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 »
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 »
‘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 »
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 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 »