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Kayaker, Scidmore Bay, Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska – Image 2018

Kayaker, Scidmore Bay, Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska – Image 2018

This photo was shot in the last week of May 1998 on an Alaska Discovery kayak trip. I had gotten up at 4:30 am to shoot the morning light. I found one other client up and stirring around. I returned to this same spot exactly one year later in May of 1999, and I found two feet of snow on the beach, and there was no green to be found anywhere. Scidmore Bay is part of the wilderness waters of Glacier Bay, and no motors of any sort are allowed in this area. I shot this photo with a Nikon F5 ...
Black Oystercatcher, Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska – Image 2019

Black Oystercatcher, Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska – Image 2019

The black oystercatcher, with its clown face and beach antics, is one of my favorite birds. This close-up of the oystercatcher face was taken after I had played cat and mouse with the bird for about half an hour. Oystercatchers are well known for their broken wing routine and fake nesting behavior – all leading you away from their nest. Once I found the nest this bird came right up to me to protest. I blasted off six frames on the motordrive and then left the nest and bird alone. Shot with ...
Backpacking the Beaches of Glacier Bay – Image 2004

Backpacking the Beaches of Glacier Bay – Image 2004

The rain had poured down on us all morning. Finally at break time the water pregnant clouds lifted their bellies off the beach and I shot this photo. I have a reputation of only shooting on the sunny days. But, for the book on Glacier Bay National Park I had to shoot the park in all weather conditions. I shot this photo with a Nikon F5 camera body with a Nikor 20-35mm F/2.8 lens on Velvia film.-Mark Kelley
Biking the country roads of Gustavus – Image 2003

Biking the country roads of Gustavus – Image 2003

Not many places in the world would one find a golfer biking to the course with his clubs on his back and his dog by his side. But Gustavus, and the Mt. Fairweather Golf Course, is not your ordinary golf experience. Dogs are allowed on the course. I shot this photo while on assignment for Golf Journal Magazine, and the photo appeared in the layout in the January/February 1998 issue. Go to the archives to see the previous weeks photo of the course. I shot the photo with a Nikon F4 camera ...
Morgan DeBoer golfs with Mount Fairweather as a backdrop – Image 2020

Morgan DeBoer golfs with Mount Fairweather as a backdrop – Image 2020

Owner of the Mt. Fairweather Golf Course, Moragn DeBoer, putts on the 5th green with the Fairweather Range in Glacier Bay National Park as a backdrop. Gustavus is the gateway city to Glacier Bay National Park. I shot this photo on assigment for Golf Journal Magazine (the official magazine for the USGA). The magazine used the image as the front and back wrap cover of their January/February 1998 issue. The golf course opened in 1997 and is wildly popular with the locals. I shot the photo ...
Kayakers watch a humpback whale in Icy Strait – Image 2021

Kayakers watch a humpback whale in Icy Strait – Image 2021

I was on a three-day kayak excursion in Icy Strait with Alaska Discovery, Alaska's oldest guiding company specializing in sea kayaking. The area is well known for the many humpback whales that summer in these waters. With alot of patience and some luck, we were able to see plenty of whales. The photo was shot on Fuji 50 film with a Nikon F4 camera body and 80-200mm F/2.8 lens.-Mark Kelley
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“As a kid in Buffalo, New York, I always wondered what it would be like to encounter a whale,” says Mark Kelley. Learn more about Mark...