Jeff Schultz’s Alaska Photo Blog

Featuring tips on outdoor photography, the inside scoop on new workshops & tours, and more.

Yarn Bombing – What Bombing?

Yes, you read it right. I said yarn bombing. I’m guessing a handful of people have heard of this, most not. Here’s my story…and I’m sticking to it. My wife…

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Winter Landscapes

While the weather in Alaska has been quite odd this winter–not much snow, lots of warm weather–when the weather does cooperate I just enjoy driving to a location and hiking…

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Westchester Behind the Scenes

On the last day of July, I had the pleasure of going with Jeff on his recent adventure to Westchester Lagoon. The goal of the evening was to photograph at…

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Weekend Kayaking

I spent this past weekend with dozen guys on a men’s retreat kayaking in Prince William Sound.  There were crazy wet and rolling waves and one great calm, mostly sunny…

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Turnagain Sunburst

Here’s another shot from along the Turnagain Arm, this time featuring a beautiful sunburst. This was a 37 second exposure with a 10-stop neutral density filter and a 2 stop…

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Turnagain Climbing

I went climbing with a friend, Randy, along the cliffs above Turnagain Arm looking for Sheep last week. No sheep on the climb, but the scenery was just spectacular. I…

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Turnagain Arm

I think Turnagain Arm, just south of Anchorage proper, is one of the most target-rich environments for photographers. It’s all there… water, mountains, wildlife, flowers and more. Turnagain Arm was…

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Turnagain Again

Once again I succumb to the Turnagain Arm majesty. It’s a GREAT place to shoot and SO close to home! This time it’s just before sunset a couple weeks ago.…

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Throwback Thursday :: Igloo

The year was the film days. I hired a mountain climbing friend Marc Phillips to take me into the Ruth Glacier in May specifically for this picture. He knew how…

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There's no place like Nome

Last week I was in Nome and Gambell on an assignment.   I spent one day in Gambell and 3 nights and two days in Nome. I’ve never spent this much…

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The Seward Highway Moon

We recently had a full moon on a nice clear night. I was out early at 4 am to photograph the moonlight on the snow-covered mountains around Turnagain Arm. I…

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The Eagle River Moon

I’ve been driving around the Anchorage municipality area a lot lately, scouting for new locations to make photos which show off the beauty of this place many of us call…

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The Arctic Thunder Air Show

This weekend was the Arctic Thunder Air Show here in Anchorage at Joint-Base Elmendorf-Richardson. Not something I’ve been to since taking our son to it when he was little (many,…

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Sunset Photo Safari

The last week I’ve spent a lot of time along Turnagain Arm and other parts around Anchorage where we do the “Sunset Photo Safari” photo workshop/tour each evening . I photographed…

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Sunset over Glen Alps

The clouds broke quite a bit on the horizon last night during a stock shoot in midtown at 10pm, with great dark clouds to the east with piercing light. After…

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Sunrise Sky Harbor

This morning I’m in my home-office, in the middle of sending an e-mail and look out to the south. I could see one small band of pink clouds on the…

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Spring time is Puppy time!

Spring time is Puppy Time!!   I was fortunate to have some friends that had a litter of Alaskan Huskies get in touch with me recently to photograph their 3-week old…

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Spring time in Alaska…

Up until today, us in Anchorage have enjoyed over 2 weeks of pure sunshine  AND above freezing temps during the day.  The days are WAY longer now, sunset being nearly…

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Spring airplane shoots

It’s been a great week with great weather and good friends with planes.  Spring is such a great time here in Southcentral Alaska.   Long days and often times quite clear. …

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Speaking Symposium

I’m excited to have been asked to give the keynote presentation at the Midwest Sled Dog Symposium in Curtis, Michigan September 25-27th, 2015. During this two-hour presentation on Saturday evening…

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South Fork of Eagle River

These past few days I spent some time hiking several trails in and around Anchorage.  Here is a fall landscape shot I did of the South Fork of Eagle River…

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Snail Trails

Similar to my last blog post, here’s some photos along Turnagain Arm, just south of Anchorage. This is part of our daily sunset photo safari tour at Jeff Schultz Photography.…

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