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The latest January-March 2024 edition of Canon UK’s EOS magazine has just been released and features one of my photographs of a wild grey Wolf from Finland on the front cover, as well as a feature article on my career and life as a Polar photographer and many of my photographs from the Polar regions. This is the first time I have been published in EOS magazine. Winning the cover of any magazine is always an honour and a thrill. As a lifelong Canon shooter, ambassador and advocate, taking the cover shot for EOS magazine is the icing on the cake. I am particularly delighted that they chose one of my wolf photographs from northern Finland – a place that I love returning to as often as I can to photograph these elusive wild animals. EOS Magazine is available both as a digital and/or physical subscription.

After a few days of logistical long-haul travel, it is now time to depart for Antarctica, set sail down the Beagle Channel, out into the notorious Drake Passage, and make our way to the miracle of Antarctica. This will be my last post until I return on the 21st of December. If you are trying to contact me during this time, please be patient, and I will get back to you as soon as I return. We are off to play with the penguins!

The World Photographic Cup (the world’s Olympics of Photography) has just announced its country selections for 2024, and I am very proud to have been included once again in Team Australia. This will be my seventh time representing Australia at the WPC and I am deeply honoured to have been selected again to represent my country in these prestigious awards. To date, I have garnered a Bronze and two Silver medals at the WPC. In 2015, I took out the Bronze medal in the reportage category with a photograph of penguins on the sea ice in Antarctica. Then, in 2021 and 2022, I took out Silver medals in the Nature category for my photographs of the Emperor Penguin family and the Snowy Owl ‘Phantom of the Opera’. For 2024, my photograph of the Pallas cat in reeds will represent Australia. The full Team Australia list below includes the relevant categories.

Commercial: Keren Dobia, Netra Chetty, Sarah Louise Jackson

Sport: Andy Cheung, Bradley Kanaris, Jay Town

Reportage: Kelly Champion, Tebani Slade, Robert Lewy

Nature Wildlife: David Stowe, Joshua Holko, Peter Eastway

Nature Landscape: John Ansell, Paul Hoelen, Mieke Boynton

Illustrative/Digital Art: Douglas Porter, Rebecca Croft, Kris Anderson

Wedding Open: Frank Cecconi, Mauro Cantelmi, Ky Luu

Wedding Documentary: Gaelle Le Berre, Kelly Tunney

Portrait Natural: Janis House, Keren Dobia, Trevor Foon

Portrait Illustrative: Matthew Gianoulis, Nancy Flammea, Forough Yavari

The best of Nation and finalist images in the WPC will be announced live on the 30th of January, 2024. The overall winners will be announced shortly afterwards. Best of Luck to all our Aussie Team Members!

The time has come, the Walrus (err.. Penguin) said, to depart for the white contingent of Antarctica. In just a few minutes, I am piling into the car with my luggage and camera gear and making my way to the airport for flights to South America and the subsequent journey down to Antarctica. This will be my last blog post until I return at the conclusion of the expedition on the 21st of December (post-Antarctic, I will have a few days on Easter Island to scout a potential workshop location). I am excited to be travelling back to Antarctica and guiding a group of passionate photographers to this miraculous continent on this dedicated charter. The eve of an expedition is always an incredibly exciting time and I am both keen and eager to get underway. See you in South America and Antarctica!