Eagles

The world’s moving so fast, the man who says it can’t be done is interrupted by someone doing it. - Elbert Hubbard 2010 will be the 6th straight year that I’ve been shooting solely in Alaska. In truth, it feels as if I’ve just arrived. Everything is still new and fresh to me, even though I have experienced it (whatever “it” is) several times now, in most cases. I’ve witnessed glaciers calving, both from a boat and from just across a raging river. I’ve seen humpback whales hurling their 40 ton bodies into the air, then the added blessing of seeing young whales being nurtured by mothers. I’ve watched pods of orca actively hunting, and sea otters frolicking in water so close that I could literally reach out and...

This is a good time to remind you of my upcoming photo workshop/adventour in June. Seats are limited, but we have a few spots open at this time. Please click HERE to read more about this one of a kind experience. Of course, if you have any questions, please contact me at any time. I look forward to seeing you, on this incredible tour! Don’t wait, don’t hesitate… the remaining seats will not last much...

This is the workshop I’ve been subtly hinting about for a while now. I’m very excited to be hosting this workshop along with my good friend Gary Gullett. Gary is the owner and founder of Chicago Photo Safaris, and we met over 1 year ago while photographing the wild waters wildlife of Kenai Fjords National Park. No kidding, this is going to be a long post. I’ve written a trip description for our workshop/adventour – you will find it below. If you have any questions regarding this amazing photo workshop, please feel free to email any time. I will respond as quickly & completely as I can. If this trip sounds like something you want to do, consider this – it will fill quickly. Before the trip was formally announced, we’ve...

No, it’s not a drinking problem. Although, there are plenty of fluids around… As I said in my last post, Cordova is drenched in vibrant life and color. It is the most lush place I have ever seen. If you allow your eyes to drift down from the mountain peaks, you will first meet solid ice. In the winter it is pure white and covered in thick snow. As the summer goes on, some of the top layer will melt away and reveal lines of dirt and rock. These are the moraines – at the edges of the glacier are the lateral moraines. When two glaciers join, they cause a medial moraine to form between them, like a sandbar running between two rivers at their confluence. Next you will find the tree line and enter the rain forest. Greens erupt, rich and full in color....

Not gonna get long winded on this one – just wanted to show some pics from Homer in March. My final trip there of the year, and likely the last time I will witness eagle feeding there. Unless they change the rules. In short, I hope they don’t. I do think it would be better if they would taper the feeding of eagles. I fear that the sudden loss of a food source may kill off several of the hundreds of bald eagles that have wintered over there. Some may say that this is natural selection. However, it is natural selection by human intervention – or rather, lack of participation. A phased tapering of feeding over 3-5 years may be more eagle friendly, but this remains to be seen. I will always cherish my memories of standing just feet (and sometimes...

As a preface, most people can’t believe how many eagles are in one location… this is untouched footage, no video trickery:) This video was made on a typical morning shoot in Jean Keene’s yard, back in 2007, shot from a point and shoot camera in movie mode. The person with their back to Tim in the opening clip is Jean, as she preps and tosses fish over the wall. I have been in her yard when there have been easily twice this number of Bald Eagles at one time… and yes, they do get that close. Closer at times, I’ve seen them land on abandoned tripods, cameras, and even the occasional human head! This is usually accompanied by a muffled, “Hoooooly, sh!t” It’s a quick clip, but fun. Favorite part? When Tim says, “Too...