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hello girls and boys this is part 1
of a little two-part mini-series, I wanted to share with you a photo shoot I did two or years ago,
when I had the opportunity to go and photograph something I'd always dreamed
of having the opportunity to photograph over on the other side of the world
to find out what that was, your just going to have to watch.
this was shot about two or three years ago, so if your one of our original subscribers from all that time ago
the one might have seen, but I know you're still the minority
and still appriciate everything you did for us back then.
Here in part 1 it's about
some of the preliminary things I did in advance thinking about what I was going to need to do,
having like a little dress rehearsal, to practice what shoot was going to be,
and in part two we're going to see what actually happen when the light came
right and I got the opportunity to go and do it.
So I hope you find this useful and I hope you enjoy it.
Would it not be brilliant if you could just drive out onto the beach,
anywhere in the world especially in England say let going up and down steps and stairs and things.
Might have noticed most of our films seem to have a watery content will be filmed by water in some way,
Jayney says it's probably because I'm a Pisces because she's a bit hippy.
this piece of water has a particular interest,
it's about as far away from where we live, as we can possibly get
We are in Exmouth, in Australia this is part of the Indian Ocean
It's not so much the ocean itself were interested in here,
It's what's in it. Humpback Whales, this place is world-famous
for humpback whales where on holiday visiting some friends about us who live
here in a kindly lent is a car and everything
this we went over to while watching I had a photograph wiles
I'd love to get that iconic classical while breaching the surface great big
tile second at the water on tonight I've never tried it sorry for the interest
Michael Phelps about what we doing
for the first thing was to develop research to think about what's it going
to be like shooting from a boat how close we like to get to the wild sex act
right so
I've had to choose what I'm gonna bring with me very carefully
now on flights you obviously any have so much hand like it I am at you
I don't really like bring cameras into the hall
now I'd love to bring all of my K obviously that's not really feasible
so what about chosen this back by the way have the video camera
as well as my photographic K or below my trust a
Nikon D 300 body I'm gonna a team to seventy millimeter
saying let's talk a wide-angle coverage up to par the mid-range
any other thing I brought with me and this did travel in the hold in my
suitcase so it was all in it
padded case is a big long 150 to 500 millimeter
teddy's a
reason for that is I don't know how close we going to get the wild while
over there how frustrating it is going to pay if it looks like it'll pay in the
middle of the picture
gonna kick yourself i know i certainly work so anyway
this is what I've chosen old I have one other thing
much of it not to mention a polarizing filter
that's what brought with me polarize the great for cutting glare and reflections
on water
I might need it to look into the water again I don't know but I gotta keep it
in my pocket at all times
in case I need it anything to do now
can see if we can find smiles is pretty astonishing as net
humpback whales here in the bank's mapping
Australia we've come out here with
my buddies Mark and Lexie here on their boat
no mark since I was a teenager directed by watching
we spent my CS they having a practice because I wanted to have a go at it
before came out here
until you guys had a day and the thing I learnt walls watch 500 mil lens which I
thought would be perfect for this sort of thing is too long
the field of view is too narrow so I kept missing the show I'll be looking at
a patch of ocean waiting for a while to do something
and then missing it because you come up over there in my arrogant I left my
mid-range zoom back in sunny England so I've had to bar Lexus 55 to 200 mil same
which is working brilliantly for this because
I can scan a whitish open area motion through the viewfinder
and then when I see something happening or while breaches of very quickly kinda
they may not like that
to where the action is happening we got these guys
circling the boat it's a game a white impatience the light isn't perfect for
the soda shop for the moment but it's a good idea to take some shots you know
this is a
Chancellor lifetime really is in its I what's gonna happen we don't know I'm
look at that level lol a they admit I owe everything
we're so close diving under
haha yes
up
lap here no more than 5 meters away from it the wealthy going
I don't even see in the water right here right underneath this again
and you can see that through the water that is coming under Nick the engine
is the other one hit the cat while tile
right behind the engines don't actually interned under the boat
