I have been late for the last two months (as I have been on the road) updating my photograph of the month, so I am trying to stay ahead of the curve this month and post early. This photograph was taken on my recent Greenland expedition (a trip report is in the works) from zodiac of a large iceberg off the Greenland coast. This is the first image I have processed from this expedition since I returned. With over 3000 images shot on this expedition alone the process of editing is tedious and laborious. I like to do a quick first pass and grab an image or two that really jumps out at me – in this instance this wonderful iceberg juxtaposed against the dark skies is very evocative for me of what the conditions can be like in the Arctic. These kind of dark and ominous overcast conditions are actually my preferred choice for photographing icebergs. 
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f11 Magazine – Issue# 37 Cover Photograph and Feature Article ‘Devoured by the Desert’
The latest issue, No #37 of f11 Magazine ‘For Photographers and Aficionados’ has just been released and features an article and portfolio of photographs of mine from Namibia in Africa as well as some of the winning photographs from this years Australian Professional Photography Awards.
f11 has quickly become one of the most highly regarded digitally published contemporary photography magazines in the marketplace and I am extremely pleased that this is the second time I have had a portfolio of my photography featured in the magazine. It is also the second time one of my photographs has made the cover. You can read the previous article ‘Dawn till Dusk’ in Issue #4. When it comes to magazines, the cover shot is always the crown jewel and its a great honour to be able to call this issue my own for the second time. You can read f11 online or download a PDF copy free of charge from the f11 website. You can also click on the image below for a PDF extract.
From the f11 Website: f11 is a FREE digital magazine. Presented in a page flip format, the magazine is published eleven times each year. Read by tens of thousands all over the world, f11 is for professional and enthusiast photographers, designers and creative people working with images, as well as buyers and collectors of photography. Each issue is also available for download as a PDF file. Did I mention its FREE?
Blog Update and Email Subscriptions – September 2014
Live-Books who host this blog have recently completed a large update to the back end of the website as part of some scheduled maintenance. If you have been a subscriber to my blog in the past via email you will need to re-subscribe if you wish to continue to receive updates. To re-subscribe all you need do is to enter your email in the Subscription Box on the left and press the ‘Subscribe Me’ button. You will then continue to receive updates automatically in your in-box.
Australian Geographic Magazine Feature Winning APPA Photographs
Australian Geographic magazine is featuring the wining photographs on their website for the Science, Environment and Nature and Travel categories from The Australian Professional Photography Awards earlier this month. From the Australian Geographic Website:
Photographers Nick Rains and Joshua Holko, who are regular Australian Geographic contributors, have been named by Canon to be the best of the best for 2014.
Joshua Holko has been awarded the 2014 AIPP Australian Science Environment; Nature Photographer of the Year
Nick Rains has been awarded the 2014 AIPP Australian Travel Photographer of the Year
Judging for the awards was conducted over three days at the Digital Playground, which was held last weekend at Luna Park, Sydney. Thousands of images were entered and each image was scored out of 100.
“The Canon AIPP APPAs are the forefront of creative photography and, in essence, they reset the boundaries of expression through images,” said Australian Institute of Professional Photographers (AIPP) Executive Officer, Peter Myers. “The competition is stronger than ever and saw more than 2,790 entries in total”.
2014 marks the 38th year of the Australian Professional Photography Awards (APPAs). The Awards are open to all Australian and overseas professional photographers. In addition to an overall winner, entries are also judged in sub-categories covering a range of specialisations.
You can view a gallery of the winning images at the Australian Geographic Website.
Manningham Leader Newspaper Feature September 2014
My local newspaper, the Manningham Leader, ran a small feature this week on my recent win in the Science, Environment and Nature Category at the 2014 Australian Professional Photography Awards.
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