How foreign production houses can benefit from local film crews in Kenya and save a lot of money! Let’s look into the different parts where foreign production houses can benefit from using local film crews for their Natural History Productions. Advantages of local film crews in Kenya! With the start of […]
Kenya Drone Regulations! In this article I want to share some of the Kenya Drone Regulations as well as my long, long journey through Kenya’s maze of regulations to own and operate a drone. Where do I start… Getting the KCAA commercial drone license! First of all you need a commercial drone license
What does it take to design the perfect photography hide in Kenya? Let’s take a look into how to built the perfect photography hide in Kenya. Hide Photography in Kenya is becoming more and more popular. Some years back there hasn’t been any professional hide for photographers and it was about time to change
Wildscreen Festival in Nairobi, Kenya! What a weekend! For the first time in history of Wildscreen Festival, the festival was brought to Nairobi, Kenya. A perfect opportunity to boost the talent we have here in Kenya and give upcoming filmmakers, directors, photographers and producers the chance to network with the big shots of the
Gabon Beach Elephants! I love Gabon’s beach elephants! Every time I visit Gabon I am amazed about its wildlife. The Loango National Park in Gabon is unique in many ways. Its one of the only spots in the world where elephants come to the beach and hippos surf the waves of the Atlantic Ocean. When
Finally I managed to complete my KCAA Kenya Commercial Drone License! Got my Kenya Commercial Drone License! Drone laws in Kenya are quite strict and flying with an EU or UK license can be difficult. Even with my EU Licence it was quite difficult to get permissions to fly in Kenya. Therefore I needed
Filming wildlife out of a hide! Lee Smith and I went into the Kenyan Wilderness, filming wildlife out of a hide… As I am always looking to improve and learn more skills for wildlife filming, my friend and sound recordist Lee Smith and I headed out for a newly built hide in the
Filming in the Banda Sea for Amazon Prime! I went filming the Banda Sea for my Amazon Prime fishing show! Imagine a place so far away, that it will take you ages to reach…. “Welcome to Doggy Island!” Heaven in the middle of nowhere! I was quite excited when this fishing expedition finally
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RED V-Raptor Wildlife Camera Rig! In this article I will show you my RED V-Raptor wildlife camera rig and what rig parts I use to film wildlife in Kenya. Tripod – Sachtler Flotec 100 & Sachtler Video 18 S2: As this set-up weighs around 12kg, I needed a fluid head which will be
Filming for NETFLIX – Sony FX9 Last year I have been filming for Netflix “The Hidden Lives of Pets” in Ol Pejeta, Northern Kenya. With a small crew, we went up north to film the interesting work of the Anti Poaching Unit and their dogs. During our shoot we used the Sony FX9, zCam E2
