Human Planet is a landmark BBC One natural history series which starts on 13 January 2011.



More:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00llpvp
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/humanplanetexplorer/

Looks so awesome!

It was a little bit quiet on this blog lately. I had a busy time... But there are some projects in my pipeline I wanna show you guys soon. 2011 is going to be BIG!
Much love and peace,
Roman

I haven't watched lots of animation lately... today I stumbled upon this one. Woha, this is brilliant!


Dirty Deeds - Stupid People from Flying V on Vimeo.

Nice shortfilm from the guys at filmesdamente.com from Portugal.
Watch it if you have 15 minutes spare time...


Vicky and Sam from Nuno Rocha on Vimeo.

Puerto Rico is awesome! A great experience for sure! My first time filming professional surfing on the ASP tour. The crew I'm working within is amazing and it's great fun. Lots of things were happening. History was made in the surfing world. Kelly Slater won his 10th World Title, epic! See his 2010 season summarized in a video here. On the other side, his biggest competitor over the years, Andy Irons died a few days before. Everybody was in shock. Lots of emotions going on...

But life has to go on.

On the first days I went surfing too. But my wrist hurts pretty bad since quiet a long time now and doesn't really getting better. I can't take off. I need to go to the doc again! So just two sessions for me in Puerto Rico. Sad but true.
Sure I took some photos of the missed waves and will upload them asap on my flickr. Just right after all the Indonesia photographs are uploaded...

Some preview shots here:









We gonna head back to Austria in two days.

Curious about this one. Some very nice footage in there!
Greetz from Puerto Rico!


WAY OF THE OCEAN - Official Trailer from CIRCULATE on Vimeo.

Starring: Josh Kerr, Adam Robertson, Dane Reynolds, Asher Pacey, Taj Burrow, Craig Anderson, Jordy Smith and Kelly Slater

WAY OF THE OCEAN: Australia is The first in a five part film series spanning the entire globe. The film is a definitive portrait of Australia’s deep rooted connection to the sea and all its energy. The largest island on earth provides a breathtaking backdrop to some of the worlds best waves in this groundbreaking documentary. From the tropical waters surrounding the great barrier reef, through the frigid rawness of the southern ocean and up to the remote desert of Northwestern Australia, WAY OF THE OCEAN is sure to captivate your senses.

Directed by Matt Kleiner

Art Direction by Ryan Kleiner

Trailer Music Scored by THEPROTIST.com

visit WAYOFTHEOCEAN.com for more

CIRCULATE MOTION PICTURES © 2010 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

Yeah! I can't believe it myself! Lucky me is going to Puerto Rico for the next two weeks working at the next ASP tour stop. I will join the team and work with some friends on an episode for Surf Chronicles, a Surfing TV Magazine by Red Bull.

I found two episodes on the web, I bet there are more online. Just look for it.

Episode 7:


Episode 1:


I'm really looking forward for this opportunity!
This event could turn out to be a historical, because Mr. Slater is on the brink of winning his 10th world title.

Alright! My stuff is packed, my board is waxed and my batteries are fully charged!

More Links:
www.redbullsurfing.com

I just came across this little movie. It's not new, but it's just sooo good I had to post it too. It seems that all those energy drink companies out there really care about making sick films! I dig that! Great camerawork combined with some neat VFX shot on a 5d II with PL lenses...


Burn Ignite :: Ride :: feat Steve Berra (OFFICIAL HD) from Burn Ignite on Vimeo.

Steve Berra (The Berrics) joins Mexican skaters Jesus Gonzalez, Eder Martinez, Mario Saenz, Angel Santiago and American Luis Tolentino for this Burn Ignite film, shot on location in Mexico City.

This film was created alongside two short-form documentaries, one featuring Jess Kimura and the all girl hardcore snowboarding film collective Peep Show, the other is a portrait that celebrates the electric lyrics and gritty beat artistry of rapper/poet Julius Wright, aka Lyrical God.

