1 Mark asked Maria if she always wanted to be a wildlife photographer.
2 Maria confessed that she had never planned it as a career. She had been a marine biologist when she had started taking photographs.
3 Mark wondered what Maria enjoyed most about her job.
4 Maria replied she loved photographing unusual or endangered animals. At that moment she was planning to photograph pandas in China.
5 Mark wanted to know what the most remote place she had been to.
6 Maria told him that the year before she had gone to Antarctica and it had taken several days to get there.
8 Mark asked her if she had had any dangerous experiences.
9 Maria recollected that one day in Africa she had been in her jeep when a huge elephant had charged towards her.
10 Mark asked the girl what she had done.
11Maria explained that there had been no chance of escape, so she had just taken a picture. She added that fortunately, at the last moment the elephant had stopped and disappeared into the bush.
12 Mark wanted to know what advice could Maria offer to young wildlife photographers.
13 Maria advised not to take unnecessary risks and try to be patient. She said that It could sometimes take days to get the right picture.