King Penguins at Sunset, Falkland Islands. Photo by Scott Portelli. The Falkland Islands are usually the first or the last stop on the South Georgia / Antarctica circuit. Stays are usually only two or three days at best, yet there is so much to see and photograph that I've always felt a little short changed, especially if you're an avid wildlife photographer.  With this in mind, Scott has invited me to lead a small group of five photographers on a two week exploration of the Falklands and its...

Gypsy Family, Estremadura, Spain, 1965 by Irving Penn, from his bookPassage. They say that photography is a solitary affair and it certainly can be. Sure, there are clubs and organisations you can join for social contact, but when it comes to the actual process of taking a photograph, we're generally wrapped up in ourselves, possibly with our subject if we're shooting portraiture. So, how did the great photographers think? What was in their minds as they captured their masterpieces? How did...