Robert Irwin Says His Pictures Gear Typically Will get Stolen

Steve Irwin’s son Robert, well-known in his personal proper and a proficient photographer, just lately revealed that he’s consistently having to cope with thieves stealing his photograph gear.

Irwin, who’s at the moment on Dancing With the Stars, tells People that the largest hazard he faces as a wildlife photographer shouldn’t be toxic snakes or snapping crocodiles, however thieves.

“I was flying through Nairobi, and we touched down, and I have my hard case full of camera gear,” he tells People. “I had to check it because it didn’t fit as carry-on.”

As touring photographers know, being indifferent out of your digital camera gear is at all times unnerving, and Irwin was immediately alarmed when he didn’t see his digital camera come off the conveyor belt.

“I just went, ‘That’s strange.’ I don’t know what it was, but I just went, ‘I’m just going to check the conveyor belt one more time’ and I walked back and out of the corner of my eye, I see the Pelican case. It’s on a trolley and someone’s walking with it out the front door stealing it,” Irwin says.

His digital camera case is roofed in stickers and has a singular look, “you couldn’t mistake for someone else’s,” he says. Fortunately, Irwin was capable of retrieve his case after he intercepted the thief.

“He looks at me and he looks around at everyone and gives it to me and then just takes off running,” he tells People. “But this happens all the time. It happens everywhere, all around the world.”

When interviewed by PetaPixel in 2023, Irwin stated he’s at all times had one thing to do with the digital camera. “Whether I’m in front or behind and then navigating how you can use that platform to create positive change — to get your images, voice, story, and what you stand for out into the world.”

“The difficult part is understanding your subject, knowing the story that you want to tell, figuring out how you can put yourself in a position to get an image that no one else has gotten before you. That’s where it starts to get tricky, and then navigating the world and having a platform with whatever your craft is,” he stated.

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