Donald Schultz Field Blog

MARTHA STEWART

2009-10-27T12:31:00.000-07:00

In NYC for some publicity for my upcoming series, and got to be on the MARTHA STEWART show for Halloween! It was a different experience being live, especially working with spiders, which are not my favorite animals in the world. All in all, I think it was phenomenal and it was an absolute pleasure working with Martha and her crew, what a group of pro's!

cheers, Donald

http://www.marthastewart.com/article/spider-species

And here is the video!

http://www.marthastewart.com/show/the-martha-stewart-show/the-spider-show-with-christina-hendricks?video_id=720aa80543294210VgnVCM1000003d370a0aRCRD

Long time no post

2009-10-18T20:06:00.000-07:00

This has been the best year of my life. I have visited a number of beautiful countries during the production of my new Animal Planet show call WILD RECON

Create your own travel map or travel blog

Flights comparison at TripAdvisor

I will start updating with photos soon!!!!

DIE LIVING,

DONALD

Catalina Island for 3 days

2009-03-13T16:19:00.000-07:00

Went to Catalina to get rebreather training out the way, and it was freaking AWESOME. Forgot how much I liked rebreathers. Its a world apart from SCUBA, and cant wait to use it on an upcoming shoot.... will let you know when and where that is, soon.....
And I saw a seagoing daschund on my way home, beautiful lil guy that lives on a boat!

adios,
d

some more training

2009-03-09T20:05:00.000-07:00

its been a busy few weeks, editing our collective butts off and trying to make sense of the madness. With my show deep in post, I have been recruited to help on another AWESOME Animal Planet show. So far been working with snakes and gators, and am getting the opportunity to wield a camera a little more... which is always fun.

Underwater camera and me very happy!

Watching alligator

Almost 11 hours in the cold water, semi dry suit saved my butt (thanks Bill!!!)

Teresa and Marielle owning a 'gator... thanks girls

Moving gator for shoot

And tomorrow, off to Catalina to get retrained on a rebreather.... should be fun

adios,d

Catching up----till Jan

2009-01-17T19:48:00.000-08:00

After having a look at my website, and fixing a few broken links, I looked at my blog and realized that I had not written anything since October 27th. Long time, much has happened. I will try and keep it chronological, and here goes.
I was offered the unique opportunity to write for the new Australian reptile magazine called “SCALES AND TAIL”. I will have a column in every edition (it comes out every two months).

Beginning of November I moved to LA, starting full time work in TV production. We filmed more “I WAS BITTEN”, and during one of the days of shooting, got some of the best high-speed footage I have seen. This has subsequently led to another project that I will be working on soon. I also tried my hand at holding the camera, and some of my work didn’t suck. It was good enough to make the final cut in Episode 3 of “I WAS BITTEN”

After a very, very busy November, and a lot of work behind the camera, we headed to Africa. It was another hectic schedule, and I tried my hand in front of the camera. Results will be available for viewing soon. More news to follow.

After returning to the US, we had an uneventful, and cold festive season.
Early January has seen more shooting for a variety of shows. Most of the time has been in the office, squeezing our minds of every last ounce of creative juices we have. Being that close to greatness is amazing, and seeing your ideas being developed and filmed, and eventually cut into existence is really amazing.

And looking to the future, some travel plans are coming together, I have been confirmed as a speaker at the International Herpetological Association meeting in Monterey, Mexico, which takes place in June.

Cali-Texas-New York- Connecticut

2008-10-27T19:50:00.000-07:00

On a whirl wind tour, i have been from San Diego to San Antonio to New York City to the Mohegan sun in Connecticut. Fun was had in all places, here are some pics!!

Thanks to Art, Jared, Eric, the San Antonio sheriffs department, Ian, Matt and all people who i got to hang with!

DGS

Articles in French Magazine

2008-10-20T09:10:00.001-07:00

I just got a scanned copy of the immensely popular French Magazine "Reptile Mag".

