This week we start a three-part series in which you can join us on my first Japan Winter Wildlife tour in three years, starting with the snow monkeys!
Japan Winter Wildlife Tour#1 2023 Part 1 (Podcast 805)
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Snow Monkeys & Hokkaido 2015 Tour #2 Part 2 (Podcast 462)
This week is the last of a two part series to walk you through a selection of photos from my second Snow Monkeys & Hokkaido Tour for 2015. We pick up the trail on day seven, with one last Whooper Swan photo, before the majestic sea eagles, and a surprise visit...
Snow Monkeys & Hokkaido 2015 Tour #1 Part 1 (Podcast 459)
This week we start a two part series to walk through 24 photos from the first of my two Japan Snow Monkeys & Hokkaido winter wonderland wildlife tours for 2015. As you'll hear next week, the weather gave us some unique challenges on this tour, but as usual we had...
Snow Monkeys & Hokkaido with David duChemin (Podcast 362)
I usually record an update after returning from the Snow Monkeys and Hokkaido tour each year, and insert a recording from the bus on the last day of each trip as well as my own reflections on our trip. For Tour #2 this year though, we were lucky enough to be joined by...
Podcast 283 : Blakiston’s Fish Owl Feeding (Video)
Here's a short video that I shot on Feb 1, 2011, of a Blakiston's Fish Owl Feeding in the town of Rausu, Hokkaido, Japan. The pool from which the owl feeds is rocks covered with snow. The rocks were put there by locals, and they drop fish into the pool each night to...
Podcast 196 : Good Things Come To Those Who Wait
There’s no doubt, that patience is a virtue. I can be very impatient with things that I can control. But, once I decide that I “need” a piece of gear for example, as long as I can budget for it, there’s little that can stop me from buying it. I’ve been burned with...
Winter Wonderland Workshop 2009 #2 (Podcast 179)
Carrying on from last week, today we are going to take a look at some more photos from the 2009 Hokkaido Workshop and Photography Tour, affectionately known as the Winter Wonderland Workshop. It’s slow going, as we do a lot on the trip, and today we’re going to get...
Winter Wonderland Workshop 2009 #1 (Podcast 178)
This week we start a multiple episodes series to walk you through the February 2009 Hokkaido Workshop and Photography Tour. As I mentioned last week, the workshop went very well again, with a few things that didn't go according to plan, but most which did were great...
Inawashiro Lake Blizzard – Part #2 (Podcast 173)
Last week we started a two part series in which we are looking at some images that I made on a trip over at the Inawashiro Lake on the last day of 2008, hoping to capture one or two more good images before I said goodbye to the year. I believe I did that, as we saw...
Tatsuzawa Falls in Spring (Podcast 88)
On May 19 and 20, 2007, I visited the incredibly beautiful Tatsuzawa Falls near Inawashiro, in the Fukushima prefecture. In this episode I'm going to take you through the images I made during the magical 8 hours or so total time that I spent there while talking about...
Red-Crowned Cranes #3 – Hokkaido, Dec 2006 (Podcast 73)
In Dec '06 I visited Hokkaido to photograph the Red-Crowned Cranes. Two weeks ago, we started a series of travelogue style episodes in which you can join me on my photographic adventures and share my experiences while viewing some of my shots in iTunes or on my Web...
Red-Crowned Cranes #2 – Hokkaido, Dec 2006 (Podcast 72)
In Dec '06 I visited Hokkaido to photograph the Red-Crowned Cranes. Last week, we started a series of travelogue style episodes in which you can join me on my photographic adventures and share my experiences while viewing some of my shots in iTunes or on my Web site....