Photographing BALI’s Most POLLUTED BEACH - Plastic Paradise 📸 Day 2 Beach Cleanup

They're coming in, bringing all the plastic in again. That's my feet. The waves are just relentless. Gotta watch out. As the waves come in, I've got to just be a little bit careful with my camera. This is what I've got to do to show you what's happening. Okay, it's day two here in Bali and it's raining again. But this morning I've got company on day two. This is Prima, my assistant for today. Say hi. And it's raining. Prima has brought me this lovely green rain jacket. I'm gonna jump on his bike and we're gonna go back to the cleanup site they were at yesterday and document what's happening again in the rain. Okay, let's go. Going down to the beach. Okay, we just arrived. Everybody is just getting ready. You can see in the background there the weather is obviously playing a factor today. But we'll just get started. I'm just gonna wait for Prima and then we can start shooting again and see what's happening today. Try to get some photos. Hopefully this weather will stop briefly at least. The aim is to get more photos of what's happening today, the cleanup activities. I have my drone with me so I want to fly that as well if the weather clears and keep making some pictures today. Okay, we're back on the beach. It's day two of the cleanup and you can see behind me we've got hundreds of people who've come out again to help with the cleanup. Local people and also visitors to Bali. So we're just going to go out and document what's happening again. Photograph the cleanup and hopefully this weather will clear briefly. So I got my umbrella to protect me a little bit. I'm just going to start taking photos. To make some portraits of some of the volunteers that are here today to clean up the plastic. So with the help of Prima here behind me, we're having a little setup with a flash and we're going to make some portraits of people as they clean up the plastic. Here on the beach they've got these large trucks which are collecting all the collected rubbish. So all the plastic waste is put into these white bags piled up on the beach and then they'll be put into this little, I don't know how to call it, little truck, little caterpillar truck and then loaded up and then taken off to the recycling center which we'll be photographing at a later date. I'm just going to go over here and take some pictures of these guys loading up the white bags onto these trucks. Okay, standing here in the waves, getting caught by some of these waves. If you look below, that's my feet and all the plastic just gets caught in there. That's what it's like. This is what I'm going to do, get in here to show you what's happening. Okay, we're taking a break now, it's about lunchtime. So Bhuma and I are going to go and find a local restaurant to eat, take a break, recharge for a couple of hours and then be back out this afternoon. It's back on the bike. So getting around by bike is the best way in Bali. Yes. With a trusty driver, you've got to trust your driver. See, even Bali has traffic jams. Not as bad as Beijing though. Okay, here we go. Found a spot for lunch, ramen. Here we are, this is Primoz eating his lunch. Nice, got to eat, keep our energy levels going. Bit of noodles. That is really good. How's yours Primoz? So good. Keeps going for the afternoon. It's important to take these kind of rest times during the middle of the day, especially here in Indonesia when it's so hot in the middle of the day. It's really tiring working in these hours in the middle of the day. So get some drink, get some food and then we'll get back at it a little bit later and get back to the beach. Cheers. Okay, we're back at the beach for the afternoon session on day two. And a lot of people have just arrived for this afternoon session. If you look behind me, a whole crowd of people. You can probably hear the music. We're just heading back down onto the beach. Now my aim this afternoon is to get some drone photos of some of the plastic collection that's taking place. So that is the goal of this afternoon. Then wait until it gets a bit darker, sunset, make some more portraits and that'll be pretty much it for documenting the plastic cleanup here. So we're going to get started for the afternoon. Let's go fly the drone. Okay, so we're flying the drone at the moment. And we're going to give you a little bit of this. I have a look at that. You can see that view. So there's a tree over there in the shallows just surrounded by all this plastic pollution. So I'm just going to get some shots of that. Hopefully show you what they look like now. Okay, we are back on the beach. Day two. Good afternoon. Here we are again. You can see the waves are coming in pretty strong now. They're coming in, bringing all the plastic in again. Just back again, just documenting it. The waves are just relentless. Coming back again and again and again. Keep coming through. So I'm trying to capture some of the waves here as they come in. I'm trying to photograph this motion and try to capture the waste and garbage as it comes through as well. So that's what I'm trying to communicate in these pictures. And look at this. Incredible. Waves coming in. Gotta watch out. As the waves come in, I've got to just be a little bit careful with my camera. You can see the waves are pounding in now. And as they come in, just bring all this plastic and then it rushes down. You can see how much there is just collecting there next to my shoes. And then if you go up here, you can see how the plastic is just collected on this tree that's been washed up on the shore as well. Just taking a small break now. It's come to the end of the day. Sun is setting out there. And yeah, it's just another day of trying to soak up the reality of what is happening here in Bali. This plastic crisis. I mean, the waves just keep coming and coming. It's my second day and it's still not easy to see. So before I leave today, I'm going to make some portraits of some of the volunteers who are cleaning up the plastic behind me. So I'm going to use my flash, do some portraits to try to capture that really hard work that people are doing. And I'm going to show you some of the pictures in a moment. Sorry, just as another wave brings another another wave of plastic in, I just got to keep documenting this. And I think telling the story of some of the people who are doing this is a good way to do that. So that's going to be my last thing for today, for day two. Sorry, more waves coming in. And then we'll wrap it up for today. And then on to day three tomorrow. Let's have a look at the photos, the portraits of the people who are cleaning up this mess. Well, it's the end of day two from here in the beaches of Bali. Just wrapped up shooting a couple of those portraits that you just saw and a few other documentary shots. And yeah, it's been a productive day, but I'm a little bit tired, if I'm honest. Just being out in the sun is a bit warmer today. You probably see I'm a bit red on my nose and on my hands. But it's kind of part of the job. Anyway, I hope you found it interesting seeing what I've been up to today, flying the drone, making portraits and documenting the plastic cleanup. But today we're over. We're done. It's been a productive day. So tomorrow I think I'm going to have a bit of a rest day, edit my photos and make a plan for the rest of the week. So make sure to watch the other videos in the series as you follow my adventure here in Bali documenting the plastic crisis. If you've enjoyed the video, don't forget to give it a like, subscribe and consider sharing and let other people know about what's happening here with the plastic pollution crisis in Bali. OK, thanks. See you in the next video. I'm going to enjoy the sunset.