Photos from interior Alaska.
Denali National Park is one of the most highly visited areas in Alaska. And it is so for a reason. The small Denali Park Road that weaves along a 90 mile route crosses rivers and mountain passes offering spectacular landscape views. Many come with hopes to see a grizzly bear, or other wildlife that populates…
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…
As daylight hours begin to increase in Alaska, the month of March is often rich with winter photography opportunities. One can now feel the warmth of the sun on the face, which throws thoughts forward to summer. But before that big melt comes, I’m looking forward to some great photo trips coming soon. I took…
Goodbye autumn, I enjoyed you so much this year! I’m about to launch for three weeks of photo tours in Alaska’s Arctic and will return with some great experiences and hopefully some wonderful photos. The weather during this time of year is always sketchy, but always dramatic as well. I’m looking forward to the opportunities…
A few days ago I received a copy of the 2014 Sierra Club Engagement Calendar, one of the most popular calendars on the market. I’ve been submitting work to them for publication for decades now, and reviewing the final pictures chosen is always interesting. This year however, I was very happy to see that out…
In reviewing some photos I took in March 2013 during a trip to the White Mountains Recreation Area near Fairbanks, I found this shot that I overlooked for some reason and it was sitting in my outtakes folder. It exhibits a color of the aurora that I don’t see often, the yellow/gold, as opposed to…
I woke to this view yesterday morning, as the first snow dusted the ground on Moose Mountain in Fairbanks. I’ve been working on the area surrounding a quaint little cabin on my property, preparing for some aurora borealis photography with the cabin in the foreground. I took this photo last year, but there is a…
Sable Pass is the first of four, nearly 4,000 ft. (1,292m) mountain passes that you cross on the 90 mile stretch of Denali Park Road. I took this picture in August while visiting the park during a very cloudy and rainy period. Denali looms off in the clouded mountain background, not visible in this picture.…
One thing I love about Alaska is it’s mountains. And mountains usually mean weather, drama, wind, and all of the paradoxical beauty and ferocity that goes along with that. While it is pretty common knowledge that mountains change elevation over time, I found it interesting in the news today that Mount McKinley, locally known as…
If you have been following my blog for a while, then it will be apparent that there has been nothing to follow for a while. I took a little hiatus from the weekly posts, in part for a break and partly because of a heavy travel schedule. I just returned from a trip to Denali…