This week’s interview is with James Adamson a photographer, videographer, journalist, rock climber, mountaineer, guide. His website is www.adventurerefugee.com and you can read his blog at www.adventurerefugee.blogspot.com. James is a globe trotter, his most recent international trip was to Nepal. His focus is slightly different in that he is involved not only in photography but videography too. Read on for some very interesting stuff from James.

這周訪談的對(duì)象是James Adamson-一位攝影師，攝像師，記者，攀巖和登山家，同時(shí)是個(gè)向?qū)Аames是個(gè)漫游世界的人，最近的國(guó)際旅行目的地是尼泊爾。他的關(guān)注點(diǎn)稍有不同，因?yàn)樗瑫r(shí)參與了攝影和攝像。繼續(xù)閱讀下面來(lái)自James的一些有趣的東東。

SU: Tell me a little about yourself. How did you get into photography?自我介紹&怎么和攝影“勾搭”上的？
JA: I’m a 28-year-old mountain guide from San Francisco. I grew up in the Sierra Nevada Mountains and Northern California where I work today. I got “in to“ photography by way of my uncle Roger Lieberman. He has influenced my work greatly with his art but he has also shown me and participated in my own artistic ventures. Our mutual admiration for artists like Ansel Adams and Galen Rowell has helped me form my own take on landscapes in the mountains and cities that I’ve seen.

我是來(lái)自三藩市的一位28歲的登山向?qū)АＮ以赬X和XX長(zhǎng)大，那也是我現(xiàn)在工作的地方。我迷上攝影是因?yàn)槲沂迨濉Ｋ乃囆g(shù)給我的工作帶來(lái)了很大的影響。他也向我展示，同時(shí)也參加了我自己的藝術(shù)冒險(xiǎn)之旅。我們共同的偶像如Ansel Adams（亞當(dāng)斯啊，牛人）及其Galen Rowell（也是牛人啊，，，）幫助我自己形成了拍攝高山及城市等風(fēng)景的獨(dú)特方式。


SU: Can you talk about your travel photographs? What do you look for? How do you manage the equipment load? 能談?wù)勀愕穆眯袛z影嗎？你在尋找什么？是如何處理設(shè)備攜帶這個(gè)問(wèn)題的？
JA: I love to climb mountains so that is why my landscapes are my best work. I climb up there to see them and then bring them home to look at later. It’s taken me a while to master the hand held pan (panorama). Many of my pans are 10 photos long. The light coming through the lens must be right because it is easy to over or under expose these shots.
I don’t carry that much equipment. I see others with large loads but I use two small cameras. When I buy equipment I spend hours researching it on line. I find the best thing for the job. In Nepal I used a Canon G9, great camera. Small, light and versatile it took great pictures. I also used an old Canon Optura 500 for video. Both cameras had extra lenses and batteries.

我喜歡登山，所以那些風(fēng)景攝影是我最出色的作品。我爬上山頂，看過(guò)他們，然后把拍下會(huì)回去稍后觀看。我花了很長(zhǎng)一段時(shí)間去掌握怎么拼接那些全景圖。我的很多全景圖都有十張照片左右。進(jìn)入鏡頭的光線必須“正確”（嚴(yán)格一致），因?yàn)檫@些照片很容易就會(huì)過(guò)暴或者欠暴。我不好攜帶很多設(shè)備。在尼泊爾的時(shí)候我用的是G9（Provia老大也在用這部，下次來(lái)談?wù)劙桑?

SU: How do you manage to mix photography, videography and outdoor adventures so seamlessly in your life? What makes this heady mix work for you? 你是怎么做到把攝影，攝像還有戶外運(yùn)動(dòng)無(wú)縫的連接起來(lái)的？

什么使它們?nèi)绱斯倘艚饻?
JA: While in college I was the Multimedia Editor for the SFSU newspaper the Xpress. It was under the direction of Andrew Devigal, now an editor for the NY Times, that I really started to mix several different aspects of news-gathering together. It has always been my dream to form comprehensive and stimulating experiences for the Internet user through the mixture of still photos, video, music, narration and interviews.

