Shoot Diary

2023 - Arctic Canada - Netflix - Underwater, Drone

2023 - Alaska - National Geographic - Long Lens, Jib, Timelapse

2023 - Galapagos - National Geographic - Underwater, Long Lens, Drone

2023 - Shetland - National Geographic - Underwater, Drone

2023 - Norway - National Geographic - Drone

2022 - Central African Republic - National Geographic - Drone, Long Lens, Camera Trap, Rope Access

2022 - Indonesia - National Geographic - Underwater

2022 - Patagonia - National Geographic - Drone, Long lens, Shotover

2022 - Botswana - National Geographic - Drone, Long Lens, Shotover Heli Aerial

2022 - Patagonia - National Geographic - Drone, Long Lens, Thermal

2022 - Galapagos - National Geographic - Drone, Long Lens, Underwater

2022 - Antarctica - Netflix - Drone, Underwater

2022 - Antarctica - National Geographic - Drone, Long Lens, Underwater, ROV

2021 - Zambia - National Geographic - Drone, Long Lens, Remote Cameras, Rope Access

2021 - Canada - BBC Planet Earth III - Shotover, Drone, Long Lens, Underwater

2021 - UK/Basking Sharks - Independent Archive Filming - Underwater, Drone

2021 - Svalbard - Netflix - Shotover, Drone

2021 - Antarctica - National Geographic - Underwater, Drone, Long Lens

2021 - Costa Rica - National Geographic - Underwater, Drone, Shotover

2020 - Zambia - National Geographic - Long lens, Drone

2020 - Costa Rica - National Geographic - Underwater, Drone

2020 - Kenya/Elephants - Saving The Wild - Long lens

2020 - UK/Basking Sharks - Independent Archive Filming - Underwater, Drone

2020 - UK/Grey Seals - Independent Archive Filming - Underwater

2020 - UK/Blue Sharks - Independent Archive Filming - Underwater

2020 - UK/Common Dolphins - Independent Archive Filming - Underwater, Drone

2020 - UK - British Wildlife Series- Long lens, Drone

2020- UK - British Wildlife Series - Probe Macro, Drone

2020 - Antarctica - National Geographic - Cancelled due to COVID-19

2020 - Antarctica - BBC Frozen Planet II - Drone and Polecam

2019- Zambia - Silverback Films - Drone

2019 - Teton National Park - National Geographic - Shotover M1, Long lens, Drone

2019 - Russia - BBC Frozen Planet II - Drone

2019 - Arctic Canada - BBC Frozen Planet II - Long Lens, Drone

2019 - Iceland/David Attenborough - BBC Seven Worlds, One Planet - GSS Helicopter aerials, Drone

2019 - Gulf Of St Lawrence/Harp Seals - National Geographic - Underwater, Long Lens, Drone, Hosting

2019- Hudson Bay/Polar Bear Den Emergence - National Geographic - Primary Long lens, Drone, Hosting

2019- Peruvian Amazon/Macaws - BBC Seven Worlds, One Planet - Long lens, Drone

2018 - Peruvian Amazon/Macaws - BBC Seven Worlds, One Planet- Long lens

2018 - Hudson Bay/Wolves, Polar Bears - National Geographic - Long lens, Drone, Ronin

2018 - Florida/Mullet Run - BBC Seven Worlds, One Planet - Long lens, Phantom 4k Flex, Drone

2018 - Torres Del Paine NP/Pumas - BBC Seven Worlds, One Planet- Drone, car based GSS

2018 - Lake Bogoria/Flamingoes - BBC Seven Worlds, One Planet - Long lens, Drone

2018 - Mongolia - BBC Seven Worlds, One Planet - Long lens, Drone, Ronin

2018 - Monument Valley NP - BBC Seven Worlds, One Planet - Drone, Time-lapse

2018 - Antarctica/Fin whale aggregation - BBC Seven Worlds, One Planet - GSS Helicopter aerials, Drone, Macro

2018 - Falkland Islands/Rockhopper Penguins - National Geographic - Long lens, Drone

2017 - South Georgia/Albatross, fur seals, Penguins - National Geographic - Long lens, Ronin, Drone, Hosting

2017 - Brazil/River Dolphins - BBC Wild Cities - Underwater, Drone

2017 - Thailand - BBC Perfect Planet - Drone

2017- Brazil/Pirapitanga - BBC Seven Worlds, One Planet - Underwater, Drone

2017 - Finland/Forests - BBC Seven Worlds, One Planet- Drone

2017 - Hudson Bay/Polar bears, belugas - BBC Seven Worlds, One Planet - Boat GSS, Drone, Long lens

2017 - Vancouver Island/Black bears - BBC Seven Worlds, One Planet - Long lens, Movi XL, Time-lapse, Drone

