As an amateur wildlife photographer myself, I enjoyed everything about this video. It’s important to make people aware of all the “stuff" behind any good shot or video sequence, captured in the wild, respecting the animals and the environment. Thanks for this perspective! Congratulations once again for your raw content and for your charming and charisma! I’m a fan !
Thank you for featuring me buddy! I appreciate your story telling and the entire video is so fun to watch. Next time we will get those guys with the sun shining ♥️
Definitely enjoyed this. Love that you do ethical photography. When I was young, like your age, I used to think it would be a cool career to be a wildlife photographer. Now I see the reality, there's no way I could have done it. I'm not that hardy. Beautiful images. Wow. Such beautiful art.
1.) The shots of the wildlife in the opening sequence are stunning. I love the bear lying among the purple flowers. 2.) Thanks for showing the cost of the photographic equipment. I had no idea how staggering the amounts are. 3.) I really appreciate the background info given by the driver during the ride to the site. 4.) Great musical transition when the float plane takes off from the bustle of load to the flight. 5.) The insights on the dangers wolves face starting at 13:46 were interesting. 6.) To me, the entire concept of a blind is odd. The material pattern is camouflage, of course. That's de riqueur. Naturally, it will fool any wildlife, right. They'd never suspect someone was hiding inside. Although I thought animals had an exceptional sense of smell. But I suppose the correct fabric pattern blocks their sense of smell. Very odd. 7.) The terrible change is the weather beginning Day Three was miserable. How did all of you manage it?
I’ve been following you and pictures/videos for a while now and what l like the most is your energy every and you always stay positive no matter what happens. You are my inspiration to go out and explore more.
Absolutely love this video!! As an aspiring wildlife photographer, I love seeing a real look into what it’s like! Even though you didn’t get the shot you were looking for, going out and doing that still looks like the dream. Hopefully one day we could meet up for something like this!
hey Gareth, thanks for this authentic video. I didn't know how hard it can be to get these wonderful shots WL Photographers take. The short interview of the two guys in the tent meant a lot to me. I'm a young photographer myself and this was very inspirational. Thank you for doing what you love guys! Cheers
Just stumbled upon your video and I loved it ! Thanks for showing what real ethical wildlife photography is. Looking forward to discovering more of your videos !
The coffee shake was 😂😂😂 but seriously, I admire the unbreakable will to deal with these challenging circumstances to maybe get a shot and it's great that you decided to show what it looks like in reality and how much hard work these ppl invest ❤
This is raw! Really shows the behind the scenes and even though you came without any photo of wolves or bears, it shows what really matters: the adventure to go for it! Great video!
This was such an awesome adventure to follow! It's wild to see how wrong things went, but what a phenomenal and raw video this is. Well done, as always!
You guys are our true lens to see our nature and the beautiful ecosystem. Top notch video. A prayer for those who haven't seen this. Good Job Gareth!💪🎥🎞❤
Your Videos are soo unique, i found your storytelling really unique and interesting, also day in the life videos are awesome, I am learning new things through these, never knew how wildlife photographers worked, until i saw this video, thank you so much for taking so much risk and doing the adventures to document and share it on youtube
Omgggg... You guys are my new fantastic 4.... You are right Gareth its not an easy game to be at the wilderness, the challenges behind the scene is way way more difficult as we only watch it on this docu... Staying there for days wow! I salute you guys... Thanks to the pilot too... As i always say... Be safe all the time... ⭐⭐⭐⭐🤗💞🙏🏻
I freaking love your authenticity, great content 💥💥 you should come to Finland tho! We have The sauna culture, weird but awesome sports like swamp soccer and wife carrying, one of the most difficult languages in the world for you to try, the Sami people in the north, then of course salmiakki and mämmi for your taste buds 🌞
Great video, Gareth! I've spent time on Vancouver Island. Weather can be brutal! My last day on the west cost this past October was pretty similar to what you all experienced. I'd do it all over again though.
This was an awesome video. Wildlife photography is the reason why I got into photography and is my true passion. But it’ll never be a business for me since I already own businesses. But love watching videos like this
the algorithm just blessed me with your channel right when I broke my foot (still waiting to get the cast on) - let me know if you ever need a place to stay here on Cape Breton Island.
