Ben Chase Photography

A Surreal Journey

benchase — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 12:00:05 +0000

Greetings friends! It’s been a long couple of months and several thousand miles of travel to capture the footage and time-lapse frames needed to produce my latest clip, but the experiences have been more than worthwhile. Here it is: And now for the rest of the story… I experienced everything from photographing the northern lights [...]

Northwest Territories – A Sense of Adventure

benchase — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:00:48 +0000

Date: January 19th, 11:24pm. Conditions: -30F & wind gusting to 40-50km. Bitterly cold. If you’ve read “To Build a Fire” by Jack London – that’s the kind of cold I’m talking about here. Upon our arrival at the shore of the frozen Great Slave Lake, we scouted out a location that looked promising. It was [...]

Departing to Jasper and onward to Yellowknife…

benchase — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:00:39 +0000

Hello Friends, I will be leaving on another adventure in Alberta and Northwest Territories from January 13-22. While it’s unlikely that I will have e-mail capability, I will do what I can to respond to any inquiries, but it is unlikely I will have much ability to communicate until my return on Jan 22. Want [...]

My 10 Favorite Photos from 2011

benchase — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 01:20:46 +0000

2011 was my best year so far, so editing everything down to ten photographs has been quite a challenge. There were some photographs that I did not want to edit out, but I’ve limited the list to just landscapes and nature to make the selection a little bit easier. One of my favorite images of [...]

New Timelapse Video in Development

benchase — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 05:14:12 +0000

I’m beginning my second experiment into a mix of HD footage & timelapse footage used in a creative way. A few weeks ago, I got a wild idea and headed up into the mountains to shoot and process some timelapse footage in a new and creative way. Here is a sneak peak of one of [...]

An element of adventure…

benchase — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 15:30:55 +0000

To my success or failure, there is one constant when it comes to what I choose to photograph. It boils down to whether or not a particular trip I take contains an element of adventure. Please don’t misunderstand me, I love seeing epic landscapes, wildlife in its natural element, and rural-themed agriculture scenes – but [...]

Just another five minutes…

benchase — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 13:03:54 +0000

When you’ve obtained some experience being a landscape photographer, it’s easy to assume that the great light you’re waiting for is either going to happen within 10 minutes before or after sunset, or that it won’t happen at all, because that is probably what happens most of the time. It was no different earlier this [...]

First HD Video with Time Lapse

benchase — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 19:32:47 +0000

I mixed some time lapse footage (my first attempt) with regular footage and produced a 1 minute HD clip here at Vimeo. Let me know what you think!

My Favorite Photograph

benchase — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 16:31:59 +0000

A while back, I came across a photograph in a magazine and a very short story about how it was made that just blew my mind. I have seen tens of thousands of photographs, many of those truly outstanding, but this was different. Somehow I lost the magazine and could never find it again after [...]

Creating an Atmosphere

benchase — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 14:00:28 +0000

What are the purposes of art? A difficult question, and one likely to elicit as many opinions as there are artists. From my perspective, I want my artwork to “create an atmosphere”. What exactly does that mean, anyway? A good photograph should elicit some kind of strong emotional response. It doesn’t necessarily need to be [...]