An all-time Mark Kelley favorite! With all the many requests for this photo we just had to bring this Sitka image back. Sitka is a small island community located on the Sitka Sound. This image illustrates the month of August in the 2024 Alaska Calendar . Purchase your favorite Mark Kelley calendar in Juneau stores, at […]
Commercial Fishing
Seiners, Amalga Harbor, Juneau, Alaska #3423
Purse seiners anchor in the Amalga Harbor area waiting for the annual chum salmon opening. The Douglas Island Pink & Chum (DIPAC) hatchery has a release site at Amalga Harbor. After the hatchery does their cost recovery fishery, DIPAC opens the area for a free-for-all purse seine fishery. The openings usually happen around the fourth […]
Mendenhall Glacier, Juneau, Alaska #3056
A constant problem for photographers is access and opportunity to photograph hard-to-reach places and events. This problem is especially difficult in Alaska because of its remote nature. I really appreciate everyone that has helped me get to locations that make photos like this one possible for the last forty years. I shot this photo of […]
King Crab Fishery, Juneau, Alaska #3034
FISHING WITH A VIEW – How about going crabbing at sea with the Mendenhall Glacier as your backdrop? Michael Blume prepares to set a king crab pot on the F/V Osprey. Fish and Game opened a red king commercial fishery in the Juneau area for the first time in seven years. The one-day opening started […]
“Once Upon Alaska” 4th Book Spread…Image 2863
Salmon returning home is an iconic Alaska event. I shot this image of pink salmon through the window of the fish ladder at the Douglas Island Pink and Chum (DIPAC) Ladd Macauley Visitors Center. Pink salmon, the smallest of the Pacific salmon found in Alaska, weigh on average 3.5- pounds and average 20-25 inches long. […]
“Once Upon Alaska” 3rd Book Spread…Image 2862
My family and I were out visiting Paul Johnson and family in Elfin Cove. It was Easter. It was pouring…a full rubber suit day in Southeast Alaska. In spite of the pounding rain, we all headed out on our skiff bundled up under a tarp for a beach walk. In the middle of the downpour, […]
Lynn Canal, Commercial Fishing – Image 2851
This is an older image I dug out of my slide files shot around 1981 when the Juneau area still had a commercial herring seine opening. Purse seiners anchor at South Bridget Cove next to Mab Island at mile 37 along the road north of Juneau which ends at mile 40 (Echo Cove). The purse […]
Auke Bay Winter Docks, Alaska – Image 2586
I photographed this scene after a week of below-zero temperatures. The water was over 50 degrees warmer than the air, creating the steam rising from the harbor while the extreme tidal action prevented the harbor from freezing over. The sunrise lit the steam, giving the scene its rich warm color. This image illustrates the cover […]