Below you'll find a list of all posts from 2010
Iceberg, Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska.
One nice thing about cloudy weather -glaciers and icebergs appear much bluer, and this iceberg was especially blue. On a sunny day, this thing would have looked much whiter.
We had a nice variety of weather on my recent three day trip into Kenai Fjords National Park, everything from rain to sun – it provided a lot of different options for photography.
This image was hand held from a boat at f /8 and 1,000th of a second at ISO 400.
Aialik Glacier, Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska.
I’m back from a wonderful 3 day photo tour into Kenai Fjords National Park! We saw a wide range of wildlife including a number of whales, and visited a variety of amazing landscapes, it was a lot of fun thanks in large part to a great group of passionate nature lovers.
This is the research vessel that served as our “mother ship” anchored in front of Aialik Glacier the first night of our trip. What a place to spend the night! We watched a huge section of this mile wide glacier calve late in the evening – by far the biggest calving event I have ever seen. The resulting wave roared along the nearby shoreline. Surprisingly, unlike smaller calving events, the wave that past under the vessel was barely noticeable – it was more like a big wide swell then a wave. I should note, telephoto compression does make the boat appear closer to the glacier then we really were.
Our awesome Captain Mike bringing us back from a shore excursion for bear and landscape photography.
Aialik Glacier, Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska.
First thing in the morning I’m heading out into Kenai Fjords National Park for 3 days as part of my Kenai Fjords photo tour. I’m posting a photo of Aialik Glacier because I’m thinking we will spend the first night in front of the beautiful glacier! Going to sleep to the sounds of a glacier is just amazing. Of couse, depending on the light and wildlife sightings, we could be just about anywhere – that is the beauty of a custom multi-night photo tour!
The vessel I have chartered for this trip just returned from a 7 week trip to the Aleutian Islands with a film crew from the Discovery Channel, so I’m sure we will hear some great stories – but more importantly, I’m sure we will be experiencing our own amazing stories! I will report back next week.
Baby moose, Seward, Alaska.
I spotted this little guy running across a large field all by itself late last night. I followed him to this pond – the poor guy was crying non-stop – probably a good way to attract predators. I talked softly to it, and it turned around and began approaching me! This wouldn’t be a good time to have its mom come along, but it was a cool moment. It came up to spot just a bit closer then the right hand bottom corner of this image before turning around and disappearing into the thick forest.
Ten minutes later I spotted a cow moose about a quarter mile away running around frantically – presumably its mother. It disappeared into the same stretch of forest as the calf – hopefully they reunited, but I never did spot either one before night fall.
The front and back covers of the Kenai Fjords Tours Screensaver.
My good friends at Kenai Fjords Tours contacted me last winter to see if I could produce them a screen-saver product that they could sell on board their many tour boats. After a fun and interesting process – the final product is now complete and delivered – I think it turned out really nice. What is extra cool – Kenai Fjords Tours will be displaying the slide show of images on their flat panel monitors located through out each boat.
From what I understand, they are going to package this product with the Stirring the Senses book for a really low price.
So – be ready for a sales pitch – if you have a business and want a really nice promotional item or retail product, give us a shout and we can create a custom screen-saver exactly to your specifications! OK, end of sales pitch for today. 🙂
Inside of the Kenai Fjords screen-saver.
Photographing a waterfall, Seward, Alaska.
When I’m teaching a one on one workshop, I typically won’t take photos myself so that I can concentrate on teaching. But, I just couldn’t resist taking a moment to capture this photo of Patrick because this is such a beautiful setting. To think – this wonderful scene is within the city limits of Seward, just a few block from my house – easy to see why I live here!
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