The view from Thunder Mountain overlooking the Mendenhall Glacier is one of my all-time favorite views in Juneau, Alaska. This image illustrates the month of July in the 2024 Alaska Calendar. Purchase your favorite Mark Kelley calendar in Juneau stores or online at markkelley.com. Thank you for visiting and for the gift of your time. Enjoy […]
Lakes, Rivers, and streams
Mendenhall Glacier, Juneau, Alaska #3354
I took this photo in May just after the winter ice disappeared from Mendenhall Lake. Right after break-up, the water level in the lake is usually very low. The glacier’s ice is coming out of a deep winter freeze and just beginning to thaw starting the process of refilling the lake. The low water level […]
Coastal Brown Bears, Anan Creek, Wrangell, AK #3450
One my favorite wild places to photograph bears is Anan Creek, just a short boat ride out of Wrangell, Alaska. Anan is special because it supports one of the largest pink salmon runs in Southeast Alaska which in turn supports a lot of bears feasting in this flowing river of protein. The U.S. Forest Service […]
Fall in Juneau, Alaska #3442
I shot this image at Moose Lake in the Dredge lake area of the Mendenhall Glacier Recreation Area. Juneau can be extremely wet during the fall and is not famous for its fall colors (unlike Interior Alaska which can rage with fall colors). With some luck and a few dry spells every once in a […]
Mendenhall Glacier, Juneau, Alaska #3422
I visited the Mendenhall Glacier with good friends and we found this amazing surface lake on the ice. Glacier streams and sometimes small rivers can be found on the glacier surface in temperate climates. In places those streams can create lakes. These lakes often disappear just as quickly as they were created. Eventually, the water […]
Mendenhall Glacier & Lake, Juneau, AK #3412
Last Saturday the Juneau area experienced wind gusts up to 70 miles per hour and an atmospheric river that dumped so much water on us, I felt like we were getting washed down the drain. Then Monday showed up calm, clear and breathless. The contrast between nature’s wrecking ball and nature’s peaceful serenity was stark […]
Black Bear, Anan Creek, Wrangell, Alaska #3410
I have been going to Anan Creek Wildlife Observatory, located an hour boat ride from Wrangell in Southeast Alaska, for the past 13 years. The Observatory sits on the edge of Anan Creek, which is packed with spawning pink salmon and supports a large population of black and brown bears. I always get a calendar […]
Mendenhall Glacier and Lake, Juneau, Alaska #3388
About two weeks ago a few intrepid glacier explorers found a network of ice caves along the north side of the Mendenhall Glacier. Ever since then there has been a constant daily line of hundreds of Juneauites marching out to check out the caves. Two Sundays ago, I walked out to the caves starting around […]
Lions Head Mountain, Echo Cove, Juneau, AK #3384
Last Friday, January 22, 2021, we experienced the first sunny day in Juneau in a really long time. I was bound and determined to take a photo good enough for a calendar picture. I headed out to the end of the road, about 40 miles north of downtown Juneau. The road ends in a parking […]
Mendenhall Glacier, Juneau, Alaska #3382
The weather service forecasted overcast skies for yesterday. This was just fine with me because we have been so busy at the office. At around 11AM I looked out my window and saw clearing skies, so I immediately left and headed to the Mendenhall Glacier to get some good reflection shots. While I was shooting […]
Eagle River, Juneau, Alaska #3373
Juneau experienced a 20.6-foot tide yesterday, the highest tide of the year. I spent the day out at Eagle Beach with friends and watched the water completely cover the beach. The tide was still very high while we hiked back to the parking lot on a trail that led through the woods next to Eagle […]
Brown Bear, Raven, Pack Creek, Admiralty Island, AK #3365:
Bears and birds have a symbiotic relationship at Pack Creek on Admiralty Island. The brown bears catch the spawning salmon, drag the fish to shore to eat, and leave the scraps for the birds, mostly ravens and gulls. As the bears charge up and down the creek to catch their salmon they also stir up […]
Moosehead Lake, Juneau, Alaska #3360
Yesterday I posted a wide image of Moosehead Lake that we are using as our new Facebook banner. Today’s image is a variation on the same theme. During that same shoot, I used a different lens setting and got a whole new image. It is not very often I can get what I call a […]
