Author Archives: Allan Michaud

About Allan Michaud

English Wildlife Photographer/Environmental Filmmaker based in Cambodia

‘Ere be Gibbons

Posted on August 17, 2017 by Allan Michaud

At long last I finally found the opportunity to visit the Gibbon project at Veunsai in Ratanakiri province. I approached Conservation International a few weeks back about a visit and made arrangements to join them on their next visit, in … Continue reading →

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Mountains and Crocodiles

Posted on May 13, 2017 by Allan Michaud

At long last I finally had another crack at filming wild Siamese crocodiles. I first filmed these illusive creatures back in early 2003 on a lake up the Sre Ambel River. That represented the first footage ever recorded of this critically endangered species. In 2006 the BBC recruited me to film them for the series “Saving Planet Earth”. Continue reading →

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My Dad

Posted on November 22, 2016 by Allan Michaud

I would just like to say a few words about my father, who sadly passed away a couple of weeks ago after a long fight with dementia and was laid to rest today. I have to say I think my … Continue reading →

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Here be Hefferlumps!

Posted on November 20, 2016 by Allan Michaud

For the past fortnight I have been shooting and editing a short piece for Jack highwood and Elephant Valley Thailand (EVT) about the arrival of their first elephants at the new sanctuary. EVT is an extension of the Elephant Valley … Continue reading →

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Where the Ho Chi Minh trail ends – Part 2 Drone Strike

Posted on September 9, 2016 by Allan Michaud

I decided to take an assistant out with me the next day, as my drone catcher. These things can flip over in an instant on landing, no matter how careful you are, so it’s well worth paying someone to grab … Continue reading →

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Where the Ho Chi Minh trail ends.

Posted on September 8, 2016 by Allan Michaud

Keo Seima in Mondulkiri is by far and away my favorite place in Cambodia, it’s stunningly beautiful with an incredible diversity of wildlife and has almost every type of habitat found in Cambodia. This time however, I was looking for … Continue reading →

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Rain, Leeches and 100,000 views on Facebook

Posted on August 22, 2016 by Allan Michaud

Just a short blog before I head off to the boonies, Mondulkiri this time. I recently finished 2 films on Prey Lang, one for the University of Copenhagen/Danmission about their wonderful smartphone app that is helping the indigenous communities in … Continue reading →

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Battery Power

Posted on March 6, 2016 by Allan Michaud

A bit of an odd one today but it might be useful to a few people. It’s just a quick blog on batteries, as anyone in this business has a small mountain of the damned things and they are not … Continue reading →

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Creating a Satellite image of Cambodia for 2016.

Posted on February 22, 2016 by Allan Michaud

I have been going through my now annual process of constructing a giant satellite image of Cambodia with images taken from the USGS Earth Explorer site, freely available at http://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. To construct this ultra high-resolution image I had to search … Continue reading →

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Prey Long 2016 – An aerial adventure. Part 2

Posted on January 22, 2016 by Allan Michaud

Continued from Part 1. Solar guy to the rescue. Amazingly, in Spong of all places, it turned out I could get a replacement within a few hours. Solar guy offered to go and buy one the next day. I’d have … Continue reading →

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