2017 - Abruzzo NP/Wolves - BBC Seven Worlds, One Planet - Sellex Horizon, Merlin Thermal cameras

2017 - Vancouver Island/Sea lions - National Geographic 360 - Underwater, Drone, Hosting

2016- Ecuador/Spectacled bears - BBC Seven Worlds, One Planet - Long lens, Drone, Camera traps

2016 - Argentina/Pumas - BBC Big Cats - Long lens

2016 - Brazil/Jaguars - National Geographic - Boat based gimbal, Long Lens, Drone, Hosting

2016- Mexico/whale sharks - National Geographic - Underwater

2016 - Chiribiquete NP/Ancient Paintings expedition - National Geographic - Doc, Helicopter Aerials

2016- Mexico/Jaguars - National Geographic - Doc, Camera Traps

2016 - Holland/Peregrine falcons - EMS Films - Long lens

2016- Egypt/Coral Reefs - Scuba Travel - Underwater, Doc

2015- Vancouver Island/whales, bears, eagles, wolves- National Geographic - Long lens, Hosting, Drone

2015- Yala NP/Leopards - National Geographic - Long lens, Drone, Time-lapse

2015- Mumbai/Leopards - National Geographic - Long lens, Doc, Hosting

2015- Holland/Eagles - EMS Films - Long lens

2015- Chiribiquete NP/Ancient Paintings expedition - Panthera - Doc, Drone

2015 - Egypt/Coral Reefs- Scuba Travel - Underwater

2014- Holland/Beavers- EMS Films- Long lens

2014 - Holland/Eagles - EMS Films - Long Lens

2014 - South Africa/Leopards - National Geographic - Long Lens, Drone, Camera Traps

NAB 2017 Las Vegas

I've had a great week at the NAB Show in Las Vegas. Great to meet new and old friends and to get hands on with some very cool new toys. Steve Winter and I also spoke on the Canon USA stand about our new jaguar project for National Geographic. 

Italy Shoot - BBC 7 Worlds

A big 6 weeks filming mountain wildlife. Lots of waiting. Lots of getting cold. I got to know this blue camping chair quite well- I spent about 300 hours sat in it!

Canada shoot - Nat Geo 360 Project

Epic couple of weeks presenting underwater whilst playing with sea lions and wolf eels on the coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia. This was for a new 360 project coming out later this year. Great team including Becky and Dave from Liquid Productions, Connor Stefanison and Adam Ravetch. 

Ecuador Shoot - BBC 7 Worlds

An amazing month on my first shoot for the BBC's next landmark series. All the information is on lock down until it comes in 2019! in the meantime, here's a few behind the scenes pictures!

Cineflex and Shotover Training - LA

Great couple of weeks learning to use some big boys toys. These two systems allow you to get rock solid shots from moving vehicles- whether that be a boat, car or helicopter. Big thanks to the dudes at Aerial Filmworks and at Shotover for putting up with me! 

Argentina Shoot - BBC Cats

I just spent 2 weeks in Patagonia attempting to film pumas with fellow cameraman Tom Walker and producer Nick Easton. I can't say too much more so look out for it airing on BBC 1 in January 2018! 

National Geographic Mars Premiere

I was lucky enough to attended the New York Premiere of National Geographic Channel's latest series. IT'S AMAZING- WATCH IT. Here's me looking like a muppet on the Nat Geo yellow carpet!

Wildscreen Film Festival 2016

A fun week in Bristol catching up with friends and meeting inspiring new people. Highlights included Chris Packham invterviewing Sir David Attenborough and the premiere of Nat Geo WILD's new series 'Savage Kingdom' narrated my Charles Dance (pictured)

Wildlife Photographer Of The Year 2016

I was asked to host National Geographic's social media coverage of the Wildlife Photographer Of The Year Awards ceremony in the London Natural History Museum. A great night topped off by the news that the instagram story on the @natgeo account got 16 million hits! Whoop!

Colombia National Parks Meeting

Steve and I headed to back to Colombia to meet the Colombian National Parks service to thank them for letting us into Chiribiquete National Park back in June. We also met up with the incredible expedition team that kept us safe on the ground! We're hoping to return to Chiribiquete soon to continue documenting the amazing discoveries this team is making. 

Nat Geo LIVE

Last night was my first presentation for Nat Geo LIVE. Here's a short extract...

Jaguars - Nat Geo WILD

Steve and I spent 2 months in search of jaguars in the Pantanal, Brazil. This enormous wetland situated slap bang in the middle of South America is home to some of the biggest jaguars in the world. An adult male can weight up to 150kg! We spent the majority of our time in the northern Pantanal where during the dry season, the jaguars are very visible as they patrol the river banks where their prey is concentrated by the falling water levels. Our goal was to film and photograph jaguars hunting caiman, the south America equivalent of a crocodile. The 1-hour special for Nat Geo WILD and Steve's article for National Geographic Magazine will come out in late 2017. 

