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Richard Simko
Slovakia
Приєднався 27 кві 2007
Hi, I'm Richard, and I am in love with traveling, photography, and filmmaking. Traveling satisfies my never-ending curiosity and passion for exploring. Visual storytelling is a perfect avenue to share my experiences from my travels with the world. I capture the land, the sea, and most of all, the people. When on the road, I observe and document what I see and feel. I aim to leave a small footprint. Remote locations and physical discomfort won't stop me in my quest to deliver the best story and imagery possible. On the contrary, I thrive in such environments.
My professional life is also revolving around beautiful images. I make my living as a visual effects artist. You can find my name among the visual effects credits in several known movies.
Originally from Slovakia, I am currently on a work contract in Australia.
My professional life is also revolving around beautiful images. I make my living as a visual effects artist. You can find my name among the visual effects credits in several known movies.
Originally from Slovakia, I am currently on a work contract in Australia.
Antarctica B&W landscape editing
This time I edit a landscape photograph with Bark Europa in Capture One 22, finishing with Affinity Photo.
Shot on Fujifilm X-T1 and Fujinon XF 50-140mm F2.8 R OIS R WR
#captureone #fujifilm #barkeuropa
Shot on Fujifilm X-T1 and Fujinon XF 50-140mm F2.8 R OIS R WR
#captureone #fujifilm #barkeuropa
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Відео
Travel portrait editing in Capture One
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Photo captured with Fujifilm X-E1 and Fujinon XF 35mm F1.4 and edited in Capture One 22 #fujifilm #captureone
Antarctic season 2022-2023 with Bark Europa in photographs
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It's been a long and fruitful season working as a guide on Bark Europa, crossing the Drake Passage 5 times, visiting South Georgia and Tristan da Cunha, and crossing the Scotia Sea, and South Atlantic all the way to Cape Town. These are only a fraction of the pictures taken during 3 trips. Photographs were taken with Fujifilm cameras and a few with GoPro (Fujifilm X-T2, Fujifilm X_H1, GoPro Her...
For Ukraine. My first attempt to compose a soundtrack for a video (Reaper + free instruments)
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Uncharted waters for me. It is the first time I attempted to write music for a video rather than use royalty-free services. Initially, I wanted to test out Reaper as my audio application of choice but then the whole thing evolved. At the same time war broke out and I thought this could be a great way to show my support to the people of Ukraine. There is not much more to say. All people with com...
THE VOYAGE - Bark Europa sails 10000 nautical miles from Ushuaia to Scheveningen
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THE VOYAGE - Bark Europa sails 10000 nautical miles from Ushuaia to Scheveningen In the first half of 2020, Bark Europa sailed nonstop from Argentina to the Netherlands amid the Covid-19 breakout and ongoing international restrictions and port lockdowns. This was the longest nonstop voyage she has ever done, over 10000 nautical miles, starting in Ushuaia in the southern tip of Argentina all the...
THE VOYAGE - TEASER
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In the first half of 2020, Bark Europa sailed nonstop from Argentina to the Netherlands amid the Covid-19 breakdown and ongoing international restrictions and port lockdowns. This is the short teaser for the upcoming video about the voyage. It was a long over 10000 nautical miles voyage from Ushuaia in the southern tip of Argentina all the way to the home port, Scheveningen in the Netherlands. ...
Glimpses from Bangkok (travel montage)
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This is a short travel montage I put together from the footage I shot during my visit in November 2018. Shot on Fujifilm X-H1 and edited in Davinci Resolve. ▶ Check out my gear on Kit: kit.com/rsimko Music provided by HearWeGo Artist: Zymek Title: Tomorrow Listen on UA-cam: ua-cam.com/video/-ZaTiZMIaXg/v-deo.html 🌐 FIND ME Website: richardsimko.com Instagram: framinghands Twitter:...
Sinai Trail
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It’s here, a short travel video from my recent trip to South Sinai in Egypt. We spent 10 days on the Sinai Trail with Bedouin people getting an interesting glimpse into the Bedouin lifestyle and culture. We started in Nuweiba, spent few days in the desert, hiked the mountain around St Catherine, witnessed a procession in St Catherine Monastery and most of all we met a whole bunch of great peopl...
Antarctica expedition on board of Bark Europa in travel video.
