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…
Over the Noatak
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…
Wild Places: Storm over the Kokolik River, Alaska
Today I launch a series of posts reliving my summer’s travels. Since I was woefully absent here throughout the summer, I’m now given the opportunity to make up for it. Starting right here on the Kokolik River. The Kokolik is…
Noatak River
Canon 5d Mark III, Canon 24-105 f4L IS @24mm, f11, 1/250th, ISO 200 I’ve had a really busy summer, with one more trip to the Brooks Range coming up in a few days. I’m just back from a 17 day…
Argentina’s Ibera Wetlands III: Birds
Southern Lapwing. Normally side-light is ineffective for bird photography, it causes too much contrast, but this is my favorite image I made of this species. The early morning sunlight was soft enough to permit the unconventional lighting. Canon 5d III,…
The Ibera Wetlands Part I
The Milky way over the Ibera. Canon 5D iii, Canon 17-40 f4L, tripod, f4.0, 30 seconds, ISO 800. Foreground “light painted” with the beam of a headlamp. The stars in the Ibera rivaled anything I’ve seen before. The border between…
Transitioning
Canon 5d Mark III, tripod, 17-40 f4L, f4.0, 5sec, ISO 800. I always find it difficult to return from a trip abroad. There is something about the jet-lag, the exhaustion from hours of travel, and the return to normal life…
Experimenting at the Open North American Championships
Under bright blue skies and intense sun, huge mushing teams took to the trails around Fairbanks this afternoon. I headed to Creamer’s Field where I could position myself to watch the teams race by on their way out, and then…
100 Best of 2012
Joining in the end of year post extravaganza that is going on right now on the Interwebs, I thought I’d post 100 of my favorites from the past 12 months. Without further ado here they are: (Click on a thumbnail…
Winter Light Show
The shortest days of the year have brought along a solid cold snap here in Fairbanks. Yesterday morning temperatures in town hit -48F. Ice fog engulfed most of town in a stinky, choke-inducing haze, and I did my best to…