Hey All,
So I concluded my Patagonia workshop a couple of days ago and returned back home yesterday. It was great and we had a really good light. Despite that, I can tell you for sure that after 10 days of running around both countries we all were very tired and wanted to go home and rest...
A word of warning (in case you\'re thinking about going to Patagonia next year), I\'ve never seen so many people there before. The place (both Argentina and Chile) were \"infested\" with lots of massive groups taking all the best spots, and running into us on all hikes/roads. Most of them were from Russia, but some where also from US and other countries. Park rangers are freaking out now and in Argentina they are thinking about shutting some hikes down, or enforcing rules such as all hikes can be done with proper guides only (that have license etc.) I don\'t know the details but things don\'t look as good anymore as they used to.
I was there with only 4 people so I didn\'t have any problems, but from what I understand anything above 5 is already considered large group and requires a guide (that can cost $200 or more per single hike). Anyway, this was just a side note. Maybe you\'ll find it useful....
About my shots. Having been to Patagonia 4 times already I wanted to go and shot this beautiful land differently.
Almost all workshops/individuals go to the most common/known spots and shoot the same SH#$T over and over again. I can assure you that there\'s a lot more to Patagonia than Fitz Roy in Argentina, or Cuernos del Paine in Chile. It\'s seems no one is exploring the place further, or behind, or from left/right. It\'s all the same thing. I see on some social media websites, like Facebook or Instagram, shots with the same mountain ranges composed in exactly the same way, verbatim. Most photographers that visits Patagonia come with a vision of images that became preconceptions limiting the creative approach to the Patagonian landscape. It\'s great to get inspired by other\'s work but recreating it in exactly the same way won\'t get you anywhere.
Maybe this is what\'s causing all the problems in Patagonia now. Because everybody go to the same spot and if 40 people is standing in one small place, park ranges will obviously get freaked out. I was driving around the place, a lot. Exploring it more and looking at different mountains around too. There is tons of them and they all can look great. I used my 200-500 lens to zoom in and capture more drama of peaks that otherwise look too small to even notice them. It can be impossible to hike to some of them so zooming can only get you the shot... In Argentina rivers are beautiful (having so much glacier cement deposited in them), so they look blue and with the fall colors the scenery can looks amazing. Slowing the motion down a bit (river water\'s flow or clouds movement) with a 10 F-stops ND filter can make the place/scenery look different. I was doing exactly that....
Here is set of 5 images I already processed. Yes, I do have a couple of shots of Fitz Roy but I bet you haven\'t seen it from this angle and/or location.
Hey All,
So I concluded my Patagonia workshop a couple of days ago and returned back home yesterday. It was great and we had a really good light. Despite that, I can tell you for sure that after 10 days of running around both countries we all were very tired and wanted to go home and rest...
A word of warning (in case you\'re thinking about going to Patagonia next year), I\'ve never seen so many people there before. The place (both Argentina and Chile) were \"infested\" with lots of massive groups taking all the best spots, and running into us on all hikes/roads. Most of them were from Russia, but some where also from US and other countries. Park rangers are freaking out now and in Argentina they are thinking about shutting some hikes down, or enforcing rules such as all hikes can be done with proper guides only (that have license etc.) I don\'t know the details but things don\'t look as good anymore as they used to.
I was there with only 4 people so I didn\'t have any problems, but from what I understand anything above 5 is already considered large group and requires a guide (that can cost $200 or more per single hike). Anyway, this was just a side note. Maybe you\'ll find it useful....
About my shots. Having been to Patagonia 4 times already I wanted to go and shot this beautiful land differently.
Almost all workshops/individuals go to the most common/known spots and shoot the same SH#$T over and over again. I can assure you that there\'s a lot more to Patagonia than Fitz Roy in Argentina, or Cuernos del Paine in Chile. It\'s seems no one is exploring the place further, or behind, or from left/right. It\'s all the same thing. I see on some social media websites, like Facebook or Instagram, shots with the same mountain ranges composed in exactly the same way, verbatim. Most photographers that visits Patagonia come with a vision of images that became preconceptions limiting the creative approach to the Patagonian landscape. It\'s great to get inspired by other\'s work but recreating it in exactly the same way won\'t get you anywhere.
