with the right people on the ground, at
the right time and that all the logistics
are in place.
OP: Hence your teaming up with
Natural World Safaris.
DY: Sometimes we’re doing something
such as taking a boat and a crew down to
South Georgia Island, so we need a fixer
like Natural World Safaris for that. We
try and take a film crew most places we
go because we think creating behind-the-
scenes content is so important. It’s not the
“what” in 2019, it’s the “how.”OP: How do you balance all the
research and planning with going
in with an “empty cup,” so to speak?DY: I don’t know about the idea that
preconception precludes spontaneity—
there are always opportunities. We’ll
react to what we see. One thing you can’t
completely predict is what the weather is
going to do. I prefer bad weather to good
weather. Sunshine and blue skies all the
time gets boring. We’ll react to weather.
We’ll react to animal sightings. The last