In May of this year I missed out on an epic and unbelievable night of the northern lights visible in Nova Scotia. I’ve always wanted to photograph them but had never had the chance. It was clear leading up to that night in May something special was coming, but I had big plans the following day and didn’t dare risk a night of little to no sleep. Seeing what people captured the next day was rather disappointing. ...
We missed the absolutely epic solar storm the night before, something I’ll regret for a good long while. However the following night forecast still looked pretty good, so we packed up and went out roaming around for a break in the clouds. Burnt Coat Head was where we ended up and I was able to capture this with a long exposure. Not much was visible to the eye. It got even better later that night but we were long gone unfortunately. Aurora photography requires detachment from sleep I haven’t yet perfected. ...