High in the mountains of Bulgaria we discovered an abandoned flying saucer in the snow…
Feb 28, 2012 | Categories:Photography, View the complete Archive | Tags: abandoned, abandoned building, abandoned buildings, amazing, Balkan mountains, Bouzloudja, Bulgaria, buzludja, buzludzha, Communism, communist, derelict, derelict bulding, flying saucer, Kaloyan Petrov, monument, mount, socialism, socialist, Stara Planinia, Timothy Allen, Timothy Allen Photographer, Travel, UFO, urban exploration, URBEX | 241 Comments »
Berlin, Germany … It’s been an incredibly long time since I posted anything on this blog… almost a month to the day in fact. I won’t bore you with excuses. Needless to say, as those of you who blog will know only too well, sometimes you just keep putting it off and off, and then […]
Jun 10, 2011 | Categories:Photography, View the complete Archive | Tags: 200mm, Bearpit, Berlin, China, Death Valley, Dresden, Elaine, Elayne, f1.7, Highliner, Hitching post, Karaoke, Lumix, Marty, Mauerpark, Olympus PEN EP2, Panasonic, Review, Road, Sideways, Sisters meal festival, Stayin Alive, Staying Alive, Swingers, Test, The Dresden Room, Timothy Allen, Timothy Allen Photographer, Trip, USA | 11 Comments »
The story of two young men from opposite sides of the world who both appeared in the BBC’s Human Planet
Feb 10, 2011 | Categories:Photography, View the complete Archive | Tags: Africa, Altai Mountains, Asia, BBC, BBC Earth, BBC Human Planet, Discovery, eagle hunter, Ethiopia, Gelada Baboon, Human PLanet, Human Planet BBC, Kazakh, Mongolia, mountains life in thin air, Planeta Humano, Simien Mountains, Timothy Allen, Timothy Allen Photographer | 15 Comments »
… Well, it’s that time of the year again. The time when photographer’s throughout the world root through dusty hard drives and put together a synopsis of their year in images. Of course, for the second year running, my year has been dominated by Human Planet, many images of which you may well have already […]
Dec 31, 2010 | Categories:Photography, Travel, View the complete Archive | Tags: BBC, BBC Human Planet, Human PLanet, Human Planet BBC, my year in pictures, Timothy Allen, Timothy Allen Photographer | 27 Comments »
‘Best in show’ for dead animals. Welcome to the fascinating world of competitive taxidermy.
Nov 16, 2010 | Categories:Photography, View the complete Archive | Tags: fish carving, Jeanette Hall, Ken Walker, Photography, Taxidermist, Taxidermy, Taxidermy Stuff the World, Timothy Allen, Timothy Allen Photographer, Travel, World Taxidermy Championships | 4 Comments »
Indonesia …Residents of Java are well accustomed to the presence of volcanoes in their lives. Take a dawn climb to any one of the island’s 40 or so peaks, and a glance to either the east or the west of you will normally reveal a scene worthy of the set of Jurassic Park as you […]
Aug 06, 2010 | Categories:Photography, Travel, View the complete Archive | Tags: active volcano, BBC Earth, BBC Human Planet, blogsherpa, East Java, Human PLanet, Human Planet BBC, Ijen, Ijen Volcano, Indonesia, Java, Jawa Timur, Kawar Ijen, mine, mining, Mount Ijen, Planeta Humano, south east asia, sulfur, sulphur, sulphur mine, Timothy Allen, volcano | 1 Comment »
Singapore …Two weeks into 2010 and I am back from my one month break over the holiday season. As is the tradition for photographers around this time of year, I have put together a small portfolio of previously unseen pictures from 2009… one from each Human Planet shoot last year. Yesterday I left my home […]
Jan 18, 2010 | Categories:Photography, Travel, View the complete Archive | Tags: BBC, BBC Earth, BBC Human Planet, Human PLanet, Human Planet BBC, photographer, Planeta Humano, Tim Allen, Timothy Allen, Timothy Allen Photographer, Travel, travel photography | 9 Comments »
The story behind the image Ricoh GR1, Fujifilm press 800 colour negative film, 28mm lens, unknown aperture & shutter speed . . . …”Everyone remembers what they were doing the moment they heard John F Kennedy had been assassinated” This is something I remember my mum mentioning on a number of occasions when I was […]
Sep 11, 2009 | Categories:Photography, View the complete Archive | Tags: 911, aeroplane, Barcelona airport, BBC, BBC Earth, crash, departure gate, explosion, Human PLanet, photograph, Ricoh GR1, Ricoh GR2, Ricoh GR3, September 11th, Timothy Allen, trauma, TV event, twin towers, Visa Pour L'Image | 8 Comments »
The story behind the image …In terms of my photography, the most common question I am asked is “What is your favourite picture that you’ve taken”. It’s a very easy question to ask, but as those of you who shoot pictures regularly will no doubt understand, it’s an incredibly difficult one to answer. In order […]
Aug 14, 2009 | Categories:Photography, View the complete Archive | Tags: BBC, BBC Earth, Horse's head, Human PLanet, Jeanette Hall, photograph, photojournalism, Taxidermist, Taxidermy, Taxidermy Stuff the World, Timothy Allen, White horse, World Taxidermy Championships | 2 Comments »
The story behind the image …A lot of people have been asking me about this image, a cropped version of which appears on the masthead of this blog, so here’s the story of how it came about. I shot this photograph in 2007 whilst on a 2 month tour of south west China. It was […]
May 29, 2009 | Categories:Photography, Travel, View the complete Archive | Tags: Asia, BBC, BBC Earth, blogsherpa, China, dance, Guizhou Province, Human PLanet, jewellery, Miao tribe, silver jewellery, Sisters meal festival, Timothy Allen | 2 Comments »
The story behind the image …I shot this picture a couple of years ago whilst on a 4 week trip through the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan. Bhutan can be a complicated country in which to travel since, as a visitor you are required to take a guided tour as your means of travel through the […]
May 09, 2009 | Categories:Photography, Travel, View the complete Archive | Tags: Asia, BBC, BBC Earth, behind the scenes, Bhutan, blogsherpa, Dzong, highlights, Human PLanet, meditation, Monastery, photograph, portrait, Thimpu, Timothy Allen | 6 Comments »
The Journey Begins …Welcome to the beginning of a rather extraordinary journey. Over the next 20 months I will be accompanying BBC film crews on a groundbreaking voyage around Planet Earth to document the remarkable ways in which the human species has adapted to living within our world’s natural environments. During this time, we will […]
Feb 21, 2009 | Categories:Photography, Travel, View the complete Archive | Tags: BBC, BBC Earth, BBC Human Planet, blogsherpa, Human PLanet, Human Planet BBC, journey, photographer, Photography, photography blog, Planeta Humano, Timothy Allen, Timothy Allen Photographer, Travel | 7 Comments »
