ALASKA PHOTOGRAPHY TOURS

I co-guide photography tours in Alaska with colleague Hugh Rose. They are very popular and the list is long, but please sign up and that will put you in queue, earlier participation is likely if you are flexible due to cancellations. Trips are booked one year in advance (April/November) and our list is used to send out booking notifications.

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Polar Bears and Northern Lights photo tour in Alaska's Arctic see full trip details $6,900 USD 11 days, all inclusive Fairbanks/Fairbanks Group size: 8 people Access by vehicle and plane Dates Trip #1, October 3 - 13, 2013 Trip #2, October 14 - 24, 2013 Next year's dates announced in November Tour Synopsis This tour focuses on photography in Alaska's arctic, with emphasis on polar bears and the northern lights. There will be other opportunistic arctic wildlife and landscape photography also. Skill sets vary among the clients and beginners as well as advanced are welcome. Participant size is limited to 8 people and two vehicles are used to offer sufficient space for photography along the way. Physical Requirements: Good to excellent condition. Degree of Difficulty: Easy to Difficult. Degree of Weather Difficulty: Moderate to Extreme Agility: Good (for traveling on uneven terrain in the dark). Mental Requirements: A flexible and positive attitude. Activities: Photographic forays and short hikes in snow and/or icy conditions, (some in the dark) on uneven tundra and terrain. Getting in and out of boats. Photography Skill Level: Beginner to professional. Weather Conditions: Windy, cold, snow likely. (-10 to +20 at night on average depending on location) Transportation: Vehicle, plane, boat.

Aurora Borealis photo tour in Alaska's Brooks Range see full trip details $3,900 USD 8 days, all inclusive Fairbanks/Fairbanks Group size: 8 people Access by vehicle Dates March 14 - 21, 2014 March 22 - 29, 2014 Next year's dates announced in April Tour Synopsis This tour focuses on photography of the Aurora Borealis in Alaska's arctic. Skill sets vary among the clients and beginners as well as advanced are welcome. Participant size is limited to 8 people and two vehicles are used to offer sufficient space for photography along the way. There is likely to be other daytime photography forays for landscape and wildlife as opportunities and weather permits, however, the focus is the aurora. Physical Requirements: Good to excellent condition Degree of Difficulty: Easy to Difficult Degree of Weather Difficulty: Moderate to Extreme Agility: Good (traveling on uneven terrain in the dark) Mental Requirements: A flexible and positive attitude Activities: Forays of walking/hiking in boots, fully clad in winter gear, on uneven terrain in dark, cold, snowy and possibly icy conditions. Photography Skill Level: Beginner to Professional Weather Conditions: Potentially extreme cold, snow, wind (-10 to -30 below at night) Transportation: Vehicle

Your Guides

We are long time Alaskans, working professional photographers and guides, and have extensive experience traveling all over Alaska - specifically the arctic. We live here; we know the place; we know the people; and if you choose to join us, we gladly share our experience and insight about Alaska and the many nuanced details of photographing in this great landscape. We have recently worked together on an Arctic book project and are both featured photographers in "On Arctic Ground: Tracking Time through Alaska's National Petroleum Reserve" Patrick published a comprehensively detailed eBook on How to Photograph the Northern Lights in February 2013.

Hugh Rose: Email - 907.479.8984

Hugh

Hugh Rose has photographed and lived in northern climates most of his life with the latter part of it in Alaska. Compelled by Alaska's natural beauty, he left a 10-year career in geology to explore and photograph the vast landscapes and wildlife of the north. Both nature and a camera have intrigued Hugh since childhood and he continues to explore and interpret the world's natural beauty through his photographs.

As a photographer Hugh has spent a significant part of his career photographing in the arctic and feels that this environment offers some of the most incredible raw beauty in North America. His photographs have appeared in Sierra Club Calendars, NorthernLight Calendars, Denali Wilderness Calendars, National Trade Magazines, Frommer's Travel Guide, Alaska Airlines Magazine, Outdoor Life, BBC, National Wildlife Federation, and numerous other publications. He was a featured photographer in the acclaimed book "Arctic Wings: Birds of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge".

Patrick Endres: Email - 907.750.4065

Patrick

After moving to Alaska in 1981 from Wisconsin, Patrick has traveled extensively throughout the state photographing and observing the delicate balance of nature in the arctic and sub-arctic environments. His genuine love and enthusiasm for the natural world combined with many years of traveling Alaska's interior, arctic and coastal regions have given him a strong knowledge of the varied aspects of photographing in Alaska's ever-changing wilderness surroundings.

Patrick lives in Fairbanks, Alaska where he works as a professional freelance photographer. His work has appeared in the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, USA Today, Backpacker, Natural History Magazine, National Geographic Adventurer, National Wildlife Magazine, Outside, National Parks Magazine, Alaska Magazine, Audubon and Sierra Club Calendars and many other books and publications. He was included in the World's Top Landscape Photographers published in 2003, and self publishes two Alaska Calendars.