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🏴‍☠️ Nicola Dove

More wonderful BTS photos and memories from one of our S2 photographers – Nicola Dove! These feature both before and after shots of specific scenes.

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1 & 2: https://www.instagram.com/p/DHeOuQNhDAk
3 & 4: https://www.instagram.com/p/DHgzgZQOsxa

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Behind-the-scenes photo of a scene in Season 2, Episode 4: Stede's and Blackbeard's crews stand facing each other, holding weapons to each other's throats. A clapperboard is being held up between them and the camera. David Fane (Fang), Samson Kayo (Oluwande) and Samba Schutte (Roach) are at the front, with the rest of the cast in the background. They are all in position, their postures stiff as they wait for “action” to be called.

Photo of the same scene, taken from a slightly different angle and without the clapperboard, directly after “action” has been called. The cast are now standing less stiffly and staring at each other with more intensity than before the take started.

BTS photo from the OFMD Season 2 opening scene: Rhys Darby as Stede Bonnet, seen from the side, stands on a beach in his campy swashbuckler outfit and a full beard, one arm outstretched to point a sword at a camera in front of him, which is mounted at about hip level on a robotic camera arm.

Photo of Rhys in the same scene as the previous picture, taken from a different angle. Rhys is still holding the same pose, looking down with a frown and pointing a sword at the camera in front of him (which is now out of frame), but we are now looking at him from the opposite side and from a lower angle near the camera rig.

🏴‍☠️ Nicola Dove (part 1)

Our beloved S2 photographer was kind enough to post more /updated stills!

Annnnd Ruibo and Samba had a little fun with them...

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https://www.instagram.com/p/DHRaiDXBxKU
https://www.instagram.com/p/DHUHDWghvV2/?img_index=2
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A still from the Our Flag Means Death Season 2 finale: Stede (Rhys Darby) and Zheng (Ruibo Qian) run from a group of English navy officers on a beach.

A still of Stede and Zheng fighting the English: Stede has gut-stabbed one of the officers, who is staring at him with a creepy grin, while Stede himself is grimacing and looking at something out of frame as he tries to pull his sword free. Behind him, Zheng is fighting another officer, her bloodied sword raised above her head.

A behind-the-scenes photo from the storm scene in season 2, episode 2: Taika Waititi (Blackbeard) stands in the pouring “rain” on the deck of the Revenge set, bending backwards with his head tilted back and his arms stretched out, holding a lit torch in one hand. He is leaning on a barrel or similar prop, behind which a person in a black raincoat kneels on the ground to support Taika's back with both hands. Facing him are several camera crew and the camera itself, all wrapped up in protective rain gear. The huge LED screen used as a backdrop for the scene shows a stormy sea at night.

Instagram Story from Ruibo (@ TheKingPrincess), reposted by @ SambaSchutte. Ruibo has shared Nicola Dove's (@ FilmStillsAcademy) post with the still of Stede and Zheng running from the English, and has added the caption “When you tell them their food has zero flavor ...”.

Nicola Dove Captures the Best Stills on Live Movie Sets

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Meet the Woman Behind the Photos for James Bond’s ‘No Time To Die’

Nicola Dove shares what it is like to be the official photographer for major feature films, specifically for the new James Bond movie, No Time To Die.

For many, this might sound like a dream job: working with famous actors and on amazing locations, shooting incredible stories, and having work seen all over the world. That is exactly what Dove, a film stills photographer originally from New Zealand, experiences in her job, but it's not as effortless as it sounds.

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To put it simply, the job of a stills photographer is to gather the best photography that represents the story. This way, the images honor everyone's hard work on the set and hopefully draws people in to watch the film, explains Dove.

Having shot on the set of the recently released James Bond: No Time to Die for seven months, Dove tells PetaPixel that "it takes a high level of understanding and cooperation amongst the crew, the different departments, to shoot at such intensity for so long, but just knowing that everyone on a Bond film is at the top of their game is inspiring."

This type of photography work comes with long hours and physically challenging environments but no two days are ever the same.

"I've shot in Venetian palaces, Moroccan markets, Cuban streets, Parisian cafes, New Zealand mountains, and at many incredible studio set builds including the famous 007 stage in Pinewood London," says Dove.

Shooting stills for major feature films also requires a sense of ninja-like skills to keep out the way while being on top of the game with nerves of steel. Such was the case when shooting Daniel Craig walking towards the camera after parking an Aston Martin.

Although on paper it was a simple scene, it was all the elements -- the elegant suit, the sunglasses, the watch, the car, the right light, and the few extra steps Craig took towards the camera -- that made the image come together. That afternoon, the final image was set out from the set as the "first look" image from the film.

"It's about knowing where to be when, and when to make yourself scarce. I say my job is part photographer, part ninja, part psychologist. It's fascinating," Dove says.

Working so intensively with a crew for prolonged periods of time can also feel bittersweet when filming is finished. Dove explains that although she was looking forward to a rest when No Time to Die concluded, she knew that she will miss everyone and the buzz from being involved in such an exhilarating project.

"Knowing it was Daniel Craig's last day of his last Bond film heightened the emotions for everyone -- we all knew it was the end of an era. Personally, it felt like an accomplishment to end really well, still attempting to make great shots right to the end," she recalls.

Dove's experience of almost 20 years in the field has also led her to open Film Stills Academy, an online education hub that helps other photographers learn about this type of work by demystifying the role and fast-track their prospects in the industry through coaching.

More of Dove's work can be found on her website and Instagram page.

Image credits: All images provided courtesy of Nicola Dove and used with permission.

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