還在大學(xué)的時(shí)候我是XX報(bào)的編輯。從那個(gè)時(shí)候起，我就開(kāi)始把新聞素材收集的不同方面混在一起了。通過(guò)靜止的照片，視頻，音樂(lè)，敘事和采訪的混合從而給廣大網(wǎng)民帶來(lái)些共鳴一直是我的夢(mèng)想。


I like technology and I don’t mind taking it with me in to the mountains. I try to take pictures while the events are playing out. It can be hard some times when your hands are frozen. It maybe most difficult when your belaying your partner and your trying to bring home the goods.
I tend to need time alone on expeditions so its good for me to walk off and find hidden lake and streams that reflect light. I get in the zone when my environment is rugged and highly contrasted.

我喜歡科技也不反感把它帶上和我一起上山頂。在事件還在進(jìn)行的時(shí)候我都會(huì)試著去拍些照片。不過(guò)有時(shí)候挺困難的，因?yàn)槭侄急粌鲎×恕．?dāng)你和你的同伴拴在一起而又想把那些美麗的風(fēng)景帶回家的時(shí)候，這個(gè)情況尤其困難。在登山探險(xiǎn)的時(shí)候我常常需要有段自己?jiǎn)为?dú)的時(shí)間以便去尋找那些能反光的隱藏的湖泊，小溪。當(dāng)我所處的環(huán)境很崎嶇且具高反差的時(shí)候，便很快能進(jìn)入狀態(tài)。

SU: What is your next photography project? 你下一個(gè)攝影項(xiàng)目是什么？
JA: Well, right now I’m trying to put together a collection of pans for a show at the new rock climbing gym in San Francisco. The pans are large and its taken time to gather funding and a group of owners who are willing to lend back their prints for the show. I’m also working on completing the Nepal slide show material, mixing media, and trying to draw out a story. It’s been a challenge.

額，我最近在試著把全景圖做個(gè)整理，好在ZZZ做個(gè)展覽。這些全景圖都很大，募集經(jīng)費(fèi)和收集愿意出展的攝影師的作品花了很長(zhǎng)時(shí)間。我也在完善尼泊爾幻燈片展需要的材料，混搭各個(gè)媒介，試著去完成一個(gè)故事。這對(duì)于我來(lái)說(shuō)是個(gè)很大的挑戰(zhàn)。

SU: What does photography mean to you? 攝影對(duì)于你有什么意義？
JA: Taking photos of the places that I’ve been are like a visual journal of my trip. I think that audio, photos, and video provide a sort of taste and smell when they are mixed together. Each component-providing stimulus. My pictures make me feel like an artist in the age of digital. I am deeply committed to my best photos and I’m not exactly sure why.

給那些我見(jiàn)到的地方，風(fēng)景拍攝照片就好像是我的旅行的視覺(jué)日記。我認(rèn)為音頻，照片，視頻在混合在一起的時(shí)候提供了某種（不可名狀的）味道。每個(gè)成分都能刺激某個(gè)G點(diǎn)（我很邪惡）。我的照片使我感覺(jué)我就是一個(gè)在數(shù)碼時(shí)代的藝術(shù)家。我堅(jiān)定的致力于拍攝出我最好的照片，不過(guò)確不知道為什么要這樣做。（難道是糾結(jié)者恒糾結(jié)？？？）

SU: Any recommendations? (Like Photographers, Photo techniques, Music, Books, quotes, food. anything?) 有什么（建議）推薦嗎？
JA: In the high mountains use beer cozies and hand warmers to keep your cameras warm, even inside your jackets. Video cameras suck up high so take special care when using these is freezing temps.
不翻譯了，關(guān)于戶外登山時(shí)拍攝照片及視頻的注意事項(xiàng)的。

SU: How would people interested in your work contact you? 怎么聯(lián)系你？（怕有人要給你寫(xiě)情書(shū)）
JA: I can be contacted through my website Adventurerefugee.com… [email protected]