It happens all the time on TV. Paparazzi follow a celebrity and before long, the famous person gets upset with all the cameras and starts screaming, yelling, or biting the photographers' heads off. Andy Casagrande is not apaparazzo, but he has almost had his head literally bitten off more than once. Casagrande is a cameraman for National Geographic Channel (NGC), but he's not your average wildlife photographer. He has swum with sharks, run with lions, and even leapt out of a helicopter to film polar bears. To get the images that everyone else only dreams of, Casagrande will do just about anything. This month, NGC focuses on Casagrande in Killer Shots. In one episode in South Africa, he goes underwater with remote-controlled camera submarines andpolecams to get shots of his favorite predator, the great white shark. However, Casagrande doesn't feel that shooting from inside the shark cage is good enough, so he leaves its safety and gets up close and personal with the great whites tocapture what he really wants. In a different episode, Casagrande is assigned to the Serengeti, where he shoots lions and cheetahs on the hunt. With night-visiontechnology and super slow-motion cameras, he shows viewers the tactics behind the big cats' kills. In the frozen Arctic, Casagrande braves the elements to find and film the legendary polar bear, the world's largest land carnivore. Even withtemperatures dropping to 50 degrees below zero, he knows that he has to use all his willpower to get the perfect shot. Don't miss the thrilling adventures of one of the best cinematographers on NGC's Killer Shots.
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