Moosehead Lake, Juneau, Alaska #3359
It has been one the rainiest summer I can remember in my forty-plus years of living in Juneau. The joke going around town goes as follows: It has only rained two times in Juneau this summer, one time for 40 days and a second time for 30 days. This may be slightly overstated, but it […]
Mendenhall Glacier, Juneau, Alaska #3358
A heads up… this weekend fall colors should be peaking at the glacier! I took this photo on September 12 several years ago. This Saturday is September 12 and currently the weather forecast for this Friday through Monday includes some sunshine! Get out and enjoy the Mendenhall Glacier, autumn colors, and the break from the […]
Mendenhall Glacier, Juneau, Alaska #3357
Bob Engelbrecht treks along an icy ledge next to a deep blue glacial lake on the Mendenhall Glacier in Juneau, Alaska. Last week Bob Engelbrecht and Reed Stoops invited Jan McPhetres and me along on a photo trek on the Mendenhall Glacier. Bob moved to Juneau in 1981, arriving in a Hughes 500 helicopter. Originally, […]
Jokulhlaup, Mendenhall River, Juneau, Alaska #3356
Since 2011 the Mendenhall Glacier Recreation Area has been experiencing glacier lake outburst floods called jokulhlaups. A jokulhlaup is an Icelandic word describing a glacier event where a large body of water created by rainfall and glacier melt collects in a big lake behind a glacier ice dam. Eventually the water pressure gets too great […]
Mendenhall Glacier, Juneau, Alaska #3127
During clear and full-moon nights, when I was younger, I would ski or snowshoe up Spaulding Meadows, past the John Muir cabin, and then up to Auk Mountain to wait for the moon to rise here in Juneau, Alaska. This night in January it was especially cold, maybe zero degrees Fahrenheit, and the wind was […]
Wonder Lake, Denali National Park, Alaska #3119
Denali casts a mirror reflection on Wonder Lake at sunrise. I shot this image at the north end of Wonder Lake looking south at Denali and the Alaska Range. It is my favorite go-to spot in the park. On clear mornings I always start my shoot here. I first visited the park in 1974 and […]
Northern Lights, Arctic, Alaska #3104
This will be the last northern lights image that I will post for a while. I say this because starting at the end of May the Alaska night sky is too bright for the lights to shine through. The latest I have every taken a photo of the aurora is May 21 to be exact. Summer solstice is […]
Mendenhall Glacier, Juneau, Alaska #3102
I have loved every cover of every Juneau Calendar since publishing the first calendar 31 years ago. Yet, this cover is quickly becoming one of my all-time favorites. I remember the night well: I was standing along the edge of Mendenhall Lake in late November and it was around 10 degrees Fahrenheit. My car was […]
Denali and Wonder Lake, Alaska Range, Alaska #3101
Our annual inventory has arrived! The Mark Kelley Alaska Calendar 2020 is now available. It might seem a wee bit early for a 2020 calendar, but believe it or not, the Alaska tour season is starting to kick into gear with the first cruise ship arriving at the end of April. We are busy filling […]
Caribou, Denali National Park, Alaska #3097
Springtime is a busy time in the office. Each year we look forward to receiving our new product inventory, and this year is especially exciting since we have worked hard to improve the quality of our magnet line that we sell at a few exclusive locations around Alaska. You may already be familiar with this […]
Cruise Alaska Magazine #3098
I was happy to see that Alaska Magazine selected this and two other images for their February 2019 Cruising Alaska issue. This image really defines cruising in Alaska. Wouldn’t you like to enjoy these amazing sights of Glacier Bay National Park, while a group of kayakers paddle by? Pick up a copy of this month’s […]
Lupine, Mendenhall Glacier, Juneau, Alaska #3092
This photo is of lupine growing along the walking ramp that leads from the parking lot to the Mendenhall Glacier visitor center in Juneau, Alaska. January and February are typically very busy with deadlines as we get our publishing projects out to press. While looking for images for the reprint of the Mendenhall Glacier book, […]
Mendenhall Glacier and Lake, Juneau, Alaska #3091
