Cenotes

cave world, Film Shoot, Filming Development

DPV Cave dive in Tajma Ha

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“If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together”

Marking 3 years of collaboration with Bassline Drift and to many more years of teamwork with this group of people! Over 3 hours of placing light, waiting, modeling and all round having fun being creative. Big thanks to Marty O’ Farrell for the use of some BIG Big Blue lights/HID’s and your support with my work.

Inbetween some exciting projects with more exciting people in the next months look out for more of these compilations capturing some places around in a different light 🙂

Film and postproduction Katy Fraser
Lighting Mauro Bordignon, Cave World, Katy Fraser
Music Bassline Drift

#nauticam #GH5s #lumix #bigbluelights #panasonic #suex #dpvcave#stagecave #cavediving #caveworld #fourthelement#equipmentforadventure #lightmonkeylights #xdeep #basslinedrift

Cave Diving Progression, Film Shoot, Filming Development

Cave World – Sistema Nohoch DPV

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I am very excited to kick off my new collaboration with Mauro Bordignon and his company cave world with this moody dark short compilation of a spectacular dive playing with the reflections in this cave system.

I had so much fun trying out my new Light Monkey canister light and playing with the Suex DPVs (thank you Osama) … See if you can spot who is who 

A Film by Katy Fraser
Lighting Mauro Bordignon
Music ‘Limbo’s Lullaby’ LeSage

Film Shoot, Filming Development

Journey to the Lion City part I

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So here we are! The first diary entry for my next exciting project …
In Feb I completed a TDI Mod 1 JJ CCR course with Matt Jevon. This is to prepare me to shoot Philip Gray on his next extreme art venture where he will paint China’s ‘Shi Cheng’ or the Lion City. This city is submerged in a fresh water lake, at 40m, with some buildings dating back 1000’s of years.
It is so beautifully preserved and I am very much looking forward capture Philip putting the City onto canvas and bringing it to life … Definitely will be a first!
Matt is in charge of the logistics and assembling the rest of the team comprising of safety divers for both Philip and myself, lighting, local logistics/translator and an on site technician.
I will be training in the UK, Ireland, Mexico and Egypt over the time leading up to the project.

Film and Post-production Katy Fraser, She Dives Tech, Underwater Performance Art
Shi Cheng Footage Wei Zhang unscuba.com/
Behind the scenes camera John Cafaro & Adriana Otero
Model Emily Hong
Music Bassline Drift soundcloud.com/basslinedrift
LeSage lesagemusic.com/
Logistics South West Technical Diving, Diving Prestige SA, Third Dimension Diving & ProTec DiveCenters
I am so grateful to be supported by JJ-ccr Rebreathers, Bold Strokes, Light Monkey, Xdeep, PolarPro and most recently Fourth Element in my daily dive gear/equipment and this project!
#chinaproject #extremeart #jjccr #unscuba #shedivestech #sunkencity #underwaterfilm #underwaterpainting #southwesttech #makeboldstrokes #xdeep #apeks #nauticam #panasonicgh4 #polarpro #lightmonkey #TDI #cenotes #mod1 #helitrox #fourthelement

Film Shoot, Filming Development, ProTec

TRAILER “A Peace Within” – Out of Darkness into Light

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Here is the OFFICIAL trailer for “A Peace Within” – Out of Darkness into Light.

Philip Gray was dubbed ‘extreme artist’ after a number of expeditions he undertook to paint. He has travelled far and wide to places like Everest, Antartica and deep into the Borneo Rainforest just to name a few locations!

Last month he came here to Quintana Roo in Mexico with aims of capturing the Cenotes by painting UNDER WATER. This was not the first time he has painted under water and the Cenotes proved a different beast all together, even when compared to painting under an Ice Berg or with the Tiger Sharks of the Bahamas.

Meticulous logistical planning was undergone by ProTec DiveCenter to ensure that painting in the overhead environment was both safe and the conservation of the Cenotes was paramount. Over the week he was with us he produced several beautiful Canvas’ truly capturing the beauty of The Pit, Calavera (Temple of Doom), Casa Cenote and Cenote Carwash!

