Monday, December 27, 2010

DIGIT MAGAZINE PORTFOLIO + INTERVIEW

I got a little portfolio and an interview in a german photography magazine called digit!




In der aktuellen (06/2010) Ausgabe des digit! Fotomagazins habe ich ein kleines Portfolio sowie ein Interview. Der Artikel blickt etwas hinter die Kulissen des Alltags der Action Sport Fotografie, im Interview beantworte ich einige Fragen zu Material oder den besonderen Umständen wenn man am Berg fotografiert.

Monday, December 20, 2010

WINTER IS IN TOWN

I'll keep it short with this post, but since everybody is blogging in 2010 you can get a full 360° iPhone view on this trip on these guys blogs: Alex Schiller, Peter König and Tom Klocker.

We went to east germany to shoot some urban snowboarding. The new: a winch and a bungee rope opened up new spot possibilities. The old: the police sent us away quite a few times. And that's actually getting really old. It's funny how one activity is "allowed" and another isn't, reminded me of this brilliant clip by Nike, check it out here.

bungee

preparing the in-run with the winch

first try Klocker

the talented Mr. Schiller

pain + checking shots (in pain)

and even signing autographs, hey!

Sunday, December 12, 2010

HAWAII pt.3

Hawaii travel photos part three. I guess this will be part 3 of 3 and I'll start posting about my winter season as soon as the traveling does start.

rainbow + surf

the pain + the surf

sea + cows

doc zapalac would have loved this scene

some drinks

no rain no rainbows is what they say

early morning + backflips

surf + style

Thursday, December 2, 2010

SHOOTING GOLF

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I've been shooting some Golf again. It was great fun shooting it, quick decision based on how the weather is going to look like in a few hours during sunset. Got to the course, took a cart, raced to the location, set up and fired a few frames away before the sun disappeared. Sometimes I really enjoy working that way. I can't post the actual photo, but here's how our little setup looked like (people love that stuff):

quick and easy light setup with two Profoto strobes

Vor kurzem habe ich wieder Golf fotografiert. Nachdem das Wetter für den späten Nachmittag gut aussah sind wir schnell los, unkomplizierter Aufbau und los gings bevor es zu dunkel wurde. Das eigentliche Bild kann ich leider noch nicht zeigen, das muss noch vier, fünf Monate warten. Hier unser Aufbau - zwei Blitze, Schläger und ein Eimer Bälle.

Monday, November 29, 2010

HAWAII pt.2

Okay, here're some more (or less) randomly selected shots from Maui. Maybe I'll post a few more of these before I'm switching to full-on winter mode...

sunset session

SUP or stand up paddle

take off(s)

superman

Friday, November 26, 2010

WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?

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I get a lot of questions what exactly happens in this photo. Well, it is pretty unusual. You can get a better look at it on my website christianbrecheis.com. First of all the basics, it's shot under water with my trusted Nikon D3, I'm pretty close to the ground. The guy running on the ground is my buddy windsurf pro Flo Jung. He's carrying a rock for additional weight so he can actually walk / run under water. Why all that? He's preparing for big wave surfing and for a potential whipeout. If he gets knocked off his board most likely the wave will hold him under water for quite some time. To cope with that you pretty much do the exact opposite of what apnoe divers do. There's no time to bring down your pulse, to take a deep breath, etc. You have high pulse and can't be sure if you can take another breath before got hold under water. So this is a way to prepare yourself.


Seit ich die Sommer & Surf Fotos auf meiner Webseite habe, bekomme ich oft die Frage gestellt, was genau in diesem Bild vor sich geht. Es ist auch ziemlich ungewöhnlich. Das Ganze ist unter Wasser fotografiert, mit der Nikon D3 im Wassergehäuse, recht nach zum Grund. Der Typ der auf dem Meeresboden läuft ist Windsurf Profi Flo Jung. Er bereitet sich auf Big Wave Surfen vor, beziehungsweise auf den Notfall. Nämlich dann, wenn er "gewaschen" wird und ihn große Wellen lange Zeit unter Wasser drücken. Logischerweise hat man hier keine Zeit den Puls runter zu bringen und nochmals tief Luft zu holen. Hier wird man unter voller Belastung erwischt und dafür trainiert man das Luftanhalten am besten unter großer Anstrengung. Man schnappt sich einen Felsbrocken für zusätzliches Gewicht und läuft einige Meter tief unter Wasser auf dem Sandboden. Tiptop Konditionstraining.

Monday, November 22, 2010

HAWAII pt.1

Some random shots from the first days in Maui...

In Maui everything is casual, even the Coke cans wear flip-flops! I think I should get a membership card for Rent A Wreck, I would have the Golden Wreck Card already.

The daily scene, the car full of the necessary equipment.

The über pimp house we stayed at with our own coconut supply. The garage full of all the toys that sponsor money can buy. And hey look, even the hummer got aloha seats, love it!

