Through the Lens Season 1 Episodes

Episode 1

Carsten Peter: Danger Zone

Fri, Feb 20, 20045 mins

A great photograph should speak for itself, but that doesn't mean there aren't great stories behind it. This program highlights the work of daring photographers who have captured images for National Geographic. Viewers are presented with a behind-the-scenes look at the creation of ten of the most exciting pictures from the magazine's recent history. Image locations range from icy mountains at immense heights to sweltering deserts below sea level. With offerings from photographers Tom Campbell, Greg Child, Karen Davies, and others, students learn what happened behind the lenses that captured some of the best adventure shots in recent memory. The first episode is preceded by a short introduction: "Elements of Photographic Composition" (0:47).

Episode 2

Nevada Wier: Split Second Timing

Fri, Feb 20, 20045 mins

Episode 3

Bruce Kirkby: Endurance

Fri, Feb 20, 20045 mins

Episode 4

Gordon Wiltsie: Getting the Right Angle

Fri, Feb 20, 20045 mins

Episode 5

Greg Child: Human Ambition

Fri, Feb 20, 20045 mins

Episode 6

Tom Sanders: Arrested Motion

Fri, Feb 20, 20045 mins

Episode 7

Tom Campbell: Single Frame

Fri, Feb 20, 20045 mins

Episode 8

Karen Davies: Capturing Energy

Fri, Feb 20, 20045 mins

Episode 9

George Steinmetz: Heightened Perspective

Fri, Feb 20, 20045 mins

A portrait of George Steinmetz, an American freelance photographer, who has been on more than a dozen major assignments for National Geographic, and who has made a name for himself by taking spectacular aerial images from his paraglider. This ninth part closes the mini-series with the additional short subject "Photography: the Edge of Risk" (1:51).