Northern Lights Photography

Experience built in real conditions

Over a decade photographing the aurora

I’ve been chasing and photographing the Northern Lights for over ten years. During that time, I’ve seen the aurora hundreds of times, in all kinds of conditions, from faint glows on the horizon to strong displays filling the sky.

That experience comes from long nights spent outside in real conditions, learning how the aurora behaves, how weather and light affect it, and how different landscapes shape the experience. In 2017, I also worked as a Northern Lights guide in Finland, helping others experience and photograph the aurora, which deepened my understanding of working with changing conditions and real world constraints.

I’ve photographed the Northern Lights across Finland, Norway, Iceland, Ireland and Slovenia. Seeing the aurora in different places and at different latitudes has reinforced how varied and unpredictable it can be. Some nights are dramatic, others subtle and quiet, and both are equally important.

My approach to Northern Lights photography is calm and considered. I’m less interested in dramatic, sky-filling displays and more drawn to how the aurora exists within a place. People, landscape and scale play an important role, grounding the Northern Lights in the real world rather than isolating it as a purely visual spectacle.

The aurora is always the focal point, but it’s the relationship between light, land and human presence that holds my attention. The aim is to create photographs that reflect what it actually felt like to be there, not just what appeared in the sky.