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

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

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

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

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

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

Revisiting my last photography expedition, to the American Southwest, primarily Arizona, I want to talk about one of my favorite places...

The opening page to a new travel photography blog that will focus on Alyce Bender's art and travel. This introduction post covers why sh