He contributed photography and writing to a number of magazine publications including the VPNA organ Park Watch[6][7][8] and Wild,[9] and to reports.
[15] In an interview recorded by Peter Leiss in 2017 Ingamells professed to using photography "to persuade people to protect natural areas.
"[16] In the 1990s, Ingamells was a member of staff in the Community Education, Interpretation and Landscape Services Section of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Victoria.
[27] He pressed for government action to control feral animals that were intruding on Alpine habitats, highlighting the need to protect these fragile ecosystems.
On the complex issue of fire management in natural landscapes, Ingamells, who had bitter personal experience of the human toll of fires,[28] advocated for policies balancing safety and preserving natural heritage,[29][30][31] and criticised crude burn-off targets,[32][33] highlighting concerns about the overall amount of control burning in Victoria "damaging biodiversity, and often not helping to protect life and property.