You may have seen this video already but if not have a look, it's well worth it. A friend of mine just told me about it and I'm pretty blown away. I've worked on a lot of shoots with professional athletes and their skill level and ability to execute under pressure never ceases to amaze me. This video takes that skill and tests it on another level.
This is the behind the scenes video of how it was made if you need to solve the mystery.
Back in the land of high speed internet so as promised Part 2 of my winter 2011 snowboard photography slideshow.
Different song. Some new photos and 2 minutes of your life you will never get back!
I will be dropping the full version of this slideshow, 10 minutes of action, landscapes and lifestyles, later today so stay tuned (or get tuned and then watch it.....................)
Remember: watch it in HD if you can!
2011 Year in Review - Short Version 2 from colinadair on Vimeo.
Different version with different music and some different photos. Music by The Breeders
I've been working on this for a while but I've also been actually working so it took a little longer than I thought. I know you've all been waiting for this so here it is. Well. PART 1 anyway. I've got a few more sllideshows from my 2011 photography done as well but one at a time..........damn!
Here it is. 2011 condensed into about 2.5 minutes. That's a year of my life crushed into a internet friendly timespace and size.
PLEASE, if you have Apple TV or a big screen watch it in HD it's so much better than this pinner version (Don't just click enlarge because it will look pixelated and you will think my photos suck!). Respect.
Riders include: Devun Walsh, Iikka Backstrom, Ryan Tiene, Aaron Biittner, Jody Wachniak, Andrew Geeves, Kimmy Fasani, Jonas Carlsson and a few others.............Music is by David Bowie.
If you like that you can watch the slideshows from 2010 here:
http://blog.colinadair.com/_blog/Colin_Adair_Photography_Blog/post/2010_in_the_Rearview_Year_in_Review_for_You/
So you've hopefully seen the cover of Snowboard Magazine of Devun Walsh already? If not scroll down to check it out. The hardcopy of this issue just arrived and inside is the interview of Devun Walsh and Iikka Backstrom. Tons of photos and sequences from last winter.
Here is the opening spread which we shot while in New Zealand last month for the DC 2013 Catalog shoot. Check out some of the 'B' roll shots that didn't make the cut for the article. I've had this idea for a while so was glad to finally have a chance to shoot it.
Well. It was quite a night as Vancouver played host to BrainFarm Digital Cinema and The Art of Flight. This movie definitely needs to be seen to be believed. I highly reccommend watching it on the big screen if you get a chance.
I wasn't able to get my hands on any copies of the book but I was assured one or two would be coming to my doorstep soon. Stay tuned.
And because I didn't take any photos at the premier here are a few more outtakes from my trip to Patagonia with BrainFarm last year:
The landscape photographers dream location.
On our way down to Patagonia we stopped in Punta Arenas for a few days. We showed up at this little ski hill to ride and get rid of our "plane legs". We walked into the rental shop and the kid in there was watching "That's It. That's All". He could not believe that Travis Rice and Mark Landvik were standing in his little shop. He kept looking at the TV and then looking at Travis. He really was almost speechless. We rode around the mountain and this local must have called his buddies because all of a sudden there were about 10 kids riding with us. They kept calling him "Traveeeece" and "Trice". It was a fun day. Here's a shot of Travis just soaking Mark in the old puddle spray trick.
Lando spent a lot of time getting wet on this trip for some reason.
Travis caught some sea urchins and we made ceviche out of it later that night.
Alejo waiting for the helicopter to come in for refueling.
The Director Curt Morgan with the ultra slow motion Phantom camera. The shots from this scene in the movie are amazing.
Our pilot who barely spoke english and seems to barely fit in the heli in this photo. The language barrier was a bit of an issue for Curt who needed to direct the pilot how and where to fly the heli while he was filming. You can see the camera mounted under the heli. Curt sits in the front seat with a control station and monitor to operate the camera.
Curt Morgan.
Travis Rice.
Alejo.
Star gazing and sweet berry wine go hand in hand.
That's it. That's all...............sorry couldn't resist.
In case you have been recently comatose or in the 8% of the world where Facebook and the internet don't exist then you know that the new BrainFarm Travis Rice movie, The Art of Flight, has been released. Hopefully you've seen a big screen HD version otherwise you are missing out. Well, actually, I wouldn' know cause I haven't seen it yet but that's what I'm told. I'm holding out for Wednesday's Vancouver premier where I will be front row with my 3D glasses and garbage bag of popcorn.
I was lucky enough to go on a trip with Travis, Mark Landvik and the BrainFarm crew to Southern Chile's Patagonia region almost one year ago to the day. Followers of this blog will have seen those posts. If not, go here.
Now a year later, the movie is out. There is also a very limited edition book that contains some of my photos from that trip to Chile. I haven't seen it yet but I'm sure it's awesome. I will have copies soon and if I get enough we'll be doing a giveaway for sure.
In honour of the anticipation of the movie and book and a good night out on Wednesday, here are some unseen outtakes from my trip to Chile with BrainFarm Cinema. Hopefully I'll have some photos from the premier night as well:
Look really close and you'll see Antarctica..........Ok, not actually but it was only about a 1000 kms away as the crow flies.
Travis with the Red, White and Blue.
Apparently there are a lot of these in the movie.
If you were following the original blog posts you would know that we had less than ideal snow conditions on this trip. On an off day we took the super charged Chilean military helicopter to the moon. This is director Curt Morgan after being told by the heli pilot that he couldn't bring any moon rocks home with him.
This is Alejo, our Chilean logistics coordinator. He spends his summers guiding in Antarctica. He had so many stories and became the trip guru. You just never knew what he was going to say next.
This is Fan Fan (Stefan) our french ski guide. His home base is Chamonix so he knows how to get really gnarly.
Rice and Landvik charging to the next unknown, unexplored descent.
Alejo once again just because he was so fucking cool.............
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