Filming Gallery

: Me looking sinister in a hide – filming Sandhill Cranes – one of my favourite species – for ‘Wild New World’, Nabraska, 2001

: The last day of filming – 2 minutes later the dogs killed another wildebeest

: Minijib set up to film meerkats, Meerkat Manor, 2004

: Can you see the dogs? … neither can I

: Mask, headnet and camo kneepads. It’s a miracle the chimps didn’t run a mile.

: Me and a Silky

: Getting set up for aerials over the west coast of Scotland. ‘Natural History of Britain’, 2004

: Very high in a tree – courtesy of the Mighty Foggs, filming a Madagascan Hawk Eagle, Masoala, Madagascar, 2010

: One of our remote cameras; at about -20C they, and I, stopped working properly

: Dennis & Steve – tooled up

: You’ve got to love them … Meerkat Manor, 2004

: Filming Musk Ox in the winter near Nome, AK – we have temporarily mislaid them. ‘Wild New World’, 1998

: Filming Red Ruffed Lemurs from a tree platform, Masoala, Madagascar 2010

: Ian, Pam & Tim fight over floor space in an abandoned research station, Masoala, Madagascar, 2010

: Charles, Ali & Abdul – they stopped us getting eaten by lions. ‘Wild Ladies of Viramba’, 2002

: My Jimmy Jib III set up in a cave set built in Central Studios, Bristol. ‘Wild New World’, 2000

: Trying not to inhale – filming a termite emergence, Brazil. ‘Andes to Amazon’ 1999

: Watching snow melt, Cook Inlet, Anchorage, AK. ‘Moose on the Loose’, 2005

: Very high in a tree – courtesy of the Mighty Foggs, filming a Madagascan Hawk Eagle, Masoala, Madagascar, 2010

: The wonderful Adam White, compares aural appendages with a pachyderm. ‘Wild New World’, 2001

: Self portrait at ‘Polychome Overlook’ – if you get up early enough you have the park to yourself

: Me & Jogoo (I’m on the left), while filming for ‘The Wild Ladies of Viramba’, Tanzania, 2002

: Fernando, me, Ruth & Renate filming in Emas NP

: Jimmy Jib set up in an Ice-Age cave set. ‘Wild New World’, 2000

: Entering the world of the Urban Beaver, Anchorage. ‘Moose on the Loose’, 2005

: Setting up a cable dolly run with The Mighty Foggs and Ian Gray, Madagascar, 2010

: So young, so trusting. ‘Meerkat Manor’, 2004

: My bedroom at Emas NP, Brazil – another home from home. ‘Andes to Amazon’, 1999

: The wonderful Matt Drake, fiddling with meerkat pups, Meerkat Manor, 2005

: You didn’t have to dress like an idiot to film the chimps … but I did

: Jib set up in the incredible Ankor Wat temple complex, Cambodia. ‘Deep Jungle’ 2006

: Beware of the caterpillars …

: Me, neoprene, ducks. ‘Moose on the Loose’, 2005

: Filming timelapses on the north rim of the Grand Canyon. ‘Wild New World’ 2000

: Our fully-featured cooking hut, Masoala, Madagascar, 2010

: Sean Morris, pointing at something with Mark MacEwen and his guns in the background. ‘Wild Ladies of Viramba’, 2002

: Adam directs, camera takes on water. Florida, ‘Wild New World’, 2000

: Our ride to work, filming Brown Bears, Prince William Sound, AK. ‘Wild New World’, 2000

: They look both ways, then just cross regardless. ‘Moose on the Loose’, 2005

: Filming Black Bear in suburban Anchorage – a familiar sight on garbage collection day (the bear, not me). ‘Moose on the Loose’, 2005

: Me, neoprene, ducks. ‘Moose on the Loose’, 2005

: Filming Musk Ox near Nome, AK, for ‘Wild New World’, 1998

: Filming with my Jimmy Jib III in a landfill site outside Anchorage, AK. The landfill was frequented by a pack of wolves – which we spent months trying to film

: Filming in Arches NP, Utah, ‘Wild New World’, 2000

: Ian Gray, directing, Nose Mangabe, Madagascar, 2009

: Getting ready to film aerials over LA with Stephen Dunleavey. ‘Wild New World’, 2000

: Home sweet home

: Striking a pose in the Atacama Desert, ‘Andes to Amazon’, 1999

: Leandro, Anna, me, three Jaguars … and Rob pretending to operate the crane

: Little kid looking through my viewfinder – I’ve no idea where he came from – Utria, Colombia, 1997

: My (damp) hut while filming Silky Sifaka’s, Marojejy NP, Madagascar, 2010

: Filming the sun setting over the Cook Inlet, Anchorage, AK. ‘Moose on the Loose’, 2005

: Makira kit: everything but the kitchen sink (although we did bring the fridge)

: The ‘Dream Team’ Babaze, Janvier & Doris

: My sleeping hut – made of tin, very hot, full of mice and shared with Mark MacEwen – if you look carefully you can spot the hot jazz licks I’m copping. ‘Wild Ladies of Viramba’, 2002

: The trick is to use bits of the bridge you have already crossed to fill in the gaps in the bridge ahead, Pantanal, Brazil. ‘Andes to Amazon’, 1997