Northguild

2023 filming the herring run at Black Creek for The Keeper. The herring only run upstream for a few weeks in the spring, and even then only for a few hours at dawn and dusk. We were fortunate to have the @nysdec fish weir in place, which created an area for them to crowd up and be easier to capture on film - but even then it took us 2-3 visits to get our shot.

We used a @blackmagicdesignofficial Pocket 4K in a waterproof housing on the end of a monopod and monitored it remotely. No AF so we opened up and pinned our focus to about 1ft and let the fish come to us. An @aputure.lighting 300d with fresnel on a well secured stand in the water gave us some really nice volumetric backlighting which looked quite sunny and natural from under the waves. Definitely one of the cooler shots in the film!

Director: @jonbowermaster
Directors of Photography: @devinpickering @chris.rahm

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