Ethiopia …Traveling to remote places involves a certain degree of hardiness on the part of our film crews. Isolated communities rarely possess the means to support large groups of outsiders and consequently, on these journeys, all of us are spending quite a bit of time under canvas. The mountains of Northern Ethiopia were one such […]
Feb 24, 2009 | Categories:Comment, Travel, View the complete Archive | Tags: Africa, BBC, BBC Earth, BBC Human Planet, blogsherpa, camping, Ethiopia, Human PLanet, Human Planet BBC, Planeta Humano, remote, Simien Mountains, Timothy Allen | 1 Comment »
Ethiopia …This, my second trip to Ethiopia for Human Planet was my most memorable experience thus far. The simple reason for this was the lovely people we met there. Our time was spent with a family in a very remote settlement, a long way from the nearest road, high in the mountains. For the most […]
Feb 24, 2009 | Categories:Travel, View the complete Archive | Tags: Africa, BBC, BBC Earth, BBC Human Planet, blogsherpa, children, Ethiopia, girl, Human PLanet, Human Planet BBC, mountains, Planeta Humano, Simien Mountains, Timothy Allen, Zablon Beyene | Leave A Comment »
Spain …After our time in Ethiopia, it was just a short trip down to Southern Europe to meet some Spanish coastal dwellers with a very unusual and highly dangerous job. Unfortunately I can’t tell you exactly what we were filming for fear of spoiling a surprise in the TV series. What I will tell you […]
Feb 23, 2009 | Categories:Travel, View the complete Archive | Tags: BBC, BBC Earth, BBC Human Planet, blogsherpa, dangerous, Europe, extreme camera, Galicia, Human PLanet, Human Planet BBC, ocean, Planeta Humano, sea, Spain, Timothy Allen | Leave A Comment »
Ethiopia …It was September last year when we spent time filming with the Suri Tribe in Southern Ethiopia. Half a year on, and I still have one memory from my time there permanently imprinted in my mind. Well, on my body actually… and semi-permanently I think . Whilst we were there I had my shoulder […]
Feb 23, 2009 | Categories:Travel, View the complete Archive | Tags: Africa, BBC, BBC Earth, BBC Human Planet, blogsherpa, Ethiopia, Human PLanet, Human Planet BBC, Planeta Humano, scar, scar tattoo, Suri, Surma, tattoo, Timothy Allen | 2 Comments »
Ethiopia …In Southern Ethiopia, witnessing a Suri stick fight or ‘Donga’ was one of the most awe inspiring public displays of aggression I think I’ve ever seen. Stick fighting is a brutal sport there is no doubt, but when you see it in the flesh, you realize that it is a very fair and honest […]
Feb 22, 2009 | Categories:Travel, View the complete Archive | Tags: Africa, BBC, BBC Earth, BBC Human Planet, blogsherpa, Ethiopia, Human PLanet, Human Planet BBC, Phantom High Speed Camera, Planeta Humano, Stick fight, Stick fighting, Suri, Suri Tribe, Surma, Timothy Allen | Leave A Comment »
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 »
The Joys of Camping
Ethiopia …Traveling to remote places involves a certain degree of hardiness on the part of our film crews. Isolated communities rarely possess the means to support large groups of outsiders and consequently, on these journeys, all of us are spending quite a bit of time under canvas. The mountains of Northern Ethiopia were one such […]
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Feb 24, 2009 | Categories:Comment, Travel, View the complete Archive | Tags: Africa, BBC, BBC Earth, BBC Human Planet, blogsherpa, camping, Ethiopia, Human PLanet, Human Planet BBC, Planeta Humano, remote, Simien Mountains, Timothy Allen | 1 Comment »