The Coldest Place I’ve Ever Photographed
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- čas přidán 15. 04. 2023
- Last month I had the opportunity to spend some time deep in the Arctic Circle in Ilulissat, Greenland. Spending time there in winter brought with it some challenges with the extreme cold, but more than anything it was an opportunity to try to put together a portfolio of images that reflected how the place felt.
Chapters
0:29 Introduction
1:45 Part 1 - Discovering Ilulissat
4:04 Part 2 - Photographing Icebergs
9:31 Part 3 - Disko Bay
13:23 Conclusion
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Me out loud during any Andy Mumford video - "How!? How are his photos always so good!?" 😳 We need an Andy Mumford editing course!
Haha, thanks so much 🙏 It's nice that you enjoy the videos and photos
Incredible images. The desaturation does wonders for the mood and feel, I think.
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Drone images are GREAT - super high tripod image photography!
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wow, that video intro is unreal beauty. stunning!
Thanks for the comment Brian, really glad you enjoyed the video
Fantastic flight, beautiful scenery, thank you 👍
Indeed, it was one of the most incredible flights I've ever done
Beautiful images and thanks for sharing!
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Massive likes and support
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this is so inspirational! Now I have to add this to my bucket list!
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Everything is already said! Just fantastic. Congratulations and as always, thank you so much Andy! Best greetings from Bogota,Colombia!
Thanks so much Tomas, really glad you enjoyed the video
I used to fly an ATR 42 (a little bigger than the Dash 8 in the video) for Continental Express down in Texas and it was great fun. BUT, what a job flying the Dash 8 from Iceland to Greenland once a week must be. Now THAT would be really something special. 🧑✈👍🙂
It's an amazing trip in the winter. Going there we were above the north Atlantic ice sheets, and then coming back we had constant aurora around the plane all the way
What a great video! Well done!
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oMG>>>Living vicariously through your beautiful videos. I look forward to each one. Thank you!
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Your channel is tooo underrated.
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Beautiful images and excellent explanations ... as usual. Great video
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holy moly these are amazing! I wish it wasn't so cold there :(
Thanks so much. It was indeed, pretty cold!
Surviving in -20C is a heroism itself
Haha, thank you
Andy- Thank you for a really insightful video tour! The images are amazing and your explanations of how they were created are so helpful.
Thanks so much, really glad you enjoyed the video
Awesome video Andy, love your images and style of edit
Thanks so much Tom, glad you enjoyed the video
Great work as always my friend! Looking simply stunning!
Thanks Torsten, it was a special trip. You should come with us next time 😉 Hope all is good with you
Such a beautiful experience this must have been Andy! Really enjoyed the video!
Cheers Mark, glad you enjoyed it. I'm a little bit jealous of your Bali trip..it's a wonderful place and I'd love to go back. You're heading out to Greenland in the summer, right? You'll love it, it's a stunning place
@@AndyMumford Yes, I’ll be there this August and very much looking forward to it. Your video got me even more excited for the trip!!
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@@MarkDenneyPhoto You'll love it. I heard that in the summer, when the temperature rises, there's a lot more ice in the bay, as it's frozen and locked up in the winter. It should be amazing
Well done Andy! Beautiful. Shooting from a boat like that is tough to get scale. I battled that last year on a trip to Alaska and shooting glaciers etc. Something so massive looks tiny on the screen. Never could get the angle where there was another boat in the foreground for scale. Excellent and well produced as always!
Thanks so much for the comment, glad you enjoyed the video. The scale and depth was a constant issue when shooting from the boat. It had been quite sunny, so a lot of the sea ice had disappeared which meant we rarely had foregrounds in the water
So many excellent photos, I'm absolutely impressed. Even the dog photos, which I didn't expect, are great.
Thanks so much for the comment, glad you enjoyed the video and photos
Phenomenal vid and images, Andy. Greenland has been on my list for a while---your vid pushes it even higher on that list! Cheers
Thanks for the comment, glad you enjoyed the video. Greenland had been on my list for a long while and it didn't disappoint. I'll be back again in summer next year on the eastern coast, and then returning here the following winter. It's a wonderful place
You are on another level! I'm amazed
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Brilliant. Awesome. What an incredible place and the images are superb.
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Really great video as usual Andy. Nice intro with the drone highlighting the glaciers and alpenglow. Looks like a wonderful trip and you survived the dog mushing too. 🙂
Thanks Tom, glad you enjoyed it. Yeah, the dog mushing was fun, although the smell doesn't really come across in the video 😀 One of the sleds did hit a rock and tip over, spilling two guys on the workshop, but they weren't going fast and just ended up eating a bit of snow. Hope you're well
What an exciting adventure. While some of us may focus on capturing still images, the videos adds so much context. Thanks for the memories!
