5D MKll Goes to Haiti

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Khalid Mohtaseb

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http://www.vimeo.com/9608637

A week after the devastating earthquake hit Haiti, I was hired to shoot ENG footage for two international networks. This is a montage of personal footage I shot of the aftermath during my spare time, in and around Port au Prince. We were in Haiti for a total of 6 days in which 2 of those days were spent traveling to and from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Due to the situation on the ground, all the footage was shot in 2 days, under direct sunlight and a great deal of pressure. As demanding as it was, it taught me how to pick shots on the fly, and in "not so perfect" lighting or shooting conditions.

In regards to equipment, we traveled very lightly as security and logistics were our main concerns at that time. Once again the Kessler Pocket Dolly proved to be an essential tool in capturing my images.

Lenses used:
Canon 16-35 f2.8 L-series
Canon 70-200 f2.8 L-series
Canon 24-70 f2.8 L-series

Locations: Port au Prince, Leogane, Carrefour

Producer: Susan Modaress

Music: Eric Wollo

Editing/ Color grading: Khalid Mohtaseb

http://www.vimeo.com/9608637
 
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I will be traveling to Haiti at the end of March for 2 weeks, I am interested to see what you captured.
 
Apart the infamous bit of aliasing, great piece of beautiful imagerie, as usual. But in the middle of such a quite human tragedy you've kept now the blink of an eye forever. Go ahead, young fellow.

E. :-)
 
Wow...difficult to watch, but beautiful at the same time. Without getting too deep, it's clear you have alot of compassion, because many of the images coming in traditional media were rather gory.

I can imagine it was probably more difficult to look into the eyes of survivors than to shoot the piles of the ones who lost their lives...Everyone wants to look at the train wreck as it were... your images suggest the human condition....

I give you major props for being able to create something meaningful in the clutches of disaster.

Really nice job
 
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