Adam Colton and Adam Stokowski have help shaped the longboard community through innovative skateboarding with a refined artistic approach. They have expedited the community growth by capturing the feeling of riding a skateboard and sharing with the world. While this post may not be directly about skateboarding it shows their ability to capture an environment and share it. If you haven’t seen one of Adam Squared original videos be sure to check them out HERE
“Adam Stokowski and I (Adam Colton) recently ventured for 2 weeks in Patagonia country of Chile/Argentina perusing our passion for timelapse photography and rhino hunting. These photos you see below were a side project. The TIMELAPSE VIDEO below was the MAIN project. Patagonia is a large untouched, wind blown, raw land of Southern South America. It is home to many famous craggy peaks that have taken climbers lives. It is composed of barren wind sweep fields that rock your car when you drive and topple your tent at night. Camping every night, smelling like the animals we are, I came back with a handful of photos and a Timelapse video that Adam S. and I are very proud of.”
All photos from the trip can be found HERE
Torre Paine Sunrise
“Stokowski and I bushed whacked through mean spikey bushes to set up our camp along a lake over looking the Torre Del Paine mountains. When I awoke this was the view I had looking outside my tent. The mountain was being light up by some of the richest light I have seen. The clouds where coming off the mountain like smoke as if the mtn was on fire. The wind was ragging and knocking my camera around. I got a sweet timelapse of this, stoked.”
Lonely Tree
“There is something beautiful about a lonely tree. A gnarly wind blown tree that has spent its life getting thrashed around. If you look at the tree you can see it is leaned to the right from the constant wind toppling it over. The lighting was not ideal for this pic, the sun was a bit too high but we had to keep moving. I shot this with f 1.2. I focused the camera right on the little light spot on the tree. My composition was to lead the eye to the tree over the meadow of waving grass in which we napped in.”
Wild Horses
“Waking up to one of the most spectacular sunrises on the Torre Del Paine (which I captured by timelapse), I saw wild horses off in the distance. The leader of the pack, the one looking at the camera in the photo was very hesitant. After about 30 minutes they worked their way close enough for me to get a picture. I was a bit nervous since Stokowski and I had a run in with some other wild horses the other day in which the leader threatened us, hahaha.”
Sunrise Fitz Roy
“I use to be a sunset man. Always easier, never had to wake up in the cold mornings for the sunrise. But in Patagonia I woke up stoked many times for the sunrise. The sunrise on Fitz Roy was a blessing. I feel very lucky to be able to witness the sight since Fitz Roy is known for bad weather around the peek and is usually covered in dense clouds/storms. The morning rays lite up Fitz Roy ever so slowly. Sunrays lighting the top at first and working its way down to reveal the whole mountain in a glowing fashion of beauty. (Got this by timelapse-yeah boy)
Thanks skatehouse for letting me share my photos. Many more timelapse and photos projects to he had in the future. I am excited to keep exploring and learning about photography. It helps me noticed little details in landscapes I would other wise miss or overlook. Let the magic roll. ” – Adam Colton