Alaska is a bear photographer's dream destination.
Whereas a trip to Yellowstone or Grand Teton National Parks may grant you a brief sighting of a majestic grizzly, being in the right place at the right time in Alaska pretty much guarantees daily up-close sightings.
Here I was in Southeastern Alaska, in the Tongass National Forest, hiking through...
It's that time of the year: salmon are heading back to their stream of birth to spawn.
Little do they know they're being awaiting by hungry predators...
Southeastern Alaska's Tongass National Forest is home to several salmon-filled streams.
I photographed this brown bear capturing several pink salmon.
He caught a male pink salmon.
These...
For the fourth year in a row, I was very excited to receive word from one of the world's largest photography competitions: 35 AWARDS. (Web | Instagram | Facebook)
This competition awards the 'top 35' (hence their name, 35 AWARDS) and I made it as a top wildlife photographer and a top photographer in the USA. For the 4th year in a row, some of my w...
Almost endless daily hiking and driving in Jackson Hole looking for critters to photograph, keeps me busy.
A typical day sees me out and about until around 9 PM, followed by a quick dinner and bed time.
Photo editing typically has to wait until the quiet days of summer, so here's one of my favorite sequences from last spring.
Right place, right...
The U.K. newspaper " Sunday Express " (link) published one of my images:
two play-fighting grizzly bear cubs.
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Newspaper The Epoch Times interviewed me for a new article on grizzly 399.
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Now that grizzly 399 (with a new record-setting baby: read about it by clicking here!) and most of the other known bears in Grand Teton National Park are awake from hibernation, one bear is left: grizzly 793, also known as 'Blondie.'
Blondie was last seen in June of last year, when she allegedly lost her new cubs to an attack by a male grizzly bea...
It's that time of the year!
Grizzly bear sows are appearing out of hibernation with new cubs in tow. Few things in nature are as cute as baby animals and that certainly applies to baby bears...
Here are some of my favorite grizzly bear COY ("Cubs Of the Year") that I was fortunate to photograph over the past years in the wilds of the Greater...
She did it!
Grizzly 399 came out of hibernation today in Grand Teton National Park with a new COY ("Cub Of the Year")!
The Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team leader Frank van Manen told WyoFile earlier that the oldest known age of actual reproduction for a wild grizzly was 25.
That means grizzly 399, aged 27, is the new record holder. Amazing!...
How are Jackson Hole's grizzly bears doing? Here's the situation on May 4, 2023...
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Grizzly 399
She hasn't been seen yet. Last year, which was the last year she had her four cubs, she came out of hi...
When it comes to finding good areas to photograph bighorn sheep, a few places come to mind.
There's winter at the National Elk Refuge in Jackson, WY when the sheep congregate on Millers Butte.
There's the mining area around Morenci, AZ where sheep live year-round. By the way, these are Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep, not desert bighorn sheep that y...
This grizzly bear was relentless. For hours on end, he ruled this small creek in Alaska and ate fish non-stop.
Here he is chasing a fish, and proving successful once more.
The Alaskan rainforest definitely taxes your photography equipment. An almost constant drizzle and high humidity dictate the need for a water-sealed camera and lens.
D...
This bison posed in a great spot in front of the snow Teton mountains in Grand Teton National Park.
I cannot believe how different this image, taken last spring, is from this year's scene. There is a LOT more snow this year. The bison are still migrating to this area and I haven't seen a single area of green grass here so far...
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Following up my post from a few days ago, here's a bison calf from the same herd that I photographed crossing a river in Yellowstone National Park.
When a bison herd in Yellowstone National Park's Lamar valley made their way towards a creek, I got setup with my big lens and tripod.
The sun behind my back provided beautiful colors as the herd cros...