In Juneau the last week of January was unusually warm and wet; rains washed most of the snow away at sea level, and covered the ice on the Mendenhall Lake with a thin pool of water. On Friday the skies cleared and the temperature nosedived into the low teens. The water that had pooled up […]
ALASKA CONSERVATION FOUNDATION
January 2019 One of the most stunning views in all of Alaska is the sunrise over Denali, the Alaska Range, and Wonder Lake in Denali National Park. Spending a sunny morning walking around the northern end of the lake is the closest thing to heaven I know. I am happy the Alaska Conservation Foundation was able […]
Alaska Conservation Foundation #3090
One of the most stunning views in all of Alaska is the sunrise over Denali, the Alaska Range, and Wonder Lake in Denali National Park. Spending a sunny morning walking around the northern end of the lake is the closest thing to heaven I know. I am happy the Alaska Conservation Foundation was able to use […]
Aurora Borealis, Juneau, Alaska #3089
All of us at Mark Kelley Photography send you our best wishes for the coming new year. I always try to save a really special photo to share on the cusp of the new year. This image is of an amazing night of northern lights I shot across Auke Lake looking up at Mount McGinnis […]
Ice Cave, Mendenhall Glacier, Juneau, Alaska #3087
I first visited the Mendenhall ice caves in the summer of 2009, when my son Gabe took me under the ice for my first time. I was so visually amazed by what I was seeing! One of my images from that day’s shoot ended up in a Patagonia catalog. Between 2009 and 2017 the caves […]
Alaska Calendar 2019 #3084
One of the most stunning views in all of Alaska is the sunrise over Denali, the Alaska Range, and Wonder Lake in Denali National Park. Spending a sunny morning walking around the northern end of lake is the closest thing to heaven I know. Come and visit me at the Alaska-Juneau Public Market this Friday […]
Black Bear, Mendenhall Glacier, Juneau, AK #3080
One of the most beloved and recognizable bears along Steep Creek in the Mendenhall Glacier Recreation Area is bear #25, also affectionately known by locals as “Nicky”. In this image I shot on Saturday, she catches a very large coho salmon in Steep Creek and brings it back to her two cubs. Two weeks ago […]
Exit Glacier, Kenai Fjords NP, Seward, Alaska #3079
Most people do not associate autumn colors with glaciers, and for good reasons. The world’s most famous glaciers are in Antarctica and Greenland and have no deciduous trees anywhere near. In Alaska we have plenty of deciduous trees surrounding glaciers, at least at lower elevations. During a fall visit to Seward I found the Exit […]
Grizzly, Denali National Park, Alaska #3077
I love a big beautiful face-shot of a bear, but every once in a while I like to show my wildlife subjects in their environment. In the photo business this image is called an environmental portrait. The bear walking up a mountain on a windy day, and the river running through the valley below, defines […]
Auke Lake, Juneau, Alaska #3076
This photo of Auke Lake illustrates the month of November in my 2019 Juneau Alaska Calendar. Besides being a beautiful shot of a classic Juneau scene, this photo defines the fall with fresh snow on the distant mountain peaks and autumn gold coloring both the alpine tundra and the marsh grass in the lake. It […]
Grizzly Bear, Gates of the Arctic NP, Alaska #3073
Two weeks ago I spent eight days canoeing the Noatak River in the Gates of the Arctic National Park & Preserve with my wife and six other friends. In spite of the cold and rainy weather we had an amazing trip paddling and hiking our way through 50 river-miles of the Brooks Range. The Gates […]
Stikine River, Wrangell – Image #3054
Snow geese, too many to count, lift off the tidal flats of the Stikine River Delta. Every spring these tidal flats provide feeding and resting grounds for thousands of migrating birds. This spring phenomenon is just a short boat ride from the Southeast Alaska town, Wrangell. To celebrate the event Wrangell hosts the Stikine River […]
Eagle River and Chilkat Mountains, Juneau, Alaska #3043
This past Monday and Tuesday were beautiful days in Juneau. I shot the sunsets both evenings between 3:45 and 4:20 in the afternoon as in winter the sun sets early in the far north. Eagle River is one of my go-to spots to shoot sunsets this time of year. What makes this image work, besides the […]
Northern Lights-Mendenhall Glacier, Juneau, AK #3041
