Beyond The Lens with Richard Bernabe
This photography podcast takes you ‘beyond the lens,’ exploring the arts, travel, conservation, entrepreneurship, creative culture, and more through deep-dive interviews with some of the world's most influential and inspiring people.
Host Richard Bernabe is a renowned photographer, intrepid world traveller, explorer, author, and champion of wildlife and endangered species. He’s been hailed as one of the "Top 30 Influential Photographers on the Web" by the Huffington Post and Influence Digest's "20 Photographers Changing the World Through Social Media." He has travelled to more than 60 countries, capturing photographs and writing for clients including National Geographic, CNN, The New York Times and the BBC.
Beyond The Lens with Richard Bernabe
49. Will Burrard-Lucas, Wildlife Photographer, Inventor, Entrepreneur: Pursuit of the Black Leopard and Beyond
Will Burrard-Lucas is a British wildlife photographer, best known for innovative camera techniques and devices that allow him to capture unique perspectives on wildlife not usually seen otherwise. He's the founder of Camtraptions, a company specializing in creative technology and photographic contraptions, including the Beetlecam and his own camera traps.
Will has published three books, The Ethiopian Wolf: Hope at the Edge of Extinction, Top Wildlife Sites Of The World, Land of Giants, and The Black Leopard: My Quest to Photograph One of Africa’s Most Elusive Big Cats, which we talk about at length in the interview.
Topics Richard and Will discuss:
- Will's career beginnings as an accountant
- Wide-angle approaches to wildlife photography
- Introducing The BeetleCam: a remote-control, camera-mounted buggy
- Will's hilarious first attempts with the BeetleCam
- Homemade drones
- Using camera traps
- Pursuit of the black leopard
- Will's newest book, The Black Leopard: My Quest to Photograph One of Africa’s Most Elusive Big Cats
- Next project with lions
Notable Links:
Will Burrard-Lucas website
Will Burred-Lucas Instagram
Will's TEDx Talk on the pursuit of the Black Leopard
Camtraptions
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