On Saturday, Amy and I gathered some lunch materials and and made the short drive to the top of Murphy Dome, about 20 miles from our home north of Fairbanks. Amy was equipped with a sketchbook and watercolors, I with…
Outdoor Photo Tip: Be a Naturalist First
The forest has grown quiet around my cabin. It’s been happening for months now, the birds ended most of their enthusiastic, breeding-season singing back in July. But until the past few weeks there were still a lot of birds around.…
Aurora Greeting Cards! Limited Availability
Finally available is this limited edition run of Aurora Borealis greeting cards! 15 dollars for five cards featuring 5 of my favorite images of the aurora. You can find these for sale on the Wild Imagination Stock Catalog. Find…
Brooks Range Valley in Black and White
Canon 5D Mark III, Canon 24-105 f4L IS, 105mm, f8.0, 1/100th sec, ISO 400, handheld, black and white conversion in Adobe Lightroom. The Brooks Range is filled with tiny little valleys that cut into the mountains. Each is unique, some…
My Dog Would Make a Great Photographer
I’d like to introduce you to my dog, Maddie. She’s an 80lb Flat-coat Retriever, with maybe another breed or two thrown in for variety. She isn’t going to win the Nobel Prize anytime soon, but she’s sweet and enthusiastic about…
The Equinox Marathon
Each fall Fairbanks hosts the Equinox Marathon. It’s primarily a trail race that carries runners on a long loop through the forested hills on the west side of town. It includes a brutal 2000+ foot climb up Ester Dome, the…
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I need your help. I want to turn the Wild Imagination Jounral into something more than it is, and to do that, I need your input. I’m looking to expand my readership by providing the kind of articles and content…
Overnight on the Denali Highway
Busy weekend. On Friday I flew down to Anchorage, bought a car, drove it back to Fairbanks, packed for a camping trip, then on Sunday headed down to the Denali Highway in the new car. We camped for the night…
Over the Noatak
Canon 5D iii, Canon 24-105 f4L IS, ISO 400, f8.0, 105mm, 1/640th sec, handheld. This August, for the third year in a row, I guided a canoe trip down the Noatak River in Gates of the Arctic National Park for Arctic…
Male Rock Ptarmigan – Kokolik River, Alaska
Canon 5D Mark III, Canon 500mm f4L IS, 1.4x TC, ISO 800, f8.0, 1/4000th sec. I spent very little time this summer photographing wildlife. In part that’s due to the fact that I’m often weight-limited on my backcountry journeys. The…