Translated literally, Ekki Múkk is Icelandic for “no seagulls.” Colloquially, it means “not a peep” or “not a sound” or, as I’m about to use it, “no noise.” Night time and northern lights shoots are full of possibilities, and one of these is noisy pictures, especially with older digital cameras like my Nikon D200 or […]
Falling in love all over again
Back in the film days, my only wide angle landscape lens was my Nikon 24mm f/2.8D. We had many fine moments together. Like the time we hiked seven miles one way to photograph a field of wildflowers in front of Mt. Rainier. Or the time I actually injured my Xiphoid process while spread eagle over […]
Auroras: Northwest Territories in fall of 2015
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Auroras: night three
To add a nice foreground element, Kevin picked up a tent, a couple of lanterns, and some duraflame logs. Makes for some really nice pictures
Holy wow!
These pictures really don’t do justice to the experience of seeing the eye of an aurora storm overhead. Unbelievable. And I got to see it twice (so far) on this trip. Here are a few images from tonight’s shoot. We got back to the hotel at about 3 a.m. Really, really tired. More from the […]
more aurora
another image from last night’s shoot at Prosperous Lake in Canada’s Northwest Territories
Auroras!
From the first night of the Northwest Territories workshop. Most people arrived today, tired from a long day (or two) of travel. But they still wanted to go out at 11 p.m. to photograph auroras. Not bad for a first night, but it wasn’t as intense as it was two nights ago when I first […]
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