{"id":398,"date":"2018-05-31T13:35:31","date_gmt":"2018-05-31T13:35:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/?p=398"},"modified":"2019-01-23T10:55:37","modified_gmt":"2019-01-23T10:55:37","slug":"phil-savoie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/2018\/05\/31\/phil-savoie\/","title":{"rendered":"Phil Savoie"},"content":{"rendered":"<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-409 size-medium alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Phil-Savoie-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Phil Savoie\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Phil-Savoie-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Phil-Savoie-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Phil-Savoie-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Phil-Savoie-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Phil-Savoie-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Phil-Savoie-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Phil-Savoie-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Phil-Savoie-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Phil-Savoie-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Phil-Savoie.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n<p>Phil Savoie is a field biologist, filmmaker and photographer with a passion for capturing animal behaviour.<\/p>\n<p>He started his career as a picture editor in New York before shooting for National Geographic and producing nature programming at Discovery. Headhunted as a staff producer\/director\/cameraman by the BBC Natural History Unit Phil has worked on numerous projects from award winning self-authored films to large global series for over 11 years.<\/p>\n<p>His photography has been widely published and his motion camerawork can be seen across BBC output including Planet Earth, Life of Mammals, Congo, Life in the Undergrowth, Deep Jungle and Wild Africa. Phil has EMMY and BAFTA nods as well as being recognised by the British Wildlife Photographer of the Year awards.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery gallery-398 style-standard'><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01589596-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Prairie Rattlesnake (Crotalus viridis) sunbathing, Bozeman, Montana, USA.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01589596-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01589596-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01589596-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01589596-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01589596.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01589596-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01589596-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01589596-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01589596-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01589596-900x600.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Prairie Rattlesnake (Crotalus viridis) sunbathing, Bozeman, Montana, USA.\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01575132-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"European honey bee (Apis mellifera) flying to White clover (Trifolium repens) flowers, Monmouthshire, Wales\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01575132-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01575132-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01575132-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01575132-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01575132.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01575132-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01575132-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01575132-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01575132-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01575132-900x600.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"European honey bee (Apis mellifera) flying to White clover (Trifolium repens) flowers, Monmouthshire, Wales\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01575143-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"English oak tree (Quercus robur) at night silhouetted against circle of star trails, Brecon Beacons, Wales\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01575143-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01575143-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01575143-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01575143-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01575143.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01575143-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01575143-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01575143-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01575143-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01575143-900x600.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"English oak tree (Quercus robur) at night silhouetted against circle of star trails, Brecon Beacons, Wales\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01593610-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Point-to-Point horse racing, low angle view of racehorse jumping fence, Monmouthshire, Wales\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01593610-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01593610-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01593610-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01593610-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01593610.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01593610-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01593610-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01593610-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01593610-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01593610-900x600.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Point-to-Point horse racing, low angle view of racehorse jumping fence, Monmouthshire, Wales\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01589712-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Reticulated glass frog (Hyalinobatrachium valerioi) La Selva Field Station, Costa Rica.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01589712-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01589712-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01589712-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01589712-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01589712.jpg 1024w, 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srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01585406-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01585406-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01585406-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01585406-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01585406.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01585406-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01585406-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01585406-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01585406-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01585406-900x600.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Swift (Apus apus) flock screaming  in flight against blue sky and clouds, Monmouthshire, Wales\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01546478-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Radnor lily (Gagea bohemica) the rarest flower in the UK at sunset, Stanner Rocks National Nature Reserve, Powys, Wales\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01546478-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01546478-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01546478-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01546478-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01546478.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01546478-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01546478-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01546478-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01546478-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01546478-900x600.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Radnor lily (Gagea bohemica) the rarest flower in the UK at sunset, Stanner Rocks National Nature Reserve, Powys, Wales\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01034997-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Raggiana bird of paradise (Paradisaea raggiana) male displaying to female, Papua New Guinea, Varirata NP.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01034997-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01034997-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01034997-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01034997-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01034997.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01034997-600x399.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01034997-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01034997-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01034997-375x249.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01034997-900x599.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Raggiana bird of paradise (Paradisaea raggiana) male displaying to female, Papua New Guinea, Varirata NP.\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .gallery -->\n\n<p>Now freelance, Phil lives in Wales and when he\u2019s not on the road you\u2019ll find him in the lush green valleys chasing bees, swallows and the Milky Way.<\/p>\n<p>Find an expanded gallery of Phil Savoie&#8217;s work <a href=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/-photographers\/s-z\/savoie-phil.html\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Phil Savoie is a field biologist, filmmaker and photographer with a passion for capturing animal behaviour. He started his career as a picture editor in New York before shooting for National Geographic and producing nature programming at Discovery. Headhunted as a staff producer\/director\/cameraman by the BBC Natural History Unit Phil has worked on numerous projects&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/2018\/05\/31\/phil-savoie\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"button\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[22,36,37,38,39,40,41,42],"class_list":["post-398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photographers","tag-photographers","tag-phil-savoie","tag-filmmaker","tag-cameraman","tag-bbc","tag-wales","tag-bees","tag-animal-behaviour"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=398"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":412,"href":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398\/revisions\/412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}