Maybe this is what\'s causing all the problems in Patagonia now. Because everybody go to the same spot and if 40 people is standing in one small place, park ranges will obviously get freaked out. I was driving around the place, a lot. Exploring it more and looking at different mountains around too. There is tons of them and they all can look great. I used my 200-500 lens to zoom in and capture more drama of peaks that otherwise look too small to even notice them. It can be impossible to hike to some of them so zooming can only get you the shot... In Argentina rivers are beautiful (having so much glacier cement deposited in them), so they look blue and with the fall colors the scenery can looks amazing. Slowing the motion down a bit (river water\'s flow or clouds movement) with a 10 F-stops ND filter can make the place/scenery look different. I was doing exactly that....
Here is set of 5 images I already processed. Yes, I do have a couple of shots of Fitz Roy but I bet you haven\'t seen it from this angle and/or location.
Hey All,
So I concluded my Patagonia workshop a couple of days ago and returned back home yesterday. It was great and we had a really good light. Despite that, I can tell you for sure that after 10 days of running around both countries we all were very tired and wanted to go home and rest...
A word of warning (in case you\'re thinking about going to Patagonia next year), I\'ve never seen some many people there before. The place (both Argentina and Chile) were \"infested\" with lots of massive groups taking all the best spots, and running into us on all hikes/roads. Most of them were from Russia, but some where also from US and other countries. Park rangers are freaking out now and in Argentina they are thinking about shutting some hikes down, or enforcing rules such as all hikes can be done with proper guides only (that have license etc.) I don\'t know the details but things don\'t look as good anymore as they used to.
I was there with only 4 people so I didn\'t have any problems, but from what I understand anything above 5 is already considered large group and requires a guide (that can cost $200 or more per single hike). Anyway, this was just a side note. Maybe you\'ll find it useful....
About my shots. Having been to Patagonia 4 times already I wanted to go and shot this beautiful land differently.
Almost all workshops/individuals go to the most common/known spots and shoot the same SH#$T over and over again. I can assure you that there\'s a lot more to Patagonia than Fitz Roy in Argentina, or Cuernos del Paine in Chile. It\'s seems no one is exploring the place further, or behind, or from left/right. It\'s all the same thing. I see on some social media websites, like Facebook or Instagram, shots with the same mountain ranges composed in exactly the same way, verbatim. Most photographers that visits Patagonia come with a vision of images that became preconceptions limiting the creative approach to the Patagonian landscape. It\'s great to get inspired by other\'s work but recreating it in exactly the same way won\'t get you anywhere.
Maybe this is what\'s causing all the problems in Patagonia now. Because everybody go to the same spot and if 40 people is standing in one small place, park ranges will obviously get freaked out. I was driving around the place, a lot. Exploring it more and looking at different mountains around too. There is tons of them and they all can look great. I used my 200-500 lens to zoom in and capture more drama of peaks that otherwise look too small to even notice them. It can be impossible to hike to some of them so zooming can only get you the shot... In Argentina rivers are beautiful (having so much glacier cement deposited in them), so they look blue and with the fall colors the scenery can looks amazing. Slowing the motion down a bit (river water\'s flow or clouds movement) with a 10 F-stops ND filter can make the place/scenery look different. I was doing exactly that....
Here is set of 5 images I already processed. Yes, I do have a couple of shots of Fitz Roy but I bet you haven\'t seen it from this angle and/or location.
Hey All,
So I concluded my Patagonia workshop a couple of days ago and returned back home yesterday. It was great and we had a really good light. Despite that, I can tell you for sure that after 10 days of running around both countries we all were very tired and wanted to go home and rest...
A word of warning (in case you\'re thinking about going to Patagonia next year), I\'ve never seen some many people there before. The place (both Argentina and Chile) were \"infested\" with lots of massive groups taking all the best spots, and running into us on all hikes/roads. Most of them were from Russia, but some where also from US and other countries.
Park rangers are freaking out now and in Argentina they are thinking about shutting some hikes down, or enforcing rules such as all hikes can be done with proper guides only (that have license etc.) I don\'t know the details but things don\'t look as good anymore as they used to.
I was there with only 4 people so I didn\'t have any problems, but from what I understand anything above 5 is already considered large group and requires a guide (that can cost $200 or more per single hike). Anyway, this was just a side note. Maybe you\'ll find it useful....
