One of my favourite Polar animals to photograph are Arctic Fox. They are incredible animals, with an amazing ability to adapt and survive. This photograph of a large male Arctic Fox was shot early this year in March in the extreme northeast of Iceland. It was taken from a snow blind where I spent the better part of a week sitting in a snow hole photographing these animals going about their daily lives. This male was keenly focused on a Gull that was hanging around the snow blind. It was photographed with the Canon EOS 1DX and Canon 600mm F4L IS MKII ISO400 wide open at F4.
InFocus Australasia Magazine 25 Tips from Pro Photographers
The latest issue of InFocus Magazine was released late last month whilst I was in Antarctica, South Georgia Island and Patagonia and includes 25 Tips from some of Australia’s top professional photographers including one of my own tips for photography in inclement weather. InFocus is a free magazine available through the iTunes store for iPads. Thats code for it costs you nothing to subscribe and enjoy. Enjoy. 
Exhibition News from Fellow Photographers
In such a highly competitive world it has become somewhat of a rarity for photographers to promote the work of other photographers but I want to row against the tide for a moment and dedicate this post to three upcoming exhibitions from three individually talented photographers with whom I have been fortunate to travel with over the last few years. Martyn Lucas, Sam Krisch and Louisa Michelin are having individual photographic exhibitions over the coming weeks across the USA that will be well worth attending for those you who may be living nearby or in the relevant area.
Martyn Lucas’s Exhibition Ends of the Earth will run from the 10th of January until the 29th of March 2015 at the Bascom Centre for the Visual Arts. Sam Krisch’s Exhibition Elements will open on Friday the 5th of December 2014 at the Centre for the Visual Arts in Virginia. Louisa Michelin’s exhibition will open on Thursday the 18th of December 2014 at Sotheby’s International Realty in Poletto. If you live nearby I would encourage you to attend and enjoy the fruits of their artistic endeavours.
Capture Magazine the Annual 2014 Features Epic Sense of Scale
I am fortunate to be enjoying a few days down time in Ushuaia at the bottom of South America at the moment before I head back down to Antarctica for one more expedition before Christmas. I have been catching up on a plethora of email and web correspondence as well as enjoying some good coffee at my favourite South American cafe: ‘Ramos’ (and letting my legs recover after a weeks hiking in Patagonia – more to come on Patagonia at a later date). If you ever find yourself in Ushuaia be sure to stop in at Ramos – the rustic charm is as as inviting as the coffee aroma.
Whilst I was in Patagonia the annual edition Capture magazine was released and I was pleased to subsequently find one of my photographs ‘An Epic Sense of Scale‘ was featured. This is the third year in a row I have been fortunate to have some of my photography featured in the annual and it is always a pleasant surprise to flick through a magazine and see your work in print.
Curated Canon 2014 APPA Exhibition News
For those of you in Melbourne Australia in November and December this year, Eleven 40 photographic Gallery in Malvern is presenting a curated exhibition of prints from the 2014 APPA Awards that opened on the 25th of November this year. The exhibition will run until the 19th of December.
This exhibition brings together a selection of the high scoring images from this year’s Canon AIPP APPA awards. Held at the Digital Playground in September, The Canon AIPP Australian Professional Photography Awards bring competing photographers world wide together who are interested in, not only presenting their images for competition, but also advancing their professional development.
This exhibition brings together a collection of these images considered the best by the judges across all categories – ranging from commercial, advertising and weddings, through to travel, portraiture and the creative category.
Eleven 40 Gallery is proud to have partnered with Canon AIPP APPA to highlight the works of these esteemed photographers. 
My winning photographs from the Science, Nature and Environment Category will be on display as a part of the exhibition.
Dates: Exhibition open from Tuesday 25th November until Friday 19th December 2014
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday 10am – 5pm
Location: Eleven 40 Gallery, 1140 Malvern Rd, Malvern, VIC
Entry is Free.
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