Outdoor Photographer

Northern Lights: 15 Lessons Learned

Bundle up. Winter nights in the high latitudes might just be the coldest temperatures you’ve ever experienced—dress accordingly because few things will shorten or distract a great shoot faster than cold. In addition to a robust, hooded down jacket, I was comfortably toasty in a wool hat, balaclava, wool base undershirt, fleece shirt, thermal long-johns, lined pants and/or (sometimes) insulated powder

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