I was over at a friend's house this weekend when my fiance told me the lights were out. I ran home (thank goodness he lives just a couple doors down) grabbed my camera and went down to the lake to grab these shots of the lights. I love how they're reflected on the water. It's a shame the mosquitoes were devouring me alive, or I might have stayed a little longer before retreating back inside.

For what seems like the first time all winter, there were finally some northern lights worth bundling up and braving the cold over. Unfortunately, they were shortlived, so I only got a couple pictures, and the light cloud cover interfered a little, but overall, I'm just happy to be back outside taking some pictures.

I was at the forks already, so I figured it was about time I got my obligatory nighttime shot of the Esplanade Riel (I think every photographer who's ever been to Winnipeg has a shot like this)

A Little Internet Birdie told me that there was going to be some Aurora Activity tonight, so I bundled up, and ventured out onto the frozen Nelson river to try and capture it. Unfortunately, between the almost full moon and the fact that the aurora was really faint, I didn't really get anything worth writing home about. So, Instead, I set the WB to Tungsten (Tungsten or incandescent white balance gives you some beautiful blue skies at night or dusk) opened the aperture on my 35mm f/2.0 all the way up, cranked the shutter speed, (These were all taken at a range between 30 seconds and a minute+) and captured some stars and a little bit of night scenery just to justify the multitude of layers I have to bundle into in order to venture out into the frozen December nights.