With the temperatures warming in Alaska, and the landscape turning green, I’ve been trying to get in shape for a bunch of trips planned this summer. Many of them will be on foot, so being in good enough shape to carry a bunch of camping gear, along with photo gear is critical. In accord with…
A few years ago in May I received a phone call when I was in another country. There was a fire very near my neighborhood in Fairbanks, Alaska. Thankfully, due to wind direction and firefighter efforts, that fire never reached the houses in the subdivision where my home is. This year, Alaska’s Interior has enjoyed…
Last night I attended the pre-opening event at the new REI store that opens today in Fairbanks. They purchased one of my photos of Denali to be used as the background wall mural at the checkout counter. Since the image size was 42 x 12 feet, the file had to sustain a large reproduction and retain…
During my early summer photo ventures into Alaska’s Arctic, I’ve collected qiviut from the willow bushes along the tundra. What is qiviut? It is the super soft undercoating of the muskox. In June, as the summer warmth comes to the Arctic, the muskox shed their winter coat. I’ll be traveling to the Arctic a handful…
The time of year is approaching when moose will have their calves, which usually occurs in the latter part of May. Moose usually have twin calves, and sometimes triplets. This is a picture from the archives of a cow with a single calf, and it is most likely that the other one was lost to…
Denali is what Alaskan’s call Mt. McKinley, North America’s tallest mountain. For those of you out there who are planning a trip to see this massif in Denali National Park, I wish you clear skies, at least for a little glimpse. I’m planning a few trips there myself this summer for some photography so I…
A big thank you to those who commented on my previous post about the choice between two polar bear photos for my 2016 calendar. And a special thank you to those who explained why. I thought you would be interested in the collective numbers, and which one got the most votes. It was nearly a…
I’m finalizing the design and image selection for my 2016 Alaska calendar and I’m vacillating between these two polar bear pictures for the month of December. Which one would you choose?
Close encounters with wild wolves in the arctic are rare. I’ve had a few serendipitous ones during my travels and photography ventures but the most recent one offered some very close up views. This wolf happened to be walking along the snow covered tundra north of the Brooks Range, very close to the road. What…
Here is a selection of images taken during the March Northern Lights photo tours that I guide with Hugh Rose. We had quite a show of color and activity in the sky this year. I took most of the images with either the Rokinon 24mm f/1.4 or the Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8. The combo of those…