Alaska 06.09-15.09 2017

Day 1 – 06.09.2019 This was our first Alaska photo expedition, with Ole J Liodden as the WildPhoto guide, and everyone were excited to start this trip. We met in Kodiak and had a short evening photo trip to a misty forest nearby.

Kodiak forest – Nikon D5, 600mm, 1/800 sec, f/5,6 @ ISO 1000

Day 2 – 07.09 2017 We started early in the morning with a visit to a salmon river in Kodiak, photographing some bald eagles. In the afternoon it was time for the flights with sea planes to Katmai. We landed close to one of the best “Grizzly rivers” and started to prepare for a week in the wilderness.

Bald eagle – Nikon D5, 600mm, 1/1000 sec, f/7,1 @ ISO 500

Day 3 – 08.09 2017 The first full day in Katmai was amazing with plenty of grizzly bears and a close meeting with a curious wolf. A great start, and we had just started.

Wild wolf – Nikon D5, 600mm, 1/1000 sec, f/5,6 @ ISO 4000

Wild wolf – Nikon D5, 600mm, 1/10 sec, f/13 @ ISO 64

Fishing Grizzly bear – Nikon D5, 600mm, 1/1000 sec, f/4,0 @ ISO 4000

Day 4-8 – 09-13.09 2017 Next morning was beautiful with clear sky, and the weather was great for the next 2 days. We had some extraordinary meetings with 20-30 Grizzly bears and more close wolves these days, and you can see some of the images below.

Katmai sunrise – Nikon D810, 70-200mm, 1/10 sec, f/7,1 @ ISO 1000

Katmai sunrise – Nikon D810, 70-200mm, 1/250 sec, f/11 @ ISO 1000

Three cubs at sunrise – Nikon D5, 600mm, 1/400 sec, f/6,3 @ ISO 800

Fishing wolf – Nikon D810, 600mm, 1/13 sec, f/20 @ ISO 31

Not all days in Katmai are sunny – Nikon D5, 16-35mm, 1/800 sec, f/11 @ ISO 5600

Close wolf – Nikon D810, 600mm, 1/1250 sec, f/6,3 @ ISO 400

Fishing bear – Nikon D810, 600mm, 1/2500 sec, f/5,6 @ ISO 160

Fishing bear – Nikon D810, 600mm, 1/2500 sec, f/5,6 @ ISO 640

Wild wolf – Nikon D810, 600mm, 1/15 sec, f/9,0 @ ISO 31

Wild wolf – Nikon D810, 600mm, 1/15 sec, f/13 @ ISO 31

Grizzly bear split photo – Nikon D5, 16-35mm (at 17mm), 1/800 sec, f/11 @ ISO 3600

Grizzly bear panning – Nikon D5, 600mm, 1/13 sec, f/13 @ ISO 50

Day 9-10 – 14-15.09 2017 In the afternoon we flew back to Kodiak after an exciting week in Katmai with the Grizzly bears. Some of our clients talked about “best trip ever”, and it was certainly a very special expedition. The three close meetings with the wild wolves and even a fishing wolf gave us some really unique images. We had one night in Kodiak before we flew back to Anchorage and this Alaska adventure was history.

Let us know if you want to travel with us on a similar photo expedition to Alaska. We are now offering photo expeditions in Katmai based from a small expedition ship, which will also give us great opportunities for photographing sea mammals, birds and landscape. See more info about the Alaska photo expeditions HERE