A single place has just become available on my 2024 expedition to photograph Arctic Fox in the far north of Iceland in the Hornstrandir Nature Reserve. This is an expedition dedicated to the photography of the Arctic Fox – One of Nature’s greatest feats of engineering. To get an idea of what this workshop entails, be sure to Read the 2023 Trip Report. Full details of the expedition are available on my website at http://www.jholko.com/workshops. If you would like to photograph Arctic Fox in the north of Iceland in Winter this coming February, please drop me an email to register your interest. You can also watch the Adobe Spark Presentation online.

The photograph of the month for September 2023 comes from my 2022 expedition to the East Coast of Greenland (Read the Trip Report). Icebergs and fog are a match made in photographic heaven, and we were extremely fortunate to encounter heavy fog on several occasions during this expedition (with a bit of luck, we will have more fog later this month when we are cursing the Scoresby Sund fjord system on my 2023 expedition). The stillness of the ice, drifting slowly on gentle currents, in combination with the softness of the fog, creates a beautiful sense of tranquillity in this photograph. Balance is critical to both composition and processing in this style of photograph. A heavy-handed approach to post-production can quickly destroy the subtle tonalities, and likewise, overtly aggressive cropping leaves the image with too much tension. Open space creates a sense of place and helps provide a sense of calm.