Rainbow Aurora over Glacier Lit by Full Moon During a northern lights’ shoot in Alaska, I usually spend the night in my car at a good overlook, and step outside to shoot if and when the lights appear. For this particular photo shoot in early November I spent two nights outside of my car and […]
Auke Lake, Juneau, Alaska #3030
OH WHAT A BEAUTIFUL MORNING… A beautiful fall morning in Juneau welcomed my wife, Jan, and I back after biking, hiking, and railroading our way around Austria, France, Italy, and Germany for the past month. We had a wonderful adventure, but to quote Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz, “There’s no place like home.” We are […]
Wonder Lake, Denali National Park, Alaska #2995
Last summer I spent two weeks in Denali, which included a one-week stay at Camp Denali to lead their fall photo workshop. I shared this Wonder Lake moment with ten friends in the workshop. I never tire of photographing Denali at the northern end of the lake and cannot imagine a place more magical. During […]
“Line Up,” Denali and Wonder Lake in Denali National Park, Alaska #2993
Last summer I spent two weeks in Denali, which included a one-week stay at Camp Denali to lead the fall photo workshop. We were able to spend a morning at the end of Wonder Lake with the “High One” looming large. Once I got my photographers set up, I moved back to change my reference […]
Caribou Autumn, Denali National Park, Alaska #2992
I shoot and travel so much during the summer, I usually do not have time to edit my images. I know that during the quiet months of January and February I will finally have time to look back, and so it is again this year. Last summer I spent two weeks in Denali and now I […]
Brown Bear, Middle Creek, Admiralty Island, AK #2980
Photographing in a heavy downpour is really a low percentage shoot. It is incredibly difficult on the photographer and equipment, everything gets wet. I am trying to shoot more and more in the rain, and I usually shoot under a golf umbrella. Again, it is all very cumbersome and sometimes it makes me want to scream, but when it works… This […]
Kayaker, Tracy Arm-Fords Terror Wilderness, Alaska, Image #2973
It had been raining on and off for two weeks straight here in Southeast Alaska. The world just outside the entrance to Fords Terror was soaking in rainforest green. Glacier silt, or rock flour, suspended in the tidal waters turned the water yet another shade of green. The waterfalls were swollen to bursting size. And the orange clad […]
Grizzly Bear, Denali National Park, Alaska – #2971
I am the lucky guy that got to spend the first week of August in Denali National Park, and now I get to go back again for the last week of this month. I am returning as the photo leader for Camp Denali’s annual fall photo seminar. The highlight this time of year is the autumn tundra colors, plus wildlife in its […]
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 activity. I quickly […]
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 own car and on […]
Mendenhall Glacier, Juneau, Alaska – Image #2941
Mt McGinnis, Mt Stroller White, and the Mendenhall Glacier reflect in an open-water pond created by the flowing water of Steep Creek in winter. Juneau and Southeast Alaska experience warmer temperatures during the winter months compared to interior Alaska, and we often have open water in the middle of winter. Lucky me, as I am […]
Nugget Falls, Mendenhall Glacier, Alaska-Image 2930
The Juneau 2015 summer tourist season comes to an end this Thursday, September 24th, with the final arrival of the Holland America ship the Oosterdam. The Mendenhall Glacier is Juneau’s number one tourist attraction, and one of the most visited spots at the glacier is Nugget Falls. I love it photographically when I can get […]
Nugget Pond, Camp Denali, Denali National Park, Alaska-Image 2928
Fall in Denali National Park usually starts sometime in late August with the peak colors arriving in the first week of September. Usually by mid-September the rich crimson tundra turns to brown. I shot this photo from the dining room steps at Camp Denali. I was there in fall of 2014 leading a photo workshop for […]
Kayakers, Mendenhall Glacier, Juneau, Alaska-Image #2924
Paddlers in a double kayak cruise by the monolithic ice face of the Mendenhall Glacier. I shot this photo from a high rock wall across from the front of the glacier. When I climbed to my perch for the photo, I was pleasantly surprised by the reflections of the ice walls. I had not expected the reflections, and they […]
