Behind the Scenes with Mark Podrabinek
- Путешествия
- 47 episodes
- 2010-2015
Mark Podrabinek is not only a professional presenter but also a skilled photographer. He travels the globe in search of 'living' shots. Mark shares photography secrets with viewers and gives valuable tips on how to photograph any natural phenomenon — from the Northern Lights in Norway to venomous snakes in Sri Lanka.
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Israel. Part 2. Kabbalah Dubbing on request
Behind the Scenes with Mark Podrabinek • 2010 • 26 minutes
Mark Podrabinek faces the difficult task of making just two shots that would be uniquely characteristic of Israel. He travels to Safed to photograph Kabbalah — the ancient teaching that fascinates many Israelis.
Israel. Part 1. Bar Mitzvah Dubbing on request
Behind the Scenes with Mark Podrabinek • 2010 • 26 minutes
To better characterize Israel, Mark goes to the coming-of-age celebration — the Bar Mitzvah. After all, this event, in one way or another, concerns all males living in this beautiful country.
Israel. Part 3. Shabbat Dubbing on request
Behind the Scenes with Mark Podrabinek • 2010 • 26 minutes
On this day, life in Israel stops: people stop working and even driving. Shabbat, or Saturday, is the sacred seventh day of the week for Jews. A few hours before sunset on Friday the streets become deserted. It is this emptiness — a symbol of Shabbat and of the whole country — that Mark Podrabinek intends to photograph. For this shot he goes to Jerusalem.
China. Fishing with Cormorants Dubbing on request
Behind the Scenes with Mark Podrabinek • 2013 • 26 minutes
Mark Podrabinek heads to southern China, where he must find and photograph the ancient Chinese practice of night fishing using cormorants.
Sri Lanka. Colombo and Surroundings Dubbing on request
Behind the Scenes with Mark Podrabinek • 2012 • 26 minutes
Strolling through Colombo with a camera is pure pleasure! Mark Podrabinek wants to take photographs that will give viewers an impression of this very bright, contrasting city.
Sri Lanka. The Blessed Land Dubbing on request
Behind the Scenes with Mark Podrabinek • 2012 • 26 minutes
Mark Podrabinek flew to Sri Lanka to shoot some very specific images — shots that can only be made here. He definitely won’t be photographing tea plantations. Mark wants to capture images that will reveal something new about this blessed land, which is exactly how the island’s name translates.
Salute, Vietnam! Dubbing on request
Behind the Scenes with Mark Podrabinek • 2012 • 26 minutes
The international fireworks festival in Da Nang is the best time and place to photograph a fireworks display! A spectacle with a capital S, and for a photographer — in a way, even a challenge…
Vietnam. The Village of Long-Livers. Part 2 Dubbing on request
Behind the Scenes with Mark Podrabinek • 2013 • 26 minutes
Vietnam. The Village of Long-Livers. Part 1 Dubbing on request
Behind the Scenes with Mark Podrabinek • 2013 • 26 minutes
About 300 km northwest of Hanoi, in the mountains near the border with Laos, lies a province called Son La. There is a village there with the highest concentration of centenarians per square meter in the world. Mark Podrabinek wants to find this village, see it with his own eyes, and of course photograph it!
Norway. Landscape at the Edge of the World Dubbing on request
Behind the Scenes with Mark Podrabinek • 2012 • 26 minutes
Mark Podrabinek really wants to photograph the “edge of the world”. That’s why he heads to the Norwegian island of Magerø, home of the world-famous North Cape, though he’ll need special transport to get there.
Norway. The Hunt for the Northern Lights Dubbing on request
Behind the Scenes with Mark Podrabinek • 2012 • 26 minutes
For several years, Mark Podrabinek has been trying to take this photograph but hasn't succeeded yet. Here in northern Norway, said to be the best place to watch the northern lights, he hopes for luck because, from bitter experience, Mark knows that in the hunt for the aurora, luck is everything!