As a hobbyist wildlife photographer I enjoyed this video. I also only shoot wildlife in their natural habitat (no baiting) and spend a lot of time out in the field collecting information myself about where I believe certain species are. A lot of the time I don't find my targeted species but when I do its great. Other times you just get lucky and get a surprise; for instance, I was going out to one of my photography locations in MN and within 5 minutes of arriving I heard a branch crack and fall and looked up in the tree and there was a black bear about 100 feet from me. For me it is about that adventure and unexpectedness of nature in all of its glory.
I'm a nature photographer in Louisiana. I have 50 years in photography. I'll be retired in a month and have a new boat to get out in the swamps!!!! Thanks so much for the video!!
I love it!!!! This gives me such a thrill!!! I wouldn´t mind going through all that 😆 Do you need a trilingual production assistant? 😆😆. Also, that's what I would call GROUND coffee. 😆
Awesome video. Just an fyi those dehydrated meals are expensive there are cheaper options for anyone wanting to keep costs lower (look up backpacking food videos and thru-hiking food videos)
Haha, welcome to my part of the world. I have spent most of my 65 years on my island. The rain will get you every time, once you are wet and cold be careful. I have seen so much wildlife, bears, cougars, elk, deer birds of every size. And exactly 1 wolf. Have seen lots of sign and tracks but only 1 wolf. And the second he saw us, he lopped away. I love the west coast.
You probably know this but if your ever around the midwest.....when the mississippi river freezes over the locks are full of eagles fishing...I get them shots on a 400 mm lense and sometimes I'm to close..
Hey hey Gareth, love you brother, been a long time subscriber, you’re awesome, hope you’re doing well with all the crazy stuff that’s been going on, you’re a bad mofo and a trooper! Throwing out a “Day in the life” idea, maybe a day in the life of a cowboy, rancher etc. maybe even a look at your unconventional cowboy, like not necessarily from the US, but maybe Brazilian, Australian, a Mexican vaquero, something like that! Something that pushes the conventional mold of what we think a cowboy is. One more! Day in the life of a musician, someone that plays around different venues as a full time job, that’s what I do! Haha Love ya brother, keep being awesome.
I guarantee this is a man who has never encountered Sasquatch…. No one with that much high quality camera equipment has a snowball’s chance in hell of seeing one
I am now retired and wildlife photography has become my passion. Am I really good at it? Nope, but I love the outdoors and I love watching wild animals.
Wow… brings back memories. Just returned from the island photographing coastal wolves. 8 days of frozen butt sitting on the 5 degree tidal flats. We did end up getting some great hits, and were lucky with other more distant sightings, but it hasn’t always been like that. I really enjoyed seeing you putting the process on camera - makes me feel like I’m not completely nuts. If any of you are ever in Ontario, there’s room up front in my kayak. 👍
8 days backcountry, 20 minutes of cattle-prod-in-brain shooting. What a ratio. 😳 Looking forward to seeing you back out there getting some frame fillers. 👍😎
Those dry food packs are surprisingly good and, yep, packed with calories. Edit: The coffee. I was literally laughing pretty hard there. I didn't expect that ending. lol
Hey, you were in my hometown! What did you think of Victoria? I'm guessing by the look of the neighborhood that the wildlife photographer lived in Langford, just outside Victoria. Am I right?😁
I honestly LOVE Victoria, and all of Vancouver Island. It is such a beautiful place where you're so close to wildlife and real outdoor adventures - I will be back often!! 🙌
My grandmother recently gave me her camera so I'm going to start doing wildlife photography as a hobby. I hope it will go hand in hand with my future Ecology degree!