Mendenhall River Rafters, Juneau, Alaska – Image #2915
Houstonia, a Houston, Texas city magazine, chose this Mark Kelley image for their June 2015 cover. The magazine is doing a story on great escapes and Alaska is part of their focus. The design director, Chris Skiles, discovered markkelley.com in his web search and found this cover image. How cool is that! Thank you for visiting. […]
Denali National Park, Sunrise Wonder Lake, Alaska…Cover Image of my Book, “Alaska: A Photographic Excursion” – Image #2906
This image was shot on the same morning I shot last week’s web image, #2905. This photo was taken about 45 minutes later when the first rays of sunrise started to light up the top of Denali and other peaks in the Alaska Range. I chose this image for the cover of my Alaska book over […]
Denali National Park, Pre-Dawn Wonder Lake, Alaska – Image # 2905
I took this photo from the north-end of Wonder Lake in Denali National Park while staying at Camp Denali in 2006. Camp Denali is the only place in the park where one can see Denali, or Mt. McKinley, 24 hours per day. Denali is famous for only showing itself about 25-30% of the time. Its view often clears […]
Mendenhall Rafters, Juneau, Alaska…Image 2884
I never tire of photographing Juneau’s Mendenhall Glacier. The glacier has been in the news quite a bit this last year, and in my mind it deserves all the attention. From the now famous Mendenhall ice caves to two jökulhlaup events in one summer, the Mendenhall demands attention. This image brings together action and beauty […]
Harbor Seals in Field of Icebergs, South Sawyer Glacier, Tracy Arm-Fords Terror …Image 2883
A rookery of harbor seals hang out on the pack ice in front of the South Sawyer Glacier in Tracy Arm-Fords Terror Wilderness, Southeast Alaska. The ice affords the seals protection from their main predator, the killer whale. The South Sawyer glacier is one of the most active calving tidewater glaciers in Alaska providing this […]
Harbor seals – Tracy Arm-Fords Terror Wilderness, Alaska…Image 2881
May and June is pupping season for harbor seals in Southeast Alaska. Sawyer Glacier in Tracy Arm and John Hopkins Inlet in Glacier Bay National Park are two of the most productive harbor seal pupping areas in Alaska. Here, a mom and her pup rest on an iceberg. This image shows the interesting difference in […]
“Once Upon Alaska” Opening Spread…Image 2860
I shot this image in 1976 as a photojournalism student at the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF). During my four years of undergraduate work at UAF, I would always skip the first week of school and head to Denali National Park for a week of shooting. Over the past 35 years, I have spent months in […]
Alaska Magazine – The Bears of Anan – Image 2858
The February 2014 issue of Alaska Magazine features an eight-page photo layout of bear images I shot at Anan Wildlife Observatory, along with text by Nick Jans. I have been traveling to Anan Creek for the past five summers, spending as little as a day to sometimes a whole week at the time. Anan Creek […]
Alaska: A Photographic Excursion book cover – Image 2506
This week marks the release of my newest book on Alaska. The book starts in Ketchikan travels up the coast through Southeast Alaska, then onto Prince William Sound and Kenai Fjords, then up through Anchorage, Denali National Park and Fairbanks, and finally ends up in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The book premieres this Friday […]
Alaskan Brewing Company Ad “Our Crew, Our Brew” – Image 2299
Living in a small town of 30,000 plus people does not give me many opportunities to shoot commercialadvertising. The local brewery has used me off and on over the years. Their beer is wonderful, and theirgrowth has been astronomical. This shoot of one of their workers running by me with the Mendenhall Glacierin the background […]
Anan Creek, Wrangell, Alaska – Image 2734
The bears at Anan Creek fish from the cracks and crevasses created by boulders at the base of the falls. They stand in the mouth of the caves catching fish and then retreat inside the boulder patch to eat their catch. Then, they reappear and start the process over and over and over again–all day […]
Auke Lake, Fireweed and Cow Parsnip, Juneau, Alaska – Image 2677
I shot this same scene about 12 years ago, but there was only one stock of fireweed. The images were acceptable, but never reached calendar/portfolio level. Twelve years later and the one stock grew into a field of fireweed. It rains a lot in Juneau. Most people really don’t realize just how much it does […]
