Tag: Northern Lights

  • On the trip last weekend I was blown away by having got both this photo: And this photo: And I spent a good chunk of the trip dreaming of, and madly pursuing, having northern lights, stars and fireflies all in the same photo. I wanted it so badly I must have projected it out into…

  • Le Pop! will be part of Toronto’s Frugal Fashion week, and features a selection of local artists curated by my talented friend and creative colleague Dylan Dias, and I’m one of the featured designers! The event is taking place here in Toronto – Where: Nyood Restaurant – 1096 Queen st. West When: Saturday July 28th,…

  • Tito and I went north again last night – in hopes of aurora hunting after sunspot AR 1520 delivered a massive X-class flare directly to earth. We’re getting quite adept at finding these things ;) We got our best shots not 1.5 hours from downtown Toronto – just outside of Barrie, south of Mt. St.…

  • Tito and I drove to Sault Ste. Marie on the weekend – a pretty ambitious endeavour since the Sault is about 9 hours from Toronto (13 if you stop, as we tend to do, for every interesting looking thing you see along the way). Before I do a post showcasing how gorgeous Lake Superior is, I…

  • From Space.com: “Such a CME could result in a severe geomagnetic storm, causing aurora at low latitudes, with possible disruption to high frequency radio communication, global positioning systems (GPS), and power grids,” NASA scientists said in a statement. …Experts also predict that the magnetic storm will likely enhance normal aurora displays (also known as the…

  • This is the winter that wasn’t. At least, here in TO it wasn’t. We’re not used to this total lack of winter and last weekend Tito and I drove out in search of ice and snow because, dammit, we miss it. We ended up heading north into Parry Sound – as a bonus the northern…

  • This is how this goes. I’m exhausted – spent yesterday in a state of panic over an important project, then went home and delivered 2 photoshoots, then went into the studio to glaze a bunch of yarn bowls (yay, new yarn bowls!) and then was ready to have some food and collapse. As if. Then I…

  • I just got back from the east coast and I think I’ve taken some of my best photos ever. I’ve shot Canada coast to coast, and though the mountains in the west coast are lovely, give me the maritime provinces any day; the warmth of the people and the beauty of the landscape are incomparable.…