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Eaglecrest Ski Area, Juneau, Alaska…Image #2900

This is my son, Owen, performing as my model in a ski shot. I am lucky to have two sons (Gabe and Owen) and their many friends who are exceptional skiers and snowboarders. I get to use them as models and ask them to do skiing moves that seem impossible. Owen had to work his way through a ...

Northern Lights, Juneau, Alaska – Image # 2899

I took this image of the northern lights the same night that I shot the cover of my 2015 Juneau Calendar. Many folks ask how I know when to shoot the northern lights. I wait for the next clear night and then check out several websites that make predictions on the relative strength of the ...

Chilkat Moon Sets, Alaska – Image #2898

In Juneau winter the full moon often sets as the sun rises. It was a perfectly clear morning when this full moon set over the Chilkat Mountains across Lynn Canal from Aldersheim Lodge “out the road”. I love how the early blue sky, lit by the rising sun, rolls down seamlessly into purple ...

Gastineau Channel Sunrise, Juneau, Alaska…Image # 2897

In November, December, and January the sun rises directly at the south end of Gastineau Channel in Juneau, Alaska. The morning light rising above the channel is simply gorgeous on a clear morning. Many of you know that I have set a challenge for myself to produce a calendar quality photo of ...

Aurora Borealis, Juneau, Alaska…Image # 2896

The last two winters in Juneau have been very good for shooting the northern lights. Scientists tell us that there is some sort of 13 to 15 year cycle that controls the activity of the aurora borealis and that we are now on the downward swing of this cycle. For this image I pulled into the ...

Bald Eagle, Alaska…Image # 2895

Found only in North America, there are more bald eagles in Alaska than the rest of the entire world… some 30,000 individuals. When I have photographed eagles before, the light has always come from above the eagle casting the feather detail under the wing into a dark shadow. This eagle was ...

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