I loved this and appreciated a real life experience for once! So many edit out the hard life it can be to get incredible shots! We have been to Vancouver Island and other parts of Canada. Our home is on a bluff on the only private island in Washington State! We have no predators but the wildlife here is off the hook! Right out back an Eagles nest is below my home, over my head fly Bald Eagles, Grey Heron, Owls, Osprey and so many others along with the typical land birds. This is the bird paradise in WA State (private island with no stores/businesses, about 300 homes with roughly 80 occupants). I can't believe we don't have photography groups out here! I am getting my guest accommodation ready which is separate from my home. I want to invite photographers out here for very reasonable weekends. Whales, seals, dolphins all around the island. We have a boat for on the water photography. I have been all over Oregon and Washington wilderness camping growing up. I couldn't help but laugh at the weather and challenges...so typical for the Pacific Northwest!!! My daughter flew with National Geographic Photographers on the Big Island of Hawaii. Shellylynnphotography who took photos of the volcanic eruption for the newspaper also picked up by the Daily Mail.
pro tip gents thats why you go about 100 feet into the woods off the beach, helps disperse cold ocean wind at night, also lucky that tide and waves didnt come take you guys out to sea
THANKS FOR WATCHING!! 🙏If you liked this video, watch episode #2 of my new "Day in the Life" series here ► ua-cam.com/video/sG_Ug9Jz4pc/v-deo.html
Chase Leonard here love the content and waiting for more wildlife videos ( Their my favorite)
As an amateur wildlife photographer myself, I enjoyed everything about this video. It’s important to make people aware of all the “stuff" behind any good shot or video sequence, captured in the wild, respecting the animals and the environment. Thanks for this perspective!
Congratulations once again for your raw content and for your charming and charisma! I’m a fan !
Thank you for featuring me buddy! I appreciate your story telling and the entire video is so fun to watch. Next time we will get those guys with the sun shining ♥️
Thank You for taking us along on a REAL day in your life! I think we all have a new respect for your profession after this!! 😅
The best adventures are the ones that go wrong 🤣
True story. 💯
True that
Definitely enjoyed this. Love that you do ethical photography. When I was young, like your age, I used to think it would be a cool career to be a wildlife photographer. Now I see the reality, there's no way I could have done it. I'm not that hardy. Beautiful images. Wow. Such beautiful art.
I couldn't believe what actually goes into it (when done the right way) - I have a whole new respect for this profession!!
Such a breath of fresh air. Cheers to ethical wildlife photographers
1.) The shots of the wildlife in the opening sequence are stunning. I love the bear lying among the purple flowers.
2.) Thanks for showing the cost of the photographic equipment. I had no idea how staggering the amounts are.
3.) I really appreciate the background info given by the driver during the ride to the site.
4.) Great musical transition when the float plane takes off from the bustle of load to the flight.
5.) The insights on the dangers wolves face starting at 13:46 were interesting.
6.) To me, the entire concept of a blind is odd. The material pattern is camouflage, of course. That's de riqueur. Naturally, it will fool any wildlife, right. They'd never suspect someone was hiding inside. Although I thought animals had an exceptional sense of smell. But I suppose the correct fabric pattern blocks their sense of smell. Very odd.
7.) The terrible change is the weather beginning Day Three was miserable. How did all of you manage it?
Thank you so much Jim!! It was an absolute battle to make it through those 3 storm days, but we made it out thanks to shared suffering 😂
I’ve been following you and pictures/videos for a while now and what l like the most is your energy every and you always stay positive no matter what happens. You are my inspiration to go out and explore more.
This is now officially one of my favorite episodes. Wild life + Photography + you! ❤
Thank you so much!! 😊🙏
I am from Canada and this true north is vast, unexplorable and lots of land still untouched!
Love your video, as always you delivered!
Absolutely love this video!! As an aspiring wildlife photographer, I love seeing a real look into what it’s like! Even though you didn’t get the shot you were looking for, going out and doing that still looks like the dream. Hopefully one day we could meet up for something like this!
hey Gareth, thanks for this authentic video. I didn't know how hard it can be to get these wonderful shots WL Photographers take. The short interview of the two guys in the tent meant a lot to me. I'm a young photographer myself and this was very inspirational. Thank you for doing what you love guys! Cheers
Be safe! Thanks for the honesty, greatly appreciated!!!!
Thank you! 😊
Just stumbled upon your video and I loved it ! Thanks for showing what real ethical wildlife photography is. Looking forward to discovering more of your videos !
