Promotional video for Planet Scuba Mexico showing both the training and aesthetical aspects of Mexican cave diving
Filmed and Edited by Katy Fraser
Filmed by Marielle Pronk http://siriusdiving.com/
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Another pic from the shoot the other day of Yann and Jon working as a team 👊
There is so much team work behind film shoots that perhaps unfairly you never see in the videos. The light placement corrections, the repeating of shots for multiple angles or takes, all these accumulate many many minutes of patience from all involved and sometimes it just doesn't work out but hey ... when it does! It's such a great feeling :) Really enjoying editing the footage from this shoot that depicts a little of what goes on behind the scenes. Unfortunately I'm in England and missing the editing speeds of my Mac Pro ... My Macbook sounds like it's going to levitate off the table at any minute with all the whirring going on so having to take it a bit easy on the 4k editing.
Photo by Katy Fraser @shedivestech
#cavediving #nauticam #cenote #filmshoot #bigbluedivelights #lighting #workshop #fouthelement
It was an absolute pleasure to run a lighting workshop for this years OWUSS North American Rolex Scholar, Yann. I really really enjoyed sharing what for me is a passion and seeing it all come together. We did about an hour of talking about lighting techniques, running through story boards ... then gelled lots of video light and went diving!
Using colored lights I found was a great way to differentiate between where lights have already been placed and still need to be placed for someone who is new to practicing lighting. They are also more forgiving in terms of 'the burn' than straight white light. Congrats Yann, you did a great job, good luck with everything, it was awesome to meet you! and thank you @kieren38 for getting me involved and being a good student.
Little film clip is in post production :) Photo by Katy Fraser @shedivestech
#cavediving #workshop #underwaterfilm #underwaterlighting #fourthelement #lightmonkeylights #bigbluedivelights #cenote #sidemount #underwaterfilming #buceo #nauticam #cavecamp
What an awesome course! Thank you @rodrigosalsas, @julien_pranamaya and last but by no means least my buddy @arturo.saltydog for all the laughter (did I mention he is a magician 🎩🤟🏻 so cool haha) So what did I learn? For me the main thing was this sport is incredibly psychologically challenging ... so much respect to the men and women that achieve some serious depth. I can’t wait to come back from the UK to do more. #naomigittoesfins #beuchat #freedivingtraining #aida #pranamaya #cenote #sunshine #apnea #freedivingart
Rough mock ups and rehearsal done in Alina's workshop. Lots of shapes mocked up in illustrator and currently being lazer cut! I think this is one of my most ambitious projects yet and I'm super excited to take it underwater. Lets see how it goes! There are so many stories down there to tell :) #shadow #concept #storytelling #lighting #projection #art #underwaterfilm #workshop #cavediving
You know I don’t think I have ever with ☝🏻 the exception of being creative been naturally good at ANYTHING. I remember my first dive in twinset sucked and many many many dives after that. It took me so long to get it and with each and every course I do it’s a new challenge and comes with its frustrations and triumphs. Then again how boring would life be if you could waltz into everything and just rock (although secretly today it would have been awesome to have put my head underwater and morphed into some kind of aquatic humanoid that could hold its breath impressively ... did not quite happen that way though haha) so here we go square one and hopefully an exciting new branch in my career! #apnea #static #aida #freediving #freedivingtraining #pranamaya
It’s been just over a year since I began to collaborate with @fourthelementdive and what a year it has been! I can honestly say I’m so proud to have the support of such an innovative brand that have helped me in my career to no end, the least of which was providing me with this fantastic drysuit which is still firmly standing without a patch up needed through 8km jungle hikes, repelling, scrambling through kilometres of dry cave and together with their undergarments keeping me warm and dry! It may not look like much but this photo was taken somewhere deep in a cave on the last day of a month long natural history shoot which will be aired next year ... Fourth Element helped put me right HERE in this moment! Exhausted, sweaty and in my absolute own element 🙏 and for that I am eternally grateful. Here is to many more years! #equipmentforadventure #cavediving #filmshoot #expedition #fourthelement #argonaut #stealth #drysuit #exploration 📸 @scott_carnahan
We came to surveeeyy #exploration #resurvey #survey #team #drycaving
New video for Facebook and website banners done! #adobeaftereffects #adobepremierepro #gettingcreative #cavediving #scubadiving #buceo #underwaterfilm #underwater #underwaterworld #dronestagram #postproduction
