/wildlife-photographyMost people show up to photograph humpback whales with the biggest lens they own. I did the same thing my first year. It's the wrong call. During bubble-net feeding in Southeast Alaska, whales can surface 30 feet from the boat. A 400mm at that range gets you a frame full of grey
/wilderness-backpackingNo affiliate links. No fluff. Just what actually works in the backcountry from someone who's been doing this since the mid-90s. After three decades of backpacking and guiding in Alaska's most remote wilderness, from Wrangell-St. Elias to Gates of the Arctic, I finally wrote down
/wildlife-photographyThis is one of those shots where everything just came together. The bear hit the water at full speed and I was already tracking it, hoping the autofocus would keep up. It did. Barely. You can see the intensity in that face. Nothing else exists for this bear right now except the f
/wildlife-photographyThis shot is a good example of why I love photographing brown bear family groups. A sow tolerating her cub's antics on a grassy bench above the coast. The cub is all energy and playfulness. Mom is patient but setting boundaries. Look at the body language. The cub is fully comm
/wildlife-photographyAlaska can be some amazing polar bear photography opportunities. Nothing quite like it. When's on, it's on.Of course, weather is always a thing in the arctic, so let that stand as a caveat. But when it's working in your favor, it's awesome.These are from a few years ago. Hope we
/adventure-travelI spent 4 months in Futaleufu, Chile a while back and it ruined me for other rivers. The name is Mapuche and translates as "Big Water." They weren't kidding. The standard run is called Bridge to Bridge, about 12km of nearly continuous Class 3+, 4, and 4+ rapids. Just when you
/wilderness-backpackingMost people have never heard of Wrangell-St. Elias National Park. I get it. Everyone knows Denali. Everyone's heard of Gates of the Arctic because it sounds cool. But Wrangell-St. Elias is the biggest national park in the country, bigger than Yellowstone and Yosemite combined, an
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