I Took My Leica to Photograph Cars in the Arctic. These Are My Pro Tips

I recently traveled to Sweden to explore, write and copy a feature for CNET Why Electric Cars Great for Winter Driver. Many of Sweden and north were a great story that I had to travel to the frozen Arctic circle in the north. As both journalists and professionals photographerIt was just not to tell the story but to catch my job camera. This means that you will only know how to travel with the right equipment and how to use the images I need.

I met with me for the challenges of shooting the thought process from the camera gear, how I caught my story in the cell.

The camera gear I use

Because I walked around in Sweden, train trains and planes and thrown into taxis and jumper from taxis, I needed to keep the light weight. I did not want to be loaded with a heavy spade full of camera institutions and countless lenses and accessories. Instead, I just took a camera: New Leica Q3 43.

I received this camera for myself last year. High resolution, a fully framed image sensor combines a stable focus length of 43mm. I love this focus length, because it provides a large balance between a wide angled look and a magnified look. I often hit the main lenses of 35 mm or 50 mm, so 43mm lens permanently glued to the camera is a great sweet place for me. The result is a camera and lynzim to download the package and save the package to use the focal length and eliminate any distracting questions. Instead, he encouraged to work more to find the best compositions.

Reserve battery, along with a power bank with a power bank with a USB-C together (I did not need). Was the only extra for installation PolarPro 135 Golden Mist Filter. This is sometimes soften the hard details of high resolution images and provides a delicate gold fog over the images that are aesthetically presented as a little movie, and I have kept this filter on the camera almost all the time.

I used a skin to help protect my camera Oberwerth halfA polarpro on the back, which provides an additional grip, also helped with the thumb. So that always ready to shoot, I often walk around my neck using the camera Bowman Leather Camera Belt. There is no need to say, for a $ 7000 camera, if something failed, there was my own photo insurance for it.

I drank camera, accessories and other bits and bobs when the gear is not used WANDDD PRVKE BUTT BUNQProvides a safe storage section with a roll of chamber, which provides a valid storage section for camera equipment, or anything that needs to be done with me and anything else you need to carry with me.

Video equipment

Also, in this visit, but along with my article, to take a video for the CNET video, which will burn both, and to catch content for me Individual Photo YouTube Channel. I decided to get a Dji Osmo Pocket 3 Creator Combo to help lower the weight. It seizes small, gimbal-fixed camera, great-looking, smooth images and was the perfect partner for my busy schedule.

I used the B-Rulo’s headquarters in Gothenburg to arrest the B-Rulog; For the filming of cars while sliding in the frozen lake; Stockholm’s photo walking tours are in one of my weekends (seen being installed above). Of course, perhaps the images were not kinematic, but it looked good enough, but it looked good enough and the DJI installation was easier to walk more than a miracle camera and lenses.

Arctic photography

The first destination on my visit was Volvo’s HQ, where the various areas used to test the electric vehicles were shown. It is not always easy to shoot places like this. The main thing is that the Volvo is understandable, not interested in showing all engineering secrets, many of which I have visited a large number of visits were an extreme limit for photography. The other places where the pictures will be taken are this illustrative for the story, so it was important to work with Volvo – it was important to work with any company – to find the discounts that both sides are happy.

It was not a problem and I am pleased with some of the shots in the company’s battery test, which is the main topic of written fabric. As a journalist and a photographer, when I visited an area like this, my goal is always to trust my own pictures. In fact, I am in one place and the first thing I saw and something I saw and the originality of the story that shows the readers of Cnet I saw something. If I use the pictures presented by the company it will not happen.

Things are more dramatic than the Sweden’s frozen north. My visit was first taken me to the Arctic district, the village of Kiruna, only in the Arctic test facility of the Volvo, but in the frozen lakes and snow in the snow and snow.

Especially when we stop and the northern lights of the northern lights were amazing when we had a brief look at the northern lights. I put my camera on the pinery on my way tripod, using my pictures using snow cars, using my pictures, three seconds of shots and using 800 using 800 using 800. I am happy with the image I can go.

Angry pictures in the frozen lake

Then we went to the city of Lulea a little more south, we handed over the Volvo’s All Electric EX90 switches, and we put a footprint and an ice in a freezing lake. With another journalist of this foot of the trip, I gave an opportunity to get out of the car window, I felt a little color and stage structure for my own story.

Works in the lake were less than Sedate. In the hope of sending the side side by side around the corners around the corners, I started walking a skin-skin-skin-skin-skin-skin-skin – and often slides on snow. Great fun. DJI OSMO’s efforts from many angles in a small compression inside the movies, but then it’s time for me to do something a little more dangerous.

Driving images and images of driving cars and demanded a more complicated installation. First, I needed one of the test drivers of Volvo to manage the car, which will be the subject. After that, I will be in the next car, be in a car sitting with the cover door, as soon as we walked behind me, it allows you to take a free photo. When I do this on social roads, I wear a high-level vest and use the safety trailer and stuck firmly into the car. It did not have this on the way that I didn’t just sit behind and tried to slip as we had to take every corner.

At one moment I did approximately, but I pressed the side hard to support me to support my foot. Was it safe? No, it’s not really, and it’s not something else when it is illegal, it’s not something like me on public roads. However, it was the only way I could get the shots I asked for the cars. Freezer conditions and on the road are high at high speed, snow and ice, and the camera and the camera – in the snow – said. Thankfully, the air was sealed in Leica Q3 43, so I did not worry about any water damage. At the beginning of this article you can see me sitting with snow remains.

I used the speed of a slower shutter in my camera – usually around 1/80 seconds – I hope the cadaş, in the center of the car, stirred a bit of the car. I used the explosion mode to increase the chances of acting sharp, suitable images, but I’m only 10 years old I am more than a hundred I’m just hitting. But it’s good, just a few people needed to describe my story. This time I made another run to take a video with Osmo. Of course, to work with our words, our talented video editors were outside a piece of windows behind the car we driving to give more different images and some images beyond some parts and beyond some parts.

After our last hug, the day ended as I had time in Sweden.

Edit and advice

Using the internal chrome color profile of Leica, I took a lot of pictures on this trip. I especially adore the colors and tones, when the PolarPro is combined with a golden mist filter. But I hit my pictures in both JPEG and in the raw, and I want to apply my edits to raw documents. For some footage – as there are cars moving on the road – I used my own edits, while others used JPEG with just built chrome profile.

I took a lot of pictures to use on my trips and most of my favorite shots use the colors installed from Leica. Don’t be afraid to use these profiles because you can offer you a big creative push when you take your pictures. Fujifilm’s cameras (like) Excellent X100Vi) Built-in variety is famous for colored profiles such as surprising movies, so see them if you are eager to use the camera colors.

In general, I am happy with the diversity of images that I hit both CNET and for myself. This really helped me to minimize the equipment and to put their trust in and quickly reacted when I see them. If you are eager to take your own journey and your documentary pictures, be sure to check My full guide to professional travel photography.

Editors’ Registered: Travel expenses related to the parts of this story are covered by the manufacturer in the auto industry. The judgments and reviews of CNET employees are ourselves.