Announces Winners of the Competition

Daisy Gilardini was awarded an Honorable Mention in Nature – Landscapes category for the winning entry “Antarctic storm”

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Daisy Gilardini was awarded an Honorable Mention in Nature – Wildlife category for the winning entry “White”

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The 2010 International Photography Awards received nearly 15,000 submissions from 103 countries across the globe. IPA is a sister-effort of the Lucie Foundation, where the top three winners are announced at the annual Lucie Awards gala ceremony. The Foundation’s mission is to honor master photographers, to discover new and emerging talent and to promote the appreciation of photography. Since 2003, IPA has had the privilege and opportunity to acknowledge and recognize contemporary photographers’ accomplishments in this specialized and highly visible competition. Visit www.photoawards.com for more details.

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The awards international Jury included captains of the industry ranging from Christie’s in New York, National Geographic Channel, Fox Broadcasting Company, Amsterdam Worldwide, Kodak USA to Esquire in London who honored Color Masters with 235 coveted title awards in 31 categories. The judges reviewed thousands of images submitted from every corner of the globe online for eight weeks before making their final nominations and Daisy’s “The Glance” and “The Messanger”,” two exceptional images  entered in the wildlife category, received a high percentage of votes overall.

“The Masters Cup celebrates photographers who operate at the highest levels of their craft,” said Basil O’Brien, the awards Creative Director. “Daisy’s work represents contemporary color photography at its finest, and we’re pleased to present her with the title of Nominee.”

See the 4th Annual Winners & Nominees at http://www.thecolorawards.com/gallery

INTERNATIONAL COLOR AWARDS PHOTOGRAPHY MASTERS CUP is the leading international award honoring excellence in color photography. This celebrated event shines a spotlight on the best professional and amateur photographers worldwide and honors the finest images with the highest achievements in color photography.

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The weather forecast is not very promising… in fact we end up having the worst weather in history of this region!

Who said that being a wildlife photographer is an easy job??? Honestly sometimes it really sucks! Wet clothes, wet shoes, wet equipment, condensation in the lens, no light, dehydrate food, no shower and an open air toilet among grizzly bears and nasty bugs biting your butt…

During these uncomfortable days you really have to see well beyond the logistic difficulties. Stop moaning and enjoy what nature has to offer… then when you open your eyes you realize how life is good and how lucky you are to be blessed with such wild beauty all around! The bears are amazing creatures. Watching them fill me with incredible peace and awe. They don’t care if it is raining or it is sunny, life for them is dictated by the rhythm of nature. Sleep, eat, play, fish, nap, nurse … they don’t care about you…

When the weather is not co-operating you’ve to come up with some imagination and creativity. It is not easy. In low light you have to compromise speed and ISO and sometimes it is simply impossible to make it works… In these 15 days in Alaska I’ve shot roughly 6’500 images. More than half of them are gone in the first selection… unsharp, soft, blurred, too noisy images…. At the end I think I will be really happy if I get 100 images out of it!

Here some of the keepers!

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The wonderful views in a sunny day!

Our home for ten days.

Stormy sunset

At dusk

Simply… adorable!

Going fishing!

Play time

Opss… couldn’t hold it…!!

Not only grizzlies… close encounters with a wolf!

At sunrise… going fishing

GOT IT!

Thanks to David, Debbie, Karry, Ken and George for sharing this wet but incredible adventure!

courtesy of Debbie Garside www.truenorthfineimages.com

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]]> http://blog.daisygilardini.com/?feed=rss2&p=1836 1 http://blog.daisygilardini.com/?p=1821 http://blog.daisygilardini.com/?p=1821#comments Sun, 05 Sep 2010 17:55:51 +0000 admin http://blog.daisygilardini.com/?p=1821 During the past few summers I spent my time photographing polar bears in the Arctic but this summer, for I change, I focused on their brothers: the grizzly bears.

