Season's First

I have written many times and in many places just how much I enjoy the night sky. Whether it was in the deep woods of Northern Michigan, or out on a sailboat in the middle of the Great Lakes, the starry skies have always grabbed my attention, and frightened me just a bit. So looking to the sky, with a camera at night, has opened up a world of creativity, one I knew absolutely nothing about until just a few years ago.

Living in Colorado and having access to some fairly remote and dark nights, I’ve spent many nights looking at these dark skies. While the Milky Way itself is visible all year long, the galactic core with the Dark Horse Nebula is only truly visible eight or so months of the year. Some nights it is visible for hours and hours, and others what seem to be just a few moments. The cycle of the moon, weather patterns, and the actual position of the Core all play a part. In the early part of the season, when I happen to be writing this, the core is only visible just before dawn, and just above the eastern horizon. I decided to take a chance and head up to Loveland Pass, to see if I could capture a glimpse of the early season core, and I was not disappointed at all.

January was not an overly productive month, in terms of photography, but it gave me the chance to practice my portrait work, with Andrew and Adison, and it allowed me to recuperate a bit, and spend some time organizing my work, my home and a little bit of my life. I’m looking forward to many, many more opportunities to stare at the night sky in 2020, I hope you’ll go along with me!