New for 2020, Scenic Aperture’s Grizzly Bear Photography Workshop will be held at the world renowned Silver Salmon Creek in Lake Clark National Park, Alaska. Lake Clark National Park is a land of stunning beauty. Volcanoes steam, salmon run, bears forage, and craggy mountains reflect in shimmering turquoise lakes. During our Alaska Grizzly Bear Photography Workshop, we will photograph bears as they forage in nearby salt marshes, mud flats, and glacial outwash plains along the coast of Cook Inlet. We will photograph these bears, many with cubs, while they roam in their natural environment in the most beautiful, pristine area imaginable. Summer days are long in Alaska. Our first shoot each day begins around 6:00 AM and the last shoot ends around 10:00 PM. We will typically have three or four shoots per day with the occasional digital darkroom session included to hone your wildlife photography skills. Coastal Brown Bears Strictly speaking, during our Grizzly Bear Photography Workshop we will be shooting Coastal Brown Bears, not Grizzly Bears. What’s the difference? While grizzly bears and brown bears are technically the same species, Ursus arctos, the distinction is based on where they live and what they eat. “Grizzly Bears” live on mountain slopes, tundra plains and inland forests and are typically smaller in size than “Coastal Brown Bears”. The term “Brown Bear” is commonly used for bears found in coastal areas of Alaska. Their habitat includes coastal grasslands and salmon filled streams which offer plentiful food. This plentiful food supply allows them to grow larger than Grizzlies.