Blog - CHIMPANZEE: Notes from the field
About perfect
After a long snooze, we headed to Kampala to meet Debbie and Laurence Owango (who will be my second camera assistant) for lunch and to make more lists of things to get before traveling to the field site. Laurence is from the eastern part of Uganda, but now lives in Kampala with his family. He has worked with both stills photographers and videographers. Equally, he knows Kampala well and helped us immensely in shopping for food and camp needs.
Happy Campers
After a long snooze, we headed to Kampala to meet Debbie and Laurence Owango (who will be my second camera assistant) for lunch and to make more lists of things to get before traveling to the field site. Laurence is from the eastern part of Uganda, but now lives in Kampala with his family.
Preparing for the Shoot
Kristin and I spent the past week packing and throwing together supplies for the next 2 months of shooting in Kibale National Park, Uganda. Our list seems endless: rubber boots, quick-drying field cloths, binocs, Kristin’s stills equipment, maps and field notepads, computers and hard drives, packs, energy bars, rain capes, loads of zip lock bags, air and water tight stuff bags, a few books, and most importantly, very good chocolate. In the time leading up to the first shoot, I felt that I was an indentured servant to my endless lists.
The CHIMPANZEE Team
Alastair Fothergil: Co-director of Chimpanzee
Impossible to Pass Up
Since 1993, I have been documenting the behavior and lives of chimpanzees on film and video for the Jane Goodall Institute’s research center in Gombe National Park.
