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PHOTOGRAPHERS FOR A BETTER WORLD
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Editor’s welcome Excio Journal Volume II Issue 1
Storytelling through India and the Himalayas Cover Photo Damon Marshall
Our home - a shared new world Publisher Excio Photo Community
The best of Art of Birding 2021 Website www.excio.io
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Editor’s welcome Welcome to our first issue of 2022! One of the most exciting things that has happened within the Excio community since our last issue is the launch of our new Image Library and the concept of rewarding photographers through PhotoTokens. The latter is a completely new concept that we, our participating member-photographers together with our team, brought to life. We did this to create a new, better, way of rewarding photographers fairly for selling their work. The Library is growing daily and we have more than 25,000 images there already - have a look!
Ana Lyubich Co-founder, CEO of Excio
One of the important aspects of our community is supporting good causes through the photography work that we do and from every 1,000 reads of our Community Blog we make a $100 donation to a selected charity. Last time it was Parkinson New Zealand and we couldn’t be more proud to support them helping Kiwis. This time we’re supporting Harmony & Hope Rescue, a pet rescue charity, with a $50 donation, all thanks to an Excio competition that we recently ran. The competition is how we decided the cover of this Journal edition, with our winning photographer Damon Marshall also receiving $50 for his shot. Some of you may know that last year my family adopted two pups. One of them came from Harmony & Hope. It was a brave and at the same time crazy decision for me as I was raised thinking that I had an allergy to dogs. I decided to try, starting with fostering, and it ended up being a foster fail! Our lives were changed forever and now I can’t imagine life without these two fun-loving, adorable creatures. This is a good reminder that sometimes you just need to take a brave step forward, or indeed a leap of faith, gain some confidence, and it may become the best thing to happen in your life. The same goes for photography - don’t be afraid to try, to get out there, to experiment, and most importantly, to share. Join our members-only Facebook group if you haven’t yet to help grow your confidence! There is a lot happening in the world right now that most of us find hard to comprehend. In this issue, we talk to Giulio D’Ercole about his project and exhibition to show our shared new world. Since Covid came along, people across the globe have had to adapt to many new things that have now become part of our daily lives (for better or for worse!). Read about his project and consider submitting your work to be displayed in a global travelling exhibition, using your photography skills to share a period in time that affected every one of us. We also travel to India and the Himalayas in this issue with Amol who shares his love of travel and adventure with us and we’ve got the best selection of work from the 2021 Art of Birding challenges on show. Be sure to check it out and see whether your photo was featured if you’re an AOB contributor. Enjoy! Ana
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Storytelling through India and the Himalayas with Amol Nakve
WHAT INSPIRES YOU TO TAKE PHOTOGRAPHS, AND WHY TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHY IN PARTICULAR? Photography gives me a unique opportunity to view things in myriad dimensions. The way photographs have been clicked gives us multiple ways of understanding the different shades of life. I obsess over perspectives through observation which inspires me to click. The highest form that art can take is when you have created a magnum opus. Every photographer is on this journey to reach excellence. I am on this journey
too and dream of clicking photographs that have never been done before. The learning phase and desire will never cease. Travel sometimes leaves you speechless and then leads you to something that has withstood the test of time - storytelling. It is equally important to gather and capture those stories. Call it an enabler if you will – that is photography’s relationship with storytelling, and with permanency. They will never be lost even in the sands of time.
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My career is in human resource management and my job gives me an opportunity to travel to various parts of India. I like to meet and interact with people from diverse backgrounds – social, financial, and education levels - capture their lives, albeit a small part, and have my experiences permanently etched through clicks. Moreover, travel and photography have a symbiotic relationship with travel photography going beyond the boundaries of space and time. The exposure one gets in cultural, linguistic, and religious aspects, and most importantly how humans are in their natural habitat AND not-so-natural habitat, is comparable to best-inclass education from the Ivy Leagues, even beyond, I’d say.
