AWARD-winning wildlife photographer Ben Osborne will make a return visit to Driffield next month to give residents a behind the scenes look at two overseas expeditions.
Ben will give an audio-visual presentation about two filming expeditions to northern Botswana with the BBC natural history series Planet Earth.
The presentation, entitled ‘Dog Days, Lion Nights’, will take place at the Block Theatre, Driffield School as part of a regional tour running in conjunction with ArtERY Live.
Ben, who won Shell Wildlife Photographer of the Year in 2007, starts his journey in the Okavango Delta where the team spent weeks on the trail of one of Africa’s rarest large predators, the African Hunting Dog.
As well as photographing the dogs, Ben joined the camera crews as they filmed many other wildlife sequences, an experience which provided some wonderful opportunities for wildlife photography in the spectacular landscapes of this unique environment.
The second expedition was to Savuti, a dry savannah region where life gets extremely tough in the October dry season.
Many animals move out at this time of year but the elephants stay and so does a pride of 30 lions. Elephants are dominant to the lions in the daytime but things change after dark when a lion pride of this size becomes a serious threat to the elephants.
The crew joined this feline menace day and night for a month - with dramatic, and occasionally unpredictable, consequences.
Audio-visual sequences, featuring music by the Soweto String Quartet, celebrate the stunning wildlife and landscapes of the Okavango Delta and provide a close-up view of the animals which struggle to survive in the parched landscape of Savuti.
The show is designed to appeal to a wide range of audiences including families with children aged 10 years and over.
Ben will be holding a workshop at Driffield School between 6.30pm and 8.30pm on February 1. The workshop will include a discussion about wildlife and landscape photography techniques based on some of Ben’s images from around the world. The workshop is suitable for those aged 11 years and over. Tickets must be booked in advance and cost £6, concessions £4, or combined tickets cost £10 or £6 for concessions.
Ben will give a presentation at 7.30pm on February 2 at Driffield School. Tickets can be booked in advance and cost £6, concessions £4, and £16 for a family ticket (two adults and two children).
Further information about these events is available by contacting Elaine Collinson on (01377) 253631 or email to ecollinson@driffield.e-riding.sch.uk.
• ‘Dog Days, Lion Nights’ will also be coming to the following venues:
Thursday February 4 - The Community Centre, Wold Newton, 6.30pm. Tickets cost £6 or concessions £3. For further information or tickets telephone (01262) 470633.
Friday February 5 - Village Hall, Etton, 7.30pm. Tickets cost £6 or £3 for under 16s. For further information or tickets telephone (01430) 810285 or (01430) 810667.
Sunday February 7 - Spotlight Theatre, Bridlington, 7.30pm.
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