Dancing Northern Lights
Back in March we took a special trip up to Alaska with hopes of seeing the Northern Lights. I also miss winter (see: wildfires in LA in January). Having once Continue Reading →
Category: Alaska
Just Packing A Cooler For The Next 1150 Miles
I love how Samantha LeLonde’s sled is packed with a cooler as if she’s just out for a quick picnic, instead of the longest Iditarod race ever at 1150 miles Continue Reading →
Watching The Iditarod Dogs And Mushers Run Like Crazy – Gallery
Yesterday was the official restart of the Iditarod 2025. Why a restart? Because there is a ceremonial start in Anchorage, but this year there was a section of the trail Continue Reading →
Fairbanks Bike Rack
Not a lot of use in the Winter.
Find The Blues In Alaska
Description: Alaska is in a neck and neck competition with Utah for places I love visiting (but don’t really want to live in year round). In this case, a fjord known Continue Reading →
Alaskan Hues
Description: Sunlight in Glacier Bay National Park. Location: Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska, North America Photograph Copyright Peter West Carey. Image Available For Commercial Licensing (email) Learn photography and explore Continue Reading →
The Blueness Of Glacial Ice
Description: The Lamplaugh Glacier in in Glacier Bay National Park is receding and leaving behind a moraine. In this case, the moraine starts where the bay ends as the glacier used Continue Reading →
Drone Photos That Don’t Look Like Drone Photos
Description: This post might get a little too deep into the joy of being behind the camera, so if that’s not your thing, just click on through. I love that a Continue Reading →
A Little Slice Of Alaskan Heaven
Description: The Uncruise Safari Endeavour anchored in a little slice of Alaskan heaven. Location: Southeast Alaska, North America Photograph Copyright Peter West Carey. Image Available For Commercial Licensing (email) Learn photography Continue Reading →
Great Spot For A Kayak
Description: Onward with the editing of Uncruise photos from earlier this month! In this case, it’s hard to find a better place to kayak with nothing but the 319,000 acre South Continue Reading →
Hanging Valleys, Waterfalls, Green Heaven
Description: Sorry that it has taken me a few days to get back in the swing of Photo Of The Day after returning from Alaska. I had times a number of Continue Reading →
That Is One Massive Whale Tail
Description: I could probably lay across the width of this humpback whale tail if you got the whale to stop swimming long enough. In August I will have the chance for Continue Reading →
Hiking Wild Alaska
Description: One advantage with Uncruise Adventure cruises: getting off the boat and into wild Alaska. Location: Alaska, USA, North America Camera: Canon 7D & 28-300mm L Photograph Copyright Peter West Carey. Image Continue Reading →
Mama Grizzly And Cubs Chilling At The Beach
Description: I love bears. From a distance. And what safer place to be than on the water, but within telephoto range of this mama and her cubs along the shore of Continue Reading →
Tidewater Glacier, Close Up
Description: Small boats, like the skiffs from a 78 passenger Uncruise Adventures ship, get as close as is safe to tidewater glaciers in Alaska. I’ve been a half dozen times and Continue Reading →
The Power Of An Eagle
Description: Up in Alaska, where bald eagles are plentiful, it’s a pleasure to watch them hunt for fish, even in the rain. Location: Alaska, USA, North America Photograph Copyright Peter West Carey. Continue Reading →
The Subtlety of Light
Description: At the end of the day, when the clouds are rolling past and the sun sinks low, every moment is unique. Location: Alaska, Washington, United States, North America Photograph Copyright Continue Reading →
Safari Explorer and George Island
Description: Last week I had the pleasure of working aboard two UnCruise Adventures ships; the Wilderness Explorer and the Safari Explorer. It was aboard the second ship, arguably the finest of Continue Reading →
Orcas Up Close
Another shot from this week’s UnCruise trip in Southeast Alaska. Sometimes it’s best to be on the big (small) boat, sometimes it pays to be on a skiff. Location: Southwest Continue Reading →
Bearing Around The River
Part of the joy of small ship sailing in Alaska with UnCruise Adventures is the proximity to wildlife, like all these mama and baby bears chomping around a small river’s Continue Reading →
Tracy Arm Rock Structures
Way up a fjord known as Tracy Arm, in Southeast Alaska, is where glaciers still scour the land. Specifically, South Sawyer Glacier. Once joined with its other half, now known Continue Reading →
Wandering Juneau Without Large Cruise Ships
I have a few days in Juneau while on assignment with UnCruise Adventures, a small ship company, creating virtual tours (360° photos packaged into a specific website) for their advertising. Continue Reading →
More Alaska Layers
Description: Following on yesterday’s Alaska Layers post, there’s more in store in the land of the midnight sun! Title: More Alaska Layers Location: Alaska, United States, North America Photograph Copyright Peter Continue Reading →
Alaska Layers
Description: How can you not love these endless mountains and sea, winding into the glow up an Alaskan sunset? When my wife and I talk about where we would like to Continue Reading →
Alaskan Layers
Description: I love the natural layers that come with receding hell and mountain sides. Capturing the light just before sunset in Alaska offers many unique opportunities, this one shot a Continue Reading →
Dawes Glacier Panorama – Photo Of The Day
Description: I wish I had taken this style of image (and with perfect weather) 7 years ago when I first visited Dawes Glacier in Alaska with Uncruise Adventures. I’d be interested Continue Reading →
Seemingly Alone In Paradise – Photo Of The Day
Title: Seemingly Alone In Paradise Location: Bailey Bay, Alaska, USA, North America Description: Continuing with my assignment in August to take photos of the Wilderness Discoverer for Uncruise Adventures, this day really Continue Reading →
The Aurora Borealis In Alaska – Photo Of The Day
Title: The Aurora Borealis In Alaska Location: Bailey Bay, Alaska, USA, North America Description: I’ve been to Alaska six times with Uncruise Adventures taking pictures of their boats and teaching photography as Continue Reading →
Misty Fjords Lives Up To Its Name – Photo Of The Day
Title: Misty Fjords Lives Up To Its Name Location: Misty Fjords National Monument, Alaska, USA, North America Description: Misty Fjords, on a sunny day when the clouds start to lift, is something Continue Reading →
Cold As Ice – Photo Of The Day
Title: Cold As Ice Location: Dawes Glacier, Alaska, USA, North America Description: Dawes Glacier, a tidewater glacier starting in Canada and finishing in Alaska, as seen from sea level on a skiff. Continue Reading →