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2025-04-08 ASONP Meeting – Trail Cameras by Donna Gail Shaw

asonp_admin 2025-04-12 Viewfinder bears, Birds, Far North Bicentennial Park, moose, photograhy, trail camera, videography

Donna Gail Shaw presented images and videos captured using her trail camera gear in and around Far North Bicentennial Park in Anchorage. Donna shared with the group her ideas, suggestions and techniques at the April member meeting. Donna also spoke of issues she has experienced with cameras being damaged for four-legged as well as two-legged… continue reading »

2025 03 11 ASONP Meeting – DeYoung and Schultz

asonp_admin 2025-03-15 Uncategorized, Viewfinder alaska, iditarod, landscape, lifestyle, Outdoors, photography, tips

Speakers were Jeff Schultz, founder and former owner of Alaska Stock, and Michael DeYoung, a top contributor to Alaska Stock. Both have spent many hours over the past 35 years discussing what makes an impactful and/or sellable image, and both are longtime ASONP members. Jeff and Michael featured some of their favorite and most successful… continue reading »

2025-02-11-ASONP Meeting – Beth Rosenberg – Bears

asonp_admin 2025-02-15 Viewfinder bear behaviour, bears, grizzlies, katmai national park, mcneil river, photo ID

Beth L Rosenberg has worked at with bears for the past 15 years, first at Anan Creek in Southeast Alaska and then at McNeil River on the northern Alaska Peninsula. In 2024, she formed the Brown Bear Research Lab, dedicated to the study of behavior and mapping habitat use. Currently, she is part of an… continue reading »

2025-01-14-Colin Tyler presents Cuba

asonp_admin 2025-01-25 Viewfinder classic cars, Cuba, photography, travel

Colin Tyler presented ‘Cuba’. Colin shared his favorite images, videos, and experiences from this fascinating and welcoming nation that was out of reach and often misunderstood by so many Americans. He also discussed approved reasons for travel to Cuba (as put forth by the US Dept. of State) and showed the group what a… continue reading »

2024-11-12 Alaska’s Sky, Nature’s Canvas – Bill Rome

asonp_admin 2024-11-16 Viewfinder alaska sky, clouds, Member Meeting, nature, video, videography

Our speaker was Bill Rome, who presented “Alaska’s Sky, Nature’s Canvas.” He first presented a digital slide-show of amazing cloud formations of Alaska collected from 1996-2024. This was followed by a time-compressed 16-minute video of dramatic cloud movement. The video will show 72 hours of actual time from several locations filmed between 1996 and 2009…. continue reading »

2024-10-08 ASONP Meeting – Member Images

asonp_admin 2024-10-14 Viewfinder fall, member images, summer

ASONP Members show images they took over the summer and fall. This is our favorite meeting of the year, and a great welcome back after the summer break. Several members had many images to show during this meeting. Enjoy! There didn’t appear to be any chat text with this meeting. Click on the above video… continue reading »

End of Summer Road Trip, 2024

asonp_admin 2024-10-03 Viewfinder aurora borealis, chena lakes, denali, fall, mountains, parks highway, road trip, summer

In Alaska, our Summers are short and generally run from Memorial Day to Labor Day. The fall colors begin appearing in late August in these northern latitudes. I usually spend my holiday weekends exploring this great state. For the Labor Day weekend, I decided to drive north into Interior Alaska. I left on Friday evening… continue reading »

2024-05-13 – ASONP Meeting – “Wild Cats: One Photographer’s Passion” with Julie Jessen

asonp_admin 2024-05-18 Viewfinder africa, asia, leopards, lions, tigers, travel, wild cats

Julie Jessen is proud to be a cat lady. And not just any cats… WILD cats! Since 2011, she has traveled across the globe to photograph these magnificent felines, from tiny manul in the grassy steppes of Mongolia to the largest tigers in the forests of India. She’ll share tips on how and where… continue reading »

2024-04-09-ASONP Meeting – Loren Holmes

asonp_admin 2024-04-16 Viewfinder aerial, bird's eye view, drone photography, videography

Loren Holmes presented Elevated Perspective- Creative ways to incorporate drones into your photography practice Loren Holmes is a staff photojournalist at the Anchorage Daily News, where he developed their drone photography program in 2017. He has been with ADN for twelve years, and was a member of a team that was awarded the Pulitzer Prize… continue reading »

2024-03-12 alaskaWILD 2024 and “High Adventures in Peru” with Michael DeYoung

asonp_admin 2024-03-16 Viewfinder adventure, alaskaWILD 2024, camping, dogs, equipment, gear, high altitude, hiking, mountains, Peru, travel photography, trek, trekking

Jon Cornforth gave his thoughts on judging the 2024 alaskaWILD show, currently at Summit Spice and Tea. He also presented the winners and selected images for the show. The video above are the Submissions and Selections for the 2024 exhibit. Michael DeYoung presented his experience from a 10-day, high altitude trek in the Cordillera… continue reading »

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