Trip Reports

Fishing for king salmon in Eastern Alaska’s Klutina River, near Copper Center.

Spent the first week of October running around Yellowstone chasing the Elk while they were in the rut. Had a few surprise appearances from some Grizzlies in the Hayden Valley, a couple black bear in the Lamar Valley, and a very tolerant coyote near Madison. Saw alot of elk, but was a bit [...]

I’ve really been slacking on getting the posts up. This is from a couple of days in late September, in Denali National Park. My buddies Joe and Ashley joined me for a nice little jaunt up Primrose Ridge to find the big group of Dall rams. We found some spectacular views, and [...]

I was fortunate to spend a week in Denali last month to photograph the moose rut. The weather was unbelievable, the park was almost completely empty, and I was actually able to spend enough time following the animals that I got to observe some really amazing behaviors. And, got in some nice hiking [...]

While photographing the moose rut in Denali last month, I stumbled on this pack of wolves. A couple of the younger guys got split up from the main pack, and one in particular was quite unnerved to be separated. Howling filled the air on all sides of me as they tried to get [...]

I know these posts are months old by now, but I figure better late than never. This is from my first trip into the park this year, in early June. Road was only open to Fish Creek, but the wildlife was out in huge numbers. Saw 14 grizzlies, dall sheep, a wolf, [...]

Made another run out to the park in early July, this time with my friends Joe and Ashley, and Jodi. Weather was spectacular, wildlife was all over the place, and the mountain was out for a few hours. I lugged my 600 through there, got some nice images of a few grizzlies.
The grizzlies [...]

Due to some less than ideal situations at work the past four days, I’ve found myself stranded in Fairbanks with nothing to do. I spent a night down in Denali, and the weather was horrible. So, I retreated back to the ‘banks, and went searching for moose. Chena River State Park is [...]

Spent another night in Denali National Park. This summer is really starting to wear me down. It is the last day of July, and it was 48 degrees. Rained some more. I slept at Wonder Lake, and wondered what in the hell I was doing… Colorado Plateau, sometimes I miss [...]

I spent most of my free time over the long weekend following the elk in Provo canyon. Unfortunately, the winter has been really hard on the animals. That’s good and bad for viewing them. It means that most of the elk are much lower than typical winters, so they are easy to [...]

I’ve never had a chance to see owls in flight, let alone photograph them. So when I heard a few other photographers talking about the great owl images they made at Farmington Bay, I jumped off the eagle bandwagon and headed down to the barn owl lot. These buggers are fast! All images [...]

Decided to make one more run up to Farmington Bay to see if the eagles wanted to play with me one more time before heading north. Met a couple of the old Farmington standbys who had been there on Saturday, and said the eagles were plentiful. With blue skies on Sunday morning, it [...]

Another night, another quick run up into the hills. I was trying to find the bighorn again, but didn’t see a trace of them. After scanning the mountain for awhile, I spotted a few bucks, still with their antlers on. I packed up the 600 and the monster tripod, and started [...]

Got off work tonight with about an hour of sunlight left, so I took a run up to Rock Canyon to check on the bighorn. I figured the recent storms would be pushing them lower and lower. I was surprised to find them in the usual location, but I could only spot 3 [...]

I’ve been waiting to head up to Farmington Bay now for a few weeks. A few guys on the bogley forum were checking regularly to see when the eagles would arrive. Apparently, they came in last week. Excellent news! I met up with a couple of them to see what all [...]