Good Morning Kaltag, March 10, 2013
It’s Sunday morning. I forgot about the time change, but no worry, the sun will be up at its usual time. It’s warm here in Kaltag, light snow. Shot some…
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Welcome to Unk! March 10, 2013
We spent a few hours in the morning in Kaltag and then hitched a ride with Mike Swalling again to Unalakleet. Check out a couple photos from Kaltag and a…
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Unalakleet Checkpoint, March 10, 2013
It’s Sunday evening in Unalakleet. Had a nice, simple, non-turbulent, flight from Kaltag with Mike Swalling. As we flew over, I noticed race sponsor Penair’s airplane on the tarmac. And…
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Unalakleet, Monday, March 11, 2013
Unalakleet — 7 below zero here this morning. I was happy to have a nice early breakfast with my friends the Ekenweilers. As usual, they loaned me their snowmachine and…
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Arriving in Elim Monday, March 11, 2013
Jeff and I were headed into the village of Elim, having just got off a plane and jumped on a four-wheeler, when we noticed a huge cloud of billowing smoke…
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Morning in Elim, Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Tuesday March 12, 2013— Elim, Alaska — It’s clear crisp day here in Elim. 0 degrees this morning. I like the shots I got this morning of Pete Kaiser leaving…
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Beauty of Elim, March 12, 2013
Paul Gebhart on the Bering Sea at sunrise after leaving the Elim checkpoint on Tuesday March 12, 2013.Iditarod Sled Dog Race 2013Photo by Jeff Schultz copyright 2013 DO NOT REPRODUCE…
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Mitch Seavey and Aily Zirkle, 2 miles apart, headed to Nome
Mitch Seavey and Aily Zirkle are currently the race leaders. They left White Mountain 13 minutes apart and are about 2 miles apart between White Mountain and Nome.
Mitch Seavey Wins the 2013 Iditarod
It’s 1:45 am on Wednesday in Nome. Been a long race, good times, lots of running around. Took a pile of rides on a sno-go today out of Elim and…
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Jeff in Action
My little tribute to Jeff Schultz. This is Jeff’s 33rd year photographing the Iditarod and he’s a man who knows everyone and how to get things done. I was privileged…
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Saturday in Nome
It’s Saturday in Nome. The last couple days has been spent mostly editing the 10,000 plus photos taken during the race, getting them captioned and sorted for the www.iditarodphotos.com website as well…
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March 22, 2013 — From Sled Dogs to Gourmet Dogs
A couple days after being back at home from my journey of trekking over 900 miles on the Iditarod Trail and looking for interesting & exciting images of sled dogs,…
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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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June Alaska Magazine Cover
One of my favorite subjects (besides Iditarod dogs) is airplanes. I am blessed to have a number of friends with airplanes and all are gracious and willing to take the…
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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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Rainy Pass Lodge in the Summer
I have been to the Rainy Pass checkpoint on Puntilla Lake many times in my 33 years photographing the Iditarod and spent many nights there. The race was “frozen” there…
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An Evening at Westchester
What was formerly Chester creek running through town, Westchester Lagoon here in Anchorage has been a wonderful escape from the urban landscape since the early 1970’s. Thousands of people use…
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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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Shooting Great Food
In the next couple weeks I’ll be going out to Tutka Bay Lodge for the second time this summer to do some photography for my good friends, Carl and Kirsten…
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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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Snow Stock Shoot in the Studio – Behind the Scenes
A couple weeks ago my stock agency, Alaska Stock Images, sent out a call to photographers for an up close portrait of a woman with snow on her face in…
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Iditarod Time
Yes, the Iditarod start is almost 3 full months away, March 1st. BUT preparations are beginning behind the scenes now. This past Tuesday night over 20 of the best bush…
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Eagle River Valley
Earlier this week, in the sub-zero cold, I was out at the Eagle River Nature Center for a couple hours. The Valley is so spectacular and diverse. The mountains are…
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