Cambodia. Beautiful Khmers Dubbing on request
Behind the Scenes with Mark Podrabinek • 2012 • 26 minutes
According to Mark Podrabinek, Southeast Asia is the most interesting place in the world. The expensive, long flight is well worth it for what awaits the traveller there, particularly in Cambodia.
Cambodia. Peculiarities of Animals and People Dubbing on request
Behind the Scenes with Mark Podrabinek • 2012 • 26 minutes
To befriend an ape-like monkey, you must become a monkey-like person! Mark Podrabinek studies the quirks of animals and people to produce the best portrait photographs.
Cambodia. Angkor, More Angkor Dubbing on request
Behind the Scenes with Mark Podrabinek • 2012 • 26 minutes
Cambodia’s greatest wonder is, of course, Angkor! The ancient city now covers approximately 200 square kilometers. Photographing everything here would take more than a week. So, Mark Podrabinek decides to focus on the main sights — Angkor Wat, Bayon, and Ta Prohm. These three sites can provide a photographer with enough material for a remarkable photo album.
Thailand. Magical Tattoos Sak Yant. Part 2 Dubbing on request
Behind the Scenes with Mark Podrabinek • 2013 • 26 minutes
After Mark Podrabinek received a Sak Yant tattoo, he became a monk’s disciple. The host obtains permission to film. He explains the new rules by which the disciple’s life must now be conducted. Only by observing all the rules will the tattoo’s magic work.
Thailand. Magical Tattoos Sak Yant. Part 1 Dubbing on request
Behind the Scenes with Mark Podrabinek • 2013 • 26 minutes
Mark Podrabinek goes to Thailand to shoot a photo report dedicated to magical tattoos — Sak Yant. Only once a year, on Wai Khru — the day of honouring the Great Master — at the Bang Phra monastery near Bangkok, can you witness the ancient and mysterious ritual during which people receive sacred tattoos believed to possess mysterious and inexplicable powers.
Laos. Killer Spirits Dubbing on request
Behind the Scenes with Mark Podrabinek • 2013 • 26 minutes
Mark Podrabinek continues to seek out and photograph everything connected with spirits, shamans, and the supernatural — everything beyond ordinary human understanding. The story the host aims to uncover, tell, and show began in the jungles along the Mekong River, where a great war raged just decades ago. We know it as the Vietnam War, but it was actually part of the Second Indochina War. In addition to North and South Vietnam, the USSR, the USA, Cambodia, and Laos were also drawn into it.
China. Shaolin. Part 3 Dubbing on request
Behind the Scenes with Mark Podrabinek • 2013 • 26 minutes
Mark Podrabinek becomes a genuine Buddhist monk to capture rare footage inside the holiest places of China’s main monastery! The world’s most famous Buddhist monastery is located on Mount Songshan in Dengfeng County, Henan Province. Its full proper name is Songshan Shaolin Si, which translates literally to "the monastery in the forest on Mount Shaoshi".
China. Shaolin. Part 2 Dubbing on request
Behind the Scenes with Mark Podrabinek • 2013 • 26 minutes
Mark Podrabinek becomes a genuine Buddhist monk to capture rare footage inside the holiest places of China’s main monastery! The world’s most famous Buddhist monastery is located on Mount Songshan in Dengfeng County, Henan Province. Its full proper name is Songshan Shaolin Si, which translates literally to "the monastery in the forest on Mount Shaoshi".
Spirit of Tuva. Part 2 Dubbing on request
Behind the Scenes with Mark Podrabinek • 2013 • 26 minutes
The mysterious and distant Republic of Tuva — how do people live there? Whom do they regard as leaders and prophets? What role does a shaman play in every Tuvan’s life? Mark Podrabinek set out to find answers to all these questions. Were the Tuvans able to convince the skeptical host of the existence of spirits and the possibility of curing any illness through shamanic rites?