March of the Adelies by Tom SheckelsAttend Photo 612's Open Reception of Tom Sheckel's 'Mountains, Glaciers, Icebergs and Antarctic Wildlife' photography exhibit on November 11 from 1 -3:00
Antarctic and Mountains by Tom Sheckels
The Antarctic Region is an awesome place to see. This past December, my wife and I traveled to the southern tip of South America and boarded a National Geographic-Lindblad ship for a three week journey into the southern Atlantic waters. We made many scenic stops along the way at the Falkland Islands and South Georgia before reaching the ultimate destination, the Antarctic Peninsula. Being early summer, the temperatures were cool, the days were long and newborn penguin chicks and seal pups were abundant through out. As you can see in these images, the views of the snow covered mountains and exotic wildlife were like nowhere else on earth, simply out of this world…..
Tom Sheckels
Sheckels was born in Bozeman, Montana, moved to Amherst, Massachusetts as a child and is a graduate of the University of Rhode Island. A professional engineer, Tom has lived in New Jersey since 1976 when he began his career as an Environmental Engineer for the Navy. He has over twenty-five years of environmental experience which has included the clean up of past hazardous waste dump sites and working with the clean water programs. Tom has traveled extensively for work and pleasure, and has found inspiration for his photography in many diverse and unique places, urban and remote, near and far. Using digital photography, Tom produces beautiful landscape panoramic photographic images. Often stitching a series of adjoining photos together, he makes images that provide a huge amount of detail, resolution, color and show great composition. Also Tom’s series of wildlife images, taken during expeditions to the Antarctica, Galapagos Islands, and several Southern Atlantic Islands show an exotic array of uncommon and colorful creatures in their natural habitat, including Penguins, Albatross, Elephant Seals, Sea Lions, Flamingos, Iguanas, Tortoises, Boobies, and a host of other intriguing birds and animals. He has won the International Association of Panoramic Photographers annual photo contest and exhibition with a first place and "Best in Show" for "Ship on Ice" that will be displayed at Photo 612.
Tom resides in Moorestown, New Jersey with his wife Lydia and is often seen walking Phoebe, a Pug around the block.
