Africa S Big Five And Other Wildlife Filmmakers

Jean Hartley, born in Kenya, is acknowledged as being the first to legitimise fixing for wildlife film crews. Over the last 25 years, she has worked on over a thousand films, the vast majority being about wildlife and nature. She features five of the great film makers who all started their careers in Kenya in the1950s, legends whom she is proud to call personal friends. Watching all of their films, and many more, she became fascinated by the history of film making in Kenya and determined to find out when it all started. In this insightful book, she traces the roots of wildlife film back a hundred years, drawing on accounts of the original film makers and the professional hunters who guided those early safaris. She tracks the changes from those grainy, speeded up, silent films through to the technologically perfect High Definition and 3D films that are being made today.

Jean Hartley, born in Kenya, is acknowledged as being the first to legitimise fixing for wildlife film crews. Over the last 25 years, she has worked on over a thousand films, the vast majority being about wildlife and nature. She features five of the great film makers who all started their careers in Kenya in the1950s, legends whom she is proud to call personal friends. Watching all of their films, and many more, she became fascinated by the history of film making in Kenya and determined to find out when it all started. In this insightful book, she traces the roots of wildlife film back a hundred years, drawing on accounts of the original film makers and the professional hunters who guided those early safaris. She tracks the changes from those grainy, speeded up, silent films through to the technologically perfect High Definition and 3D films that are being made today.

The lion, the leopard, the elephant, the rhino and the buffalo are presented through text and photographs. The volume also covers the basic biology and ecology of each of the these animals, interpersed with unusual facts and observations.

Think of Africa and one immediately thinks of its wild animals, birdlife and even its unusual and colourful insects. The continent’s rich and incredibly varied wildlife draws visitors from around the world, and The Very Best of African Wildlife brings together the best Africa can offer. From the Big Five – lion, leopard, buffalo, rhino and elephant – to their many equally impressive companions in the wild, this book presents an extensive overview in stunning images of what the continent has to offer.

Safari Secrets - The Big Five Learn the secrets from the pros on how to find and photograph the Big Five. With decades of photographic and game-ranging experience between them, Gerald Hinde and Will Taylor take the reader on a visual journey on how to successfully find and photograph the iconic Big Five. Filled with secrets that will help intrepid photographers both locate the animals and capture them on camera, Safari Secrets - The Big Five, is a must-have for photographic adventurers.

This book of stunning images by an award-winning photographer showcases the Big Five - Africa's greatest attraction