Month: January 2021

Rated Top 25 Outdoor Photography Blogs

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Very pleased to have made the top 25 Outdoor Photography Blogs. This unexpected news that my blog made the top 25 came as quite a pleasant surprise . I am not normally into these sort of popularity contests, but it is nice to be recognised for consistency and content.

This list is an attempt to highlight some of the best blogs about outdoor photography that can be found on the web. The ranking was compiled tracking hundreds of photographer’s blogs. The top outdoor photography sites that made this list are ranked according to Alexa (33.3%), Domain Authority (33.3%), Page Authority (33.3%) indicators. The list doesn’t involve our personal opinion in any way.

The ranking is updated once every year with new blogs and up-to-dated scores. The data was collected in December 2020 for the current list.

To all who made it to the list, a big congratulations! You deserved it for the great job you are doing with your blog. For those who didn’t make it this time, don’t get yourself down. Study what the other blogs are doing and get ready for the next update!

Never Cry Wolf Book Now at Printers

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Today I am excited to announce that my new fine art photography book ‘Never Cry Wolf‘ is now at the printers and will very shortly be running in the press. Never Cry Wolf is available for Pre-order through my online store HERE with first shipments now scheduled within the month. The book includes a selection of photographs of wild wolves photographed during the last weeks of Autumn, on the cusp of the seasonal transition to Winter. The collection includes more than forty photographs of a young wolf pack coming of age as it learns to survive in the dynamic and rapidly changing Arctic wilderness on the border between Finland and Russia. A video preview of the book can be watched below.

Designed and printed in Australia on the finest archival art matt paper the first 100 pre-order copies only include a limited edition A4 fine art print of one of the Wolf photographs. Printed on Moab Somerset Museum Rag 300gsm, the fine art pigment on paper print is the perfect accompaniment to the book. Never Cry Wolf is available for Pre-Order now for $90 AUD inc. GST (approx. $65 USD) plus postage. I hope that you enjoy the photographs and quotes from this project Never Cry Wolf.

Approximate Dimensions: 30cm x 21 cm

64 pages (over 40 photographs + quotations)

ISBN: 978-0-646-82509-0

Ultimate Encounters Features Ice Whisperer Interview

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Ultimate Encounters has just published a short interview I did with Nick Walton on my Polar Photography.

Multi-award-winning Arctic photographer Joshua Holko talks polar travel essentials and his love affair with the world’s coldest destinations.

Did you always want to be a photographer?

Yes, but it took me many years to work out what I really wanted to photograph. In the early days, when I was shooting slide film, I was mostly shooting rock climbing and the landscapes of  Australia; it was not until I first visited the polar regions that I really found my calling and knew what I wanted to photograph full-time.

Can you tell us the story behind your winning shot, Protecting the Kill?

The photograph was taken on the frozen Templefjord, north of Longyearbyen, during a personal snowmobile expedition to Svalbard, Norway, one winter. It shows a female polar bear backlit by the setting winter sun. Her breath was steaming in the freezing air as she guarded a recent
bearded seal kill.

What photographic gear do you usually take on an expedition?

I usually bring at least three camera bodies as I like to photograph with multiple bodies at the same time. This can be really helpful in photographing quickly moving wildlife, where a lens change would result in a missed shot. I also take an assortment of lenses with me, from an ultrawide angle (11mm) all the way to super-telephoto (typically 600mm).

Can you give us some tips on how to capture the Arctic world?

The Arctic is incredible for its grandeur and scale, but it can be difficult to capture in a single image. I tend to focus more on details and look very hard for objects that help give a sense of scale to the photograph. Wildlife is fantastic for this, but I might equally include an expedition ship in the image or perhaps even a solitary bird on an iceberg. I also like to photograph wildlife in the context of their environment. It’s very important to get down low to eye level with your subject in order to connect with it and to create more intimate images.

Click HERE to read the full interview.

Gura Gear Features five tips for Wildlife Photography

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Gura Gear has just posted my five tips for capturing the decisive moment in Wildlife Photography.

Capturing the decisive moment was a term coined by Henri Cartier-Bresson to refer to waiting to hit your shutter at just the right time in order to capture something special. His book on that very topic is studied enthusiastically by photojournalists and street photographers alike. However, the idea carries over just as well if not more so into wildlife photography. If you’re looking at the photos you’ve taken and wondering what it is that could take them to the next level, keep reading. 

We sat down with Joshua Holko to get a few tips from him to help you prepare to capture the decisive moment in wildlife photography. 

Photo of the Month January 2021

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I want to kick off my photo of the month series for 2021 with an image I shot in January of 2020 of an Emperor Penguin on the sea ice in the Ross Sea Region of Antarctica (Read the Trip Report). This was one of very few Emperor Penguins we encountered on this expedition and the only Emperor we were actually able to photograph on the ice at eye level. Although we saw quite a few during the expedition almost all of them were either in the water or were at too great a distance to photograph. In this example, we landed on the frozen sea ice with our zodiacs for evening drinks and serendipity stepped in and provided a wonderful photographic opportunity. The Emperor penguin, curious about all the people on the ice, jumped out of the water onto the ice and proceeded to provide us a wonderful half hour session on the ice.