Cheers Tom, it really was a special trip...and a big part of that was the company 🙂 Indeed, I always wish I'd shot more video as it's just a totally different perspective than still images.
Some of the best images of the place I have seen? Thank you Andy.
Thanks so much for the comment, glad you enjoyed the images Luigi
Thank you for this wonderful video, explaining the composition struggle and still providing images that are of course incredible! You are a master of your craft! What a beautiful place to be, and you were quite lucky with the weather over all (complaining about blue skies in Greenland…😏), I would say.
Thank you for your work!
Thanks so much, glad you enjoyed the video. As ford skies...hahaha, I have a problem with clear blue skies. I live in Lisbon and we have clear blue skies for 300 days a year (or more) and it's my absolute least favourite conditions to shoot in. I much prefer overcast weather, and that's kind of what's normal in Greenland at that time of year. We had a freak week where it was just sunny all the time.
Going in August. I appreciate your photo tips. This video is super helpful. Thanks!
Have a great trip, it's an amazing place
Wow, just wow! How exciting and energizing to "discover" a new place. It certainly appeared to recharge you. Bravo! Bill
Thanks so much, it's always nice to visit a new place, and I found Greenland pretty magical
Unbelievable is all I can really say. I appreciate you Andy!
Thanks for the comment, really glad you enjoyed the video
Thanks for this beautifull content!
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amazing
Thanks so much 🙏
Great video Andy! What a great workshop we had and it's always a pleasure working together with you. Hopefully I can get my video out next week 😊
Cheers Jeroen, it was a fantastic trip and great to work with you
Awesome 🍷
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Oh look what we got here, another amazing video from one of the best Andy Mumford. Your photography and passion for it is truly helpful and amazing. I look forward to all your videos.
By the way Andy, if you want a unique experience like Greenland you should come to Newfoundland, Canada. Those icebergs from Greenland will traveling down the Labrador Sea for some time before reaching Newfoundland but they’re magnificent. If you want to view some photos of Newfoundland you should look Ray Mackey Photography. There’s a lot that Newfoundland would offer you.
Thanks so much, really glad you enjoyed the video. Eastern Canada should be amazing...there are so many places I want to visit, the problem is finding the time
What a place! I hope I can join you in Namibia or the Dolomites one day, Andy. Thanks as always. 👍
Thanks of the comment Peter, glad you enjoyed the video. Hope to see you in Namibia or the Dolomites at some point
Great video and photos 👍❄️🙂
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Jaw dropping pictures🔥 Hats off Sir ❤️
Many many thankss for the amazing Video and beautiful pictures
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Fantastic video, fantastic pictures, as always I have to say. There were some outstanding pictures in your video, no matter if there was an interesting foreground or not - you managed very well to capture the essence and the feel of this beautiful place and you simply made the very best out of the situation. And you had some incredible beautiful light
Brings back so much memory - I was there in summer 2012, hiking the 170 km Acrtic Circle Trail from Kangerslussuaq to Sisimiut in 9 days, then stayed one week at Sisimiut, then one week at Ilulissat. There was plenty of time to discover all the places, but because of the long trail where you had to bring and carry everything you needed for this trip including food (25Kg + weight backpack) I only had very compact camera equipment with me.
Although it was summer, the Ilulissat Ice Fjord was packed much more with icebergs back then. I do not know if this has to do with global warming within this small time gap, but it puts me in a reflective mood....
Greetings, Bernd
Thanks so much for the comment Bernd, that sounds like an amazing trip you did, I can't imagine how challenging it was.
As for the icebergs, I have heard that there's always more ice in the bay in the summer, as in winter most of it is frozen up in the glacier, but when the temperatures rise they break off and float into the bay. However, we saw how far the glaciers have receded over the last years and it's incredibly noticeable.
Brings back memories of when I was a young helicopter mechanic working in the High Arctic, like in Eureka , North West Territories, Cape Perry on the Canadian DEW line, (Distant Early Warning), Axel Heiburg Island etc. We could only fly when the temps moved to above -40C (=-40F) . Did two tours 6-8 weeks each, one summer, one winter. Lots of ice berg photos, even landed on some of the larger ones. Film camera , always tucked into your heavy coat & down vest so the film wouldn't freeze & break.O agrees C was T shirt weather !.
Thanks for the comment. Glad you enjoyed the video, that sounds like an incredible experience you had. Haha, it's interesting what you say about cold, because when you're there, 0ºC really does feel balmy and warm (when there's no wind of course). I much prefer cold to heat. I live in southern Europe and summer temperatures regularly go above 40ºC where I am, and there's not much you can do in that heat. Cold weather though...decent clothing and you're fine.
iam saving money. cant wait to join your workshop love form india
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Hi Andy, big fan of your work. I have seen almost all of your Lightroom videos, and they have been very very helpful for me! Can you do a basic video editing tutorial from the perspective of a landscape photographer .. like for drone videos and so..
