Mt. Fuji, Lake Kawaguchi, Japan – Field Director Karel Bauer films Art lying in the snow along a lake as he prepares to shoot Mt. Fuji.
Canon 5D, Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8 L lens, f/2.8 at 1/4 second

Japanese Alps, Honshu, Japan – Blowing snow and movement soften the composition of this graceful snow-laden branch.
Canon 1Ds Mark III, Canon EF 70-200mm f/4 L IS lens, f/22 at 1/5 second

Japanese Alps, Honshu, Japan – In a large landscape, the goal is always to crystallize the abstract. Fittingly, in this image, Art closes in on a combination of the denuded oaks and the snowy ridges of the Japanese Alps to achieve an abstract composition.
Canon 1Ds Mark III, Canon EF 70-200mm f/4 L IS lens, f/14 at 1/60 second

Koyasan, Japan – Art and guest host Lucy Craft interview a Koyasan monk about his group's traditions.
Canon 5D, Canon EF70-200mm f/2.8 L IS lens, f/4.5 at 1/100 second

Koyasan, Japan – A Buddhist monk prays at a shrine in Koyasan, Japan. To show the beautiful contrast of mustard and white, Art zoomed in while presenting the texture of the shrine’s cracked wood. The monk’s wooden slippers complete this vignette.
Canon 1Ds Mark III, Canon EF70-200mm f/4 L IS lens, f/16 at 1/10 second

Naked Man Festival, Okoyama, Japan – The Naked Man Festival, held on a winter evening in Okoyama, Japan, features five thousand men in loincloths vying for a symbolic baton, which is tossed into the inebriated throng. Whoever ultimately possesses the baton receives good luck for the year.
Canon 1Ds Mark III, Canon EF 70-200mm f/4 L IS lens, f/4 at 1/6 second

Nagano, Japan – Field Director Karel Bauer photographs Japanese macaques, commonly referred to as "snow monkeys."
Canon 5D, Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8 L lens, f/8 at 1/400 second

Nagano, Japan – Art and Field Director Karel Bauer take a moment to film the snow monkeys as they enjoy the hot springs.
Canon 5D, Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8 L lens, f/8 at 1/50 second

Nagano, Japan – A very brave young Japanese macaque, or snow monkey, quietly mouths the hot spring rock wall while observing the observers.
Canon 1Ds Mark III, Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8 L II lens, f/16 at 1/100 second

Hokkaido, Japan – Beautiful Tancho-cranes fly into a protected feeding ground. The cranes can often be seen feeding and performing their graceful mating dance during certain months of the year.
Canon 1Ds Mark III, Canon EF 600mm f/4 IS lens, f/8 at 1/50 second, 1.4 extender