Two black bear cubs hang out in a spruce tree while waiting for their mom who is fishing in Anan Creek for pink salmon. What’s special about Anan Creek is that it probably supports the largest wild pink salmon run along Alaska’s Inside Passage. This salmon run, in turn, supports a bear population of 35 […]
Youth
Dock Jump, Juneau, Alaska, #3354
This image was taken in the late 1990’s when my sons, Gabe and Owen, were still in school. They would often celebrate the end of the school year by jumping off the downtown Juneau docks and invited a friend to jump with them. Of course, they would only jump on a sunny day and I was usually invited along to document the event. In this particular […]
Little Norway Festival, Petersburg, Alaska #3057
Last week I was in Petersburg, Alaska to attend the 50th annual Little Norway Festival which celebrates the town’s Norwegian heritage, Norway’s Constitution Day and U.S. Armed Forces Day. The annual parade, which started in 1958, features rowdy fur-clad Vikings and Valkyries. Photographing people during this festival reminded me of my fourteen years of working […]
Hummingbirds, Gull Cove Lodge, AK – Image #2916
Carly Lehnhart waits patiently for hummingbirds to come to the feeder. Our friends, Paul, Tami, Rick and Alice at Gull Cove Lodge have four hummingbird feeders sitting on the handrail on the lodge’s front porch deck. The hummers were so ravenous that the little thumb-sizes birds would flock around and sometimes even land on a person’s […]
Snowboarding, Eaglecrest Ski Area, Juneau, Alaska…Image # 2903
I photographed this snowboarder, Sam Buck, during the same shoot with my son (the image in the month of January in the Juneau Calendar). Sam’s colors really worked against the winter white background. For the last two years, I have been shooting with the Nikon D800 camera body. This camera delivers a 36 megapixel image, the […]
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 […]
“Once Upon Alaska” 5th Book Spread…Image 2864
This is my son, Owen, holding up a king salmon that his mother, Jan, caught from the back of our skiff at False Outer Point on Douglas Island in Juneau. Owen weighed in around 50 pounds and the king salmon weighed in at 35 pounds. They really did catch a fish almost as “big as […]
“Once Upon Alaska” 2nd Image Spread…Image 2861
This is my son Gabe, oh so long ago. It was his first day of learning how to drive the skiff. He was a pretty happy and proud nine year old…presently he is 28. He did turn the throttle pretty hard and almost flipped me out of the boat while I was standing up taking […]
Announcing upcoming release of Mark’s latest book – Image 2859
I have not published a new book since 2007 when “Alaska: A Photographic Excursion” came out. I have always wanted to do a kids book and started seriously thinking about it the last four or five years. I wanted the book to use my best photos of Alaska and be fun to read and look […]
Adrienne gets a glass of water in her Gustavus kitchen – Image 2014
In her family-built Guatavus home, Adrienne pumps a glass of water fom the old-fashioned hand pump. It is the family’s only way to get water in the kitchen. I shot this picture using natural light on Velvia film with a Nikon F5 camera and a 35-70mm F/2.8 zoom lens.-Mark Kelley
Skiff Driver/ Gull Gove/ Icy Strait/ Southeast Alaska – Image 2279
This is one of my favorite photos. It is of my son, Gabe, on his first day of learning how to steer a skiff. He was eight years old. This photo can be found on page 46 of my fourth book, Juneau Protrait II. My most recent books always have a photo of my boys […]
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