Where the wild things are
‘If you try to manipulate behaviour or a situation, you’ll never capture what’s happening naturally in the moment.’
It’s hard keeping up with Sydney-based wildlife and underwater photographer Scott Portelli – even on the phone. ‘Right now I’m in Rapid Bay in South Australia, scuba diving among leafy seadragons,’ he says. ‘I’ve also been to the Australian giant cuttlefish breeding aggregation and diving with great white sharks, and I’ll be going to sinkholes over Mt Gambier way where you can dive.’
Portelli was on a two-week trip to witness seasonal wildlife events and ‘reccy’ places in Australia he hadn’t been to before in preparation for extending his range of on-location workshops and guided tours.
He also takes groups of photographers and filmmakers to remote destinations in many other parts of the