WHAT’S YOUR BACKGROUND IN PHOTOGRAPHY? It was there in my mind for a very long time but I immersed myself into it in 2012 when I bought my first camera. It was a point-and-shoot one. As I already mentioned, my job gave me an opportunity to travel to various parts of India so I grabbed it and took to photography, alongside. In 2016, I bought my first DSLR camera through my savings, and thereafter, the frequency of my visits increased (I made sure) and so did the number of clicks. Every moment I see light, I see HOPE and feel the need to script a story with that light. To enhance my technical skills, recently, I completed a diploma in photography from a leading online course provider.
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But for me, it’s very important to learn what the mind’s eye shows and this is something that cannot be learned in books or tutorials. You have to be moving around all the time with your trusted confidante – the camera. If you miss the moment, the camera “nudges” you. It is a sacred relationship a photographer develops with his tool. HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THE WORK YOU DO? My images have a direct message and sometimes, a tacit one as well. For example, the Himalayas tells the story of strength and massiveness, but in the process has it become arrogant and accessible only to a few? Bazaars/marketplaces are about livelihoods and joy but they may also be about a buyer’s despair if the price tag is out of bounds. Somewhere they merge. I feel whenever someone views images clicked by me they should understand the depth of what my camera is trying to say. At best, I am the medium.
I’m happy to say that my work is creating a distinguishable pattern of my travel experiences and leaving an impression on viewers. I often spend time with my earlier photographs trying to see if I could have done it differently. Yet another story may have emerged - perhaps. WHAT DO YOU LOVE PHOTOGRAPHING THE MOST WHEN YOU’RE ABROAD? I like clicking images of mountains (landscape), streets, and portraits. I have a large database of Himalayan landscapes and bustling Indian streets. And this is going to increase rather disproportionately – if I may say so – as will the frequency of my travels to offbeat locations. Every click tells a story, and oftentimes with great depth. How to make a positive impact with the camera/ images, is something that always plays on my mind.
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EXCIO JOURNAL | VOLUME II - ISSUE 1 | MARCH 2022 WHAT IS THE MOST CURIOUS STORY BEHIND ONE OF YOUR PHOTOGRAPHS? Once, I went to the Valley of flowers in the Himalayas and had such a lovely experience travelling and making friends. Traveling there touched me a lot. Every time I look forward to making friends as another outcome apart from photos, always curious to capture the stories of those friends in photographs. For instance, I once met a tea stall owner in the Himalayas, he was with his 7-month-old kid and his dream was to make his son an F1 racer. Encounters like that stay with me. WHAT TIPS DO YOU HAVE FOR APPROACHING PEOPLE TO TAKE A PHOTO WHEN ABROAD? Get acquainted with the culture and people of
the environment you are in. This will help you understand why you are shooting the images. The backdrop has a story of its own. Do you want that included or excluded? For what reason? When you approach people for photographs, the originality disappears. A lack of originality or pretentiousness is a death-knell for that frame and photographers should be conscious of this. Suggest that people remain as they are and although this isn’t easily accomplished, remain patient till the best image is clicked. That may require several attempts. WHAT ARE THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES YOU’VE FACED IN GETTING THE PHOTO YOU WANT? The biggest challenge I face is the timing of photographing elements and limited time to explore
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the frame before clicking. Sometimes we have to move along with the tide and leave the shore. To reiterate – luck plays a very important role in photography as in most things in life and we have to remain deferential to it.
I had not (and still have not) witnessed such a mesmerizing image of an evening in all the years gone by. The golden rays illuminated by the setting sun make the entire street reflect heavenly colors. That experience is etched into my mind.
WHAT’S YOUR ULTIMATE DREAM PHOTO TO CAPTURE?
WHAT ELSE SHOULD WE KNOW ABOUT YOU AND YOUR PHOTOGRAPHY?
Tough one, I would like to capture landscape images that include sea, mountain, sky/clouds, sun/moon, and humans in a single frame. With all elements mentioned in one super-impactful frame – wow that’s a dream!
All of my work is available for non-commercial purposes, copyrights have been revoked (no infringement/plagiarism) whenever and wherever used for community/society benefits. I am passionate about clicking more photographs and continue contributing.