The coffee shake was 😂😂😂
but seriously, I admire the unbreakable will to deal with these challenging circumstances to maybe get a shot and it's great that you decided to show what it looks like in reality and how much hard work these ppl invest ❤
This is raw! Really shows the behind the scenes and even though you came without any photo of wolves or bears, it shows what really matters: the adventure to go for it! Great video!
the shot of the polar bear laying in the field of flowers... wow!! 💯
Unreal, right? Search for @MyWildLive on UA-cam for more of his amazing work!!
Behinds the scenes like this illustrates a deep passion for wildlife photography; Much is the journey…the reason always fulfilled, no matter what
Definitely enjoyed this raw clip! There’s always something about unfinished business in travel. It makes you continue to explore!
Very adventurous expedition, you guys carried high endurance to keep going. Please don't give up. Thank you for sharing...
Thank you so much! We survived to trek another day! 😅
Respect your efforts to making high quality content!!
I appreciate that!
You may not capture the best wildlife shot of the day but u never failed to show us the reality of their jobs..a big 👍 to those photographers❤❤❤
defenetly one of the best bts video because of the fact that this video shows the real life and hard work. amazing!!!
Respect for the professionalism ! It starts with a passion and NEVER give up. Salute to all of you out there❤
Thanks so much for making this video! What amazing insight. I truly appreciate authentic experiences.
Fascinating content today!! Thank you for all of your hard work guys! The bloopers were perfect!! LOL 😂
Thanks for tuning in! I'm glad you made it to the end for that coffee blooper - we couldn't stop laughing!!
This was such an awesome adventure to follow! It's wild to see how wrong things went, but what a phenomenal and raw video this is. Well done, as always!
Thank you so much Brandon!! 🐺
You guys are our true lens to see our nature and the beautiful ecosystem. Top notch video. A prayer for those who haven't seen this. Good Job Gareth!💪🎥🎞❤
Thank you so much for tuning in! We'll try again another day! 🐺
So awesome!!! Love this video!!!
I appreciate it. 👊
Amazing video, fasinating story, and beautiful message, hope one day I can do some amazing and tiring journeys like this!
Yes man..looks like you are getting prepared for OUR next trip together 😂 Excited for the next ones. Love the diversity of this series!
Haha, you would have planned around the storm much better than we did! 😂
Loved this video. It's awesome to see the behind the scenes of the amazing shots we see in the magazine and social Media
Your Videos are soo unique, i found your storytelling really unique and interesting, also day in the life videos are awesome, I am learning new things through these, never knew how wildlife photographers worked, until i saw this video, thank you so much for taking so much risk and doing the adventures to document and share it on youtube
Omgggg... You guys are my new fantastic 4.... You are right Gareth its not an easy game to be at the wilderness, the challenges behind the scene is way way more difficult as we only watch it on this docu... Staying there for days wow! I salute you guys... Thanks to the pilot too... As i always say... Be safe all the time... ⭐⭐⭐⭐🤗💞🙏🏻
I freaking love your authenticity, great content 💥💥 you should come to Finland tho! We have The sauna culture, weird but awesome sports like swamp soccer and wife carrying, one of the most difficult languages in the world for you to try, the Sami people in the north, then of course salmiakki and mämmi for your taste buds 🌞
I agree, loved Finland.
So happy Gabriel recommended your channel..my first watch..this video, lovely, informative
Thank you very much for tuning in, and shout out to Gabriel!
Amazing video and nice wolf picture. I love it!
Thanks for showing us the real side of a wildlife photographer, Gareth
My pleasure (and pain)! Haha
I love love this. I want to do this so bad! Thank you so much for sharing!
So epic bro haha! Love how intense the weather is. You're a trooper.
Great video, Gareth! I've spent time on Vancouver Island. Weather can be brutal! My last day on the west cost this past October was pretty similar to what you all experienced. I'd do it all over again though.
This was an awesome video. Wildlife photography is the reason why I got into photography and is my true passion. But it’ll never be a business for me since I already own businesses. But love watching videos like this
You guys need a series of your own... more of these adventures!
I'm definitely down to do more of these adventures... as long as I can stay dry! 😂
I have always wanted to see a video of exactly this
Thankyou for this and what you do
the algorithm just blessed me with your channel right when I broke my foot (still waiting to get the cast on) - let me know if you ever need a place to stay here on Cape Breton Island.
