I love photographs that you don’t understand immediately. Ice? Scree? Rock? Where are we? St Johnsfjorden / Prins Karls Forland in Svalbard. So what? Deception Island in Antarctica looks a dull grey but is ice govered in dust. This is…
I was thinking the other day about what my favourite place *to* be would be, as compared to places that I *have* been. The two are obviously conflated, but though I have seem many magical things with wildlife, most often…
Two Arctic hares on the rocky hillside overlooking Blomsterbukten, eastern Greenland. This shot is important to me because of what happened before, and illustrates why wildlife photographers need to understand nature perhaps more than they need to understand photography. Arriving…
A lone iceberg floats in the calm of a Norwegian Fiord. This image was taken during our Arctic Expedition on the MS Expedition in 2010. We spent a glorious 10 nights exploring the fiords and seas of Svalbard, Spitsbergen and…
Some of the most incredible sunsets we have seen have been in the Arctic. On a clear night, when looking out across the dark, calm seas you can see the curvature of the earth on the horizon whilst mother nature…
This week on Taraji Blue we’re recalling and celebrating our favourite sunrises and sunsets. It was taken in the Maasai Mara a few years back on a return trip we’d longed to take. It captures the rising sun through the silhouette of…
This post kick starts a week of sunsets and sunrises here on Taraji Blue. This is the Drake Passage – one of the most feared sections of water in the world. It’s renown for its rough waters and difficult crossings,…
Whilst visiting the Arctic in 2010 we were incredibly lucky to see this Blue Whale off the bow of the ship. It is a rare sighting – confirmed as such by the excited squeals and announcements by our crew on…
This is, without a doubt, the world’s most comfiest mountainside. It’s in Greenland and this shot was taken as I lay on the bed of red heather with the sun beating down on me, a gentle breeze ruffling my hair…
Greenland is immense in every way possible. The oceans, the fiords, the geology, the skies, the icebergs, the mountains – everything fills your vision and stretches on endlessly. Huge bergs are dwarfed by jagged mountain tops, large seabirds are daunted…