Via Flickr:
M.V. Chertan / Alotau, Papua New Guinea
Multiexposure composite image.
photo by Tristan Bayer
Via Flickr:
M.V. Chertan / Alotau, Papua New Guinea
Multiexposure composite image.
photo by Tristan Bayer
Tristan Bayer films underwater for the Ocean Ark Alliance ocean acidification PSA campaign and docum…
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Tristan Bayer sighting in the Sony F-900 Amphibicam before shooting with underwater master Dave Hannan in Papua New Guinea.
photo by Ian Bates
WIRED Arctic Photo Contest Winner:
Eye to eye with the lord of the Arctic, wildlife filmmaker Tristan Bayer is ready for his closeup while making the wildlife adventure documentary Earthling. This huge male polar bear was one of the biggest they’ve seen, standing on its tiptoes at more than 10 feet. (The bottom of the window on this Arctic monster truck, or Tundra Buggy, is 9 feet.) Luckily they say that white bears can’t jump! The bear huffed and puffed and finally won the staring contest by defeating Tristan with his foul bear breath.
Wildlife filmmaker Tristan Bayer goes nose to nose with the Lord of the Arctic.
Tristan Bayer and Daniel Hinerfeld of NRDC awarded “BEST SHORT FILM” for “ACID TEST” at the BlueOceanFilmFestival in Monterey, California.
Watch Tristan’s documentary for the NRDC — “Acid Test: The Global Challenge of Ocean Acidification” narrated by Sigourney Weaver now in fullscreen HD for free at www.oceanacid.org . Learn more about ocean acidification at www.acidtestmovie.com
NRDC’s “Acid Test: The Global Challenge of Ocean Acidification” directed by Tristan Bayer and featuring Sigourney Weaver was announced as a finalist in the Blue Ocean Film Festival. Tristan will be attending and speaking on panel discussions in Monterey, California.
Behind the scenes testing new stereoscopic 3D camera systems, such as this prototype Silicon Imaging 2K stereo camera system using the Element Technical beam splitter rig. Tristan Bayer directs and shoots a prototype 3D screen test in California.
Actress and ocean advocate, Sigourney Weaver, lent her image and voice as narrator to the NRDC documentary “Acid Test: The Global Challenge of Ocean Acidification” and went on to become the face of this issue in the press, on television, and even on capitol hill. But on Earth Day, 2010, Sigourney Weaver went beyond the call of duty in promoting the film and educating the public on ocean acidification when she traveled to the White House, testifying on behalf of the ocean and hand delivered a DVD of our film to President Obama who promised he would sit down that evening with Michele and his two girls and watch “Acid Test”.
Tristan hopes that this important project continues to create an awareness of this little known issue for many more. If it is important enough for Obama to take the time to watch it, perhaps it will inspire everyone to take the time. Do your part, call your congressman, support a clean energy economy, ride your bike, and pass “Acid Test” along to everyone you know. As humans, we must learn to live sustainably, to stop destroying our precious environment, and protect our life sustaining oceans in every way we can. Life as we know it, depends on us. Learn more about ocean acidification go to www.acidtestmovie.com for more interviews and view the 22 minute film in HD here.
Sigourney Weaver presents "Acid Test: The Global Challenge of Ocean Acidification" to President Obama at the White House
Tristan Bayer earns Emmy nomination as director of photography for Animal Planet’s music driven wildlife TV show, “Caught in the Moment”, a 10 part series created and hosted by wildlife filmmaker Tristan Bayer starring the wild creatures of the world in their most magical moments. Now available online, search for your favorite sequence from Caught in the Moment to watch clips that bring wildlife filmmaking and wildlife conservation efforts together while exploring some of the most endangered and magnificent wildlife and places on Earth.
Sigourney Weaver expertly takes control and moves her focus from the high budget sci-fi film “Avatar” to her passion project about ocean acidification “ACID TEST”.
Born in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, Tristan Bayer grew up traveling the world making nature documentaries, mentored by his father, renowned wildlife filmmaker, Wolfgang Bayer.
Tristan worked his way up from sound man and assistant cameraman to finally landing his own gig as producer/director/cameraman at the age of 19. After winning a $100,000 BBC / Time-Life Natural History Innovation Grant for his fresh ideas for a television series he moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career merging his artistic disciplines.
As a multi-hyphenate filmmaker, Tristan Bayer’s credits include television host, producer, writer, director, cinematographer, editor, photographer, and digital artist. His work has aired in the US and internationally on Discovery Channel, Animal Planet, Travel Channel, Planet Green, National Geographic, BBC, Fox, TBS, and MTV.
Tristan was nominated for an Emmy in cinematography for the TV series he created hosted and acted as director of photography entitled “Caught in the Moment”, a ten part one hour series on Animal Planet. Recently Tristan directed, produced and D.P.’d the short film “Acid Test: The Global Challenge of Ocean Acidification” featuring Sigourney Weaver for the NRDC.
Tristan’s passion for the natural world, innovative storytelling and new media pushes the technology and creativity together to create a range of work that spans the globe and focuses on projects with important social and environmental messages as well as projects that celebrate the magic of life on Earth.
Featuring Tristan Bayer
TRISTAN BAYER, filmmaker
“I LIVED WITH MASAI TRIBES IN AFRICA when I was nine months old. Half a year later, I followed bighorn sheep in Canada. My father was a wildlife filmmaker, and I spent my youthful summers as my dad’s assistant, sitting on his shoulders as he waded into murky waters to photograph the Caiman crocodiles of [Venezuela]. My childhood was a surreal, magical place where I trucked with my family through the mountains of Patagonia to follow llamas or traveled to Australia to do a film on dolphins. When I got older, I decided that I wanted to make wildlife films. When my dad suffered a heart attack and almost died, or family sold the house and set out to make one last film with him. It’s about the polar bears, bats, and sperm whales that he loves and it’s also about the family that loves him in return. The film is titled Earthling, and we hope we can show it at [a film festival] this year. To me and to my father, nature is absolutely everything.”
Abercrombie and Fitch “Rising Stars”
– Photo by: Bruce Weber
A showreel pulling from a compilation of ocean related productions by Tristan Bayer / Earthnative.…
Milky Way Over Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea, a photo by Earthnative on Flickr. Via Flickr: M.V. Chert…
Amphibicameraman, a photo by Earthnative on Flickr. Tristan Bayer sighting in the Sony F-900 Amphibi…
