Winner of 2007 Canon/AIPP Australian Science, Environment and Nature
Photographer of the Year.
Winner of 2009 APPA's
2009 Science, Environment & Nature Photographer of the Year and
2010 Canon/AIPP Australian Science, Environment and Nature Photographer of the Year
About Darren: "Having been inspired to explore a career in nature photography by my father's travels in Antarctica, Darren now pursues a passion for capturing and sharing the wonder of the natural world.
After graduating from the Queensland College of Art, he first worked in commercial photography, before taking up a position as photographer with the Queensland National Parks and Wildlife Service, where he worked for 8 years.
He moved on from that part of his career in 1994 and his work is now published widely in books, magazines and paper products. He has had the opportunity to photograph extensively across Australia and in Africa, Alaska, Patagonia, Tonga and Antarctica and have introduced many people to the world's great wildlife and landscape destinations first hand, through small group photography tours, predominantly to Africa and Antarctica."
Check out his website at www.darrenjew.com
Darren guided our photography groups in Tonga during 2001, 2002, 2008 and 2009 seasons. We are very happy to have him join our Whaleswim Team again to guide our photography tours in Tonga 2010.
Over the past 10 season we have had many wildlife photography enthusiasts as well as professional wildlfe photographers join these special tours. Professional photographers such as Francois Gohier (joined us for 2 seasons), Scott Portelli (worked with us as one of our guides for 6 seasons until 2007), Mike Hill, Kelvin Aitken have joined us and got amazing images over the years.
With just a small group of 5 guests - the opporunity to be in the water with the whales is greater than the other tours we offer. This is very important for photography enthusiasts. The 'swim with whales' guidelines in Tonga allows 4 people and a guide in the water at one time with the whales. This allows 1 guest to be topside for surface shots. The group is rotated each time to allow lots of time in the water with the whales!
Our boat 'Dream Catcher' is perfect for a small group! It is 7m (24 ft) long, has 2 x 115 outboards that give it great speed when necessary. It has comfortable seating, a toilet, a huge dry area for cameras gear etc and easy access into the water. See photos below.
CLICK TOUR # for a Tour Itinerary 1040B 22 Sept - 2 Oct 2010 (4 spaces available)
Frequently Asked Question:
Q. WHO SHOULD BOOK ON THE PHOTOGRAPHY TOURS?
A. Anyone who wants to focus on getting great photos of the humpback whales, above ot below the water!
Q. WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PHOTOGRAPHY TOURS & OTHER TOURS?
A. There are just 5 guests on these tours, you have Darren guiding you in the water with the whales and to advise you on HOW to get the best photos, position you around the whales for the best 'light' and give you advice on your camera settings etc.
For advice of camera equipment email Darren on darren.jew@bigpond.com
CLICK HERE to go to our 2010 Tour Schedule page with prices and spaces available
CLICK HERE to Book your Photography Tours with Darren Jew for 2010.
Contact Rae with an enquiry rae@whaleswim.com
Award winning image 2010
