Working with Magenta Films, we covered Team Brunel in Abu Dhabi as they prepared for the next leg of the Volvo Ocean Race. Meeting and chatting with the crew was super interesting. The effort these guys have to put into this race is kina insane.

Click below to see some BTS..

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Early start. Empty Heathrow Airport..

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Connecting flight at Frankfurt

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It was cold…. but not for long

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Hotel lobby in Abu Dhabi

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Construction everywhere

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Desert mountain range

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Ben walking the dunes

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Desert Moon

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Sand dunes and pylons

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Im glad the guys I was with were willing to stop and let me jump out the car, run away across sand dunes to capture this shot of a pylon… love it!

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The boss prince of UAE. His face is everywhere.

Playing with light in the desert at 4am while waiting for time-lapses to do their thing

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Really happy with this one

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Lots of fog, Apparently quite unusual

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Team Brunel coming in after a practice session

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Setting up for an interview

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Time-lapsing

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Watch out camel about

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Planet Harbor

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Desert Flying

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Rolling Fog

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Mirrored water front

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Rolling fog pano

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Planet near The Palm. Wish I had sent the heli that little bit further up to capture more.

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Last day I slipped and twisted my ankle pretty bad. It was a hospital visit, xray and dry cast situation.. 🙁

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Which made getting home alone with all my gear an interesting experience… but I made it 🙂

Thanks to Magenta Films, was a pleasure working with you guys. Good luck to Team Brunel on the next stage of the world race!