Wildlife Photography

Blog posts from our Alaska Wildlife Photo Tours.

Any issues related to wildlife photography such as environmental factors, land management agency concerns, technical issues with wildlife photography, and other wildlife notes. And of course, photos of bears, moose, caribou, wolves, birds, squirrels, and more.

ANWR polar bears playing on ice Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Alaska.

Polar Bears Playing on the Ice

Hey Folks, A week in arctic Alaska, photographing Nanuq, the magnificent polar bear? An awesome, awesome trip. I took 3 people up earlier this month for a fantastic week, where we were so lucky to get to spend time up close and personal with polar bears; literally, dozens and dozens of polar bears. US F&WS […]

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Katmai National Park Grizzly bear by moonlight, Alaska.

Grizzly Bear by Moonlight

Hey Folks, Slowly catching up on image processing and whatnot after a full season of adventure. This year I ran a few new trips, which I’m looking forward to continue to explore over the coming years, but also enjoyed returning to some of the old favorite haunts. This image if from the Grizzly Bears in […]

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Alaska brown bear Katmai national Park, Alaska.

Image of the Month: October 2012

Hey Folks Just returned from 2 weeks in Katmai National Park, photographing the great grizzly bears there. This adult boar, who we call ‘Ted’, is a an old favorite of mine to photograph. Beautiful bear, and this year was the first year I’d seen him standing upright. Ted’s a big ole bear! Heading out in […]

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Alaska brown bear photo tour Katmai National Park.

Image of the Month – Breeding Brown Bears

Hey Folks, Image of the month for 2012 is this photo of a breeding brown bear pair at Hallo Bay, katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska, on the coastal brown bear photo tour last week. It was an amazing trip, with some great photo opportunities, perhaps the highlight of which was this breeding pair we […]

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Alaska brown bear Katmai National Park, Male bear Alaska.

Brown bear photo – Hallo Bay

Hey Folks, Just returned from a brown bear photo tour over to Katmai National Park, where we photographed brown bears at Hallo Bay and Kukak Bay; we were super lucky to get some great light, great bears, and some really cool photo opportunities. This young bear was hanging around a pile of driftwood in Hallo […]

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Katmai National Park brown bear photo tour. Alaska.

Fat Babies Have No Pride

Hey Folks, Heading out in a day or 2 for a week of photography, so I thought I’d post this one of a porky little grizzly bear cub, fat and ready for hibernation. I’m a big fan of Lyle Lovett, and this photo seemed like the perfect match for such a great lyric. Have a […]

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Grizzly bear photo tours Alaska Katmai National Park.

Brown bear photo

A male brown bear, Ursus arctos, approaches up river, fishing for spawning sockeye salmon, Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska.

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Alaska grizzly bear photo tours Katmai Park.

Grizzly bear photo tour

Hey Folks, Just back from a fantastic 2 weeks in Katmai National Park on our Grizzly Bears in the Fall Photo Tour. What a great way to wind up the season! This year we had a challenging but rewarding trip; there were definitely fewer bears than in some recent years (still more than 45 bears […]

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Expeditions Alaska backpacking guides Four Grizzly bear cubs, Katmai National Park, Alaska.

Grizzly Bear Photo Tour

4 grizzly bear (brown bear, Ursus arctos) cubs sit in the forest, and await there mother’s return. Grizzly bear cubs, Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska.

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Bull moose in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, Alaska.

Moose cow and calves

Moose cow and 2 calves, standing in the boreal spruce forest, Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve, Alaska.

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