Photography beyond Alaska’s borders
The Polar Star is inching its way across the Drake Passage, with only a few more hours to go before calmer waters. Remarkably, I’ve retained all my meals. This is in part due to the scopalamine patch stuck on my neck. The patch is also to be blamed for my current state of double vision.…
Tomorrow will close out the final shoreside visit to the Antarctic Peninsula. The light photographers dream of has been very elusive in the southern ocean. It’s now 10pm and our ship has been hanging out with a group of 20-30 humpback whales that have been gorging themselves on krill in the Bransfield Straight. That comes…
The forty hour ship journey from South Georgia Island to the South Orkneys fell under amazingly gentle seas. I woke up at 3:30am to the first views of giant icebergs so far. The light was not dramatic, but the vistas were thrilling and the icebergs on an epic scale in comparison to the thousands I’ve…
On the eve of Jan 6 we arrived at South Georgia Island after a few days of open ocean travel from the Falkland Islands. While artfully dodging a pathway through a beach littered with fur seals, elephant seals, and king penguins, my brain was in stimulus overload. This includes sight, sound, and smell. Two of…
Today (Saturday, Jan 26) concluded our second day of visits to the Malvinas Islands (Falklands). And both included multitudinous observations and photography of the humorous and artfully swimming penguins. Sorry I can’t share any pictures since the outgoing email on the ship is text only. Despite 3 applications of sunscreen, my reddened face reflects the…
I’m making this brief post in haste as our ship the Polar Star is about to depart Ushuaia, Argentina for the Falkland Islands, and the weather looks favorable for good traveling. That means less chance for sea sickness. The skiffs are docked on the top deck of the ship and I’ll be driving one of…
In a few days I leave for a month long trip to Antarctica as a staff member of Cheesman’s Ecology Safaris. Based on a 300 ft. Russian Ice Breaker, 100 passengers will voyage to the Malvinas Islands, South Georgia, the Orkney’s and the Antarctic Peninsula. I’ll be giving photo instruction and operating an inflatable boat…
Since the day I returned from Mozambique Africa in 2001, where I spent 4 weeks working in an orphanage and photographing children, I saw the writing on the wall that the days of film were over. Because of the ease and inconspicuous use of my little 3 MP Canon G1 digi cam, I photographed with…
I know this is a blog about Alaska Photography, but I returned from a trip to Belize and Mexico and thought it worthy of display. I scaled back on camera gear since it was not really a work trip, but I did experiment with the Canon 5d Mark II with an underwater housing. Specifically, the…
Lightroom 2.0 was released three days ago on July 28. The upgrade is $99, and it has paid for itself already. There are a number of improvements, but the most important to me is the localized correction feature. These are non-destructive adjustments, meaning they do not modify the original RAW image data, and they add…