Monthly Archives: September 2014

Shooting Alaska

2017-05-19T10:36:20-04:00September 23rd, 2014|

Some random landscapes from an amazing trip. My wife and I prefer to travel alone so we can set our own pace and go where we choose to. Alaska's Inside Passage is a large wilderness waterway that is only accessible by ship or plane. To travel on our own there would have been beyond our means, so we chose a small cruise ship (pictured below) that carried 60 [...]

Whale Soup in Alaska

2017-05-19T10:36:20-04:00September 12th, 2014|

Faking it as a wildlife photographer with the Humpbacks  Whale Soup by Richard Lewis 2014 The title of this post does not advocate cooking whales. It is a term the locals use to describe a phenomenon where Humpback Whales will hunt in large groups to trap fish. When this happens, the sea fills with them. Humpbacks tend to be solitary animals. [...]

The Pine Barrens Light

2017-05-19T10:36:20-04:00September 8th, 2014|

We came for the Super Moon but won the Gold Golden Light in the Pine Barrens by Richard Lewis My friend Denise Bush reminded me of something special in her latest blog post. Before the August 2014 Super Moon in New Jersey, there was a moment where the golden light of the late day sun appeared against a darker background of clouds. While hiking [...]

Creative Aerobics in Alaksa’s Tracy Arm Wilderness

2017-05-19T10:36:20-04:00September 2nd, 2014|

 Fighting weather and Challenging Shooting Conditions Tracy Arm Wilderness #4 by Richard Lewis 2014 Tracy Arm Wilderness 6 by Richard Lewis 2014 Tracy Arm Wilderness 8 by Richard Lewis 2014 Tracy Arm Wilderness #3 by Richard Lewis 2014 Of all the places we visited in Alaska, the Tracy Arm Wilderness was probably the most [...]