Matt Aeberhard, wildlife cinematographer for Netflix’s Our Planet, shares his secrets to capturing the breath-taking shots as seen in the docu-series.

Matt and Go Creative Show host, Ben Consoli, discuss what life is like for a wildlife cinematographer, how he trudged through thick swampy jungle with expensive camera gear, ensuring you get the wildlife shots you want, why the Birds of Paradise sequence took 6 weeks to film, advice for aspiring wildlife filmmakers, and more!

What you will learn in this episode:

• The life of a wildlife cinematographer
• Trudging through a thick, swampy jungle with camera gear
• Ensuring you get the wildlife shots you want
• The logistics of wildlife filmmaking
• Filming the Birds of Paradise for over 6 weeks
• The challenges of filming Orangutans up in the trees
• Matt’s camera and equipment choice for shooting in the jungle
• Why Matt uses Canon’s 50-1000mm lens
• Matt’s DIT media workflow
• The dangers Matt faced while filming wildlife
• Advice for aspiring wildlife filmmakers
• And more!

Show Links

• Our Planet – Netflix
• Our Planet – Instagram
• Our Planet – Twitter
• Matt Aeberhard’s IMDb

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