Tuesday, March 9, 2010 at 5:40pm
While politics for me is like chewing an aspirin, I guess its my turn to chew a little …
HB 267 is a House Bill sponsored by Rep. Mike Kelly and Rep. Mark Neuman and co-sponsored by Rep. Tammie Wilson. The bill will allow snowmachine (not other motorized vehicles) use on the Dalton highway corridor, north...
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Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at 4:00am
Time to take a little bend in the road of still photography and explore some of the newly bundled features in today’s quickly evolving digital cameras-HD video. Since the inclusion of HD video in the Canon 5D Mark II, I’ve enjoyed playing around with it a bit, with an emphasis on “playing”. It is less...
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Categories: Arctic, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Bears, Nature, Photo Tours, Ploar bears, Wildlife | Tags: alaska, Arctic, arctic national wildlife refuge, beaufort sea, polar bears, Wildlife
Sunday, November 1, 2009 at 4:00am
What are the best night sky conditions in which to photograph the northern lights? It is a question that can be answered in variations, but I’ve resorted to the simplest answer…whenever the northern lights are visible! Brushing that comment aside, I really don’t think there are “best conditions”, it really depends on your interest. I’ve...
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Categories: Arctic, Aurora borealis, Landscapes, Nature, Technical, Technique | Tags: Aurora borealis, exposure, moon, moonlight, Technical, Technique
Friday, October 30, 2009 at 4:00am
A few comments about photographing white subjects in white environments; in particular the issue of exposure and post production adjustments in Lightroom 2.5. Let me first state that I’ve always utilized an expose-to-the-right shooting style (you can explore that concept on luminous-landscape if you are unfamiliar with it). To summarize that briefly, it is a...
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Categories: Arctic, Bears, Digital Technique, Nature, Photo Tours, Ploar bears, Technical, Wildlife | Tags: alaska, arctic national wildlife refuge, exposure, mammals, polar bears, snow, Wildlife
Wednesday, October 28, 2009 at 4:00am
This is another frame taken on a recent Arctic photo tour that I co-guide with Hugh Rose. We expanded to two trips this year, due to increased interest. This female polar bear was looking pretty healthy, and had been feeding on carcasses left over from the Autumn Bowhead whale hunt in the native village of...
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Categories: Arctic, Bears, Nature, Ploar bears, Wildlife | Tags: alaska, Arctic, arctic national wildlife refuge, ice, mammals, polar bears, Wildlife
Monday, October 26, 2009 at 4:00am
In my observations and photography in nature, I consider the polar bear to be one of the most amazing animals, exhibiting tremendous adaptation which has made them fit for survival in a harsh climate. They are generally a solitary animal, with a tremendous range of up to 1000 miles. Much of their life...
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Categories: Arctic, Bears, Nature, Photo Tours, Ploar bears, Wildlife | Tags: alaska, Arctic, Bears, beaufort sea, ice bear, polar bear, snow, Wildlife
Friday, October 23, 2009 at 4:09pm
According to my GPS coordinates for Barter Island, Alaska on Oct 12, 2009, the maximum high angle of the sun is a mere 9 degrees. This is part of the magic of the arctic at this time of year, having a low angle of light for the entire day of shooting. However, photos can continue...
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Categories: Arctic, Cold weather, Landscapes, Nature, Photo Tours | Tags: Arctic, barter island, beaufort sea, blur, freeze up, ice, Landscapes, ocean, water
Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at 8:00am
I’ve been posting a few photos and comments from a recent photo tour in Alaska’s arctic. Here is a link to a gallery of a few shots I quickly processed before heading back in the field for the second photo tour.
http://alaskaphotographics.com/galleries/2009-photo-tour1/
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Monday, October 19, 2009 at 4:00am
One of the beauties of photographing in Alaska in October is that the quality of light stays relatively warm and angle-appropriate for shooting most of the day. However, there is nothing quite as dynamic as the first and last light of any day. This shot was taken about 1 hour before actual sunset, but the...
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Friday, October 16, 2009 at 4:00am
People have a keen interest in the Aurora borealis images, so I’m posting another one from my recent Arctic photo tour. We had unusually warm temperatures, and in some parts of Western Alaska, all time record high temps were set. This is usually not favorable, since the snow melts and things look pretty brown. However,...
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