To Italian Photographer Lorenzo Caccia, photography goes hand in hand with traveling, exploration and discovery. “It is the language I use to try and make my audience feel the same emotions I felt when I was taking the pictures,” he writes on his website. He’s also familiar to videography, and recently released “Alps in Light,” his first time-lapse project.
Lorenzo tells Resource Travel :
It was an amazing adventure to journey from Mont Blanc to the Dolomites on a mission to try to capture the essence of these mountains and the incredible light that often surrounds them.
When Caccia came home, he brought back over 20,000 RAW-files, shot with his Canon EOS 550D, which he then transformed into a 3-minute 18-second celebration of the beauty of the Italian Alps.
What inspired you to travel to the Italian mountains to create this time-lapse film?
Very simple… I love mountains. Ever since I was I child, I used to spend the entire summer with my family in the amazing valley of Aosta, in the northwest of Italy. And as I grew up, I also discovered that I really enjoyed photography too. So, by combining those two passions, my first time-lapse project was born.
The whole project took Lorenzo more than 2 years, in which he traveled to the most desolate places in the Alps, sleeping in bivouacs, huts and tents under millions of stars, just to be able to capture the mystique of the night.
I lived in very close contact with nature, and was able to improve my photography skills at the same time. These two passions became dependent on each other. Photography is the best way for me to express the emotions only mountains give me, and the mountain itself is the main incentive for my photographic growth.
How long did it take you to transform 1TB of RAW filed into this film?
That’s hard for me to quantify. I think that post production took me more than 100 hours. Organizing and handling the sequences requires a lot of time and patience. It also includes the use of specific software to optimize the transformation from photo to video and to correct possible technical issues.
Lorenzo tells Resource Travel that he is planning a sequel, but wishes not to disclose too much information about it at this time. He does hint that it will be something with mountains again, but “far away from my well known Alps.”
My main inspiration for me is to move people by the beauty of mountains.
See more of Lorenzo Caccia’s work on his website, Instagram, Facebook and 500px.
12 comments
You’ve made some really good points there. I looked on the web for additional information about the issue and found most people will go along with your views on this site.
Great post. I am dealing with some of these issues as well..
Sweet blog! I found it while surfing around on Yahoo
News. Do you have any suggestions on how to
get listed in Yahoo News? I’ve been trying for a while but I never seem to get there!
Cheers
I simply want to tell you that I’m newbie to weblog and seriously loved your web blog. Probably I’m likely to bookmark your blog post . You definitely come with superb articles. With thanks for sharing with us your blog.
Thank you, I’ve recently been looking for info about this subject for a long time and yours is the greatest I have discovered till now.
However, what concerning the conclusion? Are you positive about the source?
I want to express thanks to the writer for bailing me out of this predicament. After surfing around through the internet and seeing tips which are not beneficial, I thought my entire life was over. Being alive devoid of the strategies to the issues you’ve sorted out by means of your good website is a serious case, as well as those that would have in a negative way affected my entire career if I had not discovered the blog. Your primary understanding and kindness in playing with all things was helpful. I am not sure what I would’ve done if I hadn’t come across such a step like this. I can now look ahead to my future. Thank you so much for the expert and effective help. I will not be reluctant to endorse your web sites to anybody who should receive guidelines on this topic.
It’s really a cool and useful piece of information. I’m glad that you shared this useful info with us. Please keep us informed like this. Thanks for sharing.
Hmm it looks like your website ate my first comment (it was extremely long) so I guess I’ll just sum it up what I submitted and say, I’m thoroughly enjoying your blog. I too am an aspiring blog blogger but I’m still new to the whole thing. Do you have any helpful hints for inexperienced blog writers? I’d genuinely appreciate it.
Hi, Neat post. There is a problem with your website in internet explorer, would test this… IE still is the market leader and a large portion of people will miss your fantastic writing due to this problem.
I dugg some of you post as I cerebrated they were very beneficial extremely helpful
I like what you guys are up also. Such smart work and reporting! Carry on the excellent works guys I’ve incorporated you guys to my blogroll. I think it’ll improve the value of my website :).
It’s actually a great and helpful piece of
info. I’m happy that you simply shared this useful information with us.
Please keep us up to date like this. Thanks for sharing.