A little back story on our new low budget experimental travel film “The Circle”, shot in Western Mongolia in 2018.
Nov 18, 2020 | Categories:Video, View the complete Archive | Tags: Altai, Bayan Ulgii, expedition, Kazakh, Khuiten, Khuiten Peak, Koiten, nomad, nomadic, nomads, Tavan Bogd, thom cytry, Timothy Allen, trekking | Leave A Comment »
Pembrokeshire, Wales Home is where the harp is I am sitting in a remote mud hut discussing ‘Big Brother’. Next to me an open fire radiates its welcoming orange cast, tinging all but the brilliant whites of the scene outside, trees freshly dusted with an icy coat of late January powder. Today, unusually, the topic of […]
Nov 20, 2013 | Categories:View the complete Archive | Tags: community, Emma Orbach, isolated, mud hut, off grid living, off-grid, off-the-grid, Pembrokeshire, photographer, remote, sustainable, Timothy Allen, Timothy Allen Photographer, Travel, Wales, West Wales | 82 Comments »
Gosaikunda, Langtang, Nepal ..Walking the path most traveled .. ‘Trekking’ has become a much maligned word of late. In Nepal I’ve heard it used to describe everything from an arduous summit climb to a morning stroll up a stone staircase. One factor that appears to be paramount in the categorization of a modern ‘trek’ is […]
Oct 25, 2013 | Categories:View the complete Archive | Tags: August, full moon, Gosaikunda, Gosainkunda, Hindu, Lake, Nepal, pilgrim, pilgrimage, Sacred, Shaman, Timothy Allen, Timothy Allen Photographer, Travel | 15 Comments »
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 »
5 practical suggestions that have helped me over my career
Jul 11, 2011 | Categories:Tutorials, View the complete Archive | Tags: 70-200, back button focus, exposure, fast, help, images, improve, learn, lesson, long lens, manually, Photo Tips & Techniques, Photography, Photography Tips and Techniques, pictures, prime lens, primes, secrets, take better photos, technique, techniques, Timothy Allen, tip, tips, TPOTY, Travel, travel photograph, travel photography, Travel Photography Tips, travel photos, tutorial | 63 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 »
In north east India the Khasi tribe grow incredible living bridges that last for hundreds of years.
Mar 21, 2011 | Categories:Travel, View the complete Archive | Tags: 7 sister states, banyan, banyan tree, BBC, BBC Earth, BBC Human Planet, Cherapunjee, Discovery, East Khasi Hills, ficus, Human PLanet, Human Planet BBC, India, Inosculation, Khasi Tribe, living bridge, living bridges, Living root bridges, Mawlynnong, Mawlynong, Meghalaya, NE States, North East Frontier States, north east States, Planeta Humano, root bridge, root bridges, Severn Sister States, Timothy Allen, Timothy Allen Photographer, Travel | 81 Comments »
Pakistan … From a dusty old hotel room in Southern Pakistan, I would just like to say many, many thanks to those of you who have been sending me incredibly kind messages since BBC News ran an audio slide show of some of my photographs from Human Planet a couple of days ago. I really […]
Mar 05, 2011 | Categories:Comment, View the complete Archive | Tags: BBC, BBC Earth, BBC Human Planet, how to become a photographer, Human PLanet, Human Planet BBC, Planeta Humano, Timothy Allen, Timothy Allen Photographer | 20 Comments »
Kenya … I’ve been trying to find a spare moment to write a new post for a couple of weeks now. Two episodes of Human Planet have been and gone whilst I have been away in Africa with Comic Relief, and whilst I was actually using a satellite to send images back home daily, our […]
Mar 03, 2011 | Categories:Travel, View the complete Archive | Tags: BT Red Nose Desert Trek, Comic Relief, Craig David, Dermot O'Leary, Kaisut Desert, Kara Tointon, Kenya, Lorraine Kelly, Nadia Sawalha, Olly Murs, Peter White, Red Nose Day, Ronni Ancona, Scott Mills | 4 Comments »
Los Angeles … I’ve been in L.A. for the last week doing some press for the launch of Human Planet in the USA tonight on the Discovery Channel. One of the most enjoyable was a piece we filmed for NBC’s Carson Daly show, a late night magazine programme that appears to be something akin to […]
Mar 02, 2011 | Categories:Video, View the complete Archive | Tags: BBC, BBC Earth, BBC Human Planet, Carson Daly, David Attenborough, Discovery, Discovery Channel, Hollywood, Human PLanet, Human Planet BBC, Human Planet blog, interview, photographer, Planeta Humano, Timothy Allen, Timothy Allen Photographer | 10 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 »
Witness the amazing lengths that some people will go to to get their sugar fix…
