I spent the last week leading a photo tour to one of my favorite places in the state of Alaska: Wiseman. This gold-rush era village of log cabins and scattered and rusting mining equipment, lies in the southern Brooks Range,…
When the moon is bright, the aurora, almost always, isn’t. That can be a drag, and why many photographers will time their trips to the north around new moons. Yet, the combination of the two: bright moon, and the aurora…
After seeing how many images of the aurora could be improved dramatically by just a little tweaking on the computer, I put together this quick, and basic tutorial on post-processing. Though I use Adobe Lightroom, most of what I do…
I feel like I need to wipe the sweat off my brow after the past few days. It was a normal weekend, pleasant, relaxing. A holiday party on Friday followed by an easy Saturday at home, a nice ride on…
Perhaps it is, perhaps it is. It’s been a slow start to the season. The sun, despite being at its peak of solar activity for the next ten or so years, hasn’t been sending much action our way. Hopefully, however,…
Last night, I stepped outside just before bed. It was 10:00 and still to the west, there was a broad, dusky-blue streak, the last of the lingering day. It’s getting to a point where one has to stay up pretty…
Old friends returning for a visit to Fairbanks make a great excuse to get outside. In this case, it was a reason to escape for an overnight cabin trip into the White Mountains National Recreation Area north of Fairbanks. The…
Last night held the best display of northern lights I have ever experienced. Huge curtain of green and purple rippled across the sky shifting first south, then north, then back again. This alone would have put the display among the…
I zoomed in on the active portion of the display to get this image. I’ve never shot tight on the aurora before, but apparently it can work under the right circumstances. Canon 24-105 f4L @70mm, f4.0, 8sec, ISO3200. Last night…