Directed by Garth Davis
DOP: Greig Fraser
Camera: Canon 5D II (PL mount)
Music written produced & performed by Django Django

More infos here: http://hoaxville.com/?p=865
www.burn.com

I started uploading photographs by Luke and me on my Flickr some time ago. Today I added some more... there are already 292 photos online which show roughly our first three weeks of the trip. So a lot more is coming ;) And I'm also working on a trip-movie. We have some really nice footage and I can't wait to show it to everybody! But I'm doing all this stuff in my spare time, so it will take some time until everything is done and online, it's a lot of work. And on the side I need to make some money too ;) It's actually a good time right now.. things are working out good jobwise. Soon I can tell you more... :)

Here are some of my favorite Indonesia photos so far:























All photos shot by Luke and me with Nikon and Panasonic gear.

Things are quite busy around me right now. I did a few jobs and one was a little recap-video of the Sneakerness 2010 for Nike. Was fun!



The video appeared all over the web.

_nike.com
_Sneakerness website
_supercity.at blog
_Sneakerbob.de
_Sneakerized
_hypebeast.com
_krueps.de
_various Facebook sites (Nike Sportwear, RUN VIE, Sneakerized, snkrbook, ...)

All shot handheld with "my still not hacked, but soon" GH-1 with the Pana 20/f1,7, FD 50/f1,4 and the kit. For the little statement of Bobbito Garcia I was using a Sennheisser ME66 plugged into my Zoom H4n.

I did also some Making Of photos which Nike used in their books shown at the Sneakerness.

Ungu from Blake Kueny on Vimeo.

Not so new, but still nice to watch...



Behind the scenes:

Just stumbled upon this: Paul Nicklen describes his most amazing experience as a National Geographic photographer - coming face-to-face with one of Antarctica's most vicious predators.

I think I saw his filmwork for the first time back in 2000 in the Alien Workshop video Photosynthesis. Absolutely loved it! Since than Greg Hunt has worked on dozens films, commercials and music videos. His work always stands out, he always has this special perspective, seeing things from a different angle. So this interview is a great inspiration again!


In The Field - Greg Hunt from Joshua Zucker on Vimeo.

huntfilmwork.com
Interview done by Joshua Zucker, thumbs up!

Links:
http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=223622 (Find all the information for filmmakers here, very exciting!!!)
http://www.dpreview.com/previews/panasonicdmcgh2/

Sounds so good:


It can shoot in 1080/60p (1080/50p in PAL). That's huge! NTSC/PAL is switchable.

Handles are removeable for easier rigging.


Check out the report by Barry Green over at dvxuser.com
The camera will cost around 5000€.

Waldviertler is a sustainable shoecompany from Austria. I love their business philosophy! Check out this 20min video in german (english subtitles).

Screenshot


Click here for the video. Download another radio interview with Mr. Staudinger here, it's from 2008 and only available in german.

Supersick edit by Little Weeds filmmaker winner Riley Blakeway!


Now, An Analog Moving Picture Project from Analog Clothing on Vimeo.

Movie website here!

The Escapes Panama magazine focuses on promoting Panamanian tourism and culture. It is the official publication of Air Panama, which flies the entire country and Costa Rica. The magazine is distributed in airports, hotels, tourism agencies, restaurants, pharmacies and more. In their last edition they included an article about the panamanian pollera. The magazine is published in both English and Spanish.

See the original photo on myFlickr here.





This one is funny. They photoshoped it and want you to find seven differences...

"The Kustom Airstrike is the worlds richest aerial surfing event, putting up a USD$50.000 incentive for one crazy air."


Chris ‘Chippa’ Wilson weighs in with ‘Big Spin’ from Kustom Airstrike on Vimeo.

Check out all the entries here. So sick!
There's a few days left. Lets see if someone (Josh Kerr???) will stick that 720°...

I need to see this one!


Stumbled over it on dancarrphotography.com and I'm surprised as well that I haven't heard anything about the movie yet. Won tons of awards! The trailer looks awesome. Read the review on Dan Carr's site if you are curious. Finally a movie about the photo- & cinematographers out there...


FIBERGLASS AND MEGAPIXELS - Trailer from Sandy Beach Productions on Vimeo.

Check out fiberglassandmegapixels.com for more information, reviews and other stuff!

Alright I managed it to upload all Morocco photographs onto my flickr.
Check them out! Maybe as a slideshow?

Some of my favorites...













Indonesia updates coming soon...