Nature photography and outdoor destination marketing
I used to embrace the cold. I worked ski resorts in Colorado for 15 years. For ten of those years, I worked at the top of the mountain, at 11,000 feet. I’ve seen some savage storms, and brutal cold. I spent 10 winters in Alaska. Five of those winters were in the remote Interior rural …
Patti challenges us with monochrome photography in this week’s Lens-Artists Photo Challenge. Thanks, Patti! Monochrome photography is an interesting way to interpret the scene for a photographer like me who somewhat depends on a splash of color. I’ve had fun with it! To meet this challenge, I thought I’d share with you a short travelogue …
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McCarthy Creek is flooding. I may be stranded here at home for a while. Earlier this spring I had the opposite problem. I couldn’t GET home. Early winter cold temperatures with no snow cover, coupled with a late spring, caused the ground to freeze hard & deep, leading to a humongous lake in the low …
Living remote in McCarthy, sometimes you have to go out for groceries, doctor, building supplies. Often it’s the hell trip to Anchorage or the Valley – 600 miles round trip, 7-8 hours of driving each way, with a whirlwind of stops crammed between as you pick up everything you need to maintain your life. Occasionally …
We all have our priorities in life. Words and actions that guide us on our path. Maybe it’s family, first and forever. Maybe it’s work hard so you can retire by the time you’re 50. Well, I’ve never been especially ambitious. Although I love a lot of people deeply, I’m basically footloose and fancy free, …