Pro Tips
Imagine you’re standing on a volcanic beach in the Galápagos Islands. There’s a marine iguana sprawled across the black lava rock, a blue-footed booby showing off its ridiculous footwear, and…
Pro Tips
There’s a peculiar thing that happens after several days at Alaska Bear Camp. At first, every bear is exciting. Bear in the grass? Amazing. Bear walking? Incredible. Three bears in…
Pro Tips
Photography is, quite literally, drawing with light. The word comes from the Greek phōs (light) and graphē (drawing or writing). Without light, you have nothing. No exposure. No color. No texture. No…
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A brown bear explodes through an Alaskan river. A kangaroo bounds across a golden field. A pelican launches itself into the sea with all the aerodynamic grace of a bowling…
Pro Tips
Here’s an uncomfortable truth: your subject is not the whole photo. I know, betrayal. You spent all that money on a big lens, got up before sunrise, skipped the second…
Pro Tips
There is a moment in every photographer’s life when you realize you’re stuck. You’ve been chasing the subject. Zooming tighter. Filling the frame. Getting closer, closer, closer until your photo…
Pro Tips
Alaska photography has a reputation for being hard. Big landscapes. Bad weather. Long distances. Animals that do not care about your schedule or your shot list. All of that is…
Pro Tips
There’s a moment we’ve all had: staring at a photo in Lightroom, finger hovering over the “black & white” button like it’s a detonator. Should I leave it in color,…
What's in the Bag
Alaska is one of the most dynamic and photo-rich locations in the world. You’ve got rugged peaks, sprawling glacial valleys, dense temperate rainforests, and, of course, most of North America’s…
Learn by Example
This is the dream trip for just about every wildlife photographer on the planet–to have an extraordinary day (or days!) at the famous Brooks Falls platform in Katmai National Park,…
Learn by Example
It’s the beginning of summer, which for me means that Alaska is calling. Recently, I’ve been spending my summers in Lake Clark National Park at Nat Hab’s Alaska Bear Camp.…
Learn by Example
To be a photographer often means to be a planner. You’ve planned out the trip, packed the right equipment, selected your locations, figured out sunrise and sunset, and there’s a…
