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“Once Upon Alaska” 19th Spread…Image 2878

It was a beautiful January day and I was dying to go outside to photograph but I was waiting for a business call from San Francisco at 1PM. Once I got the call I asked my friend to make it quick. This worked for him as he had another business meeting scheduled. After the meeting was over I drove out to a frozen Mendenhall Lake. I walked across the ice to get a good view of some goats hanging out. I was in position by 2PM. I got this shot before 3PM when the Alaska winter sun went down. ...

“Once Upon Alaska” 18th Spread…Image 2877

I photographed this porcupine in my own Alaskan backyard. The porcupine was hanging out in a small tree and I climbed up another tree with my 500mm lens just across from the critter. I wedged myself between some branches as I stabilized my big, heavy lens on another set of branches. I hit the motor drive just as the porcupine looked up. The sound of the motor drive so surprised this little guy that he almost fell off its branch, thus the startled look on its face which makes this image ...

“Once Upon Alaska” 17th Spread…Image 2876

I shot this image of a bear at the spit viewing area at Pack Creek. I call this image the “Polite Bear”. After 40 plus years of being around people and being raised in a protected area that does not allow hunting, the bears have become accustomed to people in Pack Creek. The bears can roam freely, but the humans are confined to the approximate 10×30 foot spit viewing area. The bears seem to understand the ground rules and will only come “so close”. Thanks for visiting.

“Once Upon Alaska” 16th Spread…Image 2875

Unlike the larger brown/grizzly bears, black bears are agile climbers. The mothers often park their cubs high in trees where they are safe from large male bears. Their typically dark colors help them blend into the forest shadows. Though they are called black, these bears may be cinnamon colored, blue-gray, cream colored, or even white. This image is included as the 16th spread in my children's book, "Once Upon Alaska". Thank you for visiting markkelley.com.

“Once Upon Alaska” 15th Spread…Image 2874

Bald eagles are born brown, and stay that way until they reach adulthood. Around age five the young birds' brown head and tail feathers turn their distinctive white while their talons turn golden along with their beaks. There are more bald eagles in Alaska - well over 30,000 - than in the rest of the whole world. This image is included as the 15th spread in my children's book, "Once Upon Alaska". Thank you for visiting.

“Once Upon Alaska” 14th Spread…Image 2873

A float plane flies over the Juneau Icefield, a massive sheet of ice more than 80 miles long and 50 miles wide and larger than the state of Rhode Island. About 38 large valley glaciers and over 100 smaller glaciers flow from the Juneau Icefield. One of the best ways to see the 5th largest ice field in the Western Hemisphere is to see it from the air. This image of a floatplane over the Juneau Icefield is included as the14th spread in my children's book, "Once Upon Alaska". Thank you ...

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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...