If you’re a photographer who covers extreme athletes like mountain climbers and wants to capture a moment from a unique angle, you’re probably willing to take some risks yourself. Like Corey Rich’s use of an incredibly precarious folding ladder tethered to the near vertical side of a mountain. Here’s to hoping he wasn’t working for free for the experience.
This particular behind-the-scenes moment occurred during a promotional shoot for the Nikon D4 where Corey apparently tried to match the extreme athletes stunt-for-stunt. The rig certainly led to a unique shot that you couldn’t get from a helicopter, but isn’t this what greenscreens were invented for? I won’t tell if you won’t. [Corey Rich Productions via PetaPixel via Fstoppers]
Nice rig, looks like a fairly standard ladder. Some guys have got completely custom built rigs, might be a good follow up.
BTW, "Mountain climbers" is not really a term that the community uses. What you do hear of are Rock climbers (or just 'climbers'), alpinists, and mountaineers, and within that broad classification there are many sub-cultures again.
Ladders <-> balls
*Aluminium
Lol.
Nice rig, looks like a fairly standard ladder. Some guys have got completely custom built rigs, might be a good follow up.
BTW, "Mountain climbers" is not really a term that the community uses. What you do hear of are Rock climbers (or just 'climbers'), alpinists, and mountaineers, and within that broad classification there are many sub-cultures again.
The photo of the photographer is probably cooler then the photo of the climber lol