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Behind the Lens

Behind the Lens – Working with Water

If you’ve been a long-time reader of The Wandering Lens you will have seen me mention many times how much...
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Behind the Lens – The Olympus Photographers

Photography Inspiration: Behind the Professional Lens You’ve heard me say it before and I’ll say it again to kick off...
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The Print Collection – Behind the Project

How the print collection came to life… A humpback whale appeared just meters away as I sat on the rocky...
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Behind the Lens: Flying a DJI Mavic Air in -21 degrees

Flying a Drone in Cold Weather – Really cold weather. As the pain became unbearable, my hand quickly resembling a...
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Behind the Lens – Flying Over Greenland

A flight I’ll never forget. “As we flew closer to the mainland the drift ice was forming patterns, no doubt...
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Photographing the Dunes of Sossusvlei + The Namib Desert

Photographing Deadvlei with Wilderness Safaris – Namibia Departing in darkness, a slight glow simmered on the horizon, a tiny hint...
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Behind the Lens: Photographing Zabriskie Point, Death Valley

Heat, gale force winds and giggle fits at Zabriskie Point, California. As the car door opened and a gush of...
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Behind the Scenes: Hiking in Kari Gorge, Atacama Desert

Crackling walls of salt crystals and sand dunes… Standing on the edge of the Salt Mountain range, we peered into...
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Behind the Lens – Rhino Notching in South Africa

Conservation Efforts in South Africa – Kapama Private Game Reserve *Please note – The photos within this article may be...
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Behind the Lens: The Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes of Death Valley

Hot, steamy, swelteringly muggy and well, pretty uncomfortable. The heat of Death Valley National Park in California’s west needs to...
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Behind the Lens – Policeman’s Creek, Canmore

A Canadian Rockies photography location you have to see! Where alpine scenery rises above a calm, reflective creek, home to...
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Behind the Lens: Creative Phases + My Current Obsession

Creative Photography + Stories Behind the Lens Throughout my career as a photographer I’ve gone through a number of phases...
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Behind the Lens… The Duck Photo, Queenstown

The sun was shining, snow had fallen on the peaks overnight and the lake was clear and still. Driving to...
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How Lonely Planet Changed My Life Ten Years Ago

My Path to Becoming a Travel Photographer I had always been obsessed with travel but ten years ago something happened...
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Interview: Wildlife Photography with Alison Langevad

Every now and then I see the work of a photographer and am blown away. That happened when I saw...
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Behind the Lens: Lake Blausee, Switzerland

When I started my photography project ‘The World from The Water’ two years ago, Blausee was on my list of...
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The Day Iceland Took My Breath Away

Of all the places to see in Iceland, it was the ones I hadn’t planned on visiting that blew my...
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Watching the Sky Dance – Photographing the Aurora Borealis

Photographing Aurora in Swedish Lapland Snow covered forests, dark and chilly days with little sunlight appeared to be the perfect...
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Behind the Lens: The White Horse Photo, New Zealand

It was one of those days… The previous night I had been out photographing the Aurora Australis in Lake Wanaka and...
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