Thanks to my good friend Richard Aulio for translating two of my stories into french, they have been run in the last two editions of this phenomenal European magazine.
Available here

cheers,
DGS
"Living the Dream"

BITTEN Shoot IV

2008-10-18T17:42:00.000-07:00

Just got back from Miami, where we shot some more footage for Discovery series "I WAS BITTEN"

We did some big cat work, fun and scary!! As usual, envelopes were pushed, blood was shed, and everyone got out alive.
After cats, we got to work with the real fun stuff, super deadly snakes. More pics as they trickle in!!
DGS
"Living the Dream"

2008-09-26T09:40:00.000-07:00

This is my first mobile post, being done via my blackberry at San Diego airport. So, please excuse typos etc

Finished editing home video from australia, have a look under videos section or click here
It was not meant to be a hard core herp bit, but it does really reflect my time there.

More exciting news, got a couple pairs of Teva's (see here) and these are by far the best shoes I have ever worn, period. I had some of the sandals on a shoot in florida, and they were awesome. My producer gave me a couple pairs of their shoes, and they are mind blowing, light, amphibious, amazing. I am eagerly awaiting my new Teva hiking boots, which I should have next week.
Also got a pair to give away on www.fieldherpforum.com go there to win them!!

I am off to ohio for a few days...

DGS
"Living the Dream"

"I WAS BITTEN" third shoot

2008-09-24T14:31:00.000-07:00

This past weekend (20-21 Sept), Gurney productions shot more reptiles for the critically acclaimed show “I WAS BITTEN”. As usual, we pushed the envelope with cutting edge technology and insane reptile action that has made this show so popular. It was a long two days of shooting in the hot LA sun, with the final day being extremely successful, getting many “never seen before” shots.

See repeats of episode one at the following times, and watch here for more info on the series

Discovery Channel

Oct 03, 10:00 pm, Oct 04, 2:00 am, Oct 26, 7:00 pm

DGS

"Living the Dream"

First post

2008-09-23T15:41:00.000-07:00

OK....

This is my blog, right now, not so interesting, but as my travels begin, I hope to use it as a diary and to help me remember things I have done as this life whizzes by.

This year I have been to 12 countries, and I have been really bad about keeping notes and writing down my adventures. Hopefully this blog will be a tool for me to share and remember.

DGS

"Living the Dream"

Current news and photos
Australia, Aug-Sept

Coastal Taipan	Coastal taipan

Whip Snake (Demansia psammophis)	Jungle Carpet Python

Taipan venom	Brown Tree snake

Stone fish	Taipan fangs
	Thanks to Teresa Carrette and Paul Walden for pics
Teresa Carrette and spotted python
Venom extraction special, Scott Waters production, Late July



	Thanks to Dave Northcott for stills

Gila and Rattlesnake Shoot, Arizona, mid july



Thanks to the Ashley's, the Bell's and the Gee's for an awesome adventure.Photos by Michael D Kern and Myke Clarkson

Shoot for "Predator Instict", airs Discovery mid-September





Discovery Shoot, Late June '08, for series "Bitten"




	Thanks to Teresa Carrette and Michael Kern for the photos

Screen Shots from promo, June, San Diego






International Herpetological SymposiumJune 18-21.2008
Donald Schultz and Devon Massyn Affiliation: Herpetological Research Consortium (Herp ReCon) Presentation Title: Swaziland , Kingdom of Herps Devon Massyn and Donald Schultz are co-authoring a field guide to the snake of Swaziland . Devon could not make it as he is researching in the field in Mozambique at the moment The Kingdom of Swaziland : a small Southern African country about 1/40th the size of Texas ! An amazing country which has an extremely rich natural reptile biodiversity with almost the same number of reptile species as the entire United States of America ! A new revolution in herpetology has started to take place in Swaziland . A new reptile park has opened its doors and will be working as a base center for a lot of new and exciting work that is taking place. A lot of genetic work is already under way and a new telemetry study on Black mambas (Dendroaspis polylepis) will hopefully begin in the near future.
	Rom Whitaker, Don Schultz and David Warrell Thanks to Vince Scheidt for the pic!
Filming pygmy rattlesnakes, Georgia Bay, Canada, June '08


"Bitten" Shoot, early June, San Diego airs on DIscovery late August