For a trip that was dominated by gray skies, I find it ironic that many of my images from the Noatak are anchored in the color blue. It’s not the bright blue of a clear-day sky, rather it is the…
Blue
Return from the Noatak, Perspective, and Manipulation
After 17 days of canoeing, hiking, photography, rain and wind dodging, and wildlife watching in the western Brooks Range I’m back in Fairbanks. The trip was…. well the trip was… It was kinda… It was a bit of everything. The…
Caribou skull above the Noatak
Rarely have I found the skull of a cow caribou, but it seems that almost every trip I lead into the Brooks Range I find a bull caribou skull complete with spreading antlers. This one, my group and I found…
The Baird Mountains from Above
I just got back to town after leading a five day float in the western Brooks Range. We arrived in the middle of the rainiest stretch of weather the northwestern part of the state has experienced all summer. It wasn’t…
American Golden Plover
American Golden Plovers are undoubtedly flashy birds. Throw that black, gold and white critter into a field of spring wildflowers on a bright and sunny evening in Alaska’s Arctic, and…wow. Keep in mind that this is the same tundra that many members…
Angry Angel
The title to this post sounds like a bad name of an 80’s metal band but it’s also the first thing I thought of when I saw this image glowing on my computer screen as I downloaded my final series…
Arctic Alaska: Pectoral Sandpiper
A run and gun shot as I was tromping the arctic tundra today. Used my Canon 7D with a 70-200 f2.8L and 1.4x TC, handheld. Despite my hopes I haven’t had much time too shoot during my time in the…
Recent Publication: A World Beyond Imagination- Country Magazine
I recently received the contributor copy of the June/July issue of Country magazine which has within its many fine pages an article I wrote on Alaska’s Arctic. As a bonus, its illustrated largely with my images. You can find the…
Shorebird portraits
On a dreary Cordova afternoon, during a break from meetings, I strolled out onto the beach and found a pair of Black Oystercatchers, rather joyfully bathing in the water’s edge. The light was gray and dim, with a few spits…
Copper River Shorebird Festival
I have the excellent fortune to sit on the board of Audubon Alaska, in my opinion, one of the finest and most effective environmental groups currently working in the state. Twice a year I join the rest of the board…