3-Part Series about the remote National Park Katavi where lions, hippos and crocodile battle for survival among a drought of a century.<\/p>\n
Over several years, I had the privilege of working on the Katavi series during both the dry and rainy seasons, immersed deep in the bush. My work focused on long-lens cinematography from a vehicle, together with my exceptional local crew \u2013 Naiti and Kahimba \u2013 whose expertise in tracking and reading the landscape was essential.<\/p>\n
In addition to ground-based filming, I operated drones to capture aerial perspectives \u2013 from sweeping landscapes to dynamic tracking shots flying alongside birds.<\/p>\n
Much of the vehicle-based filming was done with the Canon CN20 cine lens, which offered the reach and flexibility needed to capture nuanced wildlife behavior from a distance without disturbing the scene. This setup was key to filming sensitive sequences in challenging terrain.<\/p>\n
Some of the key sequences I filmed include several intense hippo fights, notably the dramatic “wedged hippo” scene, as well as emotionally charged moments like the hippo mourning behavior and a powerful infanticide sequence. I also captured the rare pelican hunt and a memorable river crossing by lion cubs \u2013 each moment a testament to the unpredictable and raw nature of Katavi.<\/p>\n
Being mentored by the remarkable filmmaker and bush experienced Owen Pr\u00fcmm made this project truly unforgettable. His deep knowledge and creative vision left a lasting impact on my work and my way of seeing the natural world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":49408,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"portfolio_category":[90,118],"class_list":["post-156399","portfolio","type-portfolio","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","portfolio_category-kamera","portfolio_category-wildlife"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/luanaknipfer.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/156399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/luanaknipfer.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/luanaknipfer.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/portfolio"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/luanaknipfer.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/luanaknipfer.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=156399"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/luanaknipfer.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/156399\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":156802,"href":"https:\/\/luanaknipfer.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/156399\/revisions\/156802"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/luanaknipfer.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/luanaknipfer.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"portfolio_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/luanaknipfer.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_category?post=156399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}