Tales by Light

A look behind the photographs of talented Australian and North American photographers to see exactly what goes into capturing a powerful image.

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  E1Children In Need: Part 1

  Aug 26, 2018· 23m

  Documenting impoverished, at-risk children for UNICEF, photographer Simon Lister is joined in Bangladesh by goodwill ambassador Orlando Bloom.

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  E2Children In Need: Part 2

  Sep 16, 2018· 23m

  Simon and Orlando continue their Bangladesh trip, visiting a makeshift school and photographing young children working in hazardous jobs for low pay.

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  E3Paradise in Peril: Part 1

  Sep 2, 2018· 23m

  Undersea photographer Shawn Heinrichs fights to preserve the rapidly vanishing diversity of ocean life by capturing its beauty in dazzling images.

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  E4Paradise in Peril: Part 2

  Sep 16, 2018· 23m

  Shawn continues his quest to conserve marine wildlife by capturing some arresting manta ray pictures in the Raja Ampat Islands of Indonesia.

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  E5Preserving Indigenous Culture: Part 1

  Sep 9, 2018· 23m

  Dylan River continues a family tradition of filmmaking focused on the Aboriginal people of his native Australia with a tour of ancient rock art sites.

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  E6Preserving Indigenous Culture: Part 2Finale

  Sep 16, 2018· 23m

  Dylan journeys into Arnhem Land, where he participates in a welcoming ritual and films the customs and tribal lifeways of the Yolngu people.

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  E1Sacred Nature: Part 1

  Oct 25, 2016· 23m

  Hoping to ensure the park's survival, wildlife photographers Jonathan and Angela Scott document the native creatures of the Maasai Mara in Kenya.

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  E2Sacred Nature: Part 2

  Oct 25, 2016· 23m

  Marveling at the abundant wildlife in the Mara's ecosystem, the Scotts photograph a cheetah, a Maasai ritual and an elusive leopard mother and cubs.

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  E3Misunderstood Predators: Part 1

  Apr 21, 2017· 23m

  Underwater photographer Eric Cheng seeks the truth about demonized and mythologized creatures, starting with the green anaconda of Brazil.

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  E4Misunderstood Predators: Part 2

  Apr 21, 2017· 23m

  To defend one of the world's most feared aquatic species, Eric Cheng and diver Jim Abernethy photograph human-friendly tiger sharks in the Bahamas.

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  E5Life and Death: Part 1

  Apr 21, 2017· 23m

  After a career chronicling the horrors of war, photographer Stephen Dupont seeks to document a more poetic and dignified approach to death in India.

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  E6Life and Death: Part 2Finale

  Apr 21, 2017· 23m

  Stephen Dupont's quest for reverent depictions of life and death brings him to Namibia's deserts and the Bushmen of the Kalahari.

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  E1Submerged

  May 24, 2015· 23m

  Australian marine photographer Darren Jew captures mating humpback whales in Tonga, a 70-year-old biplane wreck and an active New Guinea volcano.

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  E2Himalaya

  May 31, 2015· 23m

  Richard I'Anson documents a fire rite, attempts to photograph the elusive Himalayan snow leopard and captures the colorful Festival of Holi.

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  E3Adrenaline

  Jun 7, 2015· 23m

  Intrepid adventure sports photographer Krystle Wright crafts images of free divers in Vanuatu, highliners in Colorado and paragliders in Utah.

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  E4Wild

  Jun 14, 2015· 23m

  From brown bears in the rivers of Alaska to mountain gorillas in the jungles of Uganda, nature photographer Art Wolfe hunts for the perfect picture.

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  E5Panorama

  Jun 21, 2015· 23m

  Following in the footsteps of explorer Ernest Shackleton, landscape photographer Peter Eastway travels to Antarctica to create stunning polar images.

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  E6TribesFinale

  Jun 28, 2015· 23m

  Art Wolfe documents the world's cultures, including the Surma of Ethiopia and the masked mud men and Huli clans of Papua, New Guinea.