Welcome to my office ... and it’s been Post production week YEY! 🙇🏼♀️ Sneak peak of a few clips of new website and Facebook banners coming together ... #adobe #adobeaftereffects #cavediving #buceo #scubadiving #underwaterfilm #panasonic #nauticam #bigbluelights #banner
Another clip from my latest short film ‘A different light’ in this section we lit up Heavens Gate a very well know feature in the Nohoch system! Film and post @shedivestech lighting @maurocaveworld @shedivestech Divers @makitomx @corazon.de.alcachofa @simonvelez3 #halycondivesystems #sidemountdiving #sidemount #cavediving #bigbluelights #fourthelement #lightmonkeylights #suex #diveinthefastlane #dpv #stagedive #buceo #scubadiving #underwaterfilming #filmshoot #stalactites #stalacmites #earth #amazingworld
Sometimes humans just really really suck ... thank you to everyone who is being so helpful with the dog especially Christine 🙏 We are still looking for a foster or forever home for her, she has quite a long way to get better yet as they will have to operate and re-break her leg due this one hell of a break. She is clear of the list of nasty infections and is up to date on vaccines. She wagged her tail for the first time yesterday, definitely enjoying lots of love and cuddles and is hopping along quite happily 😌 #adoptdontshop #rescuedog #rescuedogsofinstagram
*** If you know of anyone looking to adopt a dog or can foster her please send me a message or whatsapp +529847451010 *** Hello! My name is Dolly and I'm 2 years old. Mauro and Katy found me last night close to the highway very scared and skinny. I have a problem with my back leg and I can't put any weight on it at the moment but I got de-everythinged today and i'm going to get my vaccinations started, blood tests done and a second opinion on the leg tomorrow. I'm very shy but incredibly sweet and in need of a loving home 💛
Another 1 minute section from my latest short film. Enjoy 😍🌈 @corazon.de.alcachofa @simonvelez3 @maurocaveworld @makitomx #lightmonkeylights #bigbluelights #fourthelement #underwaterfilm #cavediving #nauticam #panasonic #gh5s #suex #dpv #scubadiving #filmmaking #filmshoot #zerogravity #halcyondivesystems
Clip from my latest short film 🎥 coming soon! @maurocaveworld @corazon.de.alcachofa @simonvelez3 @makitomx #bigbluelights #underwaterfilm #lightmonkeylights #cavediving #stagecave #dpvcave #fourthelement #halcyondivesystems #zerogravity #filmshoot #buceo #scubadiving
Second shoot using the gelled video light concept. Hopefully this will bring this project full circle so I can complete the video! Today we are aiming to shoot the halocline in the River Run and get some missing close ups 🤞🤞#briefing #storyboard #underwaterfilm #stagecave #cavediving #dpv #bigbluelights 📸 @maurocaveworld
The GoPro hero 6 has some major benefits over it's predecessors, namely it's low light capabilities. I placed it to shoot behind the scenes of the shoot the other day where we experimented with coloured lights. I am a little dissapointed I couldnt get the whole room in frame as the oranges and reds further down do really complete the rainbow effect! So you will have to wait for when the videos start to emerge. I think what is really interesting about this video is it really shows the flow! The roots look like branches in the wind and it was actually quite tiring placing light that day. In Mexico we are usally spoilt with little to no flow but I suppose that's what DPV's are for! We had a lot of fun zipping around using them to facilitate placing light.
As you can see from the divers going back and fourth, shoots take a lot of time, effort and patience. Building sequences can be repetative sometimes, especially underwater where you have lots of variables.
Thanks guys for your time as always, I'm very grateful!
#gopro #cavediving #timelapse #dpvcave #underwatershoot #stalacmites #stagecave #scubadiving #cavediving #fourthelement #nauticamhousings #goprohero6
Here is a video still to give you an idea of the scale of one of the sections we lit up today! The tree roots in Nohoch along with the formations worked so well with the various colours of lights. I am so excited with the initial results and to go and shoot more sequences with this theme 😁 nothing like when a plan comes together!
Big thank you to @makitomx for supporting the shoot with Suex DPVs and Zero Gravity Dive Center , it was great to be able to give the @halcyondivesystems 'Zero Gravity' unit a try with steels and also very grateful for your contribution of some video light 🙏
Photo @shedivestech
Lighting @maurocaveworld
#bigbluelights #lightmonkeylights #halycondivesystems #cavediving #dpvcavediving #nohochnachich #cenote #scubadiving #tulum #mexico #stagecavediving #nauticam #panasonic #gh5s #4k #picoftheday #fourthelement #equipmentforadventure
All lights gelled and making final touches to today’s story board on way to divesite 🤞🤞
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