Per Johan

Norway

http://www.video-film.no

Per Johan started out shooting video, when he joined the army in 1980. For more than 10 years he served as a para ranger in the special forces, making classified video and learned a lot how to stay alive and hide in quite severe conditions. Later he started out in the civilian career, making his living as a IT consultant, but shooting video out in the wild was never forgot. And he use much of his spare time out there. He enjoy staying out in all sort of weather. "There´s no bad weather, only cheap clothes" he often declares! Per Johan likes every aspect of wildlife, making small videos as seen on his homesite. But he has a special passion for birds and his aim for the future is to get good quality footage of as many species of birds in his area as possible. He use good quality equipment, started out shooting wildlife with a Canon XL2 and external lenses, upgraded to Canon XLH1 and supplemented recently with a Canon 7D DSLR. Using a combination of the H1 HDV and the 7D DSLR is very nice. Both have pro and cons, used together they give good results. For ambient audio he use a combination of shotgun mics and lavalieres. A robust and steady tripod is also required to get quality footage at huge focal lengths. Per Johan has provided footage aired in broadcast programs like Norwegian broadcast television, Nrk and big screen movies at cinemas.
IBC Personal statistics:

• First material posted on 26 November 2010
• Number of videos posted: 56 covering 27 species (0.27%)
• Number of photos posted: 4 covering 3 species (0.03%)
• Number of sounds posted: 0 covering 0 species (0%)