In early April I took a trip to Sitka, Alaska to photograph bubble-feeding whales.  The whales all dive down to the bottom and one whale blows air out of its blowhole, this stirs up the herring, and then all of the whales take a big scoop and come up together.  Bubble-feeding is a learned behavior. My first day there a little bit of sun appeared and I was able to get the above shot of the Sitka marina.  Below are photographs of the birds flying down and picking up herring stirred up by the fishing boats and several shots of captive birds at a Sitka animal rehabilitation center...and of fishing boats during the herring run. You can check out my blog post on the herring run to learn more. 

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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.

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