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Auke Lake Aurora,  Juneau, Alaska #2958

Auke Lake Aurora, Juneau, Alaska #2958

Last night I went to bed with my world covered in clouds. But I knew the northern light predictions were calling for strong aurora displays.  I happened to wake around 3 am and looked out my bedroom window to a star-filled sky. I checked three aurora websites showing current and strong aurora ...
Bald Eagle, Sandy Beach, Douglas, Alaska #2957

Bald Eagle, Sandy Beach, Douglas, Alaska #2957

When I leave the office for a photo shoot, I usually have a subject in mind. I almost never go out without a preconceived image in my head, as I don’t like to wander around aimlessly. Sometime this directed approach provides for unexpected surprises, and this is exactly what happed during a ...
Aurora Borealis & Shooting Star, Brooks Range, AK #2956

Aurora Borealis & Shooting Star, Brooks Range, AK #2956

Last week I spent seven days in a cabin in Wiseman along the Dalton Highway (the Haul Road) in the Arctic. My friend and fellow photographer, Murray Cohen planned this trip a while back in order to shoot the northern lights up north. The trip had all the great ingredients for a wonderful ...
Glacier Bay OMG, Glacier Bay National Park-Image #2955

Glacier Bay OMG, Glacier Bay National Park-Image #2955

Another special moment from last summer; you may remember this post from when I returned from Glacier Bay. I entered this and three other images in the Memorial Maria Luisa Photo contest in Spain. All four images were selected for Honorable Mentions. This image is also the cover of the 2017 ...
Denali Dream, Denali National Park, Alaska-Image #2954

Denali Dream, Denali National Park, Alaska-Image #2954

What a special moment to experience: pink clouds, Denali, and the Alaska Range casting a mirror image on Wonder Lake. I shot this classic view last August. I was that lucky guy that got to spend a week in Denali National Park traveling the road with a photographer’s special use permit, in my ...

The 26 Memorial Maria Luisa Photo Contest

The Memorial Maria Luisa Photo Contest is an International Mountain, Nature, and Adventure Photo Contest. Winners in the 26 MML were selected from 16,000 entries by 1772 photographers from 79 countries. Just six Americans made the winners’ list and I am honored to be the only American with ...

“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…