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Patrick J. Endres

Welcome to my photography blog. Alaska has been my home for nearly 30 years, and its epic landscape continues to lure me, both personally, and professionally as a freelance photographer. Let this be your virtual “Alaska”. I’ll be posting some visual goods and technical comments about my ventures. Facebook | Twitter | Newsletter

Over the next few weeks I'll share some of the amazing sights from my recent one month trip to Antarctica.

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Category Archives: Ice Art

2009 Mulit-Block Ice Art Winner

Tuesday, March 10, 2009 at 10:46pm

I’ve been photographing the World Ice Sculpting Championships in Fairbanks for 15 years. Throughout this time, many amazing sculptures have been created by artists from all over the world. One in particular stands out to me, and the numerous fist place medals to his name attest to his talents. Fairbanks sculptor Vladimir Zhikhartsev, originally from...

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Categories: Alaska Life, Fairbanks, Ice Art, Places

More Ice Sculptor portraits

Friday, March 6, 2009 at 5:30am

The Multi-block ice sculpting event is in full swing, and will end on Friday, March, 6. During a few visits, I’ve attempted to capture some portraits of the sculptors at work. While it is not challenging to grab a few token shots, it is difficult to create light, spontaneously, as the sculptors are working.
Medium size...

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Categories: Alaska Life, Fairbanks, Ice Art, Interior, Places, Regions

2009 Single Block Ice Art

Tuesday, March 3, 2009 at 10:47pm

Single block ice sculptures at the World Ice Art Championships, Fairbanks, Alaska.

Single block ice sculptures at the World Ice Art Championships, Fairbanks, Alaska.
These are comparison shots of the same ice sculpture. The first frame shows the work in progress and the second frame shows the detail enhanced when lit at night with colored lights. The...

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Categories: Alaska Life, Ice Art

2009 Ice Art

Sunday, March 1, 2009 at 11:51pm

Mongolian sculptors Rashaanjav Tuvshintur and Tserendash Batmunkh created an abstract single block sculpture titled “Evolution” for the 2009 World Ice Art Championships in Fairbanks, Alaska. With the single block competition complete, the Multi-block competition begins March 1 and concludes on March 6, 2009. Four person teams will carve and sculpt massive ice sculptures to be...

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Categories: Alaska Life, Ice Art

Off Camera ETTL flash

Thursday, February 26, 2009 at 8:11pm

I left the world of direct, on-camera flash some years ago, and its a needed step to take for creative and interesting lighting of subjects. In the past, I’ve used Canon’s ST-E2 Infrared Transmitter (Or a Canon 580 serves the same function when set as master), which would trigger off camera flashes through a infrared...

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Categories: Ice Art, Technique