TELL US ABOUT ONE OF YOUR FAVOURITE PHOTOS... This photograph was taken during one of my trips to Shimla, Himachal Pradesh in India during the golden hour. I waited for this light for a long time. Despite my numerous visits to this Himalayan destination,
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Our home - a shared new world A collective photography installation on the paradigm changing pandemic
PHOTO BY GIULIO D’ERCOLE Concept by Giulio D’Ercole in collaboration with Marco Bena and Frames Magazine. People, cities, social behavior, and landscapes: since Covid19 entered the lives of billions of citizens all over the world, nothing has been able to describe and represent the devastating impact on communities and individuals, like photography has done.
The creative, poetic, and documentarian work of photographers from all around the world has produced a terrific testimony of these unprecedented times. Based on that, Giulio D’Ercole, an Italian photographer with significant international experience, has visualized and conceived “Our Home - A Shared New World”, a fully immersive multimedia exhibition where the expressive work of those photographers can be showcased.
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youtu.be/d-ROiK1mmiM The space for the exhibition is designed as an allegoric apartment, a metaphor of anybody’s home, as the photos here clearly show. The photographers’ selected images, organized in several well-planned intertwined storylines, will be projected on the four walls of this apartment which we hope will be hosted internationally in the most prestigious museum, galleries, etc... The photos, slowly dissolving into one another, in a thirty-minute loop, will visually represent the deep impact that the Coronavirus pandemic has had on
our private and social life, showing the similarities of the situations experienced, as told by each artist’s sensitivity. We will enter this room from a foyer where there will be printed photos of the world before the pandemic, plus general info on our history, economics, etc... and we will exit the central hall, passing through another totally bare white room, which symbolizes the new world we are called to build with images of a better future.
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PHOTO BY JOHN SEVIGNY
PHOTO BY CHAN CHUN MING
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PHOTO BY MICHAEL FRANK
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PHOTO BY DANILO DE ROSA
PHOTO BY ANNE WELSH
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“Finding myself”
PHOTO BY GIULIO D’ERCOLE
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PHOTO BY AMY HELMICK
The purpose of this ground-breaking exhibition is to raise awareness of the following: The Pandemic shook the entire world in an unprecedented way, hitting everybody with health, psychological, social, and economic consequences. It dramatically changed our habits and our view on life. It mercilessly revealed the vulnerability of our system, more than any war has ever done. Facing all that, Nations instead of acting as a global community decided to apply their own rules, trying to solve a world problem through individual nations’ policies. In order to win the pandemic, human beings need to find a new sense of community, and a new identity that despite borders and cultures can unite us as members of one family, even in diversity. Inspired by the exhibition “Family of Man” held at MoMa in NY in 1955, and by the fully immersive digital exhibition on Vincent Van Gogh, Giulio D’Ercole (Art Director of the whole project) and his partners have generated and promoted the creative cooperation of photographers from the five continents (and which we will take to all five continents) aiming to inspire this sense of unity in a communal home. “Our Home - A Shared New World” wants to be the first founding brick of a new digital archive, where the photographers’ collected images will tell the complex chronicle of the historic event we are still experiencing. PHOTO BY LENA MAIA
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PHOTO BY EWELINA LABUDA
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PHOTO BY BRUNO FLOUR
PHOTO BY WOJCIECH KARLINSKI
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PHOTO BY MIKE LEE The date, as well as the venues for the exhibition, is up to the success of the fundraising campaign, which depends on the level and efforts of our partners to give visibility and “reputation” to the project, including with it the number and the quality of photographers sending their work to the call for submissions. Having said that, the possible date we are looking at, in the most optimistic scenario, is the beginning of Spring 2023. Talking about “Our Home” project, its Art Director says: “I am well aware of our extremely ambitious plan, but the concept, the importance, and the strength of this project deserve and needs such ambition.”
