In the forest, there is a big fire
and all the animals, they are escaping.
And you see this little hummingbird going back and forth
with only a tiny drop.
And so all the animals say,
"What are you doing?
You're crazy."
And the hummingbird say, "I'm just doing my part."
And so I think we should all be a small hummingbird
and my way to do that,
it's to try to connect people with nature.
I see the photography like a tool
to raise awareness about nature.
I'm just a privileged witness of the nature
and I use the photography
to share this emotion with the public.
With the hybrid system and the EOS R System,
it's a new revolution.
The transition with the EOS R System was quite easy for me.
So I was more reactive, I was faster.
Also, at first, I could use my EF lenses with the adapter,
so it was quite great to do that.
As well, I can set up my camera with some specific buttons.
It give me a lot of more reactivity,
because in wildlife photography,
you need to be very reactive.
Sometimes it's only one take,
so you are not saying to the animal,
"Hey, please come back."
No, it's no way.
At first, I didn't mean to be photographer.
I made my study studying the wildlife and the animals
and then photography took a bigger part in my life.
And so now, I am still in the same environment,
but I'm not in the science way,
I'm in the communication way.
For me, it's all about sharing.
I try to share the emotion
that I live in contact with nature
and what’s the best tool than photography to do that.
Taking picture of the hummingbird is very challenging
because they are moving so fast in all kind of direction.
I set up my camera
with the animal detection autofocus,
then when I have the animal,
I just push AF on and I got directly on his eyes.
This, with the image stabilization, the ISO,
so now I can take picture of hummingbird
that I couldn't take in the past.
I love this function.
In my opinion, a good picture,
it's something, it's a picture who drives emotions.
The story drives me to the picture,
so I try to interest myself to species.
Why is she in danger with extinction?
Who are the people who are trying to save the species?
With all this story, then I try to get the shot.
I'm more focusing now in the story than in the picture.
Most of the time, in the forest, you are in very low light,
so ISO have always be, not an issue,
but an important parameters when I set my camera.
I remember, in the past, I couldn't go more than 800 ISO.
Now, I can go to 6,400 and even more.
I often want to go back
in the place I've been shooting in the past
to do some new thing, even more creative,
because I know now I have the capacity of doing that.
The camera, it's very silent now.
You don't even hear, in fact, you hear nothing, literally.
I guess all the photographer,
you like to hear the click of the photo,
because it's a part of the process,
but particularly in the wildlife photography,
as you don't want to disturb the animals,
it's very important to remain silent,
and so you can have some real, wild behavior.
Also, I like to work with the wireless function.
For example, I'm gonna go next week in Indonesia
and I want this shot very good close up
with the Komodo dragon with the wide angle,
but for my safety,
I will just have to put the camera on the ground,
waiting the dragon pass through the camera,
and I will take the picture with my phone.
Most of the time like that now,
we have some picture in our mind,
and so we say how?
How I'm gonna do that?
And now we have this possibility.
So I dream of this shot with the very wide angle,
very close to the dragon.
So with this wireless function, I'm sure I'm gonna do it.
I want to say okay, it's easier to take picture now,
but we still need the photographer to do it
because you gonna be quicker, it's more efficient,
it's more quality, okay,
but photography is still about the light, the subject,
the framing, and this need the photographer,
human beings, someone passionate about picture, whatever.
And I love Canon
because every year they have some new camera, new lenses,
which allow us to push the level up every time.
And most of the photographer,
we all have our impossible kind of dream shot,
and now it's begin possible.
It's a new way, it's a new era.
I just want to be on the field taking picture now.
You cannot be bored or blase.
It's just crazy how nature is.
It's so diverse.
We are such a wonderful planet.
I want to be out and discover it
and to see it, to feel it, to live it.