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This is a short travel video I edited together from footage I captured during Antarctica photography voyage on board of Bark Europa. This was by far the most exciting trip I have ever made and on a beautiful hundred-year-old tall ship. Who said that dreams don't come true. Support me: www.buymeacoffee.com/rsimko ☕️ Music: "Shores of Avalon" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creativ...
Five years with Fujifilm X-series cameras (photo slideshow)
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It has been 5 years since I started using Fujifilm X-series cameras. It was Fujifilm X-E1 that opened the door to this camera system for me. Quite a journey. I was thinking what video to do for this "anniversary". I went through my archive of images taken with the Fujifilm x-series cameras and I picked some of my favourite ones. Visit the blogpost if you are interested in little stories about h...
HOME - short holiday video from my home in Slovakia
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I spent my last holiday with my parents back home in Slovakia. It was the after a long 2 years since I last visited home. I did this small project for fun. At the same time it was a good learning experience and I created something we can look at with my family few years from now and reflect on these awesome times. I used Fujifilm X-T2, Gopro Hero 5 and DJI Mavic for capturing the footage. All e...
Grading DJI Mavic footage in Davinci Resolve 14 without LUT
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This is an example how you can grade a footage shot with DJI Mavic in Davinci Resolve 14 without LUT from scratch. As you will see I am using lot of same nodes and techniques as in my previous tutorial (ua-cam.com/video/SFsi-o9zhOI/v-deo.html) I used a free version of Davinci Resolve as well as LUT that comes with it. Camera settings: Picture profile: D-Log at 4K Sharpness: 1 Contrast: -2 Satur...
Grading DJI Mavic footage in Davinci Resolve 14 using a built in LUT
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This is an example how you can grade a footage shot with DJI Mavic in Davinci Resolve 14 using a LUT. I used a free version of Davinci Resolve as well as LUT that comes with it. Camera settings: Picture profile: D-Log at 4K Sharpness: 1 Contrast: -2 Saturation: -2 WB: 5600K SS: 1/50 sec I used a ND filter on the camera, I don't remember how many stops but I kept the shutter speed at 1/50 sec 🌐 ...
Luminar Neptune, photo editing example
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This is a short example of photo editing in Luminar. Luminar Neptune is the latest iteration of Macphun's RAW conversion software. It comes with few improvements and new features. I am not looking at them all. Instead, I took this image and edited it from start to finish as I would during my usual image editing process. I took this image while back during my trip to Laos. I visited some remote ...
Flying DJI Mavic Pro around Sydney over the Easter break
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Nobody is born a perfect drone pilot and aerial cinematographer out of the box, right? I am a complete drone rookie with less than 7 hrs of flight under my belt. Mavic is the first and only drone I flew in my life. So I am learning. This footage is far from perfect but I keep it here to see and compare the progress with future videos. I made lots of rookie mistakes here as forgetting to tap to ...
Landscape photo editing with Macphun Luminar (Fujifilm X-T2 X-trans file)
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Landscape photo editing with Macphun Luminar (Fujifilm X-T2 X-trans file)
Wentworth Falls hike (Gopro Hero5 Black)
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Wentworth Falls hike (Gopro Hero5 Black)
Coamandante. Watercolor sketch. (filmed with Fujifilm X-T2, edit and grade with Davinci Resolve)
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Coamandante. Watercolor sketch. (filmed with Fujifilm X-T2, edit and grade with Davinci Resolve)
Story behind the photograph. Rando Sherpa from Thangnak. (Fujifilm X100S, GoPro Hero3+, NikonD800 )
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Story behind the photograph. Rando Sherpa from Thangnak. (Fujifilm X100S, GoPro Hero3 , NikonD800 )
From Slovakia with love, holiday 2015 (Panasonic GH4)
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From Slovakia with love, holiday 2015 (Panasonic GH4)
what a Voyage and what a nice video! i love it. once.....i don't know when but once I will join for a trip, not that long but a shorter one...... once I will join....
although i love what u did here, its really beautiful. felt like i wanted to sail, too.... but hey really triggers me that you are pointing Ushuaia, Argentina where Punta Arenas, Chile is hahaha ?? how did that happened? u did a lot of research already.
