Diving in icy Antarctic waters, lying for weeks in baking hot Australian mud flats, and studying the instincts of predators to avoid disaster – Scott Portelli goes to great lengths to capture the shots that have captivated audiences, and judges, around the world. But as we discover when we sit down with Scott to talk about his life and work, he wouldn’t have it any other way.
Why did you become a wildlife photographer?
Travel was the initial motivation for me to take