This Man Helps Nat Geo Photographers Get the Shot | National Geographic

Cheetah-proof flashbulbs, custom wide-angle lenses, and cameras that take two photos at once: It's all in a day's work for Kenji Yamaguchi, a master photographic engineer at National Geographic. For 32 years, his custom contraptions have helped photographers capture iconic images on assignments all over the world.

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[fron]

I just hope NatGeo is treating this guy the way he deserves for his work.

[TheaterAtReference]

you can tell and read this mans good nature positive attitude dedication true love and passion for his work.. we need more of him 

[zfilmmaker]

Kenji works in photo engineering, he doesn't just repair cameras or enhances them, he takes wild ideas photographers have and creates something new to give the world another perspective all together. I worked for Nat Geo TV in a similar role but with motion picture and broadcast video. Kenji is also a great Photgrapher and loves taking panoramas the old fashion way, taking multiple pictures in-line and manually lining them together. Back in 1998 he took a picture of me in seven places doing different things all in one wide image. It's basically me cloned seven times. No doubt about it, he's multi-talented.

[muhammadkhairiaimran]

this great man is too modest, respect.

[TrueInvisible]

he's a good guy I hope to see more about him thanks

[Rielestkid]

thumbs up for this guy. He should have his own channel.

[perfectperfecto]

Hope we can see more of this gentleman 

[handznet]

So he is practically an equivalent of Q from James Bond

[coleudall]

Long live this guy. He's so awesome

[MrVERMONVILE]

It's great that you show the people behind the scenes responsible for all the great work I think there needs to be more of this since they are usually taken for granted but without them none of this would exist, KUDOS!  

[aryajonathan]

He is the NatGeo's Q. Most engineers in a thriving work environment like that usually work behind the scenes and come up with great things. They have the utmost patience to achieve perfection.

[Onrdough]

Just beautiful, as a 16 year old teen I'm glad to know that there is something out there for everyone.

[MyFullers]

Great film. So nice to see someone so dedicated and thinking outside the box. Oh and extremely humble. Very rare nowadays

[MrTimoMovies]

I want to see more of him.. What an amazing man!

[aresmaxyou]

Thank you Mr. Kenji Yamaguchi, you are the humble man and the legend

[deveshdwivedi]

10 dislikes? a man of such passions....bows!!!!

[MrExel]

Cool that you feature someone loke him, how´s working behind the scenes. He´s a real hero for photography and nature documentaries.

[babyansel]

Ayyy its Lok Cheung's Great Grandpa

[abuzarkhan]

very underrated and un appreciated, yet doing the best of his job.
Such people need to be given a top managerial position in any job relevant organizations....
I deeply appraise for his work

[briscoepark]

What a kind man, thank you nat geo for shedding light on this guy. You can hear the love for what he does in his voice. Need more guys like him.