I am pleased to announce that my image Humpback Whale 6 is featured on the cover of the February 2010 issue of Alaska Airlines magazine! Be sure to check it out if you are on an Alaska Airlines flight this month. Also, the opening double page image to the humpback whale article was photographed by my friend Brandon Cole during a previous trip that we took together. I have the exact same image, since we were next to each other in the water when we both almost got run over by a humpback whale mother & calf. Photographing whales above or below water is my favorite kind of photography. It also helps that I am comfortable swimming in the open ocean in 10,000 feet of water and enjoy staring down into the blue depths underneath my fins.
This is a great blog post to transition from my dramatic landscape photography to more of my new wildlife images from the last year. I’ve been tightly editing my image archives the last few weeks and have come across a few keepers that are worth sharing in the days ahead.
Cool image and congratulations.
Comment by Paul Conrad on February 2, 2010 at 1:09 pmCongrats! Sure deserved to be on the cover with that shot!
Comment by Rolf Hicker on February 2, 2010 at 1:46 pmNice work Jon, you are on a streak with all your covers.
Comment by Phil Colla on February 2, 2010 at 3:13 pmCongratulations Jon – it looks awesome! I should be seeing the cover in person soon.
Comment by Ron Niebrugge on February 2, 2010 at 3:20 pmOMG! What a great picture! How come I haven’t seen that one before? Was it taken in Hawaii in December, or quite a while ago? I think that’s my very favorite whale picture. Keep up the great work!
Comment by Ronni Cornforth on February 3, 2010 at 1:00 amCongratulations Jon, must be awesome to swim with them.
Comment by Paul Marcellini on February 3, 2010 at 6:55 amThank you all for your kind words. It means a lot to me. I am glad that I survived this encounter. Nothing quite like a big truck about to run you over!
Comment by Jon Cornforth on February 3, 2010 at 10:26 amcongratulations! beautiful pic….
Comment by Alim on February 4, 2010 at 12:51 pmStrong cover on AK Air magazine. Wow, I would have loved to been there.
Comment by Patrick Endres on February 14, 2010 at 9:43 am