Mentor Series Photography Tour in Acadia NP and Bar Harbor, Maine
I just returned from northern Maine where I was one of two mentors for the Mentor Series World Wide Photography Treks. The other mentor was my old college buddy Layne Kennedy, and as always we had a great time teaching the craft of photography as well as getting to know… Read More »
Arctic Documentary Project – Svalbard, Norway Final Post #5
August 10, Danskøya Island 37F Click on this link to see photos of our favorite images from the Svalbard shoot for the Arctic Documentary Project This morning is cold. Most definitely the coolest we’ve experienced. Danskøya Island is on the northwest part of the archipelago and is on the edge… Read More »
Arctic Documentary Project – Svalbard, Norway Post #4: Second Trip
August 8, 2011, Cloudy and 43F Tanya and I spent the past three days in Lonyearbyen in a small, very European, apartment, catching up on business matters, writing and a little rest before our next group of guests arrived. The first trip went really well, but every adventure to… Read More »
Arctic Documentary Project – Svalbard, Norway Post #3: Whales, Walrus, Bears and Seals
July 27 – Clear skies, Temp Around 45F The weather continues bright and sunny. For two days now we’ve had skies with virtually no clouds. Some wind yesterday afternoon but amazingly if it weren’t for the desolate landscape, void of vegetation, and cool temps, I would swear we were cruising… Read More »
Arctic Documentary Project – Svalbard, Norway Post #2: Polar Bear Sighting
July 23, 2012 Two years ago on my first trip to Svalbard we found a dead whale, floating in the waters of Holmiabukta. It was partially beached, the underside of its large, bloated carcass coming aground on the bottom of the fjord, 50 feet or more from the gray,… Read More »
Arctic Documentary Project: Svalbard, Norway Post #1: Montana to Fidembukta Harbor
July 20, 2011 Our trip from Montana was uneventful – though flying anymore I find literally painful. When Tanya and I travel overseas we always plan to arrive at least a day early, ideally two or even three. Acclimating to a new time zone slowly can make all the difference… Read More »
Natural Treasures of Costa Rica
What day is it? I literally have no idea. All I know is that Tanya and I flew from San Jose, Costa Rica yesterday afternoon and landed in Tampa, Florida at about 1:00am this morning, finalizing the last leg of a four week photo odyssey through the natural wonders of… Read More »
Macro Photography – A Whole Different World
We just finished hosting our second Costa Rica Photography Tour group. I’m now writing this on a short day off before our third group arrives and we’re back in to the Costa Rica rainforest. I thought I would share some of the fun we’ve been having while visiting this magnificent… Read More »
Gear for the Brown Bear Photography Adventure
Our Alaskan Brown Bear trip is fast approaching and I wanted to take a few minutes to post some information for those of you who plan to join us. For those of you reading this that may still have an interest we do have two spots open for the spring… Read More »
African Safari Photography Adventure
The text, photos and video are from our annual adventure to Kenya. The daily updates were originally sent out to friends and family of our guests to help keep them up to speed with our travels. Most places in Kenya do not have great Internet connections and at most camps… Read More »