Feb 05, 2011 | Categories:Travel, View the complete Archive | Tags: Africa, Bayaka, BBC, BBC Earth, BBC Human Planet, bbc rachael kinley, Central African Republic, Discovery, Human Planet BBC, Planeta Humano, Rachael Kinley, rachael kinley bbc, rachael kinley human planet, rachel kinley, Tim Fogg, Timothy Allen, Timothy Allen Photographer, Tom Hugh-Jones | 28 Comments »
Greenland … Prior to traveling to Greenland with Human Planet, I had never been to the Arctic before. I don’t know exactly what I was expecting. Cold? Yes of course, but I don’t think anything can quite prepare you for the astonishing panoramas that hide quietly around every frozen corner. A winter north of the […]
Jan 27, 2011 | Categories:Travel, View the complete Archive | Tags: Arctic, Arctic Circle, BBC, BBC Earth, BBC Human Planet, boiling water freezes, Discovery, Greenland, Human PLanet, Human Planet BBC, ilulissat, Planeta Humano, Timothy Allen, Timothy Allen Photographer | 16 Comments »
In the desert of Niger, the Wodaabe tribe have a unique way of meeting a mate
Jan 20, 2011 | Categories:Travel, View the complete Archive | Tags: Africa, BBC, BBC Earth, BBC Human Planet, Desert, Discovery, Gerewol, Human PLanet, Human Planet BBC, jeerewol, jerewol, Niger, nomad, Planeta Humano, raume, Sahel, Timothy Allen, tribe, Wodaabe | 21 Comments »
Meet the incredible men who risk their lives fishing with hookah pipes in the South China Sea
Jan 05, 2011 | Categories:Travel, View the complete Archive | Tags: BBC, BBC Earth, BBC Human Planet, breath diver, Discovery, diver, filipino, fishing, hookah, hookah pipe, Human PLanet, Human Planet BBC, Moro Ami, Oceans - Into the Blue, Pa-aling, paaling, Philipines, Philippines, Phillipines, Planeta Humano, Timothy Allen, Timothy Allen Photographer | 31 Comments »
Sabah, Malaysia … In anticipation of the premiere of Human Planet, the BBC has today released three teaser clips from the Oceans episode which be the first of the eight to be broadcast next week. My favourite one is an extraordinary clip of Bajau free diver Sulbin, as he takes a dive to 20 metres […]
Jan 04, 2011 | Categories:Video, View the complete Archive | Tags: Bajau, Bajau Free diver, BBC, BBC Earth, BBC Human Planet, Borneo, Discovery, free diver. free diving, Human PLanet, Human Planet BBC, Malaysia, oceans, Planeta Humano, Sabah, sea gypsy, spear fishing, Timothy Allen, Timothy Allen Photographer, Tun Sakaran | 4 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 »
India … When I went backpacking through South East Asia in the early nineties, myself and a friend got quite into collecting old beads on our travels, a hobby I still have to this very day. Back then, along with the Tibetan Plateau, home of the infamously mysterious Dzi beads, North East India’s Nagaland represented my […]
Dec 21, 2010 | Categories:Travel, View the complete Archive | Tags: Ao Naga, Chang Naga, Head Hunters, India, Konyak, Konyak Naga, Longwa, Moatsu, Myanmar, Naga, Nagaland, North East, North East Frontier States, north east States, opium, tribal, tribe | 15 Comments »
Pakistan … I have just arrived back to the capital city of Islamabad after 14 days filming at Shabhaz refugee camp near Hyderabad in Pakistan’s Sindh province, one of the areas heavily affected by this country’s recent horrendous floods. This is the first time I’ve been to Pakistan and it has been a very emotional […]
Dec 08, 2010 | Categories:Travel, View the complete Archive | Tags: floods, Hyderabad, IDP, Oxfam, Pakistan, photographer, refugee camp, Shabhaz, Sindh, Timothy Allen | Leave A Comment »
‘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 »
My Top 5 most memorable Human Planet camp sites …Thanks to Iceland’s recent explosion in exports of Volcanic ash, I had to cancel my last Human Planet trip back to Mali, and since our filming schedule is now slowly beginning to wind up, I thought I’d plough through the picture archive and dig up some snaps […]
May 04, 2010 | Categories:Travel, View the complete Archive | Tags: BBC, BBC Earth, BBC Human Planet, camp, camping, campsite, canvas, expedition, Human PLanet, Human Planet BBC, isolated, Planeta Humano, remote, site, tent, Timothy Allen, Zanskar River | 1 Comment »
A Word in Your Shell-Like
Pakistan … From a dusty old hotel room in Southern Pakistan, I would just like to say many, many thanks to those of you who have been sending me incredibly kind messages since BBC News ran an audio slide show of some of my photographs from Human Planet a couple of days ago. I really […]
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Mar 05, 2011 | Categories:Comment, View the complete Archive | Tags: BBC, BBC Earth, BBC Human Planet, how to become a photographer, Human PLanet, Human Planet BBC, Planeta Humano, Timothy Allen, Timothy Allen Photographer | 20 Comments »