Meet The Pro: Thomas Nicolon (NatGeo Explorer)
Host Toby Jermyn welcomes wildlife photographer and National Geographic Explorer Thomas Nicolon, based in southern France, to the Pangolin Podcast, where guests imagine a remote dwelling and choose four of their own photos plus one by another photographer. He describes sleeping above the Dzanga forest clearing in the Central African Republic, and documents a GPS-collaring operation on forest elephants in Conkouati-Douli National Park. He also discusses rainforest shooting tips, protecting gear from humidity, his path from journalism to Nat Geo grants, future trips to DRC and Cameroon, and admires David Chancellor’s sunset giraffe image. Here is a link to a gallery of Thomas' images: https://pangolin.smugmug.com/SmugMug-... Thomas shares stories from Central Africa, including a forest elephant photographed at a research camp in Congo and a portrait of Kingo taken shortly before his death. Connect with Thomas https://www.thomasnicolon.com/index / thomas.nicolon If you would like to be kept informed of our new video releases, then please join our community by clicking here: https://link.pangolinphoto.com/YTcomm... If you are interested in joining us on safari, then click here: https://link.pangolinphoto.com/YTsafari 00:00 Podcast Welcome 01:03 Meet Thomas Nicolon 03:09 Upcoming Congo Trips 04:21 1st image - Forest Elephant 09:09 Congo Research Camp 12:08 2nd Image - Kingo Gorilla 14:04 Rainforest Photo Tips 17:29 Gear Protection 19:03 Part Two Nat Geo 19:21 3rd Image - Dzanga Bai 20:09 Sleeping Above Elephants 20:48 Sangha Triangle Adventures 22:01 Becoming a Nat Geo Explorer 25:07 How Nat Geo Grants Work 26:15 Elephants at the Bai 27:12 4th Image - GPS Collar Operation 30:56 Rainforest Gear Choices 35:03 Guest Image - David Chancellor 36:59 Where He’d Live Forever 39:00 Final Thanks and Sign-Off The Pangolin Podcast was produced and edited by Bella Falk: https://www.passportandpixels.com We are Pangolin Wildlife Photography, based in the Chobe, Northern Botswana. When we are not making videos for our channel, we host our guests and clients from all over the world on our Wildlife Photography safaris throughout Botswana and the rest of Africa—and sometimes beyond! #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #podcast