Thank you so much, and sending you positive energy to heal that foot! ⚡️🙏
Fantastic! Loved it.
LOVED THIS!
Great stuff! Thank you for sharing! ❤
It was fun watching you guys and at last some useful tips 👌🏻
As a hobbyist wildlife photographer I enjoyed this video. I also only shoot wildlife in their natural habitat (no baiting) and spend a lot of time out in the field collecting information myself about where I believe certain species are. A lot of the time I don't find my targeted species but when I do its great. Other times you just get lucky and get a surprise; for instance, I was going out to one of my photography locations in MN and within 5 minutes of arriving I heard a branch crack and fall and looked up in the tree and there was a black bear about 100 feet from me. For me it is about that adventure and unexpectedness of nature in all of its glory.
Fascinating - From my comfortable living room!
Great adventure! Thanks for taking me along!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Informative and engaging. Great video.
The adventures is soo worth it ❤everything ❤
It was an absolute battle, but I would do it again in a heartbeat!! Thanks for watching! 😊
I'm a nature photographer in Louisiana. I have 50 years in photography. I'll be retired in a month and have a new boat to get out in the swamps!!!! Thanks so much for the video!!
🍁 wow just wow thank you for doing this one
Thanks for watching!!
That area of BC is actually considered to be a Northern Rain Forest. I see it did not disappoint. It is a beautiful area though.
im so happy to found your youtube page its creasy how wildlife photograpy can be 💯❤
I want a screen-grab of Gareth Leonard in the Canadian/ camo ballcap.
I also want one of those ballcaps.
I need to start selling them on the merch site, huh? 😂
@@GarethLeonard I'll be your first purchaser!
It’s all about adventures with friends with good memories.
Awesome video. More of this crew!
I'm with you, these guys are awesome and I hope to do more adventures with them!!
We miss you here in the Philippines 💯💞
Thank you! 🙏
As a amateur photographer from way back, I was droooooling during the gear breakdown. Thank you, I'm gonna go take a cold shower now😂😍
I love it!!!! This gives me such a thrill!!! I wouldn´t mind going through all that 😆 Do you need a trilingual production assistant? 😆😆. Also, that's what I would call GROUND coffee. 😆
Awesome video.
Just an fyi those dehydrated meals are expensive there are cheaper options for anyone wanting to keep costs lower (look up backpacking food videos and thru-hiking food videos)
Beautiful! Great video!
Thank you! Cheers!
Yes! At last a video that shows how it should be done.
These guys are working so hard to respect the nature and capture it in their natural habitats ❤️
Its such beautiful scenery!
I love this video man
That was still awesome!
oh the aeropress LOL been there multiple times love the dam things though
Haha, welcome to my part of the world.
I have spent most of my 65 years on my island.
The rain will get you every time, once you are wet and cold be careful.
I have seen so much wildlife, bears, cougars, elk, deer birds of every size.
And exactly 1 wolf. Have seen lots of sign and tracks but only 1 wolf. And the second he saw us, he lopped away.
I love the west coast.
Me too!! It is one of my favorite regions of this planet! So incredibly green and rugged. I will be back again soon to try again! 🐺🙏
You probably know this but if your ever around the midwest.....when the mississippi river freezes over the locks are full of eagles fishing...I get them shots on a 400 mm lense and sometimes I'm to close..
This is making me miss camping.
Haha, I'm happy this episode didn't turn you off to camping 😂
Hey hey Gareth, love you brother, been a long time subscriber, you’re awesome, hope you’re doing well with all the crazy stuff that’s been going on, you’re a bad mofo and a trooper! Throwing out a “Day in the life” idea, maybe a day in the life of a cowboy, rancher etc. maybe even a look at your unconventional cowboy, like not necessarily from the US, but maybe Brazilian, Australian, a Mexican vaquero, something like that! Something that pushes the conventional mold of what we think a cowboy is.
One more!
Day in the life of a musician, someone that plays around different venues as a full time job, that’s what I do! Haha
Love ya brother, keep being awesome.
Got my sub, amazing video
Merry Christmas and the very best for 2024 in your new home.
