Years of experience - in most cases, decades worth.
Professional lenses that cost North of $12,000
Planning and patience so they can…
FILL that frame.
You think they gear up in camo from head to toe, crawl into a pup-tent at 3am to shoot through a tiny hole cut in the side whilst dousing themselves in stanky deer piss because any of that is fun?
You should watch some of the BTS for the camera operators that did the various BBC “Planet Earth” shows. What they do to get the shot in some cases is insane… but given the quality of the footage they brought back, absolutely required.
If you’re just heading down to the local lake and strolling around with a $300 lens attached, well, you’re not going to get what they get.
You think they gear up in camo from head to toe, crawl into a pup-tent at 3am to shoot through a tiny hole cut in the side whilst dousing themselves in stanky deer piss because any of that is fun?
You should watch some of the BTS for the camera operators that did the various BBC “Planet Earth” shows. What they do to get the shot in some cases is insane… but given the quality of the footage they brought back, absolutely required.
If you’re just heading down to the local lake and strolling around with a $300 lens attached, well, you’re not going to get what they get.