This trailer will be distributed throughout DeMontfort Fine Art Official galleries across the UK and Cruise Ships to launch his new collection “A Peace Within”.

It has been an absolute pleasure to have had the opportunity to shoot and produce this project, something so far removed from anything else I have undertaken. It’s been a challenge, an invaluable experience and most of all A LOT of FUN!

Filmed and edited by Katy Fraser
Logistics/Safety diver Jaime De La Puerta Salazar
Logistics ProTec DiveCenter
Lighting Tamara Lelani May
Safety diver/lighting Skanda Cophield
Music Bassline Drift

Film Shoot, Filming Development

Philip Gray – Cenote Carwash ‘Extreme Art’

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The last, but by NO means least canvas of Philip‘s collection.

Today we went to Carwash, between the misty skeleton trees into the twilight zone to paint. I ADORE carwash, it’s not the first shoot I have done here and it certainly won’t be the last. I love sinking through the cloud layer to a scenery below that looks like something straight out of a fairy tale.

I will now be focusing of editing a documentary together for the foreseeable. Stay tuned!!

Filmed and edited by Katy Fraser
Lighting by Tamara Lelani May
Safety diver and logistics Jaime De La Puerta
Music by ill.Gates

Film Shoot, Filming Development

Philip Gray – Casa Cenote ‘Extreme Art’

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Tempted to say my favourite of the shoot so far! The diversity of the cenotes here is just incredible! Today we headed to Casa Cenote and in Philip‘s words “the light beams are almost biblical”. To be honest this is such an aesthetic dive site and providing conditions are right as it’s connects straight into the ocean it really is hard to take a bad shot!

Filmed and edited by Katy Fraser
Lighting by Tamara Lelani May
Safety diver and logistics by Jaime De La Puerta Salazar
Music by WOLF-e-WOLF

Film Shoot, Filming Development

Philip Gray – Pit I ‘Extreme Art’

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It was incredible capturing the painting coming to life , also seeing the teams careful planning and preparation coming together! The day has been long day but massively rewarding, fun and an invaluable filming experience. This is the first of a series of  underwater oil painting Philip is creating!

Very grateful to be involved!

Enjoy a short film from day one giving you an insight into Philip Gray’s world of ‘Extreme Art’

 

Filmed and edited by Katy Fraser
Lighting by Tamara Lelani May
Logisitics/safety diver Jaime De La Puerta Salazar

Cave Diving Progression, Film Shoot, Filming Development, ProTec

Cenote Tortuga

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I absolutely love this dive site. The salt water passages and phreatic tunnels are something else! This is quite a deep site and great practise for me filming with multiple stages on open circuit. With an average depth of 18m, over an 190 minute dive time, and the remoteness of location requiring some marginally strenuous lifting. We applied extra deco obligations to air on the conservative side at the end of the dive!

It was an awesome three hour dive with Patrick and Hans which allowed them to make some final tweaks to their units and get in some practise together before they headed off to Madagascar for their cave expedition in May 2016.

Filmed and edited by Katy Fraser
Music by Bassline Drift

 

Film Shoot, Filming Development, ProTec

Nohoch Na Chich 2016

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Short film from private shoot of client Raymond with ProTec instructor Toro on a guided cave dive. We chose Nohoch downstream as it is smaller caver and fun to be creative with light. As it was essentially a one man shoot I find it makes more sense to keep the cave small and therefore light more concentrated and you then have the ability to apply more depth of field. The cave is very shallow at an average depth of 7m so that allows lots of time on a sidemount set to get a variety of shots to keep the film interesting!

A huge THANK YOU to Bassline Drift for my custom made sound track! ‘Bass dragons’ in all the right place haha.

Filmed and edited by Katy Fraser
Lighting by SJ Alice Bennett

 

 

Filming Development, Music Video

Behind the scenes of ‘Nature’

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Quick peak on location at Diving Prestige SA and behind the scenes for the music video. Trying very hard on this edit not to give too much away! This is will be last video diary until the Music Video is finished for spoiler purposes.

The aim of the finished product is to echo the theme of ‘Metamorphosis’ by the way of movement, visual transition and colour.

Filmed and edited by Katy Fraser
Model SJ Bennett
Music by Bassline Drift