4 days of Photo Clinic
Four intense days have now passed, and we have been so lucky with the weather for the Photo Clinic!
Day 1
Heavy snowfall! First we did some avalanche awareness training with Remo up at the igloo at Trübsee. At the Photo Clinic we do off-piste ski photography, so everybody MUST know how to act in case of an avalanche! After the training we did some shooting on the Titlis side, but the bad visibility made us go to the Brunni side. And it was perfect conditions for today's task - Elinchrom Quadra Flash Photography. A solid base with 30 cm of cold and fresh snow. Oscar and Remo did the modeling while Adam, Hans and Micke did the shooting. The main difference shooting with an external flash is that you only have one chance of capturing the image (due to the charging time of the flash system). Normally you shoot a lot of images during a session. I was surprised of the result, some really good images. Why am I surprised? Because it is not easy!
Avalanche training with Remo.
Flash photography on Brunni.
Day 2
Once again Brunni. Good snow but limited visibility was the reason today as well. Now it was time to try different angels and different ways of capturing the images. The snow was not as good as the day before, but hey, good enough! Remo, Oscar and Jesper did the modeling among the few trees you are allowed skiing next to at Brunni. On the day's last run we ended up at Schwand, and we caught a taxi back to the hotel Hoheneck.
Oscar not really finding the right position (pretty uncommon I must say) on the way down to Schwand.
Day 3
Clear blue sky! Today was the touring day. Remo decided to make the tour up to Schaftal. This was the first time touring for Adam, Hans and Micke, and they did a good job! This day's task was to play around with composition while heading for some back country off-piste skiing. It is important to have a reason for the composition. Why putting the shadow there, and not there? Why putting the skier there and not there? Always a thought with the image before you capture it! The snow was a bit crusty making the skiing slightly harder compared to the previous days. After the ski tour, it was time for lunch, before we headed down the Galitberg as the last run of the day.
Ski touring shooting.
Nice views and an untracked valley (except for our tracks).
Day 4
Sore legs and sore knees. Day 3 was hard, but the crew was all eager to capture some more ski images. Today's mission for everyone was to capture images while doing the whole work flow thing on their own. The snow conditions was really bad and the light was.... grey. But that's the way it is sometimes! We found a nice cliff on the Brunni side and Oscar did a bit of jumping. After lunch Engelberg (including Brunni and Titlis) disappeared into a big cloud. So, we headed down for the daily image preview at Hoheneck, but this day a bit earlier compared to the previous days.
Adam after a close up ski photography session!
If you are keen on the results, just stay tuned. They will soon be posted!
- Number of missed volcanic eruptions: 2
- Number of days on the mountain: 22
- Number of travelled hours: 30
- Number of meter with skins under my skis: 1700
