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Discovering the Faroe Islands
As a whole, the Faroe Islands are stark and harsh environment for shooting and exploring. However, with a bit of prep work, the proper gear,

Alyce Bender
Oct 30, 201810 min read


Iceland: A Traveler's Paradox
Iceland, so many photographers and travelers have already been but yet there is so much to see that it keeps them coming back. That being...

Alyce Bender
Sep 30, 20188 min read


Monthly Review: September 2018
Wow! What a month. First month I have been traveling full time and it did not disappoint. The month started out with me landing in...

Alyce Bender
Sep 29, 20183 min read


Monthly Review: August 2018
I am going to start writing these monthly reviews in addition to the location guides I have been creating. This will be more personal storie

Alyce Bender
Aug 31, 20183 min read


A Farewell to Japan
I would like to introduce my readers to the Japanese traditional calendar which breaks the year into 24 seasonal divisions and 72 micro-seas

Alyce Bender
Jul 16, 20189 min read


Location Scout: Germany and Paris
Lets start with Germany. Our trip in country started in Munich and headed southeast-east before taking a turn to the north close to the Fren

Alyce Bender
Mar 9, 20185 min read


Location Scout: United Arab Emirates
While these amazing shows of human and technological advances are stunning and worth the visit, there is so much more to this country. And t

Alyce Bender
Feb 1, 201810 min read


The Maine Attraction
Celebrating the New Year with lots of firsts and reflection, this is a look back at one of my first serious photography adventures - a three

Alyce Bender
Jan 3, 20188 min read


Best of 2017
As it is almost the end of another year, I thought it appropriate to review my work, choosing some of the best images from 2018. Many you ma

Alyce Bender
Dec 16, 20177 min read


Location: Hirosaki, Japan
Hirosaki, Japan, sits at the foot of the Hakkoda Mountains on the west side of Aomori Prefecture. During the Edo period, this city was the c

Alyce Bender
Nov 15, 20174 min read


Along the Oregon Coastal Highway
Let me touch on some of my favorite locations along the Oregon Coastal Highway, discovered when I joined Jim Harmon's Improve Photograph

Alyce Bender
Nov 1, 20176 min read


Wandering Wonderful Washington Pt. 1
For four days he lead a small group of other photographers, including myself, around this area of Washington, giving us views of back roads,

Alyce Bender
Oct 1, 20176 min read


Columbia River Gorge: An Introduction
Shared between Oregon and Washington, the Columbia River Gorge is one of the premier landscape photography meccas of the United States. Beau

Alyce Bender
Sep 15, 20176 min read


Autumn in the Great Smoky Mountains
The Great Smoky Mountain National Park is the most visited National Park in the park system with over 11 million visitors a year! That is a

Alyce Bender
Sep 1, 20175 min read


Hakkoda Mountains in Autumn
With over a week of overcast skies and a chill in the air, I thought it would be suitable to write about fall foliage in the Hakkoda Mountai

Alyce Bender
Aug 15, 20175 min read


Bali: Cultural and Scenic Escape
Bali. That far off, tropical island, so many people hear about visiting. Lush jungles filled with monkeys and volcanoes in the distance. Bea

Alyce Bender
Aug 1, 20178 min read


Four Seasons in Oirase Gorge
Oirase Gorge, located at the base of the Hakkoda Mountains in Japan and within the boundaries of the Towada-Hachimantai National Park, has t

Alyce Bender
Jul 14, 20176 min read


Shooting Central Arizona
Leaving the vast, classic Western landscapes along the Utah/Arizona boarder, my photo expedition had me heading south, closer to mass civili

Alyce Bender
Jul 1, 20177 min read


Aloha Oahu
This was, by far, the shortest international trip I have taken in a very long time. In total, I only had six days on island. Of those,...

Alyce Bender
Jun 14, 20175 min read


The Classic Southwest Landscape
For a photographer use to the humid, swampy Floridian prairies and the dense Appalachian forests, the desert areas of the Southwest United S

Alyce Bender
Jun 1, 20175 min read
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