{"id":1029,"date":"2018-03-31T17:09:15","date_gmt":"2018-03-31T17:09:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/photography\/?p=1029"},"modified":"2018-03-31T17:22:09","modified_gmt":"2018-03-31T17:22:09","slug":"behind-scenes-david-attenborough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/photography\/2018\/03\/31\/behind-scenes-david-attenborough\/","title":{"rendered":"Behind the scenes with David Attenborough"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Inside the filming of &#8216;Attenborough&#8217;s Wonder of Eggs&#8217; at Imperial College London.<\/h2>\n<p>When David came to visit&#8230;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/photography\/files\/2018\/03\/1400_170908_attenborough_reachout_eggs_004.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"751\" height=\"501\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1041 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/photography\/files\/2018\/03\/170908_attenborough_reachout_eggs_004.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Image \u00a9\u00a0Thomas Angus \/ Imperial College London\u00a0 [Click Image to expand]<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Back in September we were honoured to receive David on Campus to film his new documentary on eggs here at Imperial College London. We&#8217;ve been sitting on the images ever since until the show hatched this evening.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/photography\/files\/2018\/03\/1400_170908_attenborough_reachout_eggs_001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"751\" height=\"500\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1038 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/photography\/files\/2018\/03\/170908_attenborough_reachout_eggs_001.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Image \u00a9\u00a0Thomas Angus \/ Imperial College London\u00a0 [Click Image to expand]<\/span><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s very tempting to gush about how being in the room with David doing his thing would be everything you might imagine. But no, it&#8217;s so much more, and he was absolutely on point nailing every take first go.<span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/photography\/files\/2018\/03\/1400_170908_attenborough_reachout_eggs_003.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"751\" height=\"500\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1040 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/photography\/files\/2018\/03\/170908_attenborough_reachout_eggs_003.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Image \u00a9\u00a0Thomas Angus \/ Imperial College London\u00a0 [Click Image to expand]<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Professor Tim Birkhead fills in David between takes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/photography\/files\/2018\/03\/1400_170908_attenborough_reachout_eggs_008.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"751\" height=\"500\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1044 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/photography\/files\/2018\/03\/170908_attenborough_reachout_eggs_008.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Image \u00a9\u00a0Thomas Angus \/ Imperial College London\u00a0 [Click Image to expand]<\/span><\/p>\n<p>A quiet moment for David.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Learn more about photography<\/h3>\n<p>Learn more about how to get started in photography in this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lynda.com\/Photography-Night-Low-Light-tutorials\/Introduction-Photography\/376379-2.html?srchtrk=index%3a6%0alinktypeid%3a2%0aq%3aphotography+framing+for+beginners%0apage%3a1%0as%3arelevance%0asa%3atrue%0aproducttypeid%3a2\">introductory course<\/a> on Lynda.com. College users can access <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imperial.ac.uk\/staff-development\/development-options\/online-resources\/lynda-com\/\">Lynda courses<\/a> for free.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inside the filming of &#8216;Attenborough&#8217;s Wonder of Eggs&#8217; at Imperial College London. 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