Capture memories for a lifetime
Your time in Alaska is far too precious to spend behind a camera, or to leave someone out of the frame. On the water and on shore, Emmy-winning wildlife cinematographer Ben Hamilton photographs your private excursion as it unfolds: fine-art wildlife images blended with candid, unscripted moments of your group in the middle of it all. Instead of vacation snapshots, you come home with the story of your day, and you were completely present, together, for every minute of it.
Add on Details
We offer this package as an add on to our 4 hour Islands of Wonder tour. It costs $1,000 and includes 30 fully edited photos, delivered wirelessly within 48 hours. Professional photography is included on all multi-day Wonder Journeys.
Add it to your tour:
Ben documents the day as it happens: the wildlife, the adventure, and your group so you never forget it.
Ben shoots your day with the same professional kit he uses to capture work for high end travel and tv clients.
Ben selects the 30 best photos, hand edits each one, and delivers them wirelessly within 48 hours of your tour.
“You can put your camera away and bask in the beauty.”
Rob & Joanne, Wonder Journeys guests, 2026
Meet Your Photographer
Ben is an Emmy-winning wildlife cinematographer who has filmed the Sitka coast since 2007 for companies like National Geographic, the BBC, and the Smithsonian. He founded Sitka Wonders to share how incredible this coast is and to help others slow down and experience the wonder that a thriving ecosystem like this has for those who venture out into it.
Learn More About Ben HamiltonNo. Ben photographs your day as it happens: watching whales from the bow, walking a beach, laughing over lunch. If your group wants a few portraits together, he will find the right light and background for them, but most of your photos will be your family genuinely experiencing this coast.
You should book your tour and photography package as soon as your Sitka dates are set. Photography days depend on Ben's calendar, and we run a small number of them each season, so summer dates fill months ahead. You can add it at checkout when you book your tour, or send your dates through the form and you will have an honest answer within 48 hours.
Thirty fully edited, full-resolution JPEG photos, delivered wirelessly within 48 hours of your tour and yours to print and share. Unlike a cruise ship photo package, there are no watermarks, no per-print fees, and no studio backdrops: just your day on this coast, photographed by a professional.