New images from my 2010 Falkland Islands, South Georgia and Antarctic Expedition have been posted in the Antarctica and Americas Galleries on this website and are now available for purchase! 

Recently, I received great acclamation from one of my inspirations.  International award winning and world renowned fine art panoramic landscape photographer, Peter Lik, commented  on one of my images of “Ta Prohm Temple” captured in Cambodia.  Lik commented, “Mate.  Seriously.  Love it.  Amazing image, so much feeling to it.  Congrats.  Lucky ya had the soft light.  Sensational.”  This unique image of Ta Prohm Temple was taken in November 2008 with a Linhof 617 S III Technorama medium format panoramic camera using Fuji Velvia 100 professional slide film.  Peter is attributable to the photgrapher I am today and this is truly a great honor for me personally.   

Southern Cross Galleries will be providing fine art photography to two new gallery locations in Downtown Chicago: Picture Us Galleries located in the Bloomingdale’s Building at 900 North Michigan Avenue and Picture Us Galleries located at 81 East Lake Street.  Please stop by and check these new locations out!

Last week, I returned from my photo shoot in the Falkland Islands, South Georgia and Antarctica aboard Quark Expedition’s vessel, Ocean Nova.  It was an adventure to say the least.  Along the way, we battled inclimate weather and heavy seas, however, the trip was a huge success.  The expedition team and staff, lead by Brandon Harvey, were exceptional and provided us with the opportunity to photograph seldom seen places, including Steeple Jason Island, Gold Harbour and Cuverville Island.  Some of the images I captured at these locations are included above.  Over the next month, my new material will be posted in waves as part of a new Falkland Islands and South Georgia sub-gallery and in my existing Antarctica gallery.  Please keep a look out! 

Due to overwhelming demand for Vizit, today Isabella Products announced that they are launching a lottery in which randomly selected winners will have priority to purchase the first available Vizits and will receive the first month of service free of charge.  To be eligible for the lottery, customers must sign up at VizitMe.com. Those who have signed up previously will automatically be entered into the lottery.

Lottery winners will be notified by email beginning February 22nd and will be given 72 hours to buy their Vizit.  The anticipated ship date for lottery winners is March 15, 2010.Vizit is the first two-way, touch screen, photo sharing device that delivers images over the mobile network from anywhere by email or MMS which was created by a new consumer electronics company Isabella Products.  You can learn more about the revolutionary two-way photo sharing experience at www.VizitMe.com.  Vizit’s retail price is $279.99 plus a required basic or premium photo plan.

Isabella Products, a new consumer electronics company based in Concord, MA has selected Southern Cross Galleries to provide extraordinary stock photos for its new device, “Vizit”.  Vizit is the first two-way communication device using the mobile network for photo sharing, resulting in a truly interactive experience.  Vizit enables people to send and receive digital photos via camera phone, email, and direct upload.  It features an easy-to-use interface, real time photo sharing, a full-touch interactive 10.4² display and remote photo management.

With Vizit, parents can take a picture of their child’s first steps in San Francisco from their camera phone, for example, and send it instantaneously to a Vizit frame sitting next to the proud grandparents in a New York City living room. Images are delivered immediately to the Vizit frame, without any action required from the recipient.  The Vizit system retails for a suggested price of $279.99, and requires a monthly or annual photo plan that will include 2-way photo sharing with friends and family, remote photo storage and management in your Vizitme.com account, instant software updates automatically, and access to unique photo collections from other internet photo sites.  For more information  visit:  http://www.IsabellaProducts.com or http://www.vizitme.com.  Vizit launches globally in February 2010.