After years of finger-crossing and well-wishing, I finally got the chance to visit Iceland on a commercial shoot a couple months ago. It was worth the wait, but I can’t say I’d want to wait that long again to return. Iceland was the definition of magical, and the light was to die for. And it went on. And on. We put in 16-hour days and grabbed a TON of shots and footage [see some of the behind-the-scenes stills from the shoot here], almost too much to cram into one short RAW vid. If you dig what you see, tell us in the comments below, cuz we’re considering putting together a Part II.
Once again I’ve got to give a shout out to ProFilm for hooking us up with Marteinn Ibsen and Arnaldur Halldórsson, two incredible local producers who drove us across their land to all the must-see and must-shoot spots. Our time with them serves as a lesson to anyone heading abroad for travel or a shoot: get in with some locals early or ahead of time to get pointed in the right direction, particularly if you’re short on time.
As is customary these days, we took to the air, chartering helicopters and flying affordable drone quadcopters too. [Stay tuned for a special chasejarvisTECH episode featuring some ill-fated experimentation with the DJI quadcopter and a roll of gaffer’s tape.]
Music by Big Chocolate.
Awesome and inspirational work, as always. Would love to see part II of this project. Maybe put a map of Iceland online and pinpoint the must-see locations?
Great video. It’s always a pleasant video from Chase anyways…
Is this entire video made also with a Nikon camera? I have a feel that it is, because everything has a yellow and green tone… even in the scenes where nothing should have any yellow or green.
Um… Shot with a canon 5d mark 3.
Hey Chase,
I was just wondering if you’re planning to make a video about motion-timelapses, equipment, considerations, portability.
–SH
Yes! Put out one time lapse how to from South Africa last year. Can find it here in the blog w a quick search. Have another time lapse vid coming out from this trip soon too. Hope thst helps
Thanks chase! I found one on your youtube channel. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6NbQWUs_KI)
But what about the ones that there is motion! I guess you use some kind of sliders or rotation mechanism…
Thanks! –SH
Hey Chase, I definitely would love to see a part II to this, I’ve been wanting to go to Iceland for years now, and I came so close this summer, but my backpacking travels didn’t make it that far. These videos keep my inspirational juices flowing, especially now that I’m starting college and don’t have nearly as much time to put into my photography as I’d like or have in the past. If you ever come over to the east coast, Baltimore/Johns Hopkins area, I’ll be ready to help out in any way I can.
Keep shooting, buddy, these videos rock.
Dylan
Love your stuff Chase…always great…um….this awkward but, is the videographer of this around, cause right now he/she is the one I want to hear from 🙂
Glad you’re a fan of my work, Jeremy!
Erik rocks it