Truth and Legend Production BTS Podcast

The Truth and Legend Podcast is introduced as a companion to the hosts' YouTube channel. The hosts discuss their backgrounds and transitions to wildlife photography and cinematography. They share their experiences using GoPro cameras as camera traps and the success they had capturing moose behavior. The current stage of the moose rut is also discussed. In this conversation, Michael and Brandon discuss the challenges they face while filming in remote locations, including clearance issues and last-minute jobs with tight deadlines.

The Ultimate Brown Bear Photo Trip

Join Truth and Legend's Michael Mauro, as he explores Katmai National Park in search of Alaskan Brown Bears. This is the annual workshop that we host where we access Katmai via boat and get to spend long days with the bears. If you're interested in signing up, send us an email and we will let you know as soon as we have dates locked in for 2024.

WTF is an Alaska Moose Rut Pit?

Join Truth and Legend’s Michael Mauro, wildlife cinematographer, as he films Alaskan Moose and educates us on some behaviors that can be witnessed. You'll get to see fleming (phlegm-ing), building a rut pit, cow behaviors around the rut pit, and some photography tips around the behaviors.

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Film Alaska Moose With A Pro

Join Truth and Legend’s Michael Mauro, wildlife cinematographer, as he films Alaskan Moose. The moose have a party, but the wolves howling breaks up the party before it can get too crazy. A good reminder to cherish the wildlife moments when out filming. Later, an EPIC stare down between Flattop and Dagger almost turns into a brawl.

The Best Wingmen in the World | The Mating Game | BBC Earth

Worked with fellow cinematographer and great friend Doug Gardner on the production for the BBC. Turkeys are fascinating birds, it was an amazing experience to spend 4 weeks filming their behavior. Female turkeys are the ones who pick their mate, this means it’s up to the males to stand out and put on a good show – but what happens when rival turkeys try to steal the limelight? Watch and find out.

Dick’s Sporting Goods Foundation: Sports Matter - Jerome High School Softball

Excited to share this video Travis Ford and I recently produced for the Dick’s Sporting Goods Foundation.

The DICK’S Sporting Goods Foundation surprised the softball team at Jerome High School in Idaho with a grant to build a field on campus. Through the Sports Matter program, we are committed to providing equal opportunities for girls, ensuring safe and accessible spaces to play sports.

Cute Collared Pikas Working in the Alaskan Alpine

Spent an afternoon filming in the Alaskan alpine with the collared pika. The pika spend their days gathering food for winter. They cache mounds of alpine vegetation under rocks so they have something to eat durning the long alaskan winters.

Black Bears Hunting Pink Salmon in Alaska

Living in Alaska provides countless wildlife viewing and filming possibilities, Michael has located a salmon stream were black bears regularly hunt and eat pink “humpy” salmon.

There are some many salmon returning to spawn every summer in Alaska, which means they become a favorite menu item for brown and black bears. Some of the best bear and salmon interactions require a bush plane excursion but there are a few accessible rivers and streams on the road system this video is from one of those locations. WWF-Canada.ca has some great salmon facts. Here’s a list of 5:

Salmon love both salt water and freshwater

Salmon have a really strong sense of smell

Salmon have huge cultural significance

Salmon change color

Salmon are considered keystone species

Watch the Alaskan Pink Salmon return to spawn

Turn That Canon R5 into a “real” video Camera

We took a standard Canon R5 DSLR added some rails, a monitor and a few other gizmos making this a true video powerhouse 4K camera

Sprinter Van Drive Denver to Anchorage

Travel restrictions and loads of work in Alaska gave my good friend and co-pilot Ray Menzie a chance to drive the new sprinter van approximately 3200 miles from Denver to Alaska. Here’s a short video highlighting our route.