u/OpportunityHelpful68

I'm currently writing a novel set at a remote wildlife research station in Madagascar. One of the main characters is a filmmaker who travels with a research team to film a conservation documentary about the researchers' work studying lemurs and deforestation.

I have a background in biomedical science and have contacts that perform field research, so I feel comfortable writing about that side of the story. However, I know considerably less (i.e., like, nothing??) about what it's like to shoot a wildlife documentary in remote field conditions, and am trying very hard not to rely on assumptions from watching finished product!

If anyone has experience with this type of filmmaking, I'd love to pick your brain. Stuff like understanding what you bring to the field, how you plan shoots when wildlife is unpredictable, what day-to-day life is really like, and the little frustrations or realities that movies/books tend to get wrong, would help me make my novel much more authentic.

TIA!

I am looking to promote some of my work staging themed cocktails and would love to get help/advice on affordable lighting options that would work well to showcase the drinks. Obviously, it would be great to backlight many of them as I want to show off their colors, but there will be some that I'd like to also show off the surrounding staging, garnish, and glassware as well. From what I've read, it seems as though my best options might be a softbox or an LED panel light + diffuser, but would love to get advice on this (and any suggestions for particular options, if anyone has any). As of right now I am planning on using my iPhone Pro Max to capture the images just until I get things going and off the ground. Thanks all!