Complex sentence: Slater clarified his story in an article in "Amateur Photographer" published 5 July 2011, stating that his camera had been mounted on a tripod when the primates began playing around with a remote cable release as he was trying to fend off other monkeys.
Split into simpler sentences: Slater clarified his story in an article in "Amateur Photographer" published 5 July 2011. He stated that his camera had been mounted on a tripod when the primates began playing around with a remote cable release as he was trying to fend off other monkeys.