Spirit Bears and Other News

Hello everyone, it's been quite the long and winding road for me and my wife this summer and early fall as we've spent the majority of our time dealing with the aftermath of the Alberta floods which ravaged our house (quite literally -- if you haven't seen any of my flood videos, check out my youtube channel at john660).  As a result, my blog has been left in the dust for a while, so I thought today, a week after my Spirit Bear Photography Tour ended and a day before my Chilcotin Grizzly Bear Photo Tour begins, was as good a time as any to revive the ol' blog and let you know what I'm up to.

For starters, I've added a few new items to this year's and next year's tour, workshop, and seminar calendar, including a Polar Bear Photo Tour to Cape Churchill which sold out almost instantly (within a week).  I'm hoping to add this trip to my list of 2014 tours, so stay tuned for details in early December to see if it does get added.  I've also added a new February wildlife photography workshop in beautiful Jasper National Park and a wildlife photography seminar in Calgary in late November, you can check out all the details over on my Canwild Photo Tours website

I'm hoping to add a few more seminars in other locales this winter, including Vancouver, and I'm also hoping to have my tours for next year finalized in mid-October.  You can expect another Khutzeymateen grizzly bear trip, as well as the Spirit Bear tour, the Chilcotin grizzly tour, and at least one northern experience in search of caribou/muskox!  Sign up for my newsletter now if you haven't already so you'll have an early crack at getting a spot on one of these trips.


In terms of gear news, I've just received the new Sigma 120-300mm f2.8 lens (version II) to test out on my Chilcotin bear trip, so I'll be posting a full review when I get back.

I think that's it for an update, so here's a few pics from my recent spirit bear photo trip in the Great Bear Rainforest.  Enjoy!

Our first white bear of the trip!

A baldie surveying her terrain

Backlit blow from a humpback whale

Beautiful big black bear male in a mossy canyon

'Peek-a-boo' bear from behind the rocks

Caviar, anyone?

Thanks for looking and reading, everyone, wish me luck on my next adventure in the Chilcotin!

Happy shooting,

John

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