Arctic Adventures

Wildlife photography is tricky. Thats why we like still artistic shots. We finally have a decent lens and decent camera at the same time. We had a rough go of it there for a bit. We had purchased a zoom lens and it worked well for about summer, fall, and part of winter. Something happened to it after using it in the cold and winter and it stopped working. We saved up for a new lens and bought one that spring. First time out with the new lens and I dropped the lens and the camera. The weight of the lens busted up the camera.  After some trial and error attempting to fix the old camera in which I was completely unsuccessful we purchased a new camera. Now we have the camera and lens back in action. What do I do one of the first trips out? Leave the camera at home and see a wolf and pups on the riverbank at 50 yards. facepalm# I missed out on a glorious opportunity for photos of a lynx because I didn't have the camera ready. I spotted a lynx stalking along the river bank. Watched it wi...

We returned to our arctic home a little later than usual this year.  Brett had a little over a week before he had to start work, but we certainly were able to make the most of that time!  Brett's sisters Kate, Shelly, and Jenna came up for that week and we were all super excited to have them.  Unfortunately the weather wasn't awesome with rain forecasted every day, but it didn't slow anyone down (except for me maybe!!).  They are here!   The girls got a village welcome as we threw their luggage into the Mule and piled onto the "honda."   I'm sure they were beyond exhausted as they traveled through the night, but everyone was game for a short fishing trip.  Brett figured we had to take advantage of the time because with the rain the river would just continue to rise and would get too cloudy to really do any fishing.  Shelly caught a pink salmon on her first cast!   Kate with her grayling. Anya gave a little effort, but she doesn...