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This was the 5:30am morning. I go on an Alaskan cruise for a vacation, and over the period of a week, I don’t think I’ve ever accumulated such little sleep in my life. Except that one week last year at the airport where I worked a 36.5 hour shift which turned out to be 101 hours in 7 days, but that’s a whole other story! I’m all about depriving myself of everything comfortable for nature, but not for throwing your 70lb bags inside of 737s! So again, my alarm was set, and I eventually stumbled out of bed to answer the knock at our door for our breakfast. Enjoyed that, and then spent just about the remainder of the day out on our balcony, and out on the top deck.
It’s really hard to bring words into this series of images that can even… remotely come close to giving you a sense of how overwhelmingly beautiful it is up there in Glacier Bay, and the whole of Alaska for that matter. It’s really, really surreal – and I think that’s the only way to say it, so hopefully my images speak a little stronger. If that day solidified one thing for me, it’s that one of my next stops in life is going to be Antarctica.
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A few seconds before it happened, a huge thunder erupts from the glacier and what follows is the calving seen in the centre of the frame here. Totally the wrong lens in this moment, but incredible all the same!
Someday...
For all you camera officionados out there... MarkII, ISO 12800 in moonlight. You decide ;)
13 comments
ashley folkema - Can I fill my walls up with your images! Your pictures make me think I can reach through my screen and touch the glaciers! Amazing work Sean!
Catherine Santos - wow alaska!wow photos!wow sean!
Anna - Too many amazing photos here, way too many!! I should just do this in person in about 12 hours or so! I love those blues!! The two photos in the beginning… but the third one really took my breath away, those mountains! Number 4 was an instant fave when I first saw this! :D Oh forget it, I’ll do this in person, otherwise this comment will take a page or so!
VancityAllie - Sean… WTF. I seriously hate you right now. I’ve spent the last 5 days in bed knowing that I would have a lot of Bloglines to come back to.
But seriously. ARGH! Anger!
Alaska!
A place I have ALWAYS wanted to go to. Especially since it is so accessible here from Vancouver.
I am SO SO mad at you.
That being said, your photos are gloriously beautiful. I am so jealous. Soooo nice. It must be hard to capture all that natural beauty with a camera and a lens… but somehow you do it.
Anyway. I am mad at you. SO MAD.
Sherry - Wow. These are stunning. It makes me feel cold looking at them!!
Deyla Huss Photography - WOW! so beautiful!! I have got to get my butt to Alaska!!! I thinking anniversary trip?
Marissa Rodriguez - Gorgeous images! My brother lives in Alaska and we’re supposed to visit this year and these pictures make me that much more excited to go! Your love for travel and the world is contagious :)
Christine - Wow. These images are absolutely stunning. It really makes me want to tough the cold and go see it for myself!
cindy - jaw dropping amazing! you are my hero with that lens baby!
Paige - i never understood why soo many people go up to alaska for these cruises ………now i know why. Breathtaking photos sean :)
Michelle Kane - I don’t know what voodoo you do, but your images are just so deliciously real and clear and fantastically gorgeous in their simplicity. Your lenses are crystal clear and these pictures you made are beyond beautiful. Just love your perspective.
Ericha - Well these just keep getting better and better! Ha!! I’m in love with #5 (0303)…The lighting, the ripples in the water…it’s just so calm and serene. PERFECT!!! Oh and the moonlight picture is pretty sweet!
Rose - Stunning images Sean! :) As you put Antarctica on your list, I just put Alaska! :D Beautiful place!