"Life begins at the end of your comfort zone!" With @uhurupic - For The @colorpro Film Festival / "From experience, I have learned that you often have to stick to your first instincts. My favorite stories are the ones I make up in my head. I have always been a great dreamer, and I always will be. My brain is constantly creating stories through what I see and feel, and the more I explore, the more new I see and feel, and the more stories I produce in my mind. I feel free because I can create anything – I do not think there are any rules for a story, as long as it is sincere.
With the video I submitted for the @colorpro film contest, I wanted to highlight what leaving my comfort zone has done for me over the past few years. It started in Kilimanjaro, where I was afraid to leave my comfort zone at first. By doing so anyway and finding my way through this climb, I understood that I wanted to express my sensitivity and externalize my inner world through video. After dropping my rugby career, I found a new goal that made life exciting again.
Since this adventure, I have never stopped playing with my comfort, and each time, I never know what it brings me - it can hurt and is scary. However, this allows me to discover and release a power that has made me move forward.
My mom is also an example of how to challenge my comfort zone. She reminds me that pushing through (mental) pain and fear can bring you back on track. A photo I took of her at the top of Mont-Blanc is symbolic in this regard. It is hard to believe that a few months before this moment, standing on top of the mountain, she was in a coma. That picture is full of meaning to me, with a touching and motivational story.
Sometimes we say that one can move mountains. And well, my mom did. I am sure that with the same strong will and determination, we can do it too." @nomadict: This video by @uhurupic is one of our favorite entries thus far. So we feel incredibly proud to present it to you! 🎇 Congratulations En
The value of community and how good things happen when you surround yourself with like-minded people! With @chunger_shoots - For The @colorpro Film Festival / "I always say that the most powerful thing about social media is the ability to inspire change and connect with similar individuals from around the world. In my case, I had been following a few photographers from Canada for a little over a year, and we constantly engaged with each other’s work. It’s crazy how you can develop such deep connections with people through the online world.
When the idea of traveling to Iceland presented itself to a small group of us, we decided to make it a bigger project by bringing all six of us on board. So, we started a DM group chat, began planning, and the rest is history!
In mid-March, we embarked on this Icelandic adventure, a product of months of planning, nonstop pitching, and a collective desire to make our vision a reality. In the end, we had the opportunity to work for seven international brands and four local businesses in Iceland. These opportunities helped us broaden our portfolios and create work that can now be leveraged both individually and collectively in the future. It was an incredible professional accomplishment, but our group trip to Iceland opened our eyes to so much more beyond the realms of business.
It showed us all the value behind community and how good things happen when you surround yourself with like-minded, positive people. Putting six creative minds together for two weeks allowed us all to learn many things that would have taken months, if not years, to learn on our own. Iceland also re-sparked our love of exploring foreign cultures and made us feel at home in the unknown again.
Last but certainly not least, we had an absolute blast! It was so much fun to connect and create memories with each other – memories that we’ll be able to hold onto and look back on for years to come!" Congratulations @chunger_shoots! 🎇 We feel incredibly pr
"Taking the first step, even when you do not see the whole staircase.” With @be_mesmerized - For The @colorpro Film Festival / "Before being a full-time content creator, I had an office job, filming weddings during weekends and editing the footage in my evenings during the week. I remember feeling stuck, prisoner of a vicious circle, only earning money for basic needs. So, I began slowly working on the side to create something for myself. I started learning about and creating travel videos when I saw Beautiful Destinations films. I analyzed their videos and tried to incorporate what they do into my own. I also watched a lot of Youtube tutorials about editing, sound effects, and filming. And then there is the inevitable element: lots of practice.
After releasing my first film, I got offered the opportunity to shoot a travel show in China. Right after I got home, I decided filmmaking was what I wanted to do and quit my day job despite everyone that said I should keep my job. That was the best decision I ever made, and I never looked back. The security of being employed was never enough for me, and I wanted more from life. That was my leap of faith, and as a reward, I could capture all the scenes shown in my video.
