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Bald eagle photos published in Alaska magazine

September 20, 2015 by John L. Dengler

AK magazine Oct. 2015 tearsheets of bald eagles on the Chilkat River

Two of my favorite images of bald eagles have been published in the October, 2015 issue of Alaska magazine. The photo of the bald eagles fighting served as the full page opener to the “Adventure” section of the magazine while the photo of the eagle wrestling a live chum salmon was part of the “KtoB” (Ketchikan to Barrow) section.

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Additional work published in Alaska magazine

Interestingly, both photos were shot on the same mid-November day on the Chilkat River in the Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve near Haines. I recall it being  one of those days where everything just fell into place. The eagles were active and the light was perfect — bright, but not too harsh. In wildlife photography you can wait for days just for one decent photo. Patience really is a virtue in this profession, but on this day my opportunities for good photos were plentiful. While photos of bald eagles fighting over a a dead chum salmon are easy to come by, good photos of an eagle dragging a live salmon out of the river are not. Both photos illustrate a key wildlife photography tip — get as low as possible so you are on the same level as your subject. I was literally laying on the ground to capture the bald eagle dragging the salmon out of the water. One additional benefit of getting low is that your backgrounds are likely to be cleaner, further isolating your subject.

If you have ever wondered what life is like in Alaska, check out Alaska magazine. The magazine features great photography and stories on the people, cultures, lifestyles, and natural wonders of the state. Alaska magazine can often be found at local bookstores and newsstands. Electronic editions/subscriptions of Alaska magazine for the iPad can be found on the Apple iTunes App Store.


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Orion magazine publishes image of bald eagles in Alaska

February 25, 2015 by John L. Dengler

Orion magazine cover

I was not familiar with the nature magazine Orion until recently. The 30-year old magazine is known for its thoughtful nature writing and its coverage of environmental and cultural issues. Orion’s website states that “Orion’s mission is to inform, inspire, and engage individuals and grassroots organizations in becoming a significant cultural for for healing nature and community.” Headed by Editor-in-Chief Chip Blake, Managing Editor Andrew Blechman, and Editor Jennifer Sahn, the magazine has twice won the prestigious Utne Independent Press Award for General Excellence, most recently in 2010.

It has published such authors as Wendell Berry, Barry Lopez, Terry Tempest Williams, Michael Pollan, Mark Kurlansky, Derrick Jensen, Sandra Steingraber, Gretel Ehrlich, Bill McKibben, Barbara Kingsolver, Rebecca Solnit, William Kunstler, Cormac Cullinan, Erik Reece, James Howard Kunstler, and E.O. Wilson.

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Images of bald eagles, Chilkat River, Alaska

I was impressed with its attention to image selection and the clean but powerful visual presentation. As such, I’m especially pleased to have one of my bald eagle photographs, taken at the Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve, published in the March/April 2015 edition. The image accompanies an essay by Lia Purpura, writer in residence at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Purpura’s essay “My Eagles” was described in the index, “Strip away the cultural baggage, and you have a bird buoyed aloft by it its own meaning.”

Orion, a bimonthly, has no advertising in its pages. As a former magazine creative director, I was interested to learn that it is supported by 30% from subscriptions and sales, and 70% from donations. That’s an intriguing publishing model in today’s turbulent magazine publishing industry. The fact that Orion has been publishing using the model for 30 years says something about well it works for the magazine.

If you are not familiar with Orion magazine, check it out.

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  • ORION magazine website

AFAR magazine publishes photo of bald eagles on Chilkat River

November 10, 2014 by John L. Dengler

AFAR Chilkat River bald eagles tearsheet
It’s always fun to receive a magazine in the mail that has published your photos. That was the case with the November/December 2014 issue of AFAR magazine that arrived the other week. AFAR, ”Where Travel Can Take You”, is a high-end travel magazine edited for affluent travelers. According to AFAR’s website, the magazine reaches an audience of 1 million readers.

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Images of bald eagles, Chilkat River, Alaska

My image of a large group of bald eagles roosting in the trees along on Chilkat River is featured on the closing, back page of the magazine as the “Experience – Right Now” feature.

It’s appropriate that the magazine published the photo for this issue. November and December are prime months for seeing the annual congregation of bald eagles along the Chilkat River in the Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve. I shot this particular photo several years ago in November. The Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve near Haines, Alaska is the location of one of the largest gatherings of bald eagles in the world each fall. In this photo (as the AFAR editors cropped), 37 bald eagles can be seen in the cottonwood trees along the Chilkat River at the confluence with the Tsirku River. The actual uncropped image continues further to the right to shows another 20 more bald eagles.

AFAR magazine Nov./Dec. 2014 coverLook for this issue of AFAR magazine at your local bookstore/newsstand or in digital format at Zinio.com.


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Chilkat River bald eagle photos published in BBC book Life Story

September 11, 2014 by John L. Dengler

BBC Book - Life Story cover
I am excited to announce that seven of my bald eagle images, taken on the Chilkat River in Alaska, will appear in a book published by BBC Books, a division of Random House Group Ltd. The book will accompany the BBC television series, Life Story: Many lives, one epic journey” by Rupert Barrington and Michael Gunton. The book’s forward is written by Sir David Attenborough.

Life Story, a six-part series produced by the famed BBC Natural History Unit follows animals from around the globe on their life’s journey. The series description says, “From the moment they are born, every animal on the planet begins the same great and perilous journey – life. Narrated by Sir David Attenborough, Life Story is told from the perspective of individual animals, this series follows the journey from birth to parenthood.” The series, scheduled to premiere on BBC 1 this fall, is described as a ground-breaking series.

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Images of bald eagles, Chilkat River, Alaska

Life Story is the first BBC landmark series to be shot in ultra-hi-definition (4K), delivering the highest quality images ever seen in a wildlife documentary.

In a BBC press release, Mike Gunton, executive producer of the series, says: “I think Life Story has raised the bar again in our natural history ‘landmarks’.

“Shooting in Ultra High Definition has been amazing – there is such a high level of intensity and insight, I think the audience will see the extraordinary ways animals survive in a wonderfully new light… and of course David Attenborough tells all the stories brilliantly.”

Life Story is a BBC/Discovery Channel/France Televisions co-production distributed globally by BBC Worldwide.

The book is available for pre-order on the U.S. Amazon.com website, and the U.K. Amazon.com website. Both websites list a release date for the book of October 9.

I haven’t heard when the series airs except that in the U.K., it will be on BBC1 this fall. I will update this blog post when I learn of the airing dates both in the U.S. and the U.K. Currently, only the The BBC online store in the U.K. shows that DVD and Blue-ray discs will be available on December 1.

I’m proud to be associated as a contributor with a project of this calibre. It was a pleasure to work with the book’s editor Rosamund Kidman Cox (former editor of BBC Wildlife Magazine) and picture researcher Laura Barwick. Their attention to detail in both content, editing and design was refreshing. It’s not something you often see in today’s cash-strapped media industry. It gave me hope that the media can still do exemplarily and ground-breaking work.


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