Interested in photographing Polar Bears up-close & personal this year? We have one spot left on our September 25th to 30th departure! Our Polar Bears of the Alaskan Arctic Photography Tour & Workshop takes place on a remote island in the Arctic in the Inupiaq Village of Kaktovik. Lodging space is extremely limited on this […]
It is with great excitement that we are announcing a brand new photography trip here at Backcountry Journeys! In continuing our tradition of exploring the vastness of Utah’s canyons – next March we will be taking a small group of adventurous photographers to photograph both Arches & Canyonlands National Parks in Utah. We have scheduled […]
Since we ran two trips to Costa Rica within a relatively short timeframe this year I’m going to do one Trip Report that will highlight the images from each trip as well as from Tortuguero National Park on the Caribbean side. The Osa Peninsula is a unique locale even for Costa Rica due to the […]
This year our photography expedition to Brooks Falls was nothing short of phenomenal in terms of weather and photo quality. We were able to capture some outstanding images of Brown Bears including fishing bears, standing bears, wrestling bears and even fighting bears! The weather was about the most stable I’ve ever seen it at Brooks […]
Looking for an unforgettable summer adventure? Look no further and join us for some alpine splendor in Glacier National Park this summer! Our July trips are completely sold out but we have a few spots left on our August 12th to 17th special departure. This is a professionally guided photographic tour / workshop focused on alpine […]
Drumroll please! We are excited to announce our 2020 schedule of photography tours, workshops & safaris. We have published dates for the majority of our most popular trips including Yellowstone, Yosemite, Zion & Bryce and our signature Alaskan Brown Bears trips. We have some cool new itineraries in the works including lodge-based versions of our […]
Birds are fantastic photographic subjects. There is just something aesthetically pleasing about them. The beauty of their flight, the color and texture of their feathers, their faces, beaks. The dynamic sunrises, sunsets and landscapes that make up the frame? We at Backcountry Journeys love and appreciate birds. And for more than just great photographs. We […]
Hi Everyone, Just a quick update from the field as we just had a rather epic Photo Safari out on the water in Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska! We have just finished the trip and the wildlife was exceptional – early June is the best time of year for many species of wildlife in the […]
We are excited to announce yet another incredible new photographic trip offering here at Backcountry Journeys. After much planning, debating, deciding and tweaking of the itinerary we have finally launched our Bosque Del Apache & White Sands Photography Tour & Workshop to New Mexico! If you’ve never been to the Bosque Del Apache National Wildlife […]
I landed in Anchorage last night after a quick layover in Seattle where luckily I was able to meet up with my Dad & Anne for dinner – albeit at the airport but it was great to see them and certainly better than nothing! I grew up in Seattle a long time ago and a […]
At Backcountry Journeys we are always dreaming up and putting together great new photography trips – and this one is no exception! Starting in the Spring of 2019 we will be offering both a standard and a hiker version of our brand-new Spring in Yosemite Photography Tour & Workshop. The dates for this trip are […]
It is with great excitement that we are announcing yet another departure of our previously sold out Canyons of Utah: Zion & Bryce Photography Tour & Workshop. Photographing the intricate & colorful sandstone canyons of Utah has quickly become one of our most more popular trips. The new departure only has six openings and will […]
We had an awesome exploration of Kachemak Bay in Alaska this year photographing Bald Eagles. The weather was perfect in late March and we were able to photograph literally hundreds of different birds around the various inlets, bays and passages in and around Seldovia, Alaska. We had two days of light overcast and two days […]
We are pleased to announce the addition of another fantastic trip to Glacier National Park this summer. Our July photography excursions to Glacier have pretty much filled up so we decided to offer a third departure in August of 2018. Dates: August 12th to 17th, 2018 August is a fantastic time to visit the “Jewel of the […]
Well we’ve just wrapped up the first session of our Ultimate Northern Lights Photography trip. It was a bit cloudier than it usually in Fairbanks this time of year – also incredibly warm for winter in Alaska. Temperatures never really dipped into the negatives the whole week! Despite overwhelmingly cloudy skies we still managed three […]
