Filming-location guides

These guides map the library place by place: what was filmed where, what it looks like, and where to find it in the catalog. Everything described is footage you can license today — shot by Phil Maher between 2019 and 2023, licensed direct from $79.

Coral reef and fish in turquoise water at Cabo Pulmo

Cabo Pulmo

The marine park: reef and fish underwater, turquoise aerials, and the desert shoreline they sit against.

 Snorkelers in clear water at Palmilla Beach

Los Cabos beaches

Palmilla, El Tule, La Playita, Puerto Los Cabos, and the Shipwrecks stretch — aerial and ground.

 Humpback whale at the surface off Buzzards Beach

The East Cape

The undeveloped Sea of Cortez coast most catalogs skip, including the 2022 humpback session off Buzzards.

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