Jess Lee’s Photo Adventures

Polar Bears could be one of our most threatened large mammals. Let think what we can do to protect these great creatures and we move through the New Year.
Best Wishes to all!
Jess
(yes another long winded post)

Katmai Coastal Brown Bears by Boat
Stunning photos of Grizzlies fishing for Salmon in unspoiled wild beauty will be made possible by the use of our Private charter boat to access the remote streams and harbors of the rugged Katmai Coast
August 14-21st
2010
Join Jess with a small group of adventurous photographers for one of the most [...]

Polar hi jinks

A small group of endangered Polar Bears resting on a small strip of land in the Beaufort Sea just north of the mainland coast of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. We hear the rude sound of a helicopter shatter the morning calm. The bears begin to stir. Then the chopper swoops down scattering [...]

 
 
There is something special about the first morning of an Alaska adventure. No other photographers, bush plane, boats or BS. Just us, the bears and the great land
God, I do Love it!

Even the bears seem to be spreading the word. Me and one of my groups are back in Alaska. Lake Clark this time. We had a great bush ride in, landing  just before a 3 hour fog bank hit the beach, It gave us a little time to get our gear together and hit the [...]

We all knew it was coming. Now it is here. The NPS is making changes at Silver Salmon to make things more difficult for Photographers.
Some the the changes are small, some will help bears without affecting responsible photographers, but the biggie will change the photography here for ever.
Stay tuned

While I do still have openings for this year I have secured the following dates for this great Alaska Adventure in 2010. Our June trip (Alaska Spring) featuring cubs and wild flowers will be June 27 – July 3rd. August dates are 22-29 just in time to head to Denali with me for Autumn colors.
If [...]

This photo shows what can happen when we get to fixed on the action. While it is a good photo the foreground is cut off too close to the bears. This is usually caused by making your composition centered on the central focusing sensor of your camera.
Yes it is hard to keep this in mind [...]

Well, we are back and Silver Salmon is as awesome as always for our tours.
As bears are getting on the fish, we are filling flash cards as fast as the bears catch fish.  Today is bright and mostly clear so we will be doing our boat trip to puffin island. Check back for more images from [...]

After a week of hard work on these Alaska grizzlies the only image we felt we had missed was mom and the cubs on the beach. With 2 hours before we needed to pack for our flight home we made one last early morning run.
As you can see the bears sent us off with a [...]