Photographers Moonrise was a fun little project I did with some local photographers in Wellington, New Zealand . I videoed the moonrise all in one take on the 27 September 2015 which was a day before the actual full moon, and it also happened to be the Supermoon weekend. I wanted to do something a little different to my normal moonrise videos and actually directed this one via 2 way radio 1.5km away from the photographers…that was certainly a challenge in itself! But after a few nervous moments leading up to the moonrise, everything fell into place, and all went perfectly to plan.
A big thanks must go to the photographers who took time out of their day to get involved with this shoot – make sure you check out the credits at the end. And thanks to PhotoPills, I just couldn’t have planned the precise position and timing when the moon rose into my frame without your awesome app!
If anyone is interested in the planning of this shoot, I highly recommend my article I wrote called ‘To the Moon and Back’ I use the same techniques and planning as I did with my Full Moon Silhouettes video back in 2013.
A short film by Mark Gee
Many thanks to: Adam Corbett, Alayna Doran, Brendon Doran, Bruce Mackay, Eva Weber, Jill Scott, Keryn Doran, Peter Weekly, Sally Eyre
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Music: Winter Sunlight by Good News Tunes
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What I need to photography like this? I have a DSLR, tripod and 300mm lens.
This is so very lovely…and on my birthday, too!
What was the effect you used to make the moon appear so large?
Hi Mark ! I love your works ! I'm waiting for some timelapses ! I just have a question, I'm not a professional photographer, just amateur, and I like so much making video with my simple camera Lumix ! I jsut want to ask you for some website to download CC Free Music .. thank you so much 🙂 Good Luch
Excellent Mark ! You are an inspiration to me and my night photography ! Thanks for sharing !