Below you'll find a list of all posts from June, 2012
Brown bear boar (male), Lake Clark National Park, Alaska.
Back from an absolutely amazing trip – my photo tour couldn’t have gone better! Since I go there so often, I didn’t think I would do much shooting – well, 3,600 photos later… We saw so much amazing stuff including nursing and mating up close! Back out the door – hope to share more over the next week.
Here is a photo from last years bear tour that I hadn't shared yet - Lake Clark National Park, Alaska.
Here is a rare weekend post in which I’m going to make excuses as to why I may not post much over the next two weeks! 🙂 As an Alaskan based photographer, we make most of our hay in the summer – and that means I have a couple of busy weeks ahead. I will still do updates here as I have time and internet connections, but in case I don’t, you will know why.
Early Saturday morning I head out on a week long Alaska Bear Photo Tour. Because they are so popular, I’m doing two this year. Both sold out many months ago, and we are now taking reservations for August 2013.
I’m excited about this one as this is a new time of year for me. I’m also excited because half my group is made up of people who have been on other workshops / tours with me – two of them were on last years bear tour! For one of them, this will be her 6th summer visiting the same lodge with different photo groups. I’m honored that her last couple of visits have been with me!
I’m back for one day then head out with the CEO of a major U.S. company for a private tour where we will be doing things like riding and photographing dog teams in the mountains above Girdwood! Should be fun.
After that I have some pending assignment work. Gotta do as much as possible in the short Alaska summer.
So as I have time and internet connections – I’ll try to offer updates as I should have some fun things to share! But if I don’t, you will know why and I’ll share when I get back to the office sometime after the 4th of July.
Cheers!
Lemaire Channel, Antarctic Peninsula photo by Ted Cheeseman.
Antarctic Peninsula – How is this for an epic photography destination! It may not get any better then this. I will be joining Cheesemans’ Ecology Safaris on a tour to the Antarctic Peninsula (December 30, 2012 to January 17, 2013) as a member of the Expedition Staff! I will be one of the Photographer Guides and Zodiac Drivers. I guess 20 years of photographing the Alaska Coastline will come in very handy! It is really an honor to be selected to join such an elite staff on an amazing trip to the Antarctic!
So why am I sharing this here and now? Well for one reason I’m super excited and just had to share! But, as it turns out there is still some space available – this is unusual as this trip can sell out over a year in advance. So I offered to share some information about this trip here and explain why I think it is such a great trip from the perspective of a photographer.
I think one of the main advantages of this trip over others to the Antarctic is that we will have at last 10 days (weather permitting) of shore landings on the Antarctic Peninsula – most trips may only have about 5. In addition, we will be spending twice as much time on shore then you will on other Antarctic tours. So right there we have potentially 4 times as much time on shore then on your typical tour – that is huge! We will also be spending a lot of our time cruising up close to the sights in Zodiacs – you will have as much time as possible away from the “mother ship” getting up close to the sights making this the ideal trip for photographers! If you are going to take the time and spend the money to travel to the Antarctic, you want to maximize the opportunity and this expedition does just that. But, there are many other advantages.
For starters, Cheesemans’ Ecology Safaris. Cheesemans’ has been leading unique travel trips to amazing destinations around the world for over 30 years, and have lead over 20 expeditions to the Antarctic Region since 1994. I have been asking around and everyone I talked to speaks extremely high of Cheesmans’ Ecology Safaris.
The Expedition Leader Hugh Rose. As a Professional Guide, Hugh as been leading tours around Alaska and the Antarctic for over 20 years and has been a key member of the Cheesemans’ Antarctic trips since 1998. I have known Hugh since the mid 90’s and over the years I have run into him and his groups everywhere from Kenai Fjords National Park, to Denali National Park- even the Copper River Delta! I have the highest level of respect for him as a guide and person. I couldn’t think of a better person to have leading this trip.
The Ship. The Ortelius not only has the highest ice-class notation possible, but it recently came out of dry dock after being extensively remodeled and updated.
Small Group Size. The number of passengers is limited to 100 – the same number that IAATO rules allow on shore in the Antarctic, so everyone can go to shore at once – no waiting for people to return so your shift can land!
Well I could go on and on, but since I don’t have first hand experience and so much information is available on the Cheeseman Ecology Safari website, if you would like to learn more, visit: Antarctic Peninsula In depth Expedition. If you have more questions, the friendly folks at Cheesemans’ are more then happy to answer further questions. Hope to see you there!
Mountain Goat in Cataract Cove, Harris Bay, Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska.
This huge waterfall dumps straight into the ocean and is one of many places we visit on my Kenai Fjords photo tour.
All my workshops and tours are sold out this year except for this one which still has room. I’m surprised, as this is maybe the best of the bunch! So, if you want to see whales, eagles, bears, puffins and amazing scenery, check it out: Kenai Fjords National Park photo tour.
Note, there has been a date change.
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