Of all of the species of penguins found in Antarctica, the Adelie is my favorite by far. I think this in part attributed to their cartoon like appearance, with definitive and simple lines of color demarcation. The white circles bordering their eyes make them seem eternally happy and engaged. But they are favored even more…
That perfect lens is always elusive. I took this shot at 400mm and when reviewing it on my computer later I asked myself why I didn’t at least flip the internal teleconverter on to reach out to 560mm. But I had no answer, I must have been preoccupied in some fashion and just grabbed whatever…
While interior Alaska, and specifically Fairbanks, can get brutally cold in the winter, it can also be spectacular in winter beauty. I’ve been working on building a snowpath from the cabin in the boreal forest where I live. It was perfect for photography until a big storm came a few weeks ago, but I’m working…
Having just returned from a fantastic photo tour in Alaska’s Arctic, I’m off for another duplicate journey. I was co-guiding the trip with my friend and colleague Hugh Rose, and all 8 of the tour guests came back with great pictures of the aurora borealis, arctic wilderness, polar bears, caribou and more. I wanted to…
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…
Finally, it is time to say goodbye to winter in Alaska’s interior and welcome the warmer weather, even though we have set a record for the latest spring green up in recorded history. Snow is melting quickly and soon some color will fill the landscape. I chose this photo of a bird’s wing prints in…
The snow keeps falling Fairbanks, with about 6-7 inches of fresh snow over the last day or so. Spring seems far away. As I prepare for a few days in the Copper River Delta region for the Copper River Delta Shorebird Festival, I pulled this picture out of my archive, taken a few years ago.…
Come to me aurora … it never obeyed … but if it did!
I’ve just returned from another successful aurora photo tour into Alaska’s arctic, but to give a little break from aurora pictures, which I’ve been posting a lot of lately, here is a little creature of the boreal forest that takes shelter from its predators in the shrubby willow thickets. The snowshoe hare turns white in…