Northern Lights Photo

Again I am publishing an old photo from my northern lights collection. The reason: The sun is not sending sunstorms our ways that form northern lights. Not that I don’t have enough of northern lights photos, but I am waiting for the possibility to take new photos of the northern lights.
And it’s one of the most fun things I do, to be traveling outside in the darkness and cold.

During a photo shoot to capture northern lights, you have to dress up in a very well insulated snow suit as you are not going back into the car until the end. The tripod has to be set up at a very well-thought out place and all the equipment needs to be set. Then the wait begins. You either lay down on the snow or the bare frozen-solid ground and just stare up into the sky and look for a shooting star and every time you see one, you can make a wish that usually comes true. It may also be a good idea to have a thermos with some good coffee and a sandwich with smoked salmon. The only condition is that you caught the salmon yourself, processed it and smoked. Sometimes, when I am laying on the ground, I simply fall asleep and miss the northern lights… Other times I am fortunate enough to have the company of a girlfriend when shooting the northern lights. What a romantic setting. That’s why most of those trips end in such a way that you forget all about the northern lights, or you see them coming and just enjoy looking at them in a different way. You should try it at least once, that kind of a memory never leaves your mind.