The Rocky Mt. chapter hosted adventure athlete and filmmaker, Michael Brown, on April 8 for an overview on how new video and filmmaking technology is helping explorers tell their stories.
Brown’s films have spanned all seven continents and covered subjects from the conservation of wild places to social justice. His work as a director and cinematographer has won many festival and industry awards including three Emmys. He has captured ice caves for NOVA, tornadoes for Discovery, science at the South Pole for National Geographic, mountain climbing for IMAX and avalanches for the BBC.
Brown (left) is shown holding a late 1990s era 15 lbs. video camera and housing that was replaced by a modern-day 5.2 oz. GoPro Hero4 shown in the hands of Greg Holland, FN11, from Boulder and Melbourne, Australia.
“It’s beyond remarkable how cameras now used in expeditions have improved,” Brown said. “The quality now is unbelievable.”