On July 30^th with my friends Oliver, Veronica, Bob, Marianne and Wendy we are on our way to Lake Clark National Park. I’m very excited, as it is my first time in the park and in the costal areas. After an hour flight on a small plane we land on the sandy beach at Silver Salmon Creek under poring rain. Unfortunately the rain will be one of the highlights of the trip…

Brave enough we prepare our equipment and off we go… under the rain…There are bears everywhere… our incredible guide Rick is amazing… He knows everything about bears and especially where to find them at any given time of the day.

“Let’s see… it is 10am so mother with two cubs should be hanging around in the meadow close to the river… hum… if you prefer we can shoot mother with single cub.. at this time she should be close to the lodge… “

Simply stunning! We spend the next five days shooting in every kind of conditions, poring rain, light drizzle, partly overcast, windy… and even some sun! In the evening we would select few images each and project them for a very interesting and inspiring review. This would give us some new ideas and the opportunity to check our camera setting as well as improve our technique.

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Close up. 600mm lens with a 1.7 extender

Al Capone!

What’s up over there?

No worries… just another photographer!

Again…!

Thanks to Oliver, Veronica, Bob, Marianne and Wendy to make this happen! It was great fun to share with you guys!

will be hosting Daisy Gilardini’s exhibit

Polar wonders – photographs from the ends of the Earth

September 1 – October 31, 2010

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“POLAR WONDERS: Photographs from the Ends of the Earth” is a celebration of the beauty and diversity of some of the most remote and fragile ecosystems on our planet. Photographer Daisy Gilardini fell in love with Antarctica during her first trip there in 1997, and has since spent most of her time photographing the polar regions. In thirteen years of exploration, Daisy has witnessed vast changes occurring in the polar regions due to global warming. Her work shines  through with an empathetic viewpoint as she chronicles animals affected by the shifting polar ice caps. Her passion for the natural world has resulted in a lifelong commitment to promote conservation measures and inspires others to respect and preserve our planet.

Address:

1 Harbour Front Walk – 01-19 VivoCity – Singapore

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The SanDisk Extreme Team is a group of professional photographers

whose vision is as uncompromising as their equipment.

www.sandisk.com/about-sandisk/sandisk-extreme-team/nature/daisy-gilardini

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This year survey is focused on what is widely considered to be the ‘other’ carbon problem beyond climate change….that of ocean change. The Survey is undertaking vital research into how greenhouse gases could affect the marine life of the Arctic Ocean, including some species that can be described as the core of life on our planet.

Bringing together marine biologists, oceanographers and polar explorers, this international collaboration aims to study the impact of increased carbon dioxide absorption by our seas. This is changing the chemistry of the water, potentially leading to a phenomenon known as ocean acidification.

Within only a few decades, an increase in ocean acidity may cause seawater to become corrosive to the shells, skeletons and armour-plating of many marine life forms, and could seriously undermine the growth of coral reefs.

Since CO₂ is more easily absorbed in cold waters, the changes highlighted by scientific research in the Arctic Ocean could act as an early-warning system for change around the globe.

Following work begun by the Catlin Arctic Survey 2009, more measurements and observations will also be collected on the thickness of the sea ice. This information is vital to understand the impact of ice cover reduction on acidification as more water becomes exposed to increased CO₂ absorption.

Three teams are instrumental to this mission: a group of leading scientists operating from our polar Ice Base under the guidance of Arctic experts; an Explorer Team gathering complementary data over a much greater area across the floating sea ice and a 24/7 Operations Team based in the UK.

The concept of explorers working with scientists is at the heart of the project. This year, the three-strong Explorer Team is led by Ann Daniels, with polar specialists Charlie Paton and Martin Hartley in support. Heading out on foot, hauling 120kg sledges across 500km of unpredictable, shifting and disintegrating ice rubble fields, ice ridges and ice floes, these experienced surface explorers are braving a back-breaking quest lasting up to 50 days. During this time they will collect samples from the ocean’s water column and make vital observations and measurements of the ice’s thickness.

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To learn more about the project

http://www.catlinarcticsurvey.com

http://www.martinhartleypolar.com

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