Ever wondered what it felt like to fly?
Tristan and his team pulled another crazy stunt in Turkey and turned air into their own playground in a unique photoshoot.

The French adventure photographer, Tristan Shu, tells us about his latest paragliding photoshoot with the ELB 1200.

"We keep innovating.

And it’s only the beginning!"

You specialize in adventure photography. After all you’ve accomplished, how do you manage to go even further in this field?

When we tried these paragliding photo shoots, it was like opening a Pandora’s box. The more we shot, the more ideas came to our minds. What seemed impossible to realize a while ago, started becoming easier with experience and training; so we kept innovating. And it’s only the beginning! There are so many beautiful places sculpted by Mother Earth that I’d like to photograph, and where I’d love to fly.

I’m also surrounded by an incredible team, friends who help me produce incredible images and have pushed me to become even more creative. The tools at our disposal also get better! Just like the new Elinchrom battery pack. Elinchrom - February 2017 Press Release / ELB 1200 / Under Embargo Until February 27, 2017 - 11:00 am UTC 6 With the ELB 1200 we could finally realise the impossible within the adventure photography field. For this project, we could recreate an astonishing photographic studio outdoor, with a paraglider, a base jumper, and a wingsuit.

Tell us the story behind the base jump image.

We had a lot of ideas around this project. We wanted to obtain the best images but also create a BTS video of this whole adventure, and we started wondering what action, figure or scene could be the most original. We quickly all agreed that the base jump image would bring a new dimension to the audience. It took us a few trials to arrive at the end result. We needed a perfect synchronization between the whole crew, and with training and a bit of luck we got the perfect shot!

For the whole week, I kept thinking that we needed more preparation time. On the base jump photograph, when I triggered, I remember thinking that Guillaume Galvani (the base jumper) was almost too close to me. If I wanted to, I could have given him a high-five. In the end, it was perfect!

"These moments were magical"

This tension at take off when everyone knew exactly what they were supposed to do; the few minutes before taking the shot with complete and utter silence, and the moment when Guillaume flew by, a moment of pure magic with a magnificent sunset in the background. A very short but infinite moment, as if time had stopped.