We set up in the 'iceberg graveyard for a few days and found ourselves a stunning ice arch to work with. Our young model and the Spanish model took places in the kayak under the arch. As the photographer was shooting the managed to encourage a leopard seal under the kayak, the seal played and breached for around half an hour, proving the most wonderful shots.
Me: 'Am I the only one who wants to lick an iceberg?'
Everyone else: 'yes, you will stick your tongue to it'
Me: 'If you see me going to lick an iceberg please stop me'
Camera crew: 'No we will grab our cameras!'
"Life is like an ice-cream cone, you have to lick it one day at a time." - Charles M. Schulz
The older lady who was also modelling did not feel comfortable at all at the thought of getting in the kayak in the open ocean. Her heart started racing and she was really nervous, so we decided she would not be involved on this occasion.
"Fear cannot be banished, but it can be calm and without panic; it can be mitigated by reason and evaluation." - Vannevar Bush
Everyone else: 'yes, you will stick your tongue to it'
Me: 'If you see me going to lick an iceberg please stop me'
Camera crew: 'No we will grab our cameras!'
FYI I did lick the iceberg and I still have my tongue
"Life is like an ice-cream cone, you have to lick it one day at a time." - Charles M. Schulz
The older lady who was also modelling did not feel comfortable at all at the thought of getting in the kayak in the open ocean. Her heart started racing and she was really nervous, so we decided she would not be involved on this occasion.
"Fear cannot be banished, but it can be calm and without panic; it can be mitigated by reason and evaluation." - Vannevar Bush
She had also been struggling with her back rather a lot, and we managed to get a couple of trips over to the other yacht where they had a spa for her to get a massage. After helping her with her clothes and onto the bed I was asked if I didn't want one too. 'Oh ok, don't mind if I do?!' So there I was in Antarctica on a multi-million pound yacht having a massage, thinking - when did my life come to this?!
"Expect nothing. Live frugally on surprise." - Alice Walker
"Open your eyes, look within. Are you satisfied with the life you're living?" - Bob Marley
One of the icebergs we were using to film from had all our gear on it, and we were parked in the zodiac (rubber dingy) at the bottom. By the end of the shoot we were on the opposite side of where we had been - its amazing to see how much the ice drift, you cannot use it to orientate yourself at all.
"Expect nothing. Live frugally on surprise." - Alice Walker
"Open your eyes, look within. Are you satisfied with the life you're living?" - Bob Marley
One of the icebergs we were using to film from had all our gear on it, and we were parked in the zodiac (rubber dingy) at the bottom. By the end of the shoot we were on the opposite side of where we had been - its amazing to see how much the ice drift, you cannot use it to orientate yourself at all.
That evening a couple of the photographers was helping me learn a few of the basics of shooting at night - shutter speed and all that. We fiddled with all my camera settings and set up a tripod, despite a couple of glasses of vino I was starting to get it, but couldn't stay out in the cold any longer - my hands were almost frozen!
"Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still." - Dorothea Lange
Next morning I got up and my camera settings were all over the place and I couldn't quite remember what was supposed to go where- practice practice. For some reason (like the rules of tennis) I seem to be really struggling to get the info stuck into my brain. The first few shots managed a great line in under and over exposed!
"Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still." - Dorothea Lange
Next morning I got up and my camera settings were all over the place and I couldn't quite remember what was supposed to go where- practice practice. For some reason (like the rules of tennis) I seem to be really struggling to get the info stuck into my brain. The first few shots managed a great line in under and over exposed!
On this day there wasn't much room in the zodiacs with camera kit, crew, models and vital peeps, so I was not able to go out to the location. After a morning on the boat, itching to get off, the expedition leader of the other boat offered whoever wanted a cruise around. We headed out amongst the icebergs and saw some wonderful sights from the bergs themselves.
Some of the icebergs looked like they had glitter coming off them as the snow blew off in the wind.
...whales...
"We owe it to our children to be better stewards of the environment. The alternative? - a world without whales. It's too terrible to imagine." - Pierce Brosnan
...seals...
...and some bikini clad crew form the other yacht posing on an iceberg for a TV production someone form the other boat was making....
Some of the icebergs looked like they had glitter coming off them as the snow blew off in the wind.
We had a leopard seal who came and played with our boat...
...whales...
"We owe it to our children to be better stewards of the environment. The alternative? - a world without whales. It's too terrible to imagine." - Pierce Brosnan
...seals...
...a yacht full of people (and you think, I know what I ma doing in Antarctica, but what on earth are you doing here?!) ...
...and some bikini clad crew form the other yacht posing on an iceberg for a TV production someone form the other boat was making....
"That woman's as cold as a nudist on an iceberg" - Foghorn Leghorn
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