Bajau People of Sulawesi
Bajau People of Sulawesi
In December 2014 I travelled to the remote island of Hoga – part of the Wakatobi archipelago off the South East corner of Sulawesi. Essentially I was there collecting marine footage for Earth Touch. While there I met Melody Lynch who was living in a small Bajau community as part of her fellowship program. I spend many days filming the Bajau people in their beautiful stilt village of Sampela and also out fishing and sailing around the immediate area as they showed me their prowess in the water. Bajau are renowned free divers and I personally witnessed divers descending easily to 20 meters without the aid of fins or flippers.
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IMAX 3D Underwater Shoot
The Last Reef Imax 3D
Behind The Scenes With Liquid Pictures
Filmed over three years on some of the most stunning reefs found anywhere in the world, The Last Reef was produced by DJ Roller of Liquid Pictures. While shooting in a remote corner of Raja Ampat in far Eastern Indonesia I was commissioned to shoot some behind the scenes footage for the Indonesian Ministry of Tourism to showcase their production facilities. I can easily say that that was one of the most enjoyable underwater shoots I have ever been part of.
The Reefs of Misool are out of this word and of course DJ and his team were shooting on the best reefs there – far away from any tourist divers….
Here is the trailer for the end product and above is a taste of the Behind the Scenes I shot on my Sony Z1 with the Phenom Housing from Amphibico.
