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National Geographic Magazine Feature ‘Re-Cut’ of Ghosts of the Arctic

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National Geographic magazine are featuring a re-cut of Ghosts of the Arctic on their social media platforms at the moment. On the humorous side they felt the need to subtitle it… I guess my Australian / Icelandic / Norwegian accent was a bit much for some – LOL. The re-cut is only available to view on Facebook at present HERE.

“High in the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard, photographer Joshua Holko is on a mission to document polar bears in the wild”

In other news, things have been a bit quiet on my blog of late. Mostly, I have been taking the opportunity whilst at home in Australia to catch up on some maintenance around the house and have some actual real down time.

I will be heading up to the Arctic in a little under two weeks for the winter season and there is still much to do before I leave. I hope to finish testing and publish my review of BenQ’s excellent new SW271 4K Photographic monitor as well as finalise details of some new future expeditions. More to come…

Presenting at Lenscape 2018 in Queensland Australia

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Later this year I will be presenting at the 2018 Australian Institute of Professional Photography (AIPP) Lenscape Conference (formally known as ‘The Event’) at Sea World Resort on the Gold Coast in Queensland. The two day conference runs from Saturday the 5th of May until Sunday the 6th of May.

I will be presenting with Giclee Media on my Fine Art printing and work with M1, M2 and M3 printing profiles as well as how to get the very best black and white points with matt art media using tonal curve and levels adjustments. It will be an advanced presentation for those already intimately familiar with inkjet printing.

From the Lenscape Website: With over 40 sessions including specialist speakers presenting on thought-provoking and inspiring content. Two full days where you can sit back and soak up seminars or jump right in with hands-on workshops. Our annual conference is the time for you to come together, with your community, your colleagues and your friends. Expand your knowledge, open your mind to new ideas, learn new tricks, it’s your chance to hit all your personal and professional development in one go, do it once, do it right. 

Together with our trade partners, we’ve got some intimate interactive experiences in store for you. For the adventurous; how do you feel about getting up and close with sharks? Or all action with some water sports stunts? Maybe even getting your togs on and finding yourself underwater with your camera. Or maybe a swim with dolphins. Head on a photo excursion with a hands-on-all-the-latest-gear. For our early birds; we’ve planned morning yoga sessions daily. (Edit – Yoga sessions at a photography conference? I must be getting old….).

  • Official platform launch – the AIPP Mentoring Marketplace
  • All inclusive daily food and beverages
  • Pro Trade Show, with 26 exhibitors
  • Trade treasure map with amazing prizes
  • Charity print auction – Project Street 7.30

and so much more, you’ll need to hit the website for more info – www.lenscape.com.au

PIK Wizard – Fourteen of the World’s Top Photographers

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PIK Wizard has posted a collection of fourteen of their favourite Nature Photographs. Included amongst the photographs is my own image of the back-lit Polar Bear from my winter expedition to Svalbard a couple of years ago. Its a great collection with some lovely photography – From their website:

Nature is inspiring. Plain and simple. There’s nothing better to instil a sense of the greater good, than seeing a breath-taking landscape.

This can happen in many ways, whether it’s a simple walk in the park or trekking halfway up a mountain, there is plenty of opportunities that produce awe inspiring moments. Sometimes when you’re not even looking for them and least expect it.

Perhaps it’s a red summer sky, or a crisp frosty morning in winter. Scraping the ice off your car isn’t so bad when it’s the first snow fall of the year and the snow is still fresh.

We wanted to create a post that allows our readers to sit back and truly be wowed by the power of nature, as capture in an image. We decided the best way to do this would be to contact some of the world’s top photographers and ask them to share their favourite nature images. Boy did they deliver.

In this post you’ll find some of the most awe inspiring images that truly capture natures beauty. Some of which took hours, even days of sitting and waiting to capture, others were taken when the perfect opportunity just happened to arise and the photographer scrambled to get their camera’s out in time to frame it, but they did.

Canon Australia Feature Best Pro Photographs of 2017

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Canon Australia has recently published a series of images ‘Best Pro Photographs of 2017’ on their website HERE. I was pleased to be invited to participate again this year and included one of my favourite images from winter in Svalbard. This photograph also won a Silver with Distinction at the 2017 AIPP APPA Awards.

Its a great collection of images Canon have put together across a very diverse range of genres. In particular Peter Sharp’s capture of a Black-Bird (I am not sure the species) is extraordinary and was my favourite pick from the collection.

Future Film Projects after Ghosts of the Arctic

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The feedback I have received over the last few months since the release of Ghosts of the Arctic has been nothing short of amazing. Thank you very much to all of you who took the time to write to me with your thoughts on the short film. To date it has been screened or is scheduled to be screened at multiple film festivals across the globe, has been featured on multiple news sites including National Geographic, Daily Mail, Peta-Pixel and many, many more (I was even interviewed by the Today show on Channel 9 about the experience of making the film) and has been seen on both You Tube and Vimeo millions of times. One of the common and recurring questions I have received since the release of Ghosts was would I do any future films and if so what? Well…The answer is ‘maybe‘. The truth is these short films are extremely time consuming and very expensive to produce. Ghosts of the Arctic was more than two years in the planning and when I look back at all of the work and effort (and cost) that went into the planning and production from all who helped its difficult to quickly make the mental leap into the next project. I do have several future projects in mind, but it is honestly a matter of getting time, man power, love and money to all align in perfect harmony (not an easy thing!). I also want to push more into documenting the radical climate change we are experiencing in the polar regions through both the Arctic Arts Project and Penguin World vehicles in which I am involved. Any future film project will likely be focused in this area and most likely involve the full team involved in each project. At the moment though my focus is on finishing my new hardcover fine-art book on Antarctica, which I hope will be published late in 2018 (more details to come).