Auke Lake, Fly Fishing, Juneau, Southeast Alaska – Image 2376
Two years ago we had a very foggy fall. I was scrambling around trying toproduce fog photos. Rich Culver, one of Juneau’s best known fly fisherman, agreed to work with me on this image shot in a very early morning along the shore of Auke lake. I had pre-scouted this location. I like the strongelement […]
Auke Lake, Juneau, Alaska – Image 2276
Auke Lake is one of my most popular photo subjects. The serene lake backdropped by the Mendenhall Towers and Mendenahll Glacier is just drop dead beautiful. Even if I don’t produce a photo, I love my hours exploring the shoreline and all of the possible angles. The University of Alaska-Southeast campus is located on Auke […]
Auke Lake, Juneau, Alaska – Image 2347
A pair of cross-country skiiers heads out across the frozen Auke Lake. This view is taken from the Chapel by the Lake parking lot. Auke Lake is the campus of the University of Alaska-Southeast in Juneau and the students get to check out this view every day. In the background is the edge of the […]
Auke Lake, Juneau, Alaska – Image 2472
One of my favorite places to photograph is Auke Lake. Located just nine miles away from my home, almost every Juneau Calendar over the years has featured a photo from this beautiful lake. This photo illustrates the month of May in my 2007 Juneau Alaska calendar. Camera: Nikon F/5, Lens: Nikkor 35-70mm f/2.8 polarized, Film […]
Auke Lake, Juneau, Alaska – Image 2540
Another year and another image from Auke Lake. Almost every year in the Juneau calendar, I feature an image from Auke Lake. After nineteen years of Juneau calendars, it still amazes that I can still find new and consistently beautiful images of this small treasure just eight miles down the road from downtown Juneau. This […]
Auke Lake, Juneau, Alaska – Image 2692
The first snow fall happens in Juneau sometime in late October or early November. I love photographing Auke Lake. What makes this photo work for me is the mirror reflection of the house lights and snow capped mountains. I shot this photo in early November. After shooting this image, I returned the next evening to […]
Auke Lake, Juneau, Alaska – Image 2801
Auke Lake is one of my all time favorite photo locations in Juneau. The calm water and mountain backdrop make for wonderful mirror reflections. The Juneau campus of the University of Alaska Southeast shares this view just how lucky can a college student be? I try to put a new photo of Auke Lake in each […]
Black Bear, Anan Creek, Alaska – Image 2765
I am continuing with bear photos for the next three weeks. On March 14, I will being doing an Alaska Wildlife Alliance SE “Wildlife Wednesday” presentation with Jay and Jayleen Beedle starting at 7pm in the UAS Egan Lecture Hall. I will be showing bear images. Here, a black bear strips the skin of a […]
Black Bear, Anan Creek, Alaska – Image 2763
I am continuing with bear photos for the next six weeks. On March 14, I will being doing an Alaska Wildlife Alliance SE “Wildlife Wednesday” presentation with Jay and Jayleen Beedle starting at 7pm in the UAS Egan Lecture Hall. I will be showing bear images. Here, a black bear tries to fish the raging […]
Big Goat Lake, Misty Fjords National Monument, Alaska – Image 2622
I photographed this image in early June while on assignment for my book on Alaska. Located just outside Ketchikan in southern Southeast Alaska, Misty Fjords is a huge land mass cut up by deep glacier-carved fjords and dotted with many high alpine lakes. The outlet for this lake is a very tall waterfall. I photographed […]
Bicycler, Iceberg, Mendenhall Lake, Juneau, Alaska – Image 2562
This is an old photo I am reviving for my next book on Juneau that I am beginning to gather material for. I love this photo because riding bicycles around icebergs defines wild fun adventure for me. To realize that I can do this, just minutes from home, is one of the reasons I live […]
Float Plane, Fly Fishing, Antler Lake, Juneau, Alaska – Image 2272
My friend, Rich, was a school teacher, had a float plane, and had the summers off. Before he moved out of Juneau, we would hop in his plane and take off for a day of adventure fishing. I miss my friend and those adventures. I shot this photo at Antler Lake which is a high […]
Fly Fishing/ Float Plane/ Antler Lake/ Southeast Alaska – Image 2278
