in a matter of seconds. Sometimes waiting it out works in your favor, sometimes it doesn't. However I'v come to realize that if your in a position where a great photo can become possible it's absolutely worth being on standby with your camera at the ready instead of moving to see what else may lie ahead, from whales to sunsets to huge snowy avalanches my best pictures have come from me waiting it out and having a great payoff. Because you're going to miss %100 of the shots you don't take.
