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BBC News Features Travel Photographer of the Year Images

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I just wrapped up my 2015 Wild Polar Bears expedition in and around the Svalbard archipelago in the Arctic and was very pleased to learn on my return to Longyearbyen yesterday that BBC News had just featured the best images from the 2014 Travel Photographer of the Year Awards including one of my own from Svalbard.Seal KillI will have a full travel report later in September when I return to Australia on the Wild Polar Bear expedition. In brief: During the ten day expedition we encountered numerous Polar Bears on the pack ice around the archipelago including three individual bears on separate seal kills which resulted in some really incredible images from all participants. We also saw and photographed Walrus, Reindeer, Arctic Fox, numerous sea birds including the rare and angelic Ivory Gull as well as dramatic arctic landscapes. I am really looking forward to editing and processing some of the photographs from this expedition when I return to Australia as well as seeing some of the finished images from all aboard the expedition.

I am now headed to Iceland for my 2015 Highlands Expedition before I return to Svalbard for one more Polar Bear expedition (The Kingdom of the Ice Bear) this year. See you in Iceland.

Photo of the Month August – Super Moon in Iceland – Win a Fine Art Print!

Posted in Iceland, Landscape Photographs, Media, News and Updates, Photographs, Travel Photography16 Comments

I am currently somewhere off the coast of Svalbard leading my Wild Polar Bears expedition so have scheduled in my photograph of the month post to keep the Fine Art Print competition running whilst I am away.

In honour of the upcoming Highlands expedition, the photograph of the month for August 2015 is of a Super Moon rising over the Highlands in Landmannalaugar in Iceland under the Midnight Sun. Photographed last year, during a two week camping expedition with my good friend Antony we were fortunate to experience some truly superb light late one evening just as the super moon was rising above the mountains in the distance. We had hiked up to the summit of one of the taller peaks and spent a couple of hours photographing the wonderful mountains in extraordinary light.Super Moon Rising at Landmannalaugar #2 IcelandDon’t forget! You can win a free 13″ x 19″ Fine Art Print of this photograph including shipping anywhere in the world. All you need do is to be the first to comment on this post on the home page with your thoughts on why you like this photograph or why you would like to own a print of the image and then share the post with your preferred social media outlet.

Please just keep in mind, if you are the lucky winner for August you will just need to exercise a little patience until I get back to my  studio in Australia and can make and send you the print. Good luck!

July Photo of the Month Winner: Peta Horsten and Additional Bonus Winners!

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Congratulations to the seventh print winner ‘Peta Horsten’ for the photograph of the month for July 2015: ‘Polar Bear Pounce’.

What Peta said: Absolutely exquisite image capturing the frivolity of animals in the wild. It is a dream of mine to photograph Polar Bears – would love to have a print of yours on my wall to remind me of that dream!.

There were several other comments that came in within seconds of each other and I have therefore decided to give away two additional prints to the two runners up, Frede Lamo and Hulia Boz. What Frede and Hulia said:

Frede:  I would really would like a fine art print of this photo Joshua. I think this picture has a very special and sad story. I observed and photographed this polar bear a couple of times before it was killed, but they did not turn out this great.

Hulia: Its poetry… it’s magic and it’s taken in a special location with a special animal by a special photographer! why would I not want to win an amazing print!
Svalbard-9056-Edit12015Congratulations Peta, Frede and Hulia, your prints will be sent to you in the next few days. Keep an eye out on my blog for the next print giveaway with the August photograph of the month. Remember the best way to get instant updates is to subscribe via email.

Extraordinary Vision Magazine : Landscape & Nature Photography with Emotion Part 3

Posted in Landscape Photographs, Media, News and Updates, Photographs1 Comment

The latest issue number #30 of Extraordinary Vision magazine features Part Three of a series of Articles I recently penned on creating Landscape Photography with Mystery and Emotion. Part One and Part Two can be downloaded here on my Blog or via iTunes in Issue 28 and Issue 29. Extraordinary Vision is a free magazine (and a fabulous resource) available for mobile devices and can be downloaded from iTunes or Google Store.ExtraodinaryVisionThree