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MOUNTAINLIFEBLUEMOUNTAINS
SUMMER2016
With all the great (and sometimes illegal) drone and aerial photography out
there today, this is clearly anold-school take on the bird’s eye view.
–NelsonPhillips
“I ended up getting the photo by videotaping the Bay
until lightning struck, then I took a screenshot the
moment the lightning hit the water.”
PAULREID’S
“DOWNHILLLAP”
AMississauga import toCollingwood, Paul Reid is a sought-after pro
videographerwhowas shooting some footy for BlueMountainwith aGoPro
Hero4 4K action camwhenhe decided to take a laphimself at the endof the
day.This video still framewas captured from a helmetmount.
Someworking artists take issuewith social media sharing, filters, andhashtag
overuse, but Reidoffers up a refreshingperspective:“That’swhat Instagram
is for.Nowwhile attending an event there’s usually a hashtagor you can tag
whoever is hosting the event, and it essentially becomes free content for them.
It’s also always cool to look at the accounts or hashtags from somewhere like
BlueMountain to seewhat other creative shots people are getting at the same
place…Being a videographer I think it’s pretty cool howmuch content is
going through Instagram and social media these days.”
Itwasn’t until the recent advent of affordable 4Kdigital media technology that
video still frames became viable alternatives to traditional modes of digital
photography.The addedmegapixels andmetadata—and the ability to select
the perfect frame from a seemingly endless bag-of-tricks—is quicklymaking
videographers intobona fide action-sports still photographers.
LUKEWANSBROUGH’S
“GEORGIANBAYLIGHTNINGSTRIKE”
That’s not a lightningbolt, it’s a lightning trunk. Perched atopTheOrchard,
Collingwoodnative LukeWansbroughmanaged to snap this incredible shot
during a lake-effect thunderstorm last summer.
“I decided to try for a photoof the lightning striking thewater, but itwas too
difficult toget the right timing evenusing the burstmode onmy iPhone 5s. I
endedupgetting the photoby videotaping theBay until lightning struck, then
I took a screenshot themoment the lightninghit thewater and after a few
tries I eventually got the perfect shot.Onlyminutes after I postedmy photo,
the fine folks at BlueDM'dme on Instagram and asked if they couldusemy
photoon their page.”
Note the intensity of the light that’s resting just above the clouds—there’s
a lot goingonup there.And from this unique vantage point you canget a
sobering idea of just howbig that bolt really is by looking toNottawasaga
Island, off to the left, for perspective.
ANDREWRUSK’S
“BIRD’SEYEVIEW”
The tricky thing about social media sharing is sometimes photographers don’t
get the credit they deserve. In the infinite vastness of the internet sphere, it
unintentionally happensmore times thanwe probably care to imagine.This is a
case inpoint,where theResort tried togive credit to the best of its ability, but
only a first name—nousername or other details—linked the photograph to its
creator. Luckily,wemanaged toget in touchwithRusk,whodeserves credit for
this unique perspective.
Equippedwith aNikonD300with a 10.5mm lens, RuskwasTobermory-bound
for some fish and chipswithpilot buddyDan and their girlfriendswhenhe
snapped this photo.“We all snowboard at BlueMountain, and seeing it from
a bird's-eye viewwas a real treat. I wanted to capture the entire property
andhave some of the plane in frame, aswell.Danwas able to roll sideways
enough to allowme to snap a fewgood frames before levellingback out.The
shot turnedout pretty cool, and itwas definitely a favourite of the trip.”