Awesome video very interesting. I think 5 guys is a lot of human presence it makes it easier for them to avoid you.
Very true! We were well aware that we were an easy target for them to avoid.
I guarantee this is a man who has never encountered Sasquatch…. No one with that much high quality camera equipment has a snowball’s chance in hell of seeing one
I am now retired and wildlife photography has become my passion. Am I really good at it? Nope, but I love the outdoors and I love watching wild animals.
Wow… brings back memories. Just returned from the island photographing coastal wolves.
8 days of frozen butt sitting on the 5 degree tidal flats.
We did end up getting some great hits, and were lucky with other more distant sightings, but it hasn’t always been like that.
I really enjoyed seeing you putting the process on camera - makes me feel like I’m not completely nuts.
If any of you are ever in Ontario, there’s room up front in my kayak. 👍
Oh man, that's great to hear! We were actually going to be on a boat for a few days but the weather didn't allow it 🤦🏻♂️ Thanks for tuning in!
8 days backcountry, 20 minutes of cattle-prod-in-brain shooting. What a ratio. 😳 Looking forward to seeing you back out there getting some frame fillers. 👍😎
Tough gig!!!
So much respect for these guys after actually being a part of it first-hand! 🙌
Sending love from 🇵🇭🇵🇭🥰🥰
😊🙏
Those dry food packs are surprisingly good and, yep, packed with calories. Edit: The coffee. I was literally laughing pretty hard there. I didn't expect that ending. lol
Beautiful country and that’s the way the cookie crumbles, it’s just way life goes. Sometimes you the shot , sometimes you don’t 👍
Very true! That's what makes it all worth it when it does pay off in the future! 🐺🙏
Awesome!
Cheers!
The discussion about the difficulty of ethical photography and its reward… hope more photographer/videographer/birder/adventurer gets to see that.
this is all i needed to hear
So lovely ❤❤❤
Great content. The only disappointed that you never really covered your safety gear.
Great stuff!
Hey, you were in my hometown! What did you think of Victoria? I'm guessing by the look of the neighborhood that the wildlife photographer lived in Langford, just outside Victoria. Am I right?😁
I honestly LOVE Victoria, and all of Vancouver Island. It is such a beautiful place where you're so close to wildlife and real outdoor adventures - I will be back often!! 🙌
It sucks that some wildlife photographers bait animals and use unethical methods, the world needs more photographers like you guys, kudos
haha awesome. My wife and I title these mis-adventures. :-) How batteries do you take on something like this and anything to recharge?
I did Nootka in July of 23. Even had the same pilot. I only carried one camera though, and unfortunately no wolves were seen.
My grandmother recently gave me her camera so I'm going to start doing wildlife photography as a hobby. I hope it will go hand in hand with my future Ecology degree!
Fan from Philippines speechless wow godbless always lods😀
Keep going, great suggestion. ❤
I loved this and appreciated a real life experience for once! So many edit out the hard life it can be to get incredible shots! We have been to Vancouver Island and other parts of Canada. Our home is on a bluff on the only private island in Washington State! We have no predators but the wildlife here is off the hook! Right out back an Eagles nest is below my home, over my head fly Bald Eagles, Grey Heron, Owls, Osprey and so many others along with the typical land birds. This is the bird paradise in WA State (private island with no stores/businesses, about 300 homes with roughly 80 occupants). I can't believe we don't have photography groups out here! I am getting my guest accommodation ready which is separate from my home. I want to invite photographers out here for very reasonable weekends. Whales, seals, dolphins all around the island. We have a boat for on the water photography. I have been all over Oregon and Washington wilderness camping growing up. I couldn't help but laugh at the weather and challenges...so typical for the Pacific Northwest!!! My daughter flew with National Geographic Photographers on the Big Island of Hawaii. Shellylynnphotography who took photos of the volcanic eruption for the newspaper also picked up by the Daily Mail.
pro tip gents thats why you go about 100 feet into the woods off the beach, helps disperse cold ocean wind at night, also lucky that tide and waves didnt come take you guys out to sea
Just a teenage kid went by, I am curious about do you guys always go camping? I like your content too