We have been fortunate enough to stay at some of the fanciest hotels in North America in places like Palm Springs, San Diego, Orange County, Los Angeles and Vancouver, and have almost always paid less then $100 per night, sometimes much less. So how do we do it? Easy, by naming our own price on Priceline.com Read More
2010 Alaska Wildlands Calendar
I have tried to keep the shameless self promotion to a minimum, but I have always kinda liked this photo of Harriman Glacier in the Chugach National Forest, so I was excited to have it selected for the cover of next years calendar.
I believe these are available at most National Park visitor centers in Alaska. Here are some more Chugach National Forest photos.
Vancouver Skyline, British Columbia, Canada.
Janine has been working extra hard on our website and now has updated our Canadian coverage with our new Vancouver photos along with additional Whistler photos.
False Hellebore, Seward, Alaska.
It is easy to see why this photogenic plant is so popular with photographers. This image is one of Janine’s favorites from the summer – so I’m posting this by special request from her. 🙂
An unnamed glacier in Northwestern Fjord, Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska.
Another photo from last week. I think this area is beautiful even in ugly weather!
Rainbow over Resurrection Bay, Seward, Alaska.
I spotted this rainbow Monday – it had to be one of the brightest, most vivid rainbows I had ever seen. Judging by the reactions of my neighbors, as they emerged from their homes with cameras in hand, I wasn’t the only one who thought so. The best reaction came from an 8 year old boy riding by on his bike who looked at his buddy and said “Dude, look at that sick rainbow!”
Victoria Harbour Ferry, Victoria, Canada.
As I was galavanting around Alaska, Janine was busy updating our website with a new section of Victoria photos, thanks to our recent travels there this past summer.
A portion of a pod of ten orcas spotted during our tour last week in Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska.
Nice timing – after going three years with regular updates to this blog, I missed this entire past week! Now I can explain.
I just finished a very interesting week accompanying one of the wealthiest Americans (according to Forbes) around Alaska on a private photo tour. Well I say private, but he did have two non photographer friends with him, along with a highly capable staff member who took care of any logistical issues that arose during the trip, and 3 full time body guards! Needless to say I received a lot of funny looks and comments. Try walking around a town of 350 like Hope, Alaska – while surrounded by 3 very fit looking young men each sporting one of those curly corded ear pieces – you know, the ones you see the Secret Service wearing in movies.
I gotta say I was a bit spoiled. It was nice being able to pull up to the nights hotel and have someone hand you a key to your room as you step from the car, while explaining you were checked in and your bags were already in the room! And the meals – wow!
So now I’m back to my tent and peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, but that is ok – those trips are really fun too!
I should add, I signed a confidentiality agreement, so don’t look for me to be naming names – and sorry, I can’t even give hints.
This was the first time I have ever participated in a photo tour, and I gotta say I had a lot of fun. I have received many requests for tours in the past years but have always explained I didn’t offer tours. Well this one came together at the very last minute while I had a gap in my schedule, so I decided it might give me a good preview and gave it a try. Since I did have such a good time, I’m thinking I might offer an occassional tour next year so stay tuned if interested.
P.S. We have now begun offering photo tours, go here to read more about our Alaska Photo Tours.
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