A New Challenge

It’s now over two years since I set off on my first chimpanzee chasing adventure. Having fulfilled my childhood dream to see chimpanzees in the wild (hopefully not for the last time) I am now taking on a challenge of a different nature.

One day aged seven I decided to borrow our family camcorder and sit for over an hour filming the action at our bird table (an impressive feat for an inherently hyperactive child!) This was my first taste of wildlife film-making and it gave me an appreciation of both the joys and the many drawbacks of filming animals (most of the time nothing happens, your arms ache from holding the camera, you get cold and your bum goes numb). Numb bum or not I decided that one day I was going to produce the wildlife documentaries that I loved so much.

To this day I still dream of being a wildlife film-maker and it is this dream that I am now relentlessly chasing with the same energy I devoted to chasing chimpanzees in Semliki. Like keeping up with those elusive apes over rivers, up mountains and through the undergrowth, I’m sure this chase will not be easy. However, just as it was worth every second of the pursuit for some incredible encounters with the chimpanzees in Semliki, I am sure my hard work now will be worth it in the end.

I am currently looking for any opportunities of work experience in wildlife film-making, so if you’re reading this and think you may be able to help me, or know anyone else you could, please do have a look at my CV by clicking on the photo below. Any help with my latest adventure would be much appreciated.