? Like small color correction, etc. for photographers who want to get into video.
Thanks so much for the comment, really glad you enjoyed the video. Doing a video on colour grading is on my to do list.
By far, one of the best tog videos I seen in a long time. As always, your videos are full of not only photography content, but about these amazing locations.
Do you mind me asking how much impact did the freezing temperatures have on both the drone, and the camera battery?
Look forward to your future content.
Thanks for the comment, it's really nice that you enjoyed the video. With batteries, I didn't notice a significant difference. I kept spare batteries in a chest pocket (next to my body where it's warmer) rather than in my bag, and with the drone, once it's operating then it heats up and there's not a huge difference in flight time. It's only when the batteries are in teh bags in the cold for long periods that it becomes an issue
Another fabulous video with amazing photos and really helpful insights and tips. I always learn something when I tune in. Your videos and photos are awe-inspiring Andy - thanks for the great content 🙏👍
Thanks so much for the comment Valerie, really glad you enjoy the videos
A lot of people would be interested in exploring the quality of their phone's raw photos compared to those from real cameras. How much can Topaz improve? Especial under not ideal situations such as night scene and zoom. Would you consider doing an in-depth video on that?
Thanks for the comment. You can get decent web images from a phone, but they don't hold up to printing any significant size, and the dynamic range isn''t particularly good, particularly if you have the sun in the image...the light and colour banding isn't handled well
Another incredible video, thank you Andy. My question is how you dealt with the weather. Any changes to your normal routine to account for it? And did the two-glove setup you talked about in your gear video work well? I find it tricky to manipulate the camera in the extreme cold here in Canada with big gloves.
Thanks so much. To be honest, the cold didn't really change my routine that much. It was certainly colder here than anywhere else I've been, but with the exception of warmer base layers I used pretty much the same gear that I would in Lofoten and Iceland in the winter, where it's also quite a way below freezing. I actually very rarely use both pairs of gloves at the same time, I tend to just have either the mittens or the liners when I'm shooting, and just put the second layer on if I get really cold and stop shooting. The hardest thing I've found is drone flying because your hands aren't moving and they get very very cold
@@AndyMumford Thanks for the detailed response!
Love it man! Instantly subbed, wonderful work.
I am going in middle of June and i am taking my Mavic 3 with me. Did you have any problems with lost signal to the drone or gps errors? And i have just a single lens 160-500 do you think i would need another one considering i am morr into drone photography
Thanks for the comment. I didn't have any issues at all with signal or GPS issues with the Mavic 3, it was really smooth. The 150-500 lens will be great, and you'll use it a lot, but I'd be tempted to have a wide angle as well for around the town, or for when you're on the boat and you want to use the foreground ice
Awesome Location, how did you get around via Jeep or Dogsled? Very great video as always-
Thanks so much Nico, glad you enjoyed the video. Getting around wasn't really an issue as we stayed in once place, and Ilulissat isn't a big town. The harbour for the boat was a short drive from the hotel down to the harbour in a taxi van, the dog sledding was a short walk from the hotel, and the location above the bay where we photographed and flew drones from was about 20 minutes walk out of town.
What a fabulous location, and beautiful work! How did the camera and drone batteries stand up to the low temperatures?
Thanks so much for the comment Mark. With batteries, I didn't notice a significant difference. I kept spare batteries in a chest pocket (next to my body where it's warmer) rather than in my bag, and with the drone, once it's operating then it heats up and there's not a huge difference in flight time. It's only when the batteries are in teh bags in the cold for long periods that it becomes an issue
@@AndyMumford Thanks Andy. Useful advice. I've fancied doing the Arctic Circle Trail for quite some time. Your vid has renewed my interest!
Andy, could I ask what your thoughts on fuji color profiles and white balance are? are these things you typically change up, and what profiles do you use, if any? Thanks!
Thanks for the comment. All my images are shot RAW, so colour profiles aren't something I particularly use. Likewise white balance...because I shoot RAW it's always adjusted in post
@@AndyMumford ah of course, I should've known that.. I know it's largely your experience, skill and artistic choices that draw me to your photos so much, but I'm just trying to understand if there's also something inherent about Fuji's files I prefer over my own on Sony. Another video you posted had wedding photos you had taken on a Nikon that looked incredible too, so I guess I just need to keep practicing and learning!
Out of curiosity, did you shoot the entire trip with medium format / drones? I guess less hiking so weight is less of an issue (so no need for APS-C)?
I shot most of the images with the GFX, although there are a couple with the XT5 when I needed the mid range. As you said, there was very little hiking so weight wasn't really an issue