Here's the peak where today's first light morning shoot went down. Tasty.
Our scout + the weather report (scheduled for perfect sunshine) yielded information that we must shoot our epic heli shot first thing in the morning. That was this morning. So day 2 — originally our scouting day — has now transformed into not just a shooting day, but another EPIC shooting day, complete with two ad shots, helicopters, world class athletes, first light and…a 3:30am wakeup time. Here was our schedule…
3:30am wakeup call
4:00am call time
weather is epic.
5:00am crew unit 1 (production team + athletes) takes snowcat to ski area summit – crew hikes
6:00am crew unit 2 (photog + camera support + creative director) at heli-port
7:00 the two crews unite to photograph athletes for advert #1 atop the peek from the heli
8:30 – 11:00 shoot athletes from the snow surface for backup of advert #1
11-1pm lunch (I had a burger with lettuce bun, tuna steak, small bowl of chili)
1-4pm united crew shoots ad #2
4-6pm download cards, get a beer and plan for tomorrow
6-8pm dinner with crew
Quick summary: all of the shooting today went aces – volume was up at 11. We greased the helicopter shoot right off the bat, and then worked numerous hours in the chowdery snow in Highland bowl for backup to ad #1. It was warm by the time we got to ad #2 and the snow was setting up, but we managed to find some fresh, sticky snow remaining on northwest facing slopes that completely salvaged the shot. Turned out far better than we’d thought – surprise and delight all around. We have a killer crew. Click thru the tabs at the top of this page for BTS snapshots from scout day and first thing this morning… Obviously more to come.
Oh…and on deck for tomorrow?? Remote control helicopter flying cine and still cameras overhead! Whammo.
Possible drama: weather looks to be turning to crap.
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Did you happen to shoot anything on the big burn?
Street Lovely
Little question Chase, will we get to see the photos you’re shooting in either your portfolio or in a blog post here? I’m really curious what they look like 🙂
sorry – cant see the campaign images or outtakes till the campaign launches in the autumn.
Aha, I see, but when the campaign launches, will the photos appear in the campaign portfolio? Would be awesome 🙂
Thx for replying
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How long did it take for you to get up from snow cat drop off to the Highlands summit? 😉
prolly took our crew 30-40 min or so on the first scout day. i’m sure you know its a doozie of a hike