I spent the last week leading a photo tour to one of my favorite places in the state of Alaska: Wiseman. This gold-rush era village of log cabins and scattered and rusting mining equipment, lies in the southern Brooks Range,…
When I was a kid I had a series of “forts” that extended from my backyard through several neighbors properties and into a stringer of undeveloped forest a 1/4 mile from home. Usually centered around a partly fallen, or ivy-covered…
A couple of days ago we conducted a landing at Isla Guanape off the coast of northern Peru. The island, a national reserve, is home to thousands of nesting Peruvian and Blue-footed Boobies, Peruvian Pelicans, and a handful of other…
Announcing a new workshop! The Photographic Landscape of the Wrangell Mountains. I’ll be leading this 5-day photographic exploration of Wrangell St. Elias National Park this September 3-8 in the remote community of McCarthy. The workshop is in collaboration with…
Announcing the release of Limited Edition Prints of 10 of my favorite and most popular images. These are available starting right now. And, for readers of my blog, they are 25% off (both the print AND shipping!) for limited time.…
This past weekend featured the first major long-distance mushing race of the season, The Copper Basin 300. It was won by Allen Moore, the defending champion of the grueling 1000 mile Yukon Quest. And the Quest itself starts in just a couple…
I just got back (finally) my first two rolls of film shot with my new (antique) Zeiss Ikon Ikoflex twin-lens reflex camera. I’ve gotten so spoiled by the digital age and the instant gratification that comes with it, that I…
Now we are delving into the meat of this thing. Photography is about interesting things. Now I wish I could quit right there, but unfortunately that isn’t the end of the story. Interesting things are EVERYWHERE. I’m sure there is…
I was out walking the dog on Halloween evening, on a local trail loop I often take from my cabin. It was dusk when we started out, and for 40 minutes or so, I was walking mostly by the light…
I just returned from a week long trip to Colorado. In my non-photographic and writing life, I love to ride and race bicycles. I took advantage of this trip to ride in a couple of cyclocross races around Denver. Great…