Masterclass: The Art of Capturing Wildlife Photography with Scott Portelli

The underwater world is filled with mystery and intrigue.

Scott Portelli has been photographing the underwater environment for more than two decades and has captured some of the most unique behaviour and representations of the marine creatures that live in this liquid space.

The more we explore this alien environment the more we learn about the true essence of its inhabitants.

The ability to photograph marine life without interfering with their natural behaviour takes time, observation and requires a certain level of technique.

Join Scott in this Masterclass as we examine the techniques and practices required to capture underwater behaviour from unique perspectives.

The event will be interactive and encourage discussion. Whether you are curious or looking to become an underwater photographer, this will help you understand the process involved to capture a unique moment or the true characteristics and emotion through underwater photography.

About Scott:

Scott Portelli is an international award-winning wildlife, nature and underwater photographer and film maker. Scott is based in Sydney, Australia, and has spent thousands of hours in remote locations across the globe filming and photographing wildlife, the natural environment, and wild places with a focus on conservation, education, and awareness.

He was announced the winner in the Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year 2021, and has previously been awarded in the animal behaviour category in 2017 and 2019. He has also been awarded at the prestigious Wildlife Photographer of the Year in London in 2016 and2022 (for his photo Double Interest, available to view in this exhibition), and was announced National winner of the Sony World Photography awards 2016. More recently he was awarded 1st place with Team Australia at the World Photographic Cup 2021, overall winner at the Bio Photo Contest 2021 and category winner at the prestigious GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 2021.

Working in extreme conditions, Scott’s practices take a high quality, low impact, approach to filming wildlife in their natural environment in a non-invasive way to capture natural behaviour. His continued work to highlight the environmental issues in these regions and document the ongoing plight of climate change and human impacts on inhabitants of these regions is a key aspect of his work and various accolades.

Event details

Dates: Saturday 11 November 2023

Times: 10:00am - 12.00pm
Please note there will be a scheduled break to allow people to observe the Remembrance Day minute's silence.

Location: Goodman Building Lecture Theatre, Adelaide Botanic Garden (E17 on the map).

Tickets: $60.00
This ticket includes complimentary access to the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition on the day (non-transferrable)

Proudly Supported by Diamonds Camera

For more of our 'Wildlife in Focus' series at the Adelaide Botanic Garden, please visit Botanic Gardens and State Herbarium of South Australia website.

Photograph at top by: © Scott Portelli