You can support the project by: a. Sending your photography work to the call for submissions at this link (deadline 30th April): cognitoforms.com/FramesMagazine1/ framesandcovid19 b. Becoming part of our FB page and sharing our vision with your circle: facebook.com/groups/asnw. photos c. Submit your work to the Excio-related photo challenge at https://community.excio.io/challenge
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The best of Art of Birding 2021 by Judi Lapsley Miller
I created the weekly “Art of Birding Wildlife & Nature Photography Challenge” at the end of 2017 because I couldn’t find anything out there that combined a weekly challenge with wildlife photography. I wanted something to push my photography further whilst at the same time being able to tell compelling wildlife advocacy stories. Rather than keep it to myself, I decided to put it out there for everyone and anyone to join. Over the last four years, thousands have participated from all around the world covering a vast range of ages, abilities, and gear. As you might remember, Excio came on board to partner with me in 2020 so as to help increase exposure and give
further opportunities to participants and we’re still going strong today. 2021 was a fantastic year for photography, both despite and because of such difficult times. The restrictions we all faced due to another year of COVID-19 forced us to up our creativity, and for many, the challenges became a lifeline, giving focus and distraction. Here are some of our favourites from last year, selected by myself along with guest bloggers and challenge moderators.
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PHOTO BY JUDY STOKES
Judy Stokes (New Zealand) started off 2021 with the “Happy Place” challenge and sent in this beautiful photo from Muriwai. “My happy place is behind a camera - especially next to the ocean and especially using Intentional Camera
Movement to create my images.” Judy calls this ethereal photo of terns in flight “The Essence of Flight.” I love how it captures both a mood and a sense of place, in a very abstract form.
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PHOTO BY LORALEE HYDE For the “picture postcard” challenge, I was looking for clear, clean iconic photos with good contrast of the subject from the background – all important factors when printing an image in a small format. Loralee Hyde (New Zealand) went on a pelagic trip and captured this stunning toroa/Southern Royal Albatross, perfectly banking. “Seeing five species of albatross and mollymawks on my trip out from the coast with Albatross Encounter Kaikoura was one of the top wildlife experiences I’ve ever had. Four
Southern Royal Albatross (toroa) stole the show as they swooped in to land near the boat (with a wingspan of over three metres, they weren’t quite as graceful when trying to take off from the water!). This picture-postcard image shows the power of a Southern Royal’s formidable wings as the bird soars in flight. Such mastery in the air enables them to glide over oceans without flapping their wings. A sheer joy to watch and admire.”
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PHOTO BY MARION SKELTON One of my favourite challenges is “Mobile phone magic.” There are so many fun apps that allow us to experiment and create art from photographs easily. There’s something about using a phone that frees us to do things to photos we’d otherwise never
consider. Art of Birding moderator Marion Skelton (New Zealand) gave a romantic feel to this hydrangea using the Distressed FX app. Marion considers it one of her best photos of 2021.
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PHOTO BY JUDY JACKSON Judy Jackson (Canada) posted this incredible landscape of Alberta’s largest manufactured Lake for the “Manmade” challenge, where the idea was to show how a manmade object was working in harmony with or against nature. Judy explains how the lake was created in 1972 due to the construction of a hydro plant. “It is a reservoir on the North
Saskatchewan River. The glacial rock flour particles in the water make the water a turquoise colour in the summer. In the winter, the frozen methane bubbles caused by decaying organic matter draw photographers from all over the province and often other countries.”
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PHOTO BY HELEN CARPENTER Many of the challenges have an artistic bent. Here the challenge was to create a monochromatic image. Helen Carpenter (Australia) combined it with the “silhouette” challenge to take a magical photo of her dog playing in the dust at sunset.
When taking the photo, her farm was suffering a prolonged drought that was causing many difficulties. She was able to see the beauty in adversity still and said: “I love the orange tones and the mood that the dust and colour produce.”
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PHOTO BY LOUISE THOMAS For the “Feather or fur” challenge, the aim was to accentuate those textures. Louise Thomas (New Zealand) couldn’t resist going all out and
photographing this glorious peacock. She mindfully composed her image to give a feeling of feathery motion and to frame the peacock with his tail.
