Welcoming Arm in Huslia
Welcome to Huslia. Huslia is a small village located on the banks of the Koyokuk river, which is a tributary of the Yukon River. This is the home town of…
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Good night from Huslia
It was another beautiful day in Huslia, Alaska. The sun was warming and the sky was blue. The mushers endured another cold night to make their way into the checkpoint. …
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Making our way to the coast.
We left Huslia this morning around 11am and just landed in Kaltag for a quick stop before we head to Unalakleet this evening. Aaron Burmister was the first one into…
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Windy in Unalakleet
Last night we arrived into Unalakleet with winds over 30mph with blowing snow. Our Iditarod Air Force Pilot, Jerry, did a flawless job on landing in those conditions. Once we…
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Adios Unalakleet
We left Unalakleet this morning and are making our way towards the Burled Arch. This morning was a beautiful morning with the Northern Lights putting on a purple show around…
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Iditarod Recap
The 2015 Iditarod was an interesting race and photo shoot opportunity for me. The good trail conditions combined with the amount of teams entered (78) made for a shooting frenzy…
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Denali National Park Workshop
Now is the time to plan for a trip to the wild places of Alaska’s Denali National Park with my fall Landscape and Wildlife photo workshop happening August 15-23, 2015. Only…
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Personal Workshop
Last week I did a personal, one-on-one photo workshop with a good friend and professional pilot. We were up in the air at sunrise and flew his super cub in…
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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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#Throwback Thursday 5-21-15
The year was “film days” — sometime in the mid-1990’s. In my mind, I had the idea for many years to make a compelling image for potential commercial stock sales…
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Glacier Dog Mushing
A couple weeks ago I was asked to do some photography for Knik River Lodge in the Matanuska-Susitna Valley near Anchorage. A WAY cool location if you’re traveling to Alaska.…
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2016 Calendar
Since selling my stock photo agency, Alaska Stock Images, in the fall of 2012, I’ve really been enjoying the freedom to get out, pursue and take my time to photograph…
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2015 Denali Photo Workshop Recap
 My Alaska Photo Treks 2015 Denali National Park photo workshop/tour was a success. 9 participants enjoyed a total of 8 nights and 7 days on this unique workshop. The…
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2016 Pre-Race Vet Check
This morning was the pre-race veterinarian check of the dogs. The check was held at the Iditarod Headquarters in Wasilla. The veterinarians check over the dogs to make sure that…
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Today was the Ceremonial Start of the 2016 Iditarod Trail Race. All the mushers and their dogs started in downtown Anchorage this morning to make their annual trek through…
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Deroy here, on the trail assisting Jeff again this year. We are at the Rainy Pass checkpoint for the moment. We stopped here to use the internet and upload some…
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We are in Takotna for the night. Jeff just came back from an aerial shoot with Iditarod Air Force Pilot, Jerry Wortley. The hospitality in Takotna is great.…
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Year of High-Fives
This year during the ceremonial start of the Iditarod it seemed to me it was the “year of high-fives”. Every year as the mushers run down the streets and bike…
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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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Separation and Vision
Pre-visualizing an image before it happens is a large part of a successful photo shoot, such as in this case. This image was taken during my 2014 Denali Photo Tour…
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Sunset and Sleeping Lady
I wanted to make the image just a bit different than a normal sunset photo. Though it may not be easy to tell, I shot this at a very long…
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Chasing Dogs :: 2nd Anniversary!
Today, June 1st, is the second anniversary of my first self-published book, Chasing Dogs! It was June of 2014 when I released my book “Chasing Dogs—My Adventures as the…
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Cropping, composing; vertical, horizontal; long shutter, fast shutter… sun’s going down, oh gee how to make this look good?
I was recently out looking for and shooting some spring landscapes. I found myself 50 miles south of home at Portage Lake, hoping that there might be some icebergs in…
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My Most Favorite Composition
In the middle of May there was a clear stretch of weather and I went on an overnight shoot to make images in the Glacier View area. I shot this…
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