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Our last flight in Mexico landed us in Ciudad del Carmen a remote oil town on the gulf side of the Yucatan Peninsula.  From town we boarded a boat to travel two hours into the Campeche jungle up the Atasta waterways toward the Reserva de la Biosfera Pantanos de Centla.  

For seven days we battled heat exhaustion and dehydration on ATV and in tree stands.  By the time we spotted the quarry – Craig was so over heated he was shooting at some brown grass – but we had a good laugh about it and brought in the Southern most White Tailed Deer in North America.

Flying into this assignment I was leaving a northern hemisphere fall where daytime temperatures were hovering just above freezing.  When I landed in Campeche we were leaving the comfort of air conditioning and stepping out into the thick gulf air.  A long boat ride up the river kept the breeze in our hair, but by the end of dinner the close heat had begun to sink in.

“The Best Episode We’ve Shot”

 

I was sent to South Africa with a Sony EX1.  Heavily used by that point, and it’s autofocus and zoom lens assembly cracked and failed.

I was sent with no backup – but I had my personal Canon 6D along for the trip – so I had to shoot the remaining 10 days of a 14 day trip with only a Canon 6D – a consumer SLR camera not made for broadcast TV production.

The challenges, made for more interesting footage!  Embracing the limitations turned us into better filmmakers.

 

Inspire 1 Drone Footage from South Africa in 2016 

I was sent to South Africa with a Sony EX1.  Heavily used by that point, and it’s autofocus and zoom lens assembly failed.

I was sent with no backup – but I had my personal Canon 6D along for the trip – so I had to shoot the remaining 10 days of a 14 day trip with only a Canon 6D – a consumer SLR camera for broadcast TV production.

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