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About Ignacio

When it comes to photography and travel, few can rival Ignacio Palacios’s experience, skill, and passion. A third-generation photographer, Ignacio has been honoured with over 100 prestigious photography prizes and awards from around the world and has travelled to over 90 countries in his 20 years career. It’s little wonder he’s developed a reputation as a leading photographer in the fields of travel, landscape, and nature photography.

Born in Spain, Ignacio now calls Sydney Australia home – through his unmistakable Spanish spirit continues to influence his work and define his signature style.

Combining his love of travel and photography has proved a powerful combination, and today Ignacio leads some of the world’s best photography tours to incredible destinations around the world. As an AIPP double Master of Photography, Ignacio shares his insight, experience, and technique with his clients to help them find their own success and joy on their photographic journey.

“I hope that through my images and my tours, I can open people’s eyes to the incredible world we live in. I want to give my guests both travel and photographic experience. We are privileged to have such a beautiful planet and it’s our responsibility to respect, cherish and protect it.”

Ignacio’s distinct, award-winning style can be defined by his mastery of composition, colour, and light. With his minimalistic style and unique ability to connect with his audience through storytelling.

Through his images, Ignacio invites his audience to experience the subject not as how he captured, but how he experienced it, evoking an emotional connection between the viewer, subject and artist. Photography and travel will always be Ignacio’s passion, and he is dedicated to helping others ignite their passion too.

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About Paul

Originally born in New Zealand to a Dutch Sailor and an American Nun, Paul has managed to put his four passports to excellent use before eventually settling on the beautiful, wild island of Tasmania.

Self taught, travel hungry and with a healthy thirst to grow as an image-maker he thrives on the challenge and freshness of shooting a wide diversity of genres, ranging from fine art nudes, landscapes, and large-scale event photography through to fashion, travel, documentary and environmental portraiture – though he’s most renowned for his exquisite landscape imagery, particularly from an aerial perspective.

Paul is a Master of Photography in the AIPP II and Fellow of the NZIPP II, two times winner and 4 x Finalist for International Photographer of the Year in NZ, three times Tasmanian Professional Photographer of the Year and seven times Tasmanian Landscape Photographer of the Year. He judges regularly at a state, national and international level, runs photography workshops worldwide and writes for numerous magazines and publications. He is a member of the progressive landscape collaborative The Light Collective, an Ambassador for Asukabook fine art books and his work is represented by One Fine Print in Australia and Source Photographica in Australia and the USA.

His multi award winning documentary exhibition ‘Men with Heart’ is currently travelling around Australia. Almost two decades in the making, it presents an intimate yet powerful exploration of what defines healthy masculinity in Australian culture today…

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About Ayrton

Born in Rio de Janeiro, 1955
Has been working with photography since the 70’s and today he’s considered a generalimagemaker, but being one of the precursors in panoramic photography, probably the pioneer in Brazil, he’s a specialist on 360 imagery.

His first paid job shooting 360 dated November 1997 for one of the biggest advertising agencies in South America (ARTPLAN), and after that one has been living and sustaining his family with 360s, being it stills or videos (began shooting 360 videos in 2011 and professionally in 2012).

All of this gave him the nickname Mr. 360. His slogan since the 80s has been very current until today –

Highlights:
• His work on various expeditions with Jacques-Yves Cousteau for the Cousteau Society
• He was the first panographer to have a panorama published by Master Hans Nyberg
opening a special section on his website panoramas.dk called “PanoJournalism News VR”
• He published the first Panojournalism on an Online Newspaper in 2006 (O Dia Online)
• He shot in 360 panoramas the first Olympic Games at RIO2007
• He was International Director of IVRPA, from 2012 to 2014
• He was hired by FIFA to shoot in 360 at all 12 Stadium Arenas for World Cup FIFA2014
• Being a Nodal Ninja ambassador since 2011 until today
• Being a NPS ambassador to NIKON Brazil from 2011 to 2016
• Hired by Getty Images UK to shoot fulltime in 360 all the Olympic Games at RIO2016
• He was Judge for the Kolor Panobook 2016
• Director for advertising photographer’s association in Brazil, ABRAFOTO during 4 years.
• Was the first photographer in Latin America, 1982, to use the technique of Light
Painting, (according to data of the North American Aaron Jones, precursor of LP).
• FOTOTECH (general photographers association) National Communication Director for
2 years, then Regional Director in Rio de Janeiro, for 4 years.

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About Mark

With a growing list of 187 International Awards, Mark Gray is a leading landscape photographer.

Born in Melbourne, Australia but now based on the nearby Mornington Peninsula, Mark’s work has sold for up to $30,000 and is collected in 32 countries across the world.

Mark’s collectable limited edition prints are available online and through the Mark Gray Gallery, based in Mornington, Victoria.

First established in 2011, the Mark Gray Gallery has grown significantly since then, relocating from the small seaside town of Merimbula into the bustling paris end of the highly sought after Main Street, Mornington shopping strip.

12 years ago, Mark Gray Photography Tours was established, pioneering some of the very first group photography tours in Australia.

Now with the help of his growing team, they run more than 15 photography tours each year across Australia, New Zealand, Norway, Iceland and the UK along with over 40 one day courses in most capital cities across Australia.

Mark’s photographs have also featured on prime-time television and are regularly published in books, magazines, newspapers, calendars and more.

www.markgray.com.au

About William

Photographer, Speaker, Mentor and Educator; William Long is arguably one of Australia’s most reputable, successful and technically diverse professional photographers. In addition to winning numerous national and international professional awards across multiple photographic categories, William has been recognised for his excellence in Photography with Fellowships from the New Zealand Institute of Professional Photography (NZIPP), British Institute of Professional Photography (BIPP) and the Royal Photographic Society (RPS). In 2014, William was also the recipient of a rare Honorary Life Membership from the Australian Institute of Professional Photography (AIPP), and then in 2016 an Honorary Life Membership from the British Institute of Professional Photography (BIPP) in recognition of his outstanding professionalism and voluntary work in the Photographic Industry. He is also a recipient of Quintuple Gold Bars – AIPP Master of Photography from the AIPP.

In addition to his award-winning photography, William has also developed his career as a sought-after internationally-recognised speaker, competition judge, mentor and industry advocate. He continues to use his talent to educate, guide and inspire other photographers at every level, both locally and worldwide, through his mentoring programs, workshops and online groups. William is also the Founder and Managing Director of PhotoWatchDog, a private industry advocacy concern group that lobbies companies, governments, organisations and individuals who produce photographic competitions to establish fair terms and conditions for all entrants.

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