I am so happy to announce that once again Jack Graham and I will be offering the ultimate alaskan bear photo workshop in Katmai National Park, Alaska.  The workshop is scheduled for Sept 8-14th, 2022.  We have run this workshop for several years and each time has been a very unique and extremely memorable experience photographing and being near the grizzly bears in their natural habitat.

We will be assisted by the best guides in the region and go to areas few others ever travel to. This wilderness area is sparsely populated. The bears rule the land here and humans have adapted to respect the bears for what they are. As a result, the bears have little fear of humans since they are the kings in this wilderness. We will be in the ultimate location for the amazing experience of photographing these marvelous animals as they dive into the ocean and rivers to catch plentiful sockeye salmon. In addition to the mighty grizzly bears, we have the chance to see wolves hunting and foraging as well as possible side trips to see walrus colonies. This really is the trip to photograph the Ultimate Alaskan Bears.

Ebook -Bears of Katmai, Alaska-cover - 3 baby grizzly bears

We will photograph the bears along the Katmai Coast where they are fishing for salmon, digging for clams, eating sedge grasses or grazing blueberries on the alpine tundra.  We may also have the chance to photograph the bears at the famous Brooks Falls, where the bears wait on top of the falls for the salmon to launch themselves over the falls.

We will stay in a wonderful lodge along Lake Iliamna and enjoy home cooked meals for breakfast and dinner. Lunches will be provided to us each day to eat in the field. The itinerary for each day will be specifically catered to us and our photographic priorities and we will be flown into the Alaskan wilderness by float plane (we have the best and most experienced pilots with us) and guided to the best locations.   Note:  the ability to fly and which locations are accessible are weather dependent and during the Fall there is more likelihood for weather delays.

Each evening we’ll download our images and provide comprehensive discussions regarding composition, seeing images and the formulation of artful photography. In addition to getting you to the right locations, we’ll make sure your photographic skills are developed as well.  While at our locations, we’ll help you both technically, developing proper field techniques and artistically, to help bring out your best creative photography.

I wish we could bring everyone on this trip to see these magnificent creatures!   It is such a humbling experience to be in their world and watch them as they go about their daily lives in order to raise their young and survive the brutal Alaskan winters.  As I’ve been preparing this trip for announcement, I have looked back at our previous trips and some of the epic moments I’ve witnessed and felt a deep gratitude and wonder at these experiences.  In our world of landscape/nature photography, the images are becoming almost secondary to the experiences and wonder that we witness as we are out in amazing locations.

A bear tossing a salmon up in the air and then hitting it with its paw

Space is very limited on this ultimate alaskan bear photo workshop, so if you are interested, please either register HERE or drop me a note and I can let you know about space availability.

 

Here are a few of the videos I’ve created from previous workshops to help give folks a sense of what the experience is like.