Shemshak Lodge. December 4th, 2010
Early December and I was back in the alps, not to ski, but to shoot the new Consensio Holidays chalet called Shemshak Lodge in Courchevel 1850. I’d shot their chalets in Val d’Isere and Meribel last year so I knew it would be nice place, it didn’t disappoint! Shemshak is simply magnificent, it’s brand new and has had the interior designed by Todhunter Earle of London. It’s also situated right next to the piste so you can “ski in ski out”.
I shot it all with the Nikon D3x using the following Nikkor lenses - 14-24mm, 24-70mm, 70-200mm, 50mm 1.8, 105 macro and I hired a Nikkor 24mm f/3 ED PC-E Tilt and Shift lens from Lens Pimp. The whole shoot went like a dream, I used the D3x’s 5:4 crop in a few of the shots which really helped with composition, I also used a new Giottos Carbon Fiber Tripod as my old trusty Benbo gave up after 15 years of hard labour. The Giottos proved to be a really sturdy piece of kit with great flexibility. The tilt and Shift lens also gave me some really nice depth of field effects on a few of the pictures. We also had to shoot under artificial light for many of the shots as the daylight simply didn’t last long enough, the D3x produced amazing shadow detail in all of the pictures, the camera just blows me away. Both myself and Consensio are really pleased with the results. Have a look at the slideshow below.
