Wedding Photography on Mount Everest Base Camp by Jørn and Tora (Facebook | Website | Instagram, see also previous [NR] guest post): If you read any Norwegian newspapers some months ago you might have seen an article about a couple who got married on Mount Everest Base Camp. Well, that groom in the photo, that’s me. And this is the story of how I shot my wedding photos at 5364 meters above sea level. Believe it or not, but there are actually wedding photographers specialising in shoots like these. However, such services come with a five-digit $ number, way above our budget. Therefore my soon-to-be wife and I embarked on what most wedding photographers would probably advise you never to do: shoot your own wedding photos. Especially when you are not even a professional photographer. That being said, credit where credit’s due: Although some photos where shot on a tripod by me, we also got help by our friend Beth Rudd for the other ones, more about that further down. If you want to read more about how on earth we ended up in a wedding dress and tuxedo at Mount Everest Base Camp we have written about this on our travel blog here and videos documenting the journey here. But as this is a photography site I’ll dive into the practicalities of photographing in such a remote and hostile environment. We were limited to 15 kg per person for the trek (airline restrictions flying into Lukla, known as the...
Published By: Nikonrumors - Sunday, 8 December, 2019