First test for my water-housing. Everything worked fine, except I almost lost my camera in this tiny wave.

The old man and the coconut. Bold head, coconut, so good.

Saturday, November 20, 2010

NEW WORK ONLINE

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I added a new section to my portfolio website christianbrecheis.com called Summer & Surf. A mix of windsurf and surf action shots together with some lifestyle. Additionally I updated a few photos here and there in the other galleries.




Auf meiner Webseite christianbrecheis.com gibt's ein paar neue Bilder zu sehen. Neu hinzugekommen ist Summer & Surf, ein Mix aus Windsurf und Surf Action Photos sowie Lifestyle. Außerdem sind in fast allen anderen Kategorien neue Arbeiten zu finden. Viel Spaß beim Durchschauen!

Saturday, November 6, 2010

LOST

My Oceanic flight had a smooth touchdown in Hawaii. 10 days trying to shoot top notch Windsurfing can make you feel LOST...



...but of course we had a good time and got some great photos. More to come...

Friday, November 5, 2010

HEAD Newspaper / Catalog

Grab yourself a copy of the latest HEAD Snowboards catalog / magazine, lot's of photos and stories in there. I'm happy I could contribute a good amount of pictures.





Thursday, October 28, 2010

ICE HOCKEY SHOOT

My recent assignment for Pleasure Snowboard Magazine read: "Ice Hockey". Yes, shooting ice hockey for a snowboard magazine. At this time of the year all the snowboard movies get released and hit the shelves soon after. So this usually turns into a deadline nightmare for the editorial staff. They need to watch the movies, write the reviews, unwatch them again and everything goes to print pretty quickly. Pleasure stepped up the deadline fun and came up with the concept of a K.O. system where movie reviews compete head to head, the better one advances to the next round. We were shooting to illustrate these "fights" for the thirteen page article. Here's the opener page of the article, some photos and a behind the scenes video.

See some more photos of the shoot in my Active & Sports portfolio or pick up the new issue of Pleasure mag.




Kürzlich laß sich ein Auftrag für das Pleasure Snowboard Magazin so: "Eishockey". Klingt möglicherweise zunächst seltsam. Hintergrund ist der, im Herbst stellen die Snowboard Film Produktionen ihre neuen Werke der Öffentlichkeit vor und schon nach kurzer Zeit stehen die DVDs im Handel. Für die Redaktion bedeutet das immer imensen Stress kurz vor Abgabe des Magazins. Denn die Bewertungen durch die fachkundige Redakteure sollen ja dann am Kiosk stehen wenn auch die DVDs gerade in die Läden kommen. Um dem üblichen Stress noch eins draufzusetzten wurde beschlossen den dreizehn seitigen Artikel mit eigens produzierten Photos zu illustrieren. Und warum nicht mal das K.O. System in dem die Filme im Artikel sich der Kritik stellen müssen, per Eishockey illustrieren?



Thursday, September 30, 2010

MARKKU KOSKI FOR PLEASURE MAG

My portraits of Markku Koski taken this summer in Finland are running in Pleasure Mag #88 (GER). Here're a few tearsheets of the 12 pages interview:





Für das 12 seitige Interview von Markku Koski war ich im Sommer in Helsinki um die Portraits zu fotografieren. Jetzt liegt die Ausgabe #88 des Pleasure Magazins endlich am Kiosk.

Monday, September 27, 2010

ONLINE - PLEASURE, HEAD & ORTOVOX

Just recently Pleasure Magazine, Ortovox and HEAD Snowboards have re-launched their websites. I'm happy to link to all of their sites here on the blog. Not only can you find many of my photos on each of the sites, they all provide a lot of content that is really worth checking out.

ridehead.com

ortovox.com

pleasuremag.com

IN PRINT - HEAD SNOWBOARDS

The ads from our HEAD Team shoot in Norway (see here) are currently running in snowboard media across Europe. Here are two examples (click here for more):




Ende Juni war ich mit dem internationalen Team von HEAD Snowboards in Norwegen. Die dort entstandenen Anzeigenmotive sind derzeit in den Snowboard Medien zu finden.

Monday, September 20, 2010

ISENSEVEN CUSTOM CLOTHING 2011

The Isenseven Crüe just released their latest movie Don't Panic (click for teaser) with a kick ass party in Munich. Soon their new clothing line will hit stores as well - here's one of the ads for it:


Isenseven liefert mit Don't Panic nicht nur einen hammer Film ab, es gibt auch in dieser Saison eine Klamotten Kollektion. Hier ist eine der Anzeigen dafür.

Sunday, September 12, 2010

LIFE IS GOOD

Life has been everything else than monotonously lately. Among many other things we went on vacation and had great food as you can see over at cbp unofficial, check the blog sidebar for updates.


the Oktober Fest is just around the corner, prost!