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Behind the camera: Cristina Mittermeier, conservation photographer

Published Nov 30, 2015 | Barney Britton

In this video we take a look at the work of Cristina Mittermeier, a conservation photographer who has dedicated her working life to documenting our changing environment and the roles of human communities around the world in protecting it. Founder of the International League of Conservation Photographers, Cristina delivered the keynote talk at our recent PIX 2015 show in Seattle. Check out our video to learn more about her work.

A look at the work of Cristina Mittermeier, conservation photographer

This is sponsored content, produced with the support of Sony. What does this mean?

Tags: video, environmental-portraiture, nature-photography, pix-2015, sony, wildlife-photos

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Total comments: 23

Impressive photographer

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You know people, the video is about a photographer and her work. It is sad the number of posts here that are mainly concerned with corporate brands.

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What she does is very cool and clearly she has to relate to people and understand the environment, but...

The video was sponsored by Sony, photography is a very technical hobby/industry etc and this is a website for photo geeks, so I think it's fair that people are discussing that!

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Christina is really doing great, way nice video to watch here, great enviromental photographer, she does really blend into the scenery and doing her job...fine portraits for sure.

The only thing that i really dislike compared to Canikon DSLR: the way silly A7R II shutter sound, sorry guys, besides this, a hell good mirrorless cam.

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Watching her shoot, I suddenly see the appeal of these cameras. Instead of a sticking a hideously ugly black 1D with a 24-70 into your subjects face and going ka-flappety-flappety-flappety with the giant mirror banging around, you can gently and quietly take images with the careful grace of a mother laying a sleeping baby down for a nap.
Where do I sign up.

Comment edited 21 seconds after posting

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Try Amazon or BHPhoto. You won't need to sign up for anything, just pull out your wallet.

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Beautiful video, important work.

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Great photographer. For her type of photography, she can use Nikon, Canon or any brands, still capable to produce great photos.

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She is so great. A very good photographer for sure.

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Nice video with the work of a very good photographer.

If I understand correctly, this type of sponsored feature works by the sponsor contacting DPR and proposing it. I wonder if other sponsors, like Canon or Nikon, also contact DPR to promote their products via their ambassadors? I am not being facetious here, just curious. Canon and Nikon have a strong web presence via CPN for instance, where they feature a lot of work from their ambassador photographers.

Do they also feel the need to promote via DPR?

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Yes: for example, this video, "Moving Beyond the Kit Lens", sponsored by Nikon. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8uw7yv0w3E

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Keep 'em coming! :) I love these videos!!!

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She is an official Sony Global Ambassador, but DPR properly disclosed that this is sponsored content.

http://imagingambassadors.sony.net/ambassadors

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who care about the camera...did you understand the message behind.

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If you look at the credits toward the end, it says it is supported by Sony. I wonder what equipment she actually uses on her own.

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Cristina is a Sony Artisan of Imagery, has been for a long time:

http://imagingambassadors.sony.net/network/photographer-category-2/cristina-mittermeier/

http://www.cristinamittermeier.com/about/

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EXCELLENT video. She, Cristina Mittermeier is a great photographer. I do like her work.

Tofino is a wonderful place.

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She's great at what she does but gee, my brain hurts every time I see her hold the lens backwards. Am I the only one ?

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not sure what you mean. Are you referring to when she was mounting the lens in the boat?

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I think nicolaiecostel means that she is holding her hand above the lens instead of under. Under the lens gives you a steadier grip but hey look at her images...

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I do that a bit when making heavy use of the zoom or manual focus, especially if I want a smooth rotation around 90-180 degrees or so - typically shooting video.

With light gear like that it's fine. In fact it's nice to do it occasionally for a bit of a break. You can see usually she holds the camera the typical way.

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ah yeah that makes more sense now, thanks

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I can move my wrist much more when I hold a zoom lens like this. Actually holding the FE 70-200 from below doesnt allow me to zoom the lens theough the whole range. Maybe it's just my arms but what the lady does looks natural for me in this case. The lens is also not heavy at all and has good OIS so it really doesnt matter at all for most shots.

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