Alaska Magazine, October 2011

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Cover of the October, 2011 Alaska Magazine!

Cover of the October, 2011 Alaska Magazine!

I have had so many other photos to share this summer that I have avoided posting some of my recent covers – most of them travel guide related publications.  But… as an Alaskan, there is no ignoring having a photo on the cover of Alaska Magazine!  It is always a wonderful honor to say the least!  I think this is my third cover for the magazine.

This is a photo of the Tongass National Forest near Ketchikan, Alaska.  Here is the original photo without the text:  Tongass National Forest photo.

HDL Magazine Feature

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HDL Magazine based in Israel did a real nice feature on me – I believe it should be the current issue.  I think it was a nice feature, but since I don’t read Hebrew, I suppose they could be saying a lot of mean things and I wouldn’t know it.  But, I don’t think so – the article was based off of an extensive interview from earlier this winter.

The first 3 photos are all from Kenai Fjords National Park, the rest from Prince William Sound, except for one which was captured in Grand Teton National Park.

Fountain Hills Phone Book

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Tonto National Forest, Arizona.

Tonto National Forest, Arizona.

Here is another cool cover that came in the mail recently – this photo of Tonto National Forest was used on the cover for the Fountain Hills – Rio Verde – Tonto Verde phone book.

As most of you know, we just spent a couple of weeks just outside of Fountain Hills this winter.  Although this area does sell well for us, I think a big reason we talk ourselves into re-visiting the region is for the amazing mountain biking at the McDowell Regional Park.  If I had to pick just one place to ride – I can’t believe I’m going to say this, but I would pick McDowell even over Moab, Utah.  Well, along with the mountain biking, the mild winter weather helps too.  🙂

Fabulous Alaska and Yukon

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Ulysse travel guide to Alaska and the Yukon.

Ulysse travel guide to Alaska and the Yukon.

I haven’t hit you with any shameless shelf promotion in awhile, so I figured it was ok to work this one in – the cover of the Ulysse travel guide to Alaska and Yukon!  If you look close, you can see that Janine barely survived the crop on the right.  Even at the time I captured this photo I had hoped to place Janine a little more in front of the mountain, but with the land climbing sharply to my right, and Janine being in an area where you aren’t allowed off the trail – this was about as close as I could get.

Long time subscribers here may remember another cover we did for Ulysse.

It is a really nice looking guide book, that is if you speak French.

Cascade Chaos

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Cascade Chaos by William Slusher.

Cascade Chaos by William Slusher.

Since this book arrived in the mail yesterday, I thought it was the perfect time to throw in a little shameless shelf promotion.  🙂  This is the original photo of the grizzly bear from Denali, as you might guess, in the original, the bear isn’t carrying a red rose – the was added by the publisher with our permission.  I haven’t had a chance to read the book, but it is a fictional story about the restoration of grizzlies into Central Washington.  Thanks for the nice signed copy of the book William!