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An Antarctic AV Production To View

An Antarctic AV Production To View

In March this year, I voyaged to Antarctica and South Georgia with Tony Hewitt on Aurora Expeditions’ Greg Mortimer. It was late season and the landscapes and wildlife were amazing. But how do you share this wonder in an entertaining way? I think this is the big challenge for all of us. Sure, we take a few photos and post the best ones on social media, but I’m not sure these do justice to all the work and effort we put in. Now while I’m a strong advocate for preparing a photo book, I’ve been...

A Complimentary Entry To Our Competition?

A Complimentary Entry To Our Competition?

There are three things a photographer needs: ideas, a way to express those ideas and some form of feedback or a mentor. Better Photography magazine does the first two extremely well (so I'm told), but we're not really set up to provide feedback or mentorship. Then I had a thought: why not offer all subscribers a free entry (valued at $20) into the magazine's annual photography competition - because every entry receives a score and a comment from the judges. Perhaps this feedback could help?...

How Many Penguins Do You Need?

How Many Penguins Do You Need?

St Andrews Bay Overview, South GeorgiaFujifilm GFX100S II, GF 500mm f5.6 lens, 1/2000 second @ f5.6, ISO 250 This is St Andrews Bay, South Georgia and the receding glacier behind. The photo was taken from our ship, the Greg Mortimer and we're at least a kilometre away, perhaps two. You can't take the ship too close to the beach because of the shallow seas. Up on the higher reaches are tufts of brown grass breaking through a blanket of fresh snow. Down below, the blacks and whites are an...