{"id":249665,"date":"2025-10-29T23:13:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T23:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/249665\/"},"modified":"2025-10-29T23:13:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T23:13:08","slug":"robert-irwin-says-his-photography-gear-often-gets-stolen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/249665\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Irwin Says His Photography Gear Often Gets Stolen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/petapixel.com\/2025\/10\/29\/robert-irwin-says-his-photography-gear-often-gets-stolen\/robert-irwin\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-822848 nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-perfmatters-preload=\"\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Robert-Irwin-800x420.jpg\" alt=\"A young man with light brown hair, wearing a dark suit and white shirt, smiles while standing in front of a blurred movie poster at an event.\" width=\"800\" height=\"420\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-822848\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Steve Irwin\u2019s son Robert, famous in his own right and a <a href=\"https:\/\/petapixel.com\/robert-irwin-photographer-interview\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">talented photographer<\/a>, recently revealed that he is constantly having to deal with thieves stealing his photo gear. <\/p>\n<p>Irwin, who is currently on Dancing With the Stars, <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/how-robert-irwin-stopped-thieves-from-stealing-photography-equipment-exclusive-11835859\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"follow external noopener nofollow\">tells People<\/a> that the biggest hazard he faces as a wildlife photographer is not poisonous snakes or snapping crocodiles, but thieves. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was flying through Nairobi, and we touched down, and I have my hard case full of camera gear,\u201d he tells People. \u201cI had to check it because it didn\u2019t fit as carry-on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As traveling photographers know, being detached from your camera gear is always unnerving, and Irwin was instantly alarmed when he didn\u2019t see his camera come off the conveyor belt. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just went, \u2018That\u2019s strange.\u2019 I don\u2019t know what it was, but I just went, \u2018I\u2019m just going to check the conveyor belt one more time\u2019 and I walked back and out of the corner of my eye, I see the Pelican case. It\u2019s on a trolley and someone\u2019s walking with it out the front door stealing it,\u201d Irwin says. <\/p>\n<p>His camera case is covered in stickers and has a unique look, \u201cyou couldn\u2019t mistake for someone else\u2019s,\u201d he says. Fortunately, Irwin was able to retrieve his case after he intercepted the thief. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe looks at me and he looks around at everyone and gives it to me and then just takes off running,\u201d he tells People. \u201cBut this happens all the time. It happens everywhere, all around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When interviewed by PetaPixel in 2023, Irwin said he\u2019s always had something to do with the camera. \u201cWhether I\u2019m in front or behind and then navigating how you can use that platform to create positive change \u2014 to get your images, voice, story, and what you stand for out into the world.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe 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\u2019s where it starts to get tricky, and then navigating the world and having a platform with whatever your craft is,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p>Image credits: Header photo licensed via <a href=\"https:\/\/depositphotos.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\">Depositphotos<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Steve Irwin\u2019s son Robert, famous in his own right and a talented photographer, recently revealed that he is&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":249666,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[449,458,459,64,63,460,134,148159,148160,70264,148161,148162,3792],"class_list":{"0":"post-249665","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-artsanddesign","11":"tag-au","12":"tag-australia","13":"tag-design","14":"tag-entertainment","15":"tag-robertirwin","16":"tag-steveirwin","17":"tag-stolen","18":"tag-stolengear","19":"tag-thief","20":"tag-travel"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=249665"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249665\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/249666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=249665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=249665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}