A few years ago I witnessed and photographed an amazing natural history moment. The Grant Creek wolf pack in Denali Park attacked and killed a baby moose while the cow moose attempted to fend off the predators. Someone sent me a link yesterday to a video taken of that event, the first one that I’ve…
I’m often asked about how my camera functions in the cold. So far, in my practical experience, I’ve never really experienced camera failure from the cold with Canon’s 1D and 5D series cameras. I usually fail first. So, for the curious ones out there who own a Canon 5D III and wonder how it may perform in…
2012 camera lens use by percentage While the year is not over yet, it is shaping up to be one that measures among the least amount of pictures taken in a given year. While it was a very good year in many ways, I simply did not shoot as many frames. As one curious to some degree…
If there is one excellent feature among the new genre of super telephoto lenses, i.e., the Canon 500mm in this case, it is the Image Stabilization technology. In many situations, I end up photographing without a tripod. It is counter-conventional wisdom for many, but when an effective method and style is learned, there is a…
Its been quite on the blog here as I enjoyed a little vacation and have been completing my first E-Book, which I’m hoping to have ready before December 20. In the next few weeks I’ll be releasing the title and other details. This is one of the images from that book, that I took in…
For those who have read this blog over time, you may remember that I shared some experiences from my trip to Antarctica two years ago. I’m repeating a similar, although slightly less extensive trip this year in January. The Expedition leader is a long time friend and colleague Hugh Rose, and the line up of…
A young polar bear walks along a barrier island in Alaska’s arctic. To the south is the Alaska mainland and to the north is the expansive Beaufort Sea and the north pole. This bear straddles those two environments and soon will head northward as soon as the sea ice freezes solid. I use a variety…
If you have spent any time on Alaska’s arctic coast, then you are familiar with wind, and usually lots of it. Standing on the edge of this cliff, looking out into the gray abyss of clouds, and the Beaufort Sea that extends northward as far as the open water exits, makes one feel pretty tiny.…
That photography as a career and business has seen revolutionary changes in the last ten years is an understatement riddled with a complex layer of influencing factors. Decades seem to be designed for moments of pause and reflection. And so it is that this year marks the 10th year of my Fairbanks and Interior Alaska…
As this red fox trotted across Alaska’s arctic coastal plain, I grabbed a quick burst of 5 frames. That it was a quick grab shot is revealed in my exposure, since I have no idea what I was doing at f/13. Not that it mattered much since the shutter speed was high enough thanks to…