Feb 18 2010

Simon Carter on Rock Climbing Photography

Category: Creative Process, PhotographersEthan G. Salwen @ 9:49 am

Yesterday I featured an amazing video by Simon Carter. Today, I point you to a second video featuring Carter, in which he talks (with an amazing, grounded calm) about exactly what goes into making great rock climbing images.

Both videos are featured in a Carter’s blog post yesterday, in which he gives the back story of the assignment.

Carter’s blog will be an RSS feed must for any photographers interested in rock climbing and what goes into making adventure images.

In this video, I love it when Carter talks about creating a “nice, stable platform to work from” — as he twists and turns in a harness tethered to multiple points on different cliffs. : )) Continue reading “Simon Carter on Rock Climbing Photography”

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Feb 17 2010

Simon Carter Proves The Soaring Possibilities of DSLR Video

Category: Multimedia & Video, Technology InsightsEthan G. Salwen @ 7:00 pm

Can photographers make truly high quality videos using a DSLR? Rock climbing photographer extraordinaire Simon Carter offers a resounding “Yes!” with this amazing video, which he captured with a Nikon D3S, produced for Nikon Professional Services.

Watch this video (in HD, full screen!) and be inspired about the evolving possibilities of capturing motion using “still” cameras.

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