Introduction

I love the way the camera sees the world, it can be so unique, so different than what is actually there when I take the photograph. My goal is to take photographs that show the world the way I see it,  using the unique photographic abilities that I have, the technical abilities of my camera, and my digital darkroom skills to output the best photograph "equivalent" that I can; a photograph that is wholly representative of my vision in photography and art.  I am not a documentarian or a photo journalist, I edit, delete, and change as needed.  My goal is photographic art and there is no "right" or "wrong" involved in that.

In October I was in the Churchill, Canada area photographing Polar Bears with a group called Churchill Wild (a wonderful photography tour group). When I first decided that I wanted to photograph polar bears I knew I did not want to do it from a vehicle.  Many of the photo tours take place in a tundra vehicle and all of the photographs are taken from the vehicle.  I started researching tour groups where photographers could hike onto the tundra to photograph the bears and walk among them.  I found that the Churchhill Wild group did just that and I signed up for the October outing.  The tour group provided the cold weather clothing - boots, jacket, waterproof pants - as part of the tour price and if there had been inclement weather I would have been warm enough to withstand it.  The weather, however, was not that cold when I went, it was around 25-30 degrees, and most of the time I was sweating in the too-warm clothing. I arrived in Winnipeg on a regional jet and the group took a bush plane, pictured below, to the lodge that sat just at the edge of Hudson Bay about 30 minutes north of Churchill. Below are some photos of the trip. For more on the trip read my blog at www.viathelens.net. Check out my other website www.cassinettowildanimals.com for additional wildlife photos. ​

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Connie Cassinetto Wild Animals: www.cassinettowildanimals.com