Alyce Bender
An Hour With A Flower
This has long been a method I have used when I have time to burn in the field. It's a way to slow down your shooting and really take in
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Alyce Bender
- Mar 17, 2020
- 6 min
Macro-mania Home Edition
There is so much you can do at home with macro. All you need is a macro lens, like the Tamron 90mm Macro f/2.8 Di (which is the lens I used
Alyce Bender
- Jan 17, 2020
- 4 min
Trip Report: North Central Florida
The majority of my shooting came from my childhood town of Gainesville, Florida. Home to the University of Florida, I grew up roaming the pi
Alyce Bender
- Sep 6, 2019
- 3 min
The Wild Side of Monterey, CA
Due to the giant submarine canyon and the various marine environments found around Monterey Bay, this area is a hotbed for marine and coasta
Alyce Bender
- Apr 3, 2019
- 5 min
Monthly Review: March 2019
Hometown adventures were the name of the game since I spent the entire month in Las Vegas, dealing with business administration type duties,
Alyce Bender
- Mar 3, 2019
- 5 min
Monthly Review: February 2019
Wow! What a short month February turned out to be! So much went on that it seemed before I could blink or catch my breath, March was already
Alyce Bender
- Nov 2, 2018
- 3 min
Monthly Review: October 2018
What a month! It started out with me traveling through Nevada in the RV with my pups, transitioned into an adventure in the Scottish Highlan
Alyce Bender
- Oct 30, 2018
- 10 min
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
- Sep 30, 2018
- 8 min
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
- Jul 16, 2018
- 9 min
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
- Jun 7, 2018
- 9 min
Winter Wildlife in Japan - Part 3
Up to this point I have shared where to go for the endangered Red Crowned Crane and what to expect when photographing the vulnerable Steller
Alyce Bender
- May 8, 2018
- 5 min
Winter Wildlife in Japan - Part 2
I left off the last post getting ready to head away from the endangered Red Crowned Cranes and Kushiro for the northeastern coast of Hokkaid
Alyce Bender
- Dec 16, 2017
- 7 min
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
- Oct 16, 2017
- 6 min
Snow Monkeys in Jigokudani Valley
So when I found out that my husband and I were moving to Japan, my excitement was off the charts. It was at that moment I made myself a prom
Alyce Bender
- Oct 1, 2017
- 6 min
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
- Sep 15, 2017
- 6 min
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 1, 2017
- 5 min
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
- Aug 15, 2017
- 5 min
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 1, 2017
- 8 min
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
- Jul 14, 2017
- 6 min
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
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