At the age of 18, Stefan Forster set out alone to wander across the southern highlands of Iceland. Carrying 36 kg of gear on his back, he walked 189 km over 13 days. Back in Switzerland, Forster knew the career path he wanted to follow: to become a full-time landscape photographer. Since then, the Swiss photographer has stuck to his choice and has continued to work. Now, at just 31, he is one of the best landscape photographers in Europe and the managing director of a renowned photography school in the Swiss city of Wil.
In addition to having his work featured on famous TV stations such as BBC, TerraX... and participating in many projects of global organizations such as Google, Hisense, BMW, WWF..., Stefan Forster also has his own Youtube channel specializing in posting breathtaking footage of natural landscapes. Below is a 4-minute film completed and released by Forster last April, which shows a close-up of the eruption of an unnamed volcano.
A tourist comes to see the volcano erupt - Photo: Internet
After weeks of thousands of earthquakes on Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula, on March 19, the ground in the area cracked and lava began to rise to the surface. And that's when a volcano in the Geldingadalir Valley near Fagradalsfjall was born. The whole country of Iceland was curious about this new event, hundreds of people came to see the lava flow. When photographer Stefan Forster heard about the eruption, he immediately flew to Iceland. After completing his quarantine, he decided to stay at the foot of the volcano for a few days. Forster shared, "It was an amazing adventure. Every day, the mountain looked different."
To film this footage, Forster brought three Mavic 2 Pro drones. The main camera was later "sacrificed" when it approached the lava flow to get a close-up view, but what it captured did not leave the photographer with any regrets.
The new volcano formed after the Earth's crust cracked and has not yet been named - Photo: Internet
"Successfully flying through that lava screen was purely luck, and since the cameras all have an automatic recording mode, I was careful to record my remote control screen, just in case I lost the camera, at least I would have the images saved on my mobile. But this lucky camera survived until the last minute. Its exterior was completely melted, there were many errors and glitches that made it fly unsteadily, BUT in the end it still flew, and was still able to take pictures" - he shared on Youtube channel.
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