WorkCabin Creative is doing video work this month in a variety of landscapes as part of its work with a national organization on a conservation storytelling project. Wetlands, forests, streams, farm land, restoration projects, and grasslands are some of the habitats where we’ve been filming. We’re busy filming interviews segments now for this project in
Conservation organizations have tight budgets in these challenging times of Covid19. We get it. Totally. WorkCabin Creative wants to keep doing conservation video work in these challenging times of Covid19. So we had a thought. Why not cut our environmental filmmaking rate for the balance of 2020? Bingo! Done! Effective immediately we’ve cut our rate
In August, WorkCabin founder and professional conservation videographer and photographer Gregg McLachlan paddled and explored 335 acres of wetlands and forests in Norfolk County, Ontario on a photo and video assignment for The Nature Conservancy of Canada. The end result was a collection of photos and video footage of important nesting and breeding habitats purchased
WorkCabin Creative has wrapped up filming and production of its latest conservation work, a promotional video for Flight of the Monarch Day, a nationwide event to recognize the iconic monarch butterfly. The video was filmed over two days in August working with ALUS Norfolk (Alternative Land Use Services) in tallgrass prairie grasslands, farm lands, and
WorkCabin has wrapped up two days of filming for ALUS Norfolk and ALUS Canada. The video work, both on the ground and in the air, included filming in tallgrass prairie grasslands in Norfolk County, Ontario, habitat for monarch butterflies, marginal farmlands being restored to natural landscapes, and existing farms participating in the organization’s national agriculture
“We’re too small! We can’t afford it.” Not going to lie. It’s a comment heard every month in marketing for small environmental nonprofits in Canada. The it is digital content creation, whether that be photography or videography. Price and budgets are two of the most common issues when doing outreach or having conversations with potential customers. At
A very large marsh in southern Ontario. An almost impenetrable jungle-like terrain. Mosquitoes. Lots of mosquitoes. Temperatures sizzling at 30C. Zero possibilities of travel by canoe or kayak. And a need from a conservation organization for photos and video. As far as challenges go, it was one of the toughest field work assignments in recent
There’s no question that people across Canada are itching to get back to nature travel experiences, birdwatching, worldwide adventures, nature destinations, and much more in the great outdoors. Nature tours and expeditions have been forced to shut down during Covid-19. Revenues have plummeted in recent months. Tour operators certainly know that fact. Nobody is overlooking
Storytelling for the environment and conservation is a powerful tool for nonprofits in Canada. Video, especially, has the strongest power to pull audiences into experiences and form a bond with environmental causes like never before. In June, WorkCabin founder Gregg McLachlan presented a one-hour live video workshop from his 30-acre forest reserve for a conservation
Over the past two months as employment postings have been reduced to a trickle in the conservation sector, WorkCabin has understandably received many emails and inquiries asking us when we think hiring will resume. The answer is we simply don’t have a definitive answer. Summer field work employment has been dramatically impacted as monitoring activities