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My Recent Photographic Expeditions

Latest Photography Expedition to Iceland - Mission: to photograph the wild, pristine, and incredible beauty of Iceland. Subjects include Icelandic horses, waterfalls, expansive landscapes, sea-stack cliffs, long-exposure photography, videography, astrophotography,

Alaska, Yukon, Canada - Mission: to photograph the aurora borealis, expansive landscapes, wildlife photography including winter bald eagles at the largest gathering of bald eagles on Earth (traveled to location the last two winter seasons); winter landscapes around Klukwan, Haines, Chilkoot, Chilkat River, Homer and Juneau Area including Douglas Island; wildlife centers to photograph snowy owls, moose, red foxes, and wolves.

Florida Keys and Everglades - Mission: to photograph Florida’s grand pristine landscapes and wildlife including barred owls, ospreys, crocodiles, alligators, other raptors like red shouldered hawks.

Central Florida - Mission: to photograph the Merritt Island Wildlife Refuge; in particular attention to Roseate Spoonbills and American White Pelicans.

MAINE and New Brunswick Canada - Mission: to photograph Northern Maine landscapes near Campobello, Canada, including Bay of Fundy tidal photography, wildlife, puffin photography in Machias Seal Island; New Brunswick photoshoots in Acadia National Park and Bar Harbor, including astrophotography of the Milky Way above Cadillac Mountain. 

Wyoming and Colorado - Mission: to photograph the grand landscapes, thermal activity inside Yellowstone, wildlife including bison, coyotes, wolves, grizzly bears, black bears, deer, and to photograph the elk rut; sunrise at predawn on Oxbow bend and Grand Tetons; mountain landscapes in Rocky Mountain National Park. Note: achieved award winning images of Grand Prismatic and award winning Autumn Foliage at Lamar Valley.

Pacific Northwest - Mission: to photograph bald eagles at Neah Bay Makah Reservation, expansive landscapes at Quinault Rainforest, including the Hoh Rainforest and Olympic National Forest. Areas in and around Forks, Port Angeles. Note: achieved award winning images captured near Lake Crescent.

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