Infrared Thermal Imaging from Nat Geo's 'America the Wild' Wins 'Predator Award' at 2013 IMMY Awards

Infrared Thermal Imaging frin Nat Geo (National Geographic) show, 'America the Wild' wins 'Predator Award' at 2013 IMMY Awards, hosted at Thermal Imaging Conference, San Diego. Cinematographer Rick Smith, Grizzly Creek Films, captures mountain lions.
 
 
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Sept. 27, 2013 - PRLog -- Infrared Thermal Imaging: a clip shown on Nat Geo's (National Geographic) show, "America the Wild", wins 'Predator Award' at 2013 IMMY Awards, hosted at Thermal Imaging Conference, San Diego. The Thermal Imaging Conference 2013 event was hosted by United Infrared, Inc.  http://unitedinfrared.com/ Cinematographer Rick Smith, Grizzly Creek Films, 'captures' mountain lions with a FLIR camera.

Rick’s award-winning imagery has been featured in numerous fiction and documentary films. He has worked as producer, cinematographer, and photographer for a variety of broadcast entities, non-profits, and governmental agencies including, Mercury CSC, The Nature Conservancy, Yellowstone National Park, PBS, Animal Planet and National Geographic Television. His 2007 short film Fish & Cow was a newcomer finalist at the Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival and he was the recipient of the Montana Filmmaker ARick’s award-winning imagery has been featured in numerous fiction and documentary films.

Rick’s award-winning imagery has been featured in numerous fiction and documentary films. He has worked as producer, cinematographer, and photographer for a variety of broadcast entities, non-profits, andRick’s award-winning imagery has been featured in numerous fiction and documentary films. He has worked as producer, cinematographer, and photographer for a variety of broadcast entities, non-profits, and governmental agencies including, Mercury CSC, The Nature Conservancy, Yellowstone National Park, PBS, Animal Planet and National Geographic Television. His 2007 short film Fish & Cow was a newcomer finalist at the Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival and he was the recipient of the Montana Filmmaker Award at the 2008 International Wildlife Film Festival. In 2010, his efforts as the Director of Photography on the Montana PBS film Before There Were Parks resulted in an Emmy Award for Best Photographer of a Program. For Grizzly Creek Films and the “America the Wild” series, Rick continues to push the technical envelope of imagery through the use of DSLR timelapse, remotely triggered infrared cameras, and high-speed photography.  http://grizzlycreekfilms.com/

Season Two of "America the Wild" will feature award-winning presenter Casey Anderson on a series of breathtakingly wild adventures: he’ll paddle the Grand Canyon, ski with Wolverines in British Columbia, stalk Mountain Lions in Montana, stake out the scavengers of Yellowstone, rappel into a raven's nest, share the beach with a Polar Bear on Alaska's northern slope, and climb to rugged extremes in pursuit of Northern Maine's Black Bears – bringing audiences up-close and personal with rare and endangered species, some deadly, others dashing, in the stunning natural ecosystems that they call home.

Casey is a fifth generation Montanan who was born and raised in East Helena, Montana. He has been involved in film and television production for over sixteen years. As a wildlife naturalist, host and actor, Casey has worked on numerous feature films, television wildlife documentaries, and non-profit educational programs. He is the host and executive producer of the Nat Geo WILD Channel series “Expedition Wild” and "America the Wild".  http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/wild/america-the-wild/

The Wildscreen Festival in Bristol, UK recognized his on-camera talents in 2010 when he received the Panda Award for Best Presenter-Led Program. As an author, Casey wrote "The Story of Brutus: My Life With Brutus the Bear and the Grizzlies of North America" and he is a frequent contributor to many online and print publications. He is a world-renowned public speaker and recently presented and emceed the Jackson Hole TedX event. But wait… there’s more: Casey is the trainer and best friend of Brutus the Bear {hyperlink this to Brutus’ profile pic and bio} and the co-owner and director of the Montana Grizzly Encounter, a grizzly bear sanctuary in Bozeman, Montana. To learn more, check out his website: www.caseyanderson.tv

A clip of the infrared thermal imaging video from Rick Smith, which was presented at the IMMY Awards, can be seen on the YouTube channel of United Infrared, beginning at about the 6:20 mark on the YouTube video:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHY2Qbh1GXw   http://youtu.be/AHY2Qbh1GXw

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