I shot this photo the same day as entry number #2272 on 9-4-02. The two shots are very different and convince me that in every shooting situation I should be able to come away with more than one keeper when the light and subject are right. Again, this is my school teacher friend Rich, who […]
Moose Lake, Mendenhall Glacier, Juneau, Alaska – Image 2483
This picture was taken near the Mendenhall Glacier in Juneau at Moose Lake,which is part of the Dredge Lakes trail system. This area is very popularwith dog walkers, mountain bikers, and hikers. It’s also a great place tocatch some fall color this time of year. This picture can be also be seen inmy Juneau 2007 […]
Paddle Rafts on Kongakut River, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska – Image 2113
Every once in a while the Southeast Alaska Portfolio will wander around the state. I spent nine-days rafting the Kongakut River in the Northeast corner of Alaska. The Kongakut River cuts through the Brooks Range flowing north across the arctic coastal plain to the Arctic Ocean. Here the Alaska Discovery raft negotiates a set of […]
Rafting, Kongakut River, Brooks Range, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska – Image 2116
The treeless tundra mountains along the Kongakut River are awesome scenery and great for hiking. On the nine-day trip I just completed with Alaska Discovery, we base-camped four days just to stroll around in the wilderness. I shot this photo with a Nikon F/5 camera using a 35-75mm F/2.8 Nikkor zoom lens on Fuji Velvia […]
Rafting, Mendenhall River, Mendenhall Glacier, Juneau, Alaska – Image 2367
For me this is a classic photo of the Mendenhall Glacier. The photo’smutliple levels or layers make it work. I have a stunning photo of theglacier, and then the green forest naturally separates the river and therafters from the glacier. The whole photo flows from the glacier down tothe river out to the viewer. This […]
Mendenhall Glacier, Mendenhall Lake, Alaska – Image 2583
The air in Juneau is really blue on clear fall days after long periods of rain. On just such a day, I headed out to the glacier on an early morning photo quest to catch the blue-bird sky above the glacier. I had no idea I would find a mirror reflection. I shot this scene […]
Mendenhall Glacier, Mendenhall Lake, Juneau, Southeast Alaska – Image 2394
A mom plays ice hockey with her son and his friend on the frozen MendenhallLake with the Mendenhall Glacier in the background. This photo illustratesthe month of December in my Juneau 2005 Calendar. Camera: Nikon F5, Lens:35-70mm f/2.8 Nikkor, Polarized, Film: 35mm Velvia (35mm color slide film).-Mark Kelley
Mendenhall Glacier, Mendenhall River, Juneau, Alaska – Image 2330
The Mendenhall Glacier reflects in the Mendenhall River next to Brotherhood Park. Usually in Juneau, we only get one or two good days in October, except for this year which has been extraodinarily warm and dry. Shots like this have been easy to come by this autumn. This photo illustrates the month of October in […]
Mendenhall River, Mendenhall Glacier, Juneau, Alaska – Image 2644
Today, Eaglecrest Ski Area is reporting 50 inches of snow at the top of the mountain. The last three winters in Juneau have been record setting snowfalls, and I could not be happier. The more snow the better life gets. On one really snowy day, I went out to photograph the local lone black wolf […]
Nugget Falls, Mendenhall Glacier, Juneau, Alaska – Image 2783
This is another lucky, found moment. I usually go out to photograph with an image in my mind. This day, I wanted to get a photo showing Nugget Falls and people interacting with the environment. I thought I would get a bunch of people standing around enjoying the amazing seen. I worked the situation as […]
Mendenhall Glacier, Mendenhall Lake, Juneau, Alaska – Image 2848
Just this past week the Mendenhall Lake finally froze over with a thin layer of skim ice. In my 34 years of photographing the Mendenhall Glacier, I have never seen the water right in front of the glacier go mirror calm. I have many images of the mirror calm lake from the west side but […]
Black Bear, Mt McGinnis, Juneau, Alaska – Image 2941
When I look for a cover for my calendars, I am looking for an image that shows the essence of Alaska. Rule one is the image has to have great light. Next the image has to show the essential elements that make Alaska special to me and the world: wilderness, wildlife, mountains and glaciers. One […]