Adventure Magazine Issue 220

BEHIND THE COVER
Photographer Christian Pondella, explains taking the cover shot while on
an expedition with Will Gadd to Greenland. See page 10 for the full story.
"In this kind of environment pretty much anyone with a camera or a phone
can take a really amazing photo because it’s such an amazing place, so
as a pro photographer you’ve got to find ways to exceed that. You’ve got
to be dynamic, evaluate the situation and give depth, use foreground,
middle ground, background, tr to do something that evoked emotion ,puts
the viewer into the picture, use dramatic lines and shadows, and then
draw them into the subject.
On this shoot, sometimes it was just a matter of hanging on a rope taking
photos, going up and down to line things up differently, shooting into the
light to make it dramatic, moody, bright and colourful. You always have
ideas before a shoot but you always end up changing your plan.
Every time I do a project with Will it turns out to be wild and adventurous. I
knew this one would be a tonne of fun and produce some amazing photos
and it turned out to be one of the coolest adventures I’ve ever been on."
COCKTAIL ON THE ROCK
Here is an Irish whiskey
that apparently will make
you think twice about it.
The engaging backstory
behind the birth of the
Glendalough distillery,
was created by friends
from Wicklow and
Dublin, with a desire to
set up a craft distillery
in Ireland to reflect the
heritage of the gone
by distilleries. They
took a risk by giving
up their jobs and created a distillery in the Glendalough mountains,
which was a favourite spot. Coupled with the sweet notes of cherry,
raisins, and fig flavour notes of the award winning double barrel
Irish whiskey, it was the right choice to use with a combination of
persimmon, pear, citrus and ginger. The tasting team commented
on the fruity, sweet but smooth whiskey flavour that shone through.
It was described as heavenly even when mixed with other fruit burst
flavour notes. Have you tried this whiskey?
• Muddle persimmon and pear together
• Add a few drops of essential black pepper oil thanks to @
crazyoilchicksnz
• 2 jigger Glendalough Double Barrel Irish Whiskey @glendalough
• 1 jigger freshly squeezed lemon juice
• Bar spoon of Stones ginger wine
• Shake with ice, pour into glass and top up with a no sugar ginger
beer, and garnish with dehydrated pear and a matching rose.
Approx 10 carbs per serve
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