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For the “mood” challenge, photo-artist Noelle Bennet (New Zealand) shared her composited image of a kākāriki displaying his infectious joyful exuberance and love of life. Noelle fittingly titled this image “Joie de vivre.”
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PHOTO BY NOELLE BENNET
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PHOTO BY JAN ABERNETHY Many of the challenges encourage people to notice and appreciate what they have locally, all the more important now that we can no longer easily travel. This specific challenge encouraged people to take photos of a local landscape or wildlife destination.
Lavender farmer, Jan Abernethy (New Zealand), captured a summer view from outside her window. The view is already magical, but the rainbow puts it over the top!
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PHOTO BY CARMEN THERRIAULT
A related challenge was “Close to home.” Although many of us long for far-flung travels and adventures, the best stories and photos are local. Places we can repeatedly go to and explore through different seasons and get to learn intimately. Group moderator Carmen Therriault (Canada) says “I honestly can never go wrong staying close to home. We have reasonably dark skies and a
lake for reflections so there are unlimited photo opportunities, especially when the aurora comes out! We were dazzled with a spectacular display in early November across much of Canada if you could find clear skies. This image was made five minutes from my home. The aurora was so high that I often couldn’t fit both the lights and the reflection in the frame.”
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PHOTO BY KAREN MILLER Using photographs for advocacy is dear to my heart. We might not be enamoured with weeds, but taking a stunning photo can help describe the issues around a noxious pest plant – the photo grabs attention allowing the story to be told. Karen Miller (New Zealand) leaped to the challenge with this iconic South Island scene of Lake Pukaki surrounded by a blaze of exotic lupins. Just gorgeous, you might think! “We all love the Russell Lupins, but they are an unwelcome, noxious weed. Why are they so bad? Well, they are very detrimental to the habitat of some of our endangered birds, the black stilts, dotterels, and wrybills. The lupins easily spread in these birds’ breeding grounds, the braided rivers of the South Island. Would you rather have these birds or pretty flowers to enjoy? The lupins form dense self-replacing stands that stabilize the shingle islands, causing sand and gravel to build up. This
deepens the river channels, alters the river’s shape, and can contribute to flooding and erosion. The plants grow quickly and produce seeds that are hardy and long-lived. The seeds are easily spread by water along the rivers and lakes. Once established, the plants cover the previously clear gravel river beds and provide cover for predators like wild cats and stoats. This can deter birds from nesting and put those that do nest at risk. The dense stands of lupins also smother existing plant ecosystems and prevent native plants from establishing. Lupins are also full of nitrogen which feeds into the ground and changes the soil quality. This results in other weeds growing in the same space. Some say a weed is just a plant growing in the wrong place. In this case, on the edges of the lakes that feed our braided rivers, is the wrong place.”
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PHOTO BY TINA MCCRAE
The ”Blue Hour” challenge got participants to think more about capturing an image in low light after the sun has dipped below the horizon, but while there is still light. It usually requires a tripod or other support and longer exposures. The effort is worth it to capture the gorgeous colours as the day fades
away though. Tina McCrae (New Zealand) caught the very end of blue hour when the sky was dark enough to show the Southern Cross, but still light enough to show some colour at the horizon and the mist above Mercury Bay.
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PHOTO BY PAULA VIGUS At the end of the year, participants were challenged to prepare a photo essay bringing together newfound interests and skills. Paula Vigus (New Zealand) is an avid fungi photographer. “It will come as no surprise that my photo essay will revolve around the world of fungi. Whilst most species thrive in the autumn to winter, there are also some that pop up in spring/summer. One of those is the
Cyttaria gunnii which fruits in November here, but into early summer down south. It grows parasitically on Nothofagus trees, Myrtle Beech only.” Working to a theme is one of the simplest and most effective ways to improve photography skills, which is why in 2022, the Art of Birding challenges also bring in a monthly project.
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If you’re now feeling inspired, it’s not too late to join the 2022 challenge – jump on in, no need to play catch-up unless you want to, plus it’s free to take part!
