I can hardly believe that 2025 is over. While I was experiencing it the year seemed as if it was just crawling by. I spent a large part of the year convalescing – recuperating from, shoulder surgery. Last March found me under the surgeons knife. I had torn the rotator cuff tendons in my right … Read more
Last week I traveled to Uncertain, Texas, to co-lead my annual photography workshop at Caddo Lake. I’ve grown familiar with this place over the past four years, but it never loses its magic. The quiet bayou, the slow dark water, and the ancient bald cypress trees draped in Spanish moss create a world that feels untouched by time.
What I didn’t expect was that I would witness a rare aurora at Caddo Lake, something almost unheard of that far south.
Because I’m a landscape photographer, I’m prone to seek adventure in the outdoors, sometimes I can be found in the middle of nowhere in the dark photographing the night sky. It’s a common part of my life but it’s not for everyone. It’s certainly not something that my 82-year-old mother does.
The Northern Lights have always fascinated me. When I was a little boy, I was curious about Alaska. I enjoyed reading Jack London books. White Fang and Klondike Tales, To Build a Fire was my favorite story.
I will never forget the first time that I saw the Northern Lights. It was on my first trip to Alaska. Here’s how I photograph it.
The Northern Lights over Anchorage Alaska 9/3/16 – 2:28 am
On this particular night Darlene and I were driving back toward Wasilla through Anchorage when I decided that I wanted to drive up to the Glen Alps to see if we could see the aurora over the city.
This is a photo of the aurora borealis over the Knik River and the Chugach Mountains near Butte Alaska.
This photo was taken August 25th, 2013 at 3:09 am. I had just arrived at the Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport around midnight that night on my first trip to Alaska and I was already photographing the northern lights.