Climbing and Camera Envy

Renan Ozturk's video of climbing at Yosemite is one of those clips that young people might watch and treasure forever as a life model (climbing, photography, videography, whatever, just get to the mountains and make art once you're there). Gorgeous.

On Assignment from renan ozturk on Vimeo.

Every shot is high quality — creative angles and time progression, intimate scenes and really really really great camera and equipment. Excellent color. And fog breathing in and out of mountains and constellations traveling overhead never gets old.

The images are supported by a narrative by photographer Jimmy Chin as he reflects on climbing and doing the sport justice through photography.

I'm glad I'm a writer. Otherwise, I'd probably spend the rest of my life trying to get this good at videography.