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tiger
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I were asked to do a photo-shoot on the FMX-biker Ailo Gaup (World champion this year) a few years ago, and fellow photographers thought I was dancing wih the devil when I told them that I would do it with film in medium format. They quickly stated that medium format was for slow-work only like portraits and landscape.
Why would I give up the convenience of a LCD-display and the possibility to use really high ISO? And why on earth would I use a positive film when negative films have so much more lattitude?
Well, the results made their digital mouths shut.
You can actually read the small text on the goggle-strap, and the client used 15 minutes with a loupe at the light table looking at the top 5 images. I doubt that he would spend so much time in front of a Raw-converter on a computer screen.
Tech details: Mamiya 645 Pro TL, Sekor A 200mm f2,8 APO, Fuji Provia 400F, f:11, 1/1000 sek
Best regards,
Eirik Berger
Longyearbyen, Svalbard
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| Wow!!! Eirik, that is a stunning image. I too wouldn't have though that you would work fast enough with MF to shoot something like this. But, this is wonderful image, the timing is perfect and the sharpness can't be beat. Did you carry extra backs, or did you just rely on changing film when the action was slow? Thanks for sharing,
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tiger
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I had a total of 3 backs with me, and someone to reload them with film. A modern 645-camera is very convenient to work with, it weighs not much more than a (D)SLR. Of course I was pushing the shutter time to the cameras limit. It can not do any faster than 1/1000 sek, but that was enough for this job. It was the first time I tried that lens and I must say that it performed extremely well.
This image is not taken during competition, but during practice on his traning ground. So there were slow moments when he discussed techniques and details with a fellow biker. I had plenty of time planning the images. I spent the entire day there, because it was not until the afternoon that the light was perfect (sun in my back)
I was standing on the top af a container 25-30 metres away. This gave me some important height, because it made me able to be almost at Ailo´s level when he was at the top of his jumping curve. It also gave me some trees in the background. The few images i took from the ground mostly showed the bike from below and did not show any trees, just blue sky. Boring and mediocre.
Best regards,
Eirik Berger
Longyearbyen, Svalbard
Just recently launched:
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Great job and great story. As the saying goes, chance favors the prepared mind.. 
All I want to know is if the guy landed on his head or not....
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tiger
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I worried about that too, but he landed on his wheels every time.
That being said he has a long history of injuries, a paper said that he has broken 68 bones in his body since he started competing many years ago. 
I wonder how they train for stunts like these. You can´t almost make it can you?
Best regards,
Eirik Berger
Longyearbyen, Svalbard
Just recently launched:
www.monochrome.no
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