Old images re visited
I’ve been going through my galleries over on my Smugmug site, trying to weed out some of the lower resolution images. They’ve just made UK printing available for the first time, so I’m taking time to prepare some older shots, to try this new service out.
This image, was one of the earlier images that I took with my GH1, back in 2009 ( which seems like yesterday ). I’d noticed some noise in the version that was in my galleries, so took the original RAW and tried to clean it up again. This is about as far as I could get with it, processing in Silkypix, but it does seem to me to be an improvement over the first version I made back then.
The photo is of the Gorge du Dard, below Mont Saxonnex in France, where I lived for several years. Just above here is a waterfall , which i’ve filmed and photographed a few times. Beautiful spot.
Mountain Race clip ( Cenise Bargy )
I was back in Haute Savoie last weekend and amongst other things, shot a ski mountain race, which I’ve done regularly for the last few years. The shooting conditions were way far from ideal, with rain falling at the start line in the morning.
The race, like a good meal, is in 3 courses. 2 ski mountaineering courses combined with one cross country ski course. Competitors take part as relay teams ( one for each course ) or, as individuals completing all three! It’s primarily a fun event, but still a tough undertaking, especially with knee breaking wet snow. Even with the conditions, spirits were high for everyone involved and even though filming it was quite demanding, I had a lot of fun.
Here is a highlights reel from the day. If you want to find out more about the race, or watch other videos from other years, then visit cenisebargy.fr ( in French )
Posts of Christmas past No.4
Another old seasonal shot for my Christmas week posts (missed out yesterday)…
The story cabin, at L’Hameau de Pere Noel ( Santas Village ). The village is an old savoyard farm, complete with toy workshop, reindeer hospital and living quarters for Santa and the elves. The story room, is where Mrs Claus reads a story to all the kids, while they sit around on blankets. An amazing day out if you’re in the area of Annecy/Geneva before Christmas.
Posts of Christmas past No.3
Another old seasonal shot for my Christmas week posts…
A day filming 2 years ago, where I had a thousand mini avalanches around me, as the heavily snow laden trees gave up under the weight and heating from the sun.
Posts of Christmas past No.2
Another old seasonal shot for my Christmas week posts…
Taken with my ex E410. It looks colder than I actually remember it this day. Taken on the Plateau de Solaison and looking straight into the low winter sun.
Posts of Christmas past
I’ve been sorting through hard drives over the last few weeks, trying to order some of my work from the last year or so. With the amount of seasonal material that I’ve got, I thought it would be an idea to creating a daily rolling post of old photos, for Christmas week…
Taken after a fresh snow fall, the forest at Le Bete, above Mont Saxonnex.
Avalanche documentary update
Last winter was a bit of a strange mix weather wise and a lot of Europe was affected by the snow that came in December ( I spent the weekend with my family at Geneva airport, trying to return to the UK ). But the 2011/12 winter season turned out to be far from a bumper season snow wise.
One affect of this, on me at least, was a sparse season of filming for my avalanche project. Little snow cover, meant fewer opportunities to film spring avalanches. As the winter turned into spring, the dry conditions continued and as there was a lack of melting snow, a lot of the normally high rivers and streams completely dried up. What this coming winter brings is far from sure, but I think it’s safe to say, prepare for the unexpected.
Anyway here is a small taster of last season, which should hopefully give some idea of what the project is all about. I’ve dedicated a page to this film here, which has a little more info on the subject.
