I stumbled upon this guy on my way to photograph sunset, look at the size of that camera! It captures a 20 x 24 inch image.
I was in a hurry, and I didn’t want to pester the guy as he set up, but I had to ask a few questions. (more…)
I had always heard that best way to bring attention to a blog is to write something controversial. Little did I know, my decisions to replace my digital darkroom with a PC instead of a Mac might be controversial, but 24 comments and a bunch of links later, it was by far my most active posting. There actually was a lot of valuable feedback in that post from many people and I really appreciate it.
So now that I have used my new Falcon Northwest digital darkroom for a few weeks, I thought I better provide an update to that threaed. And since I’m sitting on a plane – what a perfect time to write! (more…)
Well, it is year end, and we are in that position of either spend it, or give it to Uncle Sam - so we are spending baby!
With today’s large image files, my old Pentium computer just isn’t cutting it anymore, so we made the logical decision to get Janine a new computer - yeah that’s right, Janine. Since she does all the important parts of the office work, it is fitting I get her computer hand me downs, and she gets the screaming machine. Actually, Janine does a lot of the image adjustment work.
Anyway, I have been anguishing over this decision for the last couple of weeks as I researched and read countless forums, reviews etc., so I thought I would share my thought process as it may be beneficial to other photographers in a similar situation - I know I found similar write-ups valuable. Janine thinks I’m an over-researcher 
, and she is right. Warning, this may get long! (more…)
If you read the My Excuse post, you will know we have been working hard to remodel our home - new paint, carpet, blinds, etc. The hardest, but most rewarding part was the two weeks we spent on the kitchen. In stock cabinets, vinyl floor and Formica counters won’t get it showcased in Sunset Magazine, but it is sure a huge improvement for us! (more…)
If you are looking for some last minute gift ideas, you might consider our 2008 Alaska Calendar. We don’t actually have any left, but I learned last week that ANHA still has a few left. Here is a link to the calendar at their on the on-line store; ANHA. They sell for $10.
I try to keep this blog pretty much photography related, but every now and then I have to throw in an non photography tidbit - like today, my niece Sydney Buck is gracing the front page of the Anchorage Daily News showing off her missing front teeth while skiing at Alyeska Ski Resort. Pretty cool stuff!
My sister says Alyeska received another 15 inches of snow last night - we are off to a good start this winter! The skate skiing in Seward right now is awesome. That sure makes it easier to be leaving that nice 80 degree desert weather.
The average high for today in Reno is 75 degrees. Today it is snowing! Well, wet snow mixed with rain.
So why no photo today? (more…)
The only photography I have done over the last month has been assignment work - I’m looking forward to getting back into the field and immersing myself in photography. We have been working hard in the office so that we will be caught up before hitting the road Friday. (more…)
I have had a lot of fun working with a young aspiring photographer, Janessa Anderson. Janessa is a High School senior here in Seward and is doing an internship with us. (more…)
If you haven’t seen the Planet Earth Series on Discovery, you are missing the best nature photography I have ever seen. The series is really outstanding. They have high-speed slow motion footage of a huge Great White Shark leaping out of the water while capturing prey. They also filmed all kinds of very rare animals, including some incredibly colorful birds never before photographed, and even some of the only footage ever recorded of a Snow Leopard in the wild. It is all stunning.
Today (Friday) we fly back to Alaska. The blog might be slow the next few days as we travel and get re-situated.
If you read my last post, you know I was forwarding select Google searches for porn related terms directly to the FBI website. I even had teen searches going to the FBI page on sexual predators. Well that lasted less then a day - I see those re-direct pages are no longer receiving hits, apparently they aren’t showing up in search results. I didn’t think it would last long. Unfortunately my stats software doesn’t show outgoing links - I was curious as to how many people I actually forwarded.
On Monday, our website www.wildnatureimages.com exceeded 8,000 visitors for the first time! It isn’t uncommon for a busy weekday to exceed 7,000 visitors - but we had yet to exceed the 8,000 visitors in one day mark. According to Alexa, right now we now have the second most visited website for stock photographers. Thank you for visiting this blog and our photo website!
I haven’t had time to post thanks to the whirlwind of activity at the North American Nature Photographers Association conference in Palm Springs. In a nutshell, the conference was excellent and exceeded all my expectations. (more…)
Bradford Washburn past away last night at age 96. (more…)
The Stirring the Senses guide book was a fun assingment a did a few years ago in Kenai Fjords National Park. (more…)
We have been very busy with print sales during the past month, and we are just now heading into the busy season for prints. This year we have decided to offer free shipping anywhere in the U.S. via priority mail for any order over $100.
For orders outside the United States, we will reduce shipping costs by $10 for any order over $100.
This offer will be good until December 18th. To see our complete photo gallery, go to our main photo site, http://www.wildnatureimages.com/
