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Corey Rich: Shooting Photos and Video of Rock Climbers (cont.)

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D700; AF-S NIKKOR 14-24mm f/2.8G ED;1/160 sec. at f/4.0; Focal length 14mm; 3D Color Matrix Metering II; No flash; ISO 400

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But the camera's moves have to be intentional. "Dangling off a rope with the wind coming in at 40 miles per hour makes it difficult to keep the camera steady. I'd often use mybody as a tripod: the rope is one leg, and my legs, ideally against the wall, are the other two." In some cases Corey would secure himself with another rope, and what also worked very well was clipping his camera strap into the rope system and then pulling the camera strap against the ropes, creating tension for a steadier support.

Corey also carried a D700, which he used to take the 900 sequential shots that went into the sunrise on El Cap opening of the video he shot for Nikon. His two primary lenses for shooting still and video with his Nikon D-SLRs were the AF-S NIKKOR 14-24mm f/2.8G ED and the AF-S VR Zoom-NIKKOR 70-200mm f/2.8G IF-ED. Corey's D90 video footage turned out so well that much of it will be included in the documentary film Progression, produced by Big Up Productions. "The film is about the evolution of rock climbing and how the limits are being pushed by today's climbers."

Corey wasn't at all surprised that his D90 footage made the cut. "I'd been shooting video with the D90 for a while. I knew what that camera could do."

To learn more about the Nikon gear Corey uses, see the Gear Guide in the Sports & Action section of Learn & Explore. Corey's website is at www.coreyrich.com. For information about Big Up Productions and Progression, visit the company's website at www.bigupproductions.com.

Corey Rich has been an NPS member since 2008.