Wild_Life Launches!

For the next 16 weeks, we'll be bringing you all of the biggest, sexiest, most charismatic animals that call Vancouver Island home!!...

National Geographic Mexico Shoot

Scroll down to meet the biggest fish in the world, the whale shark. Despite being a shark that can grow over 12m long (40ft) and weigh over 20 tonnes, they don't have big teeth. Instead, they have about 3000 very very tiny teeth. Similarly to the baleen whales (e.g. humpbacks), they are filter feeders. Here you can see this huuuge individual sucking in a big mouthful of water to extract the plankton. I was lucky enough to film and photograph the largest known aggregation of whale sharks on the planet off the coast of Mexico over the weekend. Having a school bus sized animal swim towards you out of the blue is certainly a feeling I'll never forget!

Whale sharks weren't the only marine megafauna that we got up close and personal with though. Click next below to see  an absolute whopper of an oceanic manta ray with a wingspan of over 3m/12ft! It was fascinating to learn that the baitfish in this shot were using the manta's body as a shield from aerial predators. Just after I got out of the water, one fish strayed a little too far from the manta. The pelicans soaring overhead spotted it and lets just say that fish won't be making the same mistake again!

National Geographic Colombia Shoot

Steve Winter and I recently returned from what we both agree was the most incredible place we've ever been. Now me saying that, no big deal, I'm a whipper snapper in the grand scheme of National Geographic. Steve however has been on Nat Geo assignments all over the world for the last 25 years. We had the great honour of documenting the work of Fundación Herencia Ambiental Caribe as they undertook an expedition into Chiribiquete National Park, one of the world's last great unexplored places. We owe huge thanks also to Parks Colombia and the Colombian Ministry of Culture for their support. 

This place is so remote and rugged, the only way of getting around is by helicopter. On the last day of the expedition, we were gifted with some beautiful weather. Steve and I jumped at the opportunity. Our awesome pilot David very kindly took the doors of the helicopter- a brilliant idea until we were banked up on our side thousands of feet above the jungle! Alejo (the ropes expert) had tied us both in so we quickly got used to the rather large drop! I didn't think the scenes in Avatar existed- turns out they do.

Prior to the expedition into Chiribiquete, we met Tigger the jaguar (he was named after the tiger Winnie the Pooh). Seven years ago, when Tigger was a tiny cub, his mother was shot after killing a rancher's cow. Tigger was found and taken to a rescue centre, Cabildo Verde Sabana de Torres. Like the ocelot posted previously, Tigger didn't get the vital education from his mother necessary to survive and hunt in the wild. For this reason, he'll never be released into the wild. Whilst this is very sad, there is some positivity to his story. 

Jaguars are ghost cats, there are very few places in the wild where you can see them. This makes it very difficult to justify their importance in the ecosystem to the people that live with them and sometimes have their livestock taken. This is where Tigger comes in. Local people are brought to this rescue centre to learn about the role jaguars play in the wild. So Tigger is taking one for the team to help ensure the same thing doesn't happen to other wild jaguars.

National Geographic Mexico Shoot

I've spent the last 5 days with a 'flamboyance' of 15,000 flamingoes in Mexico. To find out what we were up to click here to watch a live broadcast we did for National Geographic... 

No matter how many times I saw it, a flamingo take off always made me chuckle. They're incredible goofy and clumsy as they desperately flap their wings and beat the water with their feet. I think this struggle to take to the air is also strangely beautiful! Check out the video to see if you agree!...

Nat Geo WILD announces launch date for 'Wild_Life'

After months of work, it's finally nearly here! Big thanks to the awesome post production team at Nat Geo and to the Scientific Exploration Society for supporting the expedition. Episode one of this 16 part series drops August 3rd on Youtube. Stay tuned!!

NAB Show, Las Vegas

As expected, Las Vegas was pretty bizarre! It was great to meet so many awesome people at the NAB Show. I was there to speak about my experiences using Sachtler tripods. 

Canon 1DX mark II Roadshow

I’ve just finished two weeks speaking with legendary sports photographer, Eddie Keogh, on the Canon UK 1DX mark II roadshow. It’s been a lot of fun so thank you to all those that came to the events. It's a real game changer of a camera for both stills and DSLR video so I'd highly recommend checking it out if you get the chance. 

I should mention that the picture below was definitely not my idea. Andre Bernal, who came to the roadshow event in London, was adamant that I had to throw the new 1DX in the air for a photo. I threw it up once but apparently not high enough! .