What I love to do when filming a travel video is to go somewhere and wait for something to start happening and try to document it. I follow people as they do their everyday thing. We are used to modern things, but worldwide, people still live in tribes, work the fields with manual labor, or climb the volcanoes to get sulfur. I find all of this fascinating, and I try to show that in my videos.
I want to inspire others to chase their dreams and try something different. I want my videos to give direction and hope to people feeling stuck and unhappy. To make them feel empowered to follow their path because they are the only ones who know what is best for themselves. Give your best to push your boundaries and take that leap of faith!" @nomadict: Congratula
The campaign to turn Nomadict Magazine Issue 2 into reality is now live! 🎇
During the next 40 days, we will be racing against the clock to raise the necessary funds to produce Nomadict Magazine Issue 2!
For this issue, we wanted to take things a little bit further and curated 172 pages for all of you looking to grow and maybe even to make a living as nature/landscape photographers.
To achieve such a goal, we have collaborated with successful and professional photographers with years of experience in the field.
We divided Nomadict Magazine Issue 2 into four sections, representing four 'elements' in the outdoor photography scene: space, mountains, forests, and ocean. We introduce each section with a short article based on scientific literature to inform you about the theme.
Then, long-format interviews with the photographers presented below will deepen your knowledge and nurture your imagination:
Ronald Söthje (@ronald_soethje)
Ghislain Fave (@ghislain_fave)
Maximilian Gierl (@maximiliangierl)
Zach Nichols (@zachnicholz)
Jorge Verdasca (@verdasca.photo)
Brooke Bartleson (@brookelittlebear)
Warren Keelan (@warrenkeelan)
Charlotte Piho (@charlottepiho)
Phil de Glanville (@phlyimages)
Dave Sandford (@davesandford)
Henthorne (@one.blue.ocean)
Through their words, you will learn about their most valuable experiences. They share advice, tips, and tricks so everyone can progress within the niche. And through their images, we hope to inspire you in creating your art and to be more curious about our planet.
Nomadict Magazine Issue 2 also includes:
- The Best of the Week Gallery
The 52 winners of 2021 and their winning photographs are highlighted in the magazine. We included their most inspiring quotes and lessons, and QR codes to the full articles. In this section, we also learn about the winning photograph - the future cover page of the magazine - which is yet to be determined by you, the community!
- A Digital Map with photo spots around the world
...And th
Focusing on details, studying lights and the sounds of nature to convey simplicity in your art. With @mod21212121 / "As I’m mainly a musician, there’s always a parallel thought going on in my mind when I’m taking a photo. I always try to find a sonic combination to what I’m seeing and if I can’t find one then I’ll eventually make it by myself in the studio. The fact that I can express myself with both visual and audio art is something that makes me feel somehow more complete as my artistic language now has a wider range to play with human senses.
Photography also taught me an important lesson: Sometimes we passively look at the complete scene in front of us thinking that there is nothing special in it - probably because it is a similar thing we've seen thousands of times. Truth is that I found the greatest inspiration going back to the same location more and more, looking and deeply analyzing whatever was around me, observing the light changing hour after hour and how the different weather could completely transform the scenery, forcing myself to find that detail I didn’t catch the last time I was there.
This is why I love to wake up really early and go out when it’s still night. I love to observe and appreciate the world waking up and this video is a good example. At the moment of the photo, I was sitting on the bank of the river, my microphone in place ready for some field recordings. I was enjoying the moment drinking a cup of coffee and then that scene appeared in front of my eyes. The simplicity of the scene was counterbalancing my tortuous feelings, driving me into a comfortable and pleasant mental status.
It’s simplicity that we sometimes really need to find peace. That is exactly what this photo taught me and helped me remember. Sometimes, when you feel suffocated by chaotic and worrying thoughts, taking a step back, focusing on simple things and giving some air to your brain really helps to get a clear and overall vision of what’s g