The Art of Birding Wildlife & Nature Photography Challenge is the brainchild of photo-artist and
The challenges will push your wildlife and nature photography even further but we’re also focusing on developing a personal style and exploring ways to bring your digital images into the real world where they can do some good. From puffins and polar bears to tūī and tuatara, be inspired and supported by photographers from all around the world. Join us now at artbyjlm.com/joinaob
wildlife conservationist Judi Lapsley Miller, Wellington, New Zealand. Judi’s challenges encourage photographers to unshackle themselves from rigid photographic norms and let their creativity flourish, all the while advocating for the wildlife and wild spaces they love.
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Excio top 10 Photographs and stories from our members as exhibited on our Excio apps. Selected from more than 25,000 photographs currently on display.
The Saint Bernard Dog is a very loyal, loving companion. View this photo at excio.io
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PHOTO BY TRACEY WALKER excio.gallery/tracey
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A young sea lion advancing on me at Allans Beach, Otago Peninsula. She was probably only being playful, but since these are big, muscular animals with large, dirty teeth, I beat a hasty retreat! View this photo at excio.io
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PHOTO BY KELVIN WRIGHT excio.gallery/kelvin
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A close-up photo of a red rose, showing the textures and depth of the petals. View this photo at excio.io
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PHOTO BY KAREN MILLER excio.gallery/kizwiz2019
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Takahe photographed at Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari. View this photo at excio.io
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PHOTO BY LORRAINE NEILL excio.gallery/lorraine
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This cluster of Hypholoma brunneum mushrooms was found on a log in the Brook Waimārama Sanctuary in Nelson, New Zealand. This is a stacked image composed of 35 images. View this photo at excio.io
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PHOTO BY BRIGITTE KREIGENHOFER excio.gallery/brigitte
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A slightly old and in need of repair flag on a boatshed in Titahi Bay, New Zealand. View this photo at excio.io
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PHOTO BY DAVE VERCOE excio.gallery/estoculus
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Ever felt like you have hit a brick wall? I know I have recently, but just like these waves, I have crashed through the stopping blocks and continued on an amazing journey of self-discovery. View this photo at excio.io
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PHOTO BY PAUL FOXALL excio.gallery/paulfoxall
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Solace in the wind, by Max Patte, first installed on Wellington Harbour in 2008. View this photo at excio.io
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PHOTO BY ANN KILPATRICK excio.gallery/ann
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Flopsy exploring the long grass.
PHOTO BY KAREN MCCLAY excio.gallery/karen_mcclay
View this photo at excio.io
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Nikau palm trunk, Punakaiki Pancake Rocks, south of Westport, West Coast, New Zealand, January 2022. View this photo at excio.io
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PHOTO BY PETER LAURENSON excio.gallery/occasionalclimber
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Challenge yourself to take your photography to the next level! Jam-packed with fun and learning, my private and group workshops will teach you the best settings for different lighting, easy ways to improve your composition, and how neutral density filters will enhance the images you capture. You’ll also discover easy Lightroom and Photoshop techniques to turn your RAW files into stunning landscape images.
Charlotte is a photography educator, full-time professional photographer and Photoshop expert who practices #photographyforgood by helping photographers gain skills and confidence through workshops, tuition, and mentoring.
If you are more experienced and just want to shoot in the company of other photographers…. «Picture This Photography Weekends» is for you. If you want to go to some of NZ’s most epic locations… «Picture This Photography Weekends» is for you. If you want 2 tutors who are industry savvy and actually work within it on a full time basis, whose work speaks for itself and you don’t mind a bit of banter…. «Picture This Photography Weekends» is for you. Join Neil Protheroe and Rina SjardinThompson for a weekend away.
I’m a full-time NZ landscape photographer, Sony NZ advocate, and Kase Filter ambassador, hosting landscape photography workshops in amazing locations throughout New Zealand. I also regularly run interactive online learning sessions, and it’s my great passion to help photographers pursue their passion and embrace their potential.