Yeah....well. I used an old hand-drawn map as a base to create the final map graphic. That base map wasn't 100% exactly geographically precise and it was meant to give the final artwork an old look from centuries ago. Hence Ushuaa is tad "misplaced". Now I know it was an unfortunate decision and also unnecessary. So yes, I agree with your comment. I'll do better next time.
ua-cam.com/video/jLd9a1fRX6k/v-deo.htmlsi=bwSnwVJ6np-Ar2P0❤
This Better than movie
QUITE DIFFERENT FROM KON-TIKI
I have always loved sailing ships
It was all a conspiracy.......to raise prices........death was included
Who has watched this more than once? I have.
Zijn jullie goed bij je verstand? Hij zegt: "dat we het leven vieren" en prompt zitten ze een liedje te zingen, dat ze net een man gedood hebben, ze hebben net de trekker overgehaald, en nu is hij dood. Dat is compleet tegenover gesteld van wat net is gezegd. Dan zijn jullie moordenaars, in ieder geval zeker niet voor het leven
Nice video, was that trip actually bookable ? :) Or was it created over contacts ?
This particular one was not bookable regular trip, just a result of covid pandemic restrictions. Ship regularly takes passengers though. Check at barkeuropa.com
Looks very grand coming into port but also looks like a cork in a bathtub when the waves are large on the ocean :)
Hello Richard 🙋🏼♀️ Thank you very much for this experience! Love ❤ and greetings from Germany 🇩🇪 to you, the crew and of course to the ⛵️ EUROPA
Amazing work! This is truly something else!
Ja een droom die nooit is uitgevoerd 😢maar vindt dit een leuk filmpje 🎉
Incredible!
This has got to be one of the best of the best films of how we the people can work together we live together my hat off to the crew God bless all of you and thank you .
Man shit, I wanna go back to see
Totally awe inspiring 💫
Epic journey. When people work together everything is possible.
Flying the eu flag.. Absolutely disgraceful!
Sure the best video ive seen on youtube, as marine master with always a persuiting dream of getting chance to master a sailing lady, being a sailor since i can remember it really touched me! THANK YOU!:)
Every people has the right to live in peace. This is terrible. They have no sense.
Great quality. It can compete with National Geographic.
Everybody bangs each other on this boat no doubt
Epic 💜
Y yo subí al monte del sinai a media noche
СПАСИБО !!! ❤
So many "Sailing" channels so many videos.. and it takes a videographer chained to a boat by covid-19 to actually get shots of people working the boat and making it sail even with nat geo its just shots of people in water , near the water , sad , depressed , happy , but on the deck , or sleeping..
A great voyage and film. I'm sure those young sailors will remember it for the rest of their lives.
These are stunning photos. I love the colours of all the pictures but in particular Royal Bay, South Georgia stands out to me :) Thank you for sharing!
Wow. Gorgeous photos! Although do you have one shot of a seal with explosive diarrhea?
Thank you for sharing, incredibly beautiful.
well done ! amazing crew ! A beautiful testimony of what life is ! thanks a lot
Loved the video . Great teamwork and fantastic life experience for all of crew . I would have loved doing this 50 years ago.
As they say- It's a Dutch style.
Love the Sinai and its friendly people. It is my spiritual place
Hustá cesta Richarde!
Great
With covid. Lol closing the barn door after it had been WIDE open a year too long.
nice
Welcome to Sinai🤍
Wow, just wow! Male and female crew all doing what used to be considered men's work. Epic adventure. And the videography, no camera crew, producers, just you. Great job!!
Amazing storytelling! Absolutely beautiful! Thank you for sharing. What memories you all have! 💜💜💜
ความฝันของผม ในสักวันจะได้เดินทางอยู่ในทะเลนานๆแบบนี้บ้าง🇹🇭🇹🇭🇹🇭
What a epic journey and how well this documentaion has been put together. Amazing job!!!
This is some bullshit story.. You can't trust a word they say!
The Voyage film- is for everyone! The Voyage itself is not. "People tell you where to go, they tell you where they've been- but till you get there yourself you never really know." - Joni Mitchell. Hard is the voyage with a crew who are divided or contrary. We may never know the full dynamics of this crew but what I see they were fantastic! An excellent peek through a keyhole into a great lifestyle as big as the Atlantic. Only in stepping through the door can one really know a rabbit hole or stairway to heaven.
Sin guantes la capacidad del marinero Disminuye Y eso no es marinero
An epic voyage for the modern day crew. But for a ship like Europa it it should be little more than a walk in the park. Much longer voyages were regular occurrences for ships like that, and Europa was built with more knowledge and technology than the windjammers had.