Published on Monday, February 27, 2012 by Randy Green Landscape photography has been a grand convention through the photo world just about since the beginning of the technology. Great names through photography became familiar to generations: Edward Weston, Ansel Adams, Elliot Porter, Galen Rowell. Most everybody with a camera shoots landscapes at one time or another. Most of our travel albums have handful often with t...

Published on Thursday, February 9, 2012 by Randy Green The Galapagos Islands, located in the Pacific Ocean about 600 miles west of Ecuador, are becoming more popular in recent times as interest in nature and adventure travel has boomed. This tiny group of mid-oceanic islands, known as an archipelago, are known for having provoked 19th Century explorer Charles Darwin's famous Origin of Species. Today, it is a United Nati...

Published on Saturday, January 7, 2012 by Randy Green Getting great photos of polar bears isn't as tough as you might think. It's simple to dream up pictures of photographers with great lenses and tripods as large as scaffolding getting that ideal "National Geographic moment", but with today's digital cameras and easy accessibility to these charming bears on a polar bear tour, just about anyone can come away with a sho...

Published on Monday, December 26, 2011 by Randy Green While on some recent Asia cruises, I was reminded of that action-adventure movie, Lara Croft Tomb Raider. I should say, if somebody handed me a quiz on the plot line, I'd fail miserably. I remember a couple of vital points, though: Angelina Jolie, as the star, and the mysteriously lovely oriental ruins where some of the important parts of the plot played out. I kne...

Published on Saturday, December 17, 2011 by Randy Green Churchill Manitoba, located on the west shore of Hudson Bay in far north Manitoba, Canada, easily lives up to its moniker of Polar Bear Capitol of the Planet. This small town of only about 800 year-long residents lies right in the middle of one of the densest populations of polar bears anywhere. What Makes Churchill Manitoba Polar Bears Special Only about 50 mil...