Arctic Travels

A polar journey in summer

Norway | Sunday, November 23, 2014 | 5 photos

Long before I ever picked up a camera I have always loved looking at photos. My family would tell stories whilst I poured over the photos of the people and places, taken before I was born or too young to remember. In high school, people and landscapes drew my photographic attention. I never studied formally though as my family encouraged me toward academia finally attaining my medical degree and subspecialty a decade later. I traveled whenever I could though and my camera always came. I continued to focus on portrait, animal, and landscape photography but these trips would change the way I view and take images. When I finished my training I collated the my photos so I could share my stories but I found I had no photos of some of my best stories. This pushed me to undertake classes and expand my skills, explore other genre, see things differently, and I find I want to photograph full time. So I'm leaving my practice in 2016 and I can’t imagine a better way to get so much valuable experience than accompanying Jason. Combined with further study over these next 12 months, this trip would provide so many learning opportunities to prepare me for the year that follows.