Back in March I spent 2 days filming for The One Show. I have recently been notified that it will be screened this coming Friday 9th September at 7pm.
It was to show, presenter, Jamie Crawford, how to photograph hares. The first part was spent at Harlow Greyhound Race Track photographing the lure as it whizzed by. This was to give Jamie some idea as to how to track an exceptionally fast animal like the hare though, of course, it can't account for their erratic and unpredictable movements. After filming, I drove down to give a talk to Folkestone Camera Cluband straight after, drove back up, but this time to a B&B in Royston, Cambridgeshire for a 5.30am start to attempt to photograph the real thing.
As you may see on the film, that morning we were plagued with thick fog, hardly ideal conditions for spotting hares, and so we just sat back until it cleared, several hours later. Eventually, Jamie got his shots by me selecting a hedgerow beside a track (always a good chance that something will pass by as hares much prefer to use this method than simply taking the shortest distance) and camouflaging him, as well as the cameraman, sound-recordist and myself and simply waiting. it wasn't too long before several passed by right infront of us. To Jamie's credit he nailed some really great shots. Just reward for all the hard work.
It's the first time I had ever done something like this and although I am used to speaking infront of lots of people, lecturing for example, doing it infront of a camera is an altogether entirely different thing! I was, understandably, quite nervous to start with but the crew and, especially, Jamie, were so professional and chillled that they put you at ease very quickly indeed. Would I do it again? In a heartbeat! :)
