LJSteele Photography

Living the Alaskan Adventure

November 3, 2014 by Lynley J Steele

Sea Otters, Olsen Bay, Prince William Sound, Alaska — Sea Otters, Olsen Bay, Prince William Sound

A few years ago I moved to Valdez, Alaska…and if you have never been here it is a small town on the edge of amazing…the wildlife is, well just everywhere and I get to see it all through the lens ~ how amazing is that!

I am so lucky to be able to get into a boat just go for the weekend to see what we can find, sometime it is a snow laden cabin, sometimes it is a sea full of Dall’s Porpoise, a species only found in the North Pacific that at first glance look like Orca’s due to their coloring.

Dall's Porpoise, Valdez Arm, Prince William Sound — Dall’s Porpoise, Valdez Arm, Prince William Sound

The State manages these public cabins all over the Sound…Kudos to Alaskan State Parks Outdoor Recreation www.dnr.alaska.gov/parks for maintaining these for us all to get out and experience life in Alaskan wilderness…and it is wild out there.

Cabin shrouded in snowfall, Prince William Sound.

Sunflower ~ Out of urban decay comes life.

August 16, 2015November 2, 2014 by Lynley J Steele

I love sunflowers, they are sunshine and life itself…

A recent vacation took us to the East Coast, from New York, through 5 states. On one of many drives we pull into this small town ~ Georgetown, South Carolina, USA… I must admit I love historic towns (yeah something I am finding out now 🙂 ). Although the town itself is pretty small it is the home of second largest seaport in So Carolina and some historians believe was where American history began as the earliest settlement in North America in 1526. What is agreed upon is that in 1729 Elisha Screven had the plans for the town in a four-by-eight block grid which is now listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Some of the original homes still stand.

Sept, 2013 7 buildings were destroyed in a massive downtown fire, with the Coast Guard fighting it from the river, directly behind the buildings, while 9 other districts assisted in fire response.

Georgetown survived and continues to thrive, and remains a delightful part of South Carolina’s history.

Pub Reflections

October 28, 2014October 28, 2014 by Lynley J Steele

Sometimes you just look around and see an image that you wonder if the actual view though the lens looks just like you see it without a lens…this was one of those glances up from a lunch with friends that grabbed my eye and said ~ Yes!

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Alaska, Lake Louise, Boat, glassy lake, morning, Fall, Autum colors

Fall Colors at Lake Louise, Alaska

October 28, 2014October 28, 2014 by Lynley J Steele

The brisk morning temperature made the stillness of the lake with it’s autumn colors seem sureal. A great start to an amazing day of photographing part of the Alaskan interior.

Alaskan History

August 16, 2015October 27, 2014 by Lynley J Steele

The old bridge over the Gilahina River to get to the Kennecott Mines. What an amazing historical story of how some parts of Alaska were founded, mined and died into ghost town anonymity from the Gulf of Alaska to the Copper River and onto McCarthy and the mining town of Kennecott.