Brown Bear Photography Workshop, Alaska

Photograph brown bears up-close amidst spectacular scenery

TOUR GALLERY

THE DESTINATION

Lake Clark National Park is a pristine setting. With its tundra-covered hills, glaciers, volcanoes, major rivers, and stunning coastline, the area featured a spectacular array of landscapes. Despite its incredible beauty, the park has a wonderfully low volume of visitors, due to its remoteness. The park is home to a large population of coastal brown bears, drawn here by the foraging and fishing opportunities the area provides. The bears are protected and have never been hunted, which allows us to come unusually close to them.

For the duration of the trip we will stay in a comfortable lodge located in the midst of this habitat. In fact, brown bears are common visitors to the lodge and property and can be found on any given day grazing, resting, or playing in the front yard. To reach this idyllic destination we will fly in on a small aircraft (hour and fifteen minute flight time) from Anchorage, landing on a beach in front of the lodge, where we will be greeted by our hosts and often by the bears themselves. If the weather is good, we can see Mount ReDoubt, Mount Augustine, and Mount Illiamna, all active volcanoes, on the flight in.

THE PHOTOGRAPHY

This trip will be an immersion in brown bear photography: we will spend our days in the field photographing cubs, females, and male bears in a wide range of behaviours and habitats. As the bears in the area are protected and have never been hunted, they are habituated enough for us to observe and photograph them from up close. Expect to take the best bear photography of your life! And due to the nature of the setting, there will also be plenty of opportunities for incredible landscape photography.

YOUR WORKSHOP

Lake Clark National Park is a pristine setting. With its tundra-covered hills, glaciers, volcanoes, major rivers, and the stunning coastline, the area featured a spectacular array of landscapes. Despite its incredible beauty, the park has a wonderfully low volume of visitors, due to its remoteness. The park is home to a large population of coastal brown bears, drawn here by the foraging and fishing opportunities the area provides. The bears are protected and have never been hunted, which allows us to come unusually close to them.

For the duration of the trip, we will stay in a comfortable lodge located in the midst of this habitat. In fact, brown bears are common visitors to the lodge and property and can be found on any given day grazing, resting, or playing in the front yard. To reach this idyllic destination we will fly in on a small aircraft (hour and fifteen minute flight time) from Anchorage, landing on a beach in front of the lodge, where we will be greeted by our hosts and often by the bears themselves. If the weather is good, we can see Mount ReDoubt, Mount Augustine, and Mount Illiamna, all active volcanoes, on the flight in.

YOUR 6-DAY ITINERARY