PETER'S SCRAPBOOK
  
 

 

On one of my first assignments for Disney in the Florida Everglades. I was smiling until they told me the helicopter was going to actually leave the ground.

PANTHER OF THE EVERGLADES
Walt Disney Pictures

 

 

 

  
 

A producer once told me that if I screwed up in Hollywood, my next assignment would be in Siberia. He said NOTHING about the South Pole.

ADVENTURE ANTARCTICA
Animal World Series

 
 

Here I am (in the shades) with the crew of Bill Burrud's Animal World. In wildlife photography crews often have to endure long periods where we must remain patient and constantly vigilant, awaiting the arrival of the lunch wagon.

ANIMAL WORLD SERIES
Bill Burrud

  

 

Here's me shooting in an operating room. I'm the one...uh...I'm the one...well, anyway it was a great shoot.

Anaheim Memorial Hospital

 
 

This isn't exactly what I had in mind when they said I would be filming some Playboy Bunnies in South Africa.

Bill Burrud's ANIMAL WORLD

 

 
 

 

On location in Africa, this fellow demanded that he be permitted to direct a scene himself. Who was I to argue with a seven-foot-tall Massai warrior carrying a spear. He knew I would get the point.

MASSAI WARRIOR
Burrud Productions

 

I forget where this picture was taken. It's either some building in India, or one of those new casinos in Vegas.

AROUND THE WORLD WITH JOHNSON'S WAX
Corporate Productions

  

 
 

 

Few people realize I gave up a promising career in baseball to become a cameraman. Here I am giving a few pointers to George Brett of the Kansas City Royals.

GEORGE BRETT'S BATTING TIPS
Legacy Entertainment

 
 

This isn't exactly what I had in mind when they told me I'd be shooting all day at a nice, quiet lake. Turned out to be a lava lake with temperatures over 2,000 degrees!

GREAT NATIONAL PARKS
Learning Channel

 
   

I knew I should've been suspicious about this shoot when the producer asked me if my equipment was covered for acts of war.

TANK ATTACK
USO
 

They told me I'd be shooting a lot of fjords on this shoot in Alaska. Boy was I disappointed. We didn't see a single one. Not even a Chevy!

GREAT NATIONAL PARKS
Learning Channel

   
   

I was really looking forward to this shoot in San Francisco to do a documentary about the Golden Gate Bridge, until they told me I would have to climb to the TOP of the darn thing.

GREAT NATIONAL PARKS
Learning Channel

  
 

Camera equipment? Nope. My wife's luggage for our trip to Hawaii.

AROUND THE WORLD WITH JOHNSON'S WAX
Corporate Productions

 
   

Shooting on the Psycho set at Universal Studios gave me the willies. It wasn't the house that was scary, but the admission prices!

UNIVERSAL STUDIOS

 
 

It was great shooting John Forsythe at Universal Studios. I didn't have to leave my seat the whole day!

UNIVERSAL STUDIOS

   
   

I wish we had condos like this in the states. Classy!

AIR: THE SEARCH FOR ONE CLEAN BREATH for IMAX

 
 

I put in a low-ball offer for the bridge, tower and clock. The works. I figure, what the heck, they let the last bridge go dirt cheap.

AIR: THE SEARCH FOR ONE CLEAN BREATH for IMAX

   
   

Here I am filming Rick Byrnes after he broke the land speed record for a hydrogen car, a Ford Fusion. No, we're not brothers.

 

KAOS Entertainment for Ford Motor Co.