Thursday, April 30, 2009 at 7:05am
On average, I do a handful of assignments a year for Alaska Magazine. One of those, featured in the May 2009 issue, is about the community of Delta Junction, just 90 miles south of Fairbanks. Delta has an interesting history, dating from Alaska’s pioneer days, but of recent development as well, including agriculture and military...
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Monday, April 27, 2009 at 2:51pm
FINALLY!
A continual source of frustration with my previous blog platform was the very small photos afforded in their presentation. As a photographer, who appreciates big images, it drove me nuts. So welcome to a new blog, a new space, with much better customization and options for larger photos, that one can truly enjoy. I...
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Saturday, April 25, 2009 at 7:01pm
Arrigetch Peaks of the Brooks range, Gates of the Arctic National Park, Alaska
Canon 5D Mark II, 24-105mm IS L (35mm) 1/1250 sec @ f 8, ISO 400
I’ve long wanted to see and photograph the Arrigetch Peaks of the Brooks range, and a recent visit only increased my desire to return for a more thorough session....
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Monday, April 20, 2009 at 9:52pm
Lightplay on a mountain ridge in the Alaska range.Canon 5 D Mark II, 24-105mm L IS, (102mm) 1/800 sec @ f4.5, ISO 400
I’ve been doing some aerial photography recently, thanks to a friend and willing pilot, Hugh Rose. Do to low light we elected to not land on a glacier in the Alaska range, even...
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Saturday, April 18, 2009 at 9:51pm
Stream in the Alaska range mountainsCanon 5D Mark II, 24-105mm f4.0L IS, 1/400 sec @ f13, ISO 200
The heat of the spring sun bears forcefully upon Alaska’s winter landscape. Daylight increases at a rate of about 7 minutes per day, and while the snow is thick in many places, it can’t resist the marching summer...
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Tuesday, April 14, 2009 at 9:42pm
Caribou on the mountain ridges of the Brooks range–all the little brown dots in the foreground, I’m guessing perhaps 1000 in this group.Click on the image to see it larger.
Thanks to a generous friend, colleague, pilot, Hugh Rose, I spent an afternoon flying over the Brooks range looking at caribou along the mountain ridges. These...
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Monday, April 6, 2009 at 5:42pm
Truckers travel the Haul road north of the Brooks range, arctic, Alaska.Canon 1Ds Mark III, 500mm f4L IS, 1/500 sec @ f8, ISO 400
The James Dalton Highway was built as an access road to the Arctic ocean during the days of the of the Trans Alaska Pipeline construction. It still serves the main purpose of...
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Wednesday, April 1, 2009 at 2:42am
Bull Muskox in blowing snowCanon 1Ds Mark III, 500mm f4.0L IS, 1/500 sec @ f7.1, ISO 400
I just returned from a week of photography in Alaska’s arctic. Surprisingly, late March and April still deliver significant sub zero temperatures in the far north, even as the sunlight rushes back at a rapid pace. I’m finding,...
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