#wildlife

In this image-driven age, wildlife filmmakers carry a heavy responsibility. They can influence how we think and behave when we’re in nature. They can even influence how we raise our kids, how we vote and volunteer in our communities, as well as the future of our wildlands and wildlife. If the stories they create are misleading or false in some way, viewers will misunderstand the issues and react in inappropriate ways. People who consume a heavy diet of wildlife films filled with staged violence and aggression, for example, are likely to think about nature as a circus or a freak show. They certainly won’t form the same positive connections to the natural world as people who watch more thoughtful, authentic, and conservation-oriented films. ↗

— Chris Palmer

#conservation #film #television #tv #wildlife

A large wildlife book, start to finish, could take one to two years, but then I would expect to get several good (nature) magazine features off the back of this, plus of course a lot of stock. ↗

— Nigel Dennis

#book #could #course #expect #features

I had travelled pretty widely around the world even before then, so I knew where to go to film wildlife. ↗

— Jim Fowler

#before #even #film #go #had

When I went to Australia, I went shark diving. It was crazy. It was called 'extreme' shark diving because even though we were in cages, we literally could touch the sharks swimming by. They were huge and I'm terrified of sharks. Then I went to a wildlife park and held kangaroos. That was nice. ↗

— Taylor Lautner

#because #called #could #crazy #diving

I look at ANWR (Artic National Wildlife Refuge) as a poison pill in the energy bill. ↗

— Ben Nelson

#bill #energy #energy bill #i #look

I would never dream, for example, of going to The States to photograph your wildlife. ↗

— Nigel Dennis

#example #for example #going #i #never

I don't want Daddy's passion to ever end. I want to help endangered wildlife just like he did. ↗

— Bindi Irwin

#did #end #endangered #ever #help

My belief is that what comes across on the television is a capture of my enthusiasm and my passion for wildlife. ↗

— Steve Irwin

#belief #capture #comes #enthusiasm #passion

We've evolved from sitting back on our tripods and shooting wildlife films like they have been shot historically, which doesn't work for us. ↗

— Steve Irwin

#been #evolved #films #historically #like