Brown Bears of Katmai with Tom and Cree Bol

Photographing brown bears in Alaska is a bucket list trip for wildlife photographers. Bristol Bay hosts one of the largest salmon runs in the world. The Sockeye salmon attract bears….and the number of bears are staggering. On this trip we photograph boars, sows and plenty of cubs….often chasing bright red salmon up the streams.

We fly into a remote lodge on Lake Iliamna and have access to bush planes each day to transport us to our shooting locations. Each day we can plan our destination based on where the bears are congregating: Katmai National Park, Brooks Falls, Lake Clark National Park or Bristol Bay.

This trip is more physical than our other workshops in Alaska. On this trip, we will be getting in and out of planes and boats on a daily basis. We will be walking for miles through uneven Alaskan wilderness and crossing streams often to get to the bears. Participants must be in good condition and able to hike several miles with their own gear.