is an ounce platinum diamond hit the water
go for a swim in it likes it here we go for a swim
to hopefully Watson why an action going on over here
now look on facing into the Sun classical thing if they do pop up be
ready undergone a dial in about plus three
overexposure just in case a while shoot up here because I don't
type
I cinema right hand about if you can see through the water
Wow subclans now up
my mom to 3 feet below the harp
coming
here lap
I mean it's an amazing amazing experience
not cork I even as %uh and have missed it just about that we got a while nice
how
astonishing this is an amazing experience and the great memories
not the most exciting pictures but we got to y'alls to come back miles
checking us out
and they are checking us out these wild wild taken just
to whatever the hell they won me chuckling
happens and if it up well the current you know
okay me as I can I ruler here we go
the big tarp
up
1 I'll look that bad
how close is than up
I ruler
wonder how
get the water yellow by dropping the shop now but we can see
the wells nice but we can all see what's going on below the water
it is kinda caressing it so
maybe this is one little tender Whaley moment
we are drifting closer but they say they would prefer their way if they decide
they don't want us
either that or practice at the water with the tie-up
the latter the batting with the tile but then again it's what you gonna start the
engine casing
I mean if they are in the throes of
I look at
happened perhaps perhaps just amazing
up I
I'm not going you guys much in wave camera technique and my cousin getting
too carried away with taking pictures
but it really is a case if national events we got a good
that the field I'm not using anything like polarizer I don't use UV skylight
feel for them anything over the lands are just one
me and Wales and nothing else
my other pretty cool abstract
when they were both on the surface and you could get some pretty cool
wide angles you know these two while notice taken out of the water with all
this expansive scenes going going on
account get that want to this lens I'm a mess around changing it know me at have
two bodies one with a wide lens on
moment longer length but there are such things as hand luggage restrictions and
he went on holiday in
and you guys might be outlook
up like crap
in the right place at the right time
while yes
it's amazing they just kind of let us be here really in it
her
me really
we are drifting right onto them actually at the moment
up we are right on top with MI
than I A maybe should start up drawn back off a bit
mile
we're gonna
were bumping a while hunt not sure how pretty much
that might be junk that did with so close within about 3 fate
spike children while right under a spin on a great trip
on while
touching about really
just knows the up
he got me i Mac so we had the night at the Y which is now using the boat was
just like
death and then if you had Lexie say she's really tend to prefer them and see
if
Township the Deathly coming towards us again and I
we just backed off to give them space in the coming this way
luck outlook we got some rodeo from the back going on
times there does the coming to us luck
maybe they're really curious about something I guess
long as the area is easy I there's no two ways about it is slightly on now
serving being this close to such an immense and powerful creature is net up
yep they are so powerful they can just up
the fact that they kinda wanna come and check us out is a little bit on Irving
nicely with the other one comp
right underneath all
Wow
Creek and some great close up while nose after the water shots
you know this is just incredibly rare what does that just remain the main
Claire of your myspace weeping ridiculously reckless and stupid thing
this close
on I'm
now just trying to get some nice kinda abstractly shots the shiny black
skin with the to them pumping their backs
they were focused on the whole week the isn't enough contrast that something to
watch for wouldn't focus fast enough
trick is to then find a line you know where there's a glistening bit on the
back to the way against the water
put the little focus still there and focus on that all out we gotta
wrinkly old why was head poking out here that's probably not very flattering as
it currently a whale's head
yeah she might be listening sorry my dear you beautiful
who you are this
Wow this finding something for the old folks to lock onto
don't useful autofocus full all over matrix autofocus I was trying this the
other day
and it just wouldn't work it was focusing everywhere but where r
wanted it to they're really curious about a song I
while up
no can you smell the breath
boy naw look at
up
look at that was amazing experience insight
if we could have something like this going on tonight when the Sun is no more
than
unite an hour above the horizon see have lovely warm red glowing sidelight is
kinda coming across the water that the absolutely phenomenal
that for now I think its gonna sit and enjoy the experience kisses
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