Storm II

By now we all understand that the sun is approaching its solar maximum of this 11 year cycle. We also know that this goes with more and more interesting Aurorae. Auroras, for those who want to keep it in English.

Aurora

But does that mean that we now get to see these Northern Lights every evening? Nope, most of the time they remain as elusive as the Yeti. So, waiting is the Maître Mot…

Varying pleasures

Monotony is the bane of creativity. You simply cannot create anything new if nothing changes in your environment. Everybody knows that and seemingly this applies to everyone.

Up North

Some people don’t need variation to be creative, they can continue to write, work or create for years on end without anything changing in their lives. Or at least that’s what they think. Let’s

A warm walk

When it is winter, walks outside are mostly very refreshing, at least here in Winnipeg. Lately, however, winter seems to have left. Even the Canadian Geese are already back.

Portrait

It seems we saw them out only a few weeks ago. In reality, that was late October. The winter has been soft, this year. Leaving us with

Storm

On March, 7th 2012, medium –sized Coronal Mass Ejection occurred on the Sun. Followed by a second one. Usually this is great news for photographers in the north of the world.

Aurora in broad daylight

But two CMEs can seriously interact with each other and even cancel themselves out, leaving nothing for the photographers but icy cold nights. Satellites fare way better in this case.

Up close and personal

Some people need food for comfort. Small stuff, the food that makes you feel better… and that makes you bigger.

Meli-melo

Instead of eating this comfort food, a my first idea was to shoot it, and then eat it. That is the difference between