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Her day job requires her to capture a wide range of subjects and styles from covering corporate events all the way through to scientific macro but Charlie’s passion is portraiture and she has developed her own fine-art style, working with local models, makeup artists, and stylists. Charlotte is an Ambassador for Lensbaby, was part of the 2021 Tonic Workshops for NZIPP, and is a mentor on behalf of PSNZ.
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Soulful Memories’ specialty is portraiture, the ability to capture special moments and personality of the client through photographs. The importance of the comfort a client needs is very crucial to me and the joy I feel creating Soulful Memories is priceless.
I live in Te Anau and I run a Kitchen Joinery Business. I do photography on the side, mainly landscapes, and also run the local camera club along with beginner photography courses with the aim of getting people to learn to use their camera NOT in Auto…
A photographer and a botanical horticulturist with 20 years experience, Dave Davies established Ethno Flora to deliver the highest standards in all your garden.
Photography helps me slow down, pay attention and observe life more closely, to see the beauty and story in simple things others pass by or take for granted. The innocent smile of a lovely baby, intertwined hands of a pair, the togetherness of families – each tell a story.
I teach them a few tricks about settings in different scenes and we look at composition with your photos and looking after the environment we shoot in. My motto is ‘Take nothing but pictures, leave nothing but footprints.’
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The “magic box,” as some have called my camera, continues to lead me to people and lands I have only dreamed about.
Dave not only knows everything about plants and photography, but he can also help you design the landscape of your dreams. His team has a wealth of knowledge and experience in garden maintenance, fruit tree pruning, and plant health is guaranteed to meet you and your garden’s needs. EthnoFlora is a trustworthy and professional company that respects you and your privacy.
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excio.gallery/vicky ER Imaging Photography specialises in unique agriculture and NZ Scene photography for both personal and commercial use. The ability to escape into New Zealand’s world-renowned natural landscapes and culture with my camera is something I have always appreciated. Privileged in having access to such a diverse range of scenery and people, my passion for capturing and sharing these stunning experiences with others has only developed. Being a selftaught freelance photographer, I have acquired my skills through practice over a period of over twelve years, passion being my core motivator. My photography reflects my personal interpretation of life, how I view both the world we live in and the people who live in it.
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excio.gallery/monica My idea started as photography and a legacy to my little brother and grew to include a podcast and a coaching business, all targeted at helping creatives believe in themselves and their craft, to get out into the world and make a difference. I believe that our work as creatives is literally life changing. The power we have to freeze moments in time, and show someone their beauty is phenomenal and needs to reach people. I am committed to helping people overcome their fears of not being enough and thrive. Check out my podcast to be empowered!
artbyjlm.com excio.gallery/artbyjlm The natural world and wildlife conservation provides endless joy and despair, beauty and devastation. I strive to advocate for our endangered species and ecosystems and through my art I explore wildlife advocacy through creative interpretation. Photographs are just the first step in my creative process. Using Photoshop, I digitally blend and mask layers of photographs, graphics, scanned ephemera and textures, lighting and colour adjustments, and digital brushstrokes to form images that are more like a painting. Some images may involve only a couple of layers, whereas others may involved hundreds. My art is held in private collections in New Zealand, Australia, the United Kingdom, Europe, and the United States.
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ABOUT US Started in New Zealand in 2017, Excio has grown into a global community of passionate photographers who are committed to making a positive change in the world. We help our members display, publish, showcase, share and sell their work based on our “FairShare Photography” concept. This year Excio launched its large-scale, photographer-driven image library to deliver fresh, high-quality photographs with the assurance that every photographer is fairly paid, and every customer can access affordable, authentic photography for commercial use. This unique offering is made possible by Excio’s innovative technology and payment model: Excio PhotoTokens. Our innovation motivates photographers to take and upload an abundance of images, and buyers to pay a fair price for their creative work. At Excio we strongly advocate for responsible photography principles . We are official partners of the Nature First organisation and Sustainability Business Network. We are committed to the Tiaki Promise and supporting important local initiatives and charities.
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