[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNarFefkvng?rel=0&w=650&h=400] We’re chomping at the bit to see the full film for the 2011 Wenger Patagonian Expedition Race, but until then we’ll settle for the trailer. Our sincerest apologies if it makes an otherwise drab Monday seem even more so.
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFPtWedl7wg&w=650&h=439] The 2012 Lamborghini Aventador LP700-4 is unquestionably a work of art, but installing one for an exhibit at Rome’s Chiostro Del Bramante Contemporary Art Museum proved to be slightly more complicated than hanging a painting. Apparently, 16th century doors were not designed to allow enough berth for today’s supercars (we can’t imagine why…) to just roll on into the museum.
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwbP9WLX3fY&w=650&h=400] Many downhill lovers have dreamt of whizzing through the ungroomed powder troves of the backcountry. Skiing off of an enormous cliff face while triggering an avalanche probably isn’t part of those dreams — well at least for you saner readers.
Spending a week in -13° F temperatures in the National Parks of Kirkenes and Pas around the Russian border, landscape photographer Terje Sorgjerd captured one of the biggest displays of the aurora borealis. Using a combination of time-lapse photography from his Canon 5D Mark II and what’s known as a motion control dolly Sorgjerd has created a film that conveys the experience of seeing the Northern Lights.
Every now and then, when you’re asked to put away the electronics on a flight it’s worth bending the rules to keep one, the camera, out for an extra few minutes. Especially during those last 10-15,000 feet of final approach where the vistas can potentially be striking.
Winter 2008 – Summer 2009 on the corner of Yonge and Dundas in Toronto – from one of my favorite photobloggers, Sam Javanrouh and his famous photoblog, Daily Dose of Imagery. Shot using the Canon 5D Mark II and Canon EF 17-40mm L.
Or, if you’d rather see what a movie with Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Eric Roberts, Randy Couture, Steve Austin, Mickey Rourke, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis, and Terry Crews looks like, hit the jump. Two words: title irony.
Sam Martin, the Editor-in-Chief of Design Mind discusses the instinctive, visceral need of men for their own space. In his speech at 2009’s TED Conference (the thinkers of our time), Martin shares his research and findings of “man spaces”.
Seeing the boorish captures of the Eyjafjallajökull volcano eruption in Iceland, Sean Stiegmeier decided to take things into his own hands. Using a Canon 5D Mark II which we, Stiegmeier braved the flight and weather chaos to get a half day’s worth of footage.
Technologically Advanced, Sophisticated Design, Rugged Purpose
Gear Patrol’s Bradley Hasemeyer takes the new (to the U.S.) Nissan Cube out for a test drive and gives his review on the seemingly square (yet not so square) ride.