About my shots. Having been to Patagonia 4 times already I wanted to go and shot this beautiful land differently. Almost all workshops/individuals go to the most common/known spots and shoot the same SH#$T over and over again. I can assure you that there\'s a lot more to Patagonia than Fitz Roy in Argentina, or Cuernos del Paine in Chile. It\'s seems no one is exploring the place further, or behind, or from left/right. It\'s all the same thing. I see on some social media websites, like Facebook or Instagram, shots with the same mountain ranges composed in exactly the same way, verbatim. Most photographers that visits Patagonia come with a vision of images that became preconceptions limiting the creative approach to the Patagonian landscape. It\'s great to get inspired by other\'s work but recreating it in exactly the same way won\'t get you anywhere.
Maybe this is what\'s causing all the problems in Patagonia now. Because everybody go to the same spot and if 40 people is standing in one small place, park ranges will obviously get freaked out. I was driving around the place, a lot. Exploring it more and looking at different mountains around too. There is tons of them and they all can look great. I used my 200-500 lens to zoom in and capture more drama of peaks that otherwise look too small to even notice them. It can be impossible to hike to some of them so zooming can only get you the shot... In Argentina rivers are beautiful (having so much glacier cement deposited in them), so they look blue and with the fall colors the scenery can looks amazing. Slowing the motion down a bit (river water\'s flow or clouds movement) with a 10 F-stops ND filter can make the place/scenery look different. I was doing exactly that....
Here is set of 5 images I already processed. Yes, I do have a couple of shots of Fitz Roy but I bet you haven\'t seen it from this angle and/or location.
Hey All,
So I concluded my Patagonia workshop a couple of days ago and returned back home yesterday. It was great and we had a really good light. Despite that, I can tell you for sure that after 10 days of running around both countries we all were very tired and wanted to go home and rest...
A word of warning (in case you\'re thinking about going to Patagonia next year), I\'ve never seen some many people there before. The place (both Argentina and Chile) were \"infested\" with lots of massive groups taking all the best spots, and running into us on all hikes/roads. Most of them were from Russia, but some where also from US and other countries. Park rangers are freaking out now and in Argentina they are thinking about shutting some hikes down, or enforcing rules such as all hikes can be done with proper guides only (that have license etc.) I don\'t know the details but things don\'t look as good anymore as they used to. I was there with only 4 people so I didn\'t have any problems, but from what I understand anything above 5 is already considered large group and requires a guide (that can cost $200 or more per single hike). Anyway, this was just a side note. Maybe you\'ll find it useful....
About my shots. Having been to Patagonia 4 times already I wanted to go and shot this beautiful land differently. Almost all workshops/individuals go to the most common/known spots and shoot the same SH#$T over and over again. I can assure you that there\'s a lot more to Patagonia than Fitz Roy in Argentina, or Cuernos del Paine in Chile. It\'s seems no one is exploring the place further, or behind, or from left/right. It\'s all the same thing. I see on some social media websites, like Facebook or Instagram, shots with the same mountain ranges composed in exactly the same way, verbatim. Most photographers that visits Patagonia come with a vision of images that became preconceptions limiting the creative approach to the Patagonian landscape. It\'s great to get inspired by other\'s work but recreating it in exactly the same way won\'t get you anywhere. Maybe this is what\'s causing all the problems in Patagonia now. Because everybody go to the same spot and if 40 people is standing in one small place, park ranges will obviously get freaked out. I was driving around the place, a lot. Exploring it more and looking at different mountains around too. There is tons of them and they all can look great. I used my 200-500 lens to zoom in and capture more drama of peaks that otherwise look too small to even notice them. It can be impossible to hike to some of them so zooming can only get you the shot... In Argentina rivers are beautiful (having so much glacier cement deposited in them), so they look blue and with the fall colors the scenery can looks amazing. Slowing the motion down a bit (river water\'s flow or clouds movement) with a 10 F-stops ND filter can make the place/scenery look different. I was doing exactly that....
Here is set of 5 images I already processed. Yes, I do have a couple of shots of Fitz Roy but I bet you haven\'t seen it from this angle and/or location.
Apr 23, 2016 at 05:59 PM
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