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We offer lunar based empowering night photoshoot experiences for women in the Canadian Rocky Mountains.

01/29/2026

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We have our sponsors for this year’s ILLUMINATE Workshop.

Deep gratitude to each of you for believing in this experience for another year. Your support allows this gathering to stay rooted in access, education, and creative expansion, not just gear for gear’s sake.

To our students and future students
This is one of the reasons Illuminate exists.

Our sponsors make it possible for photographers to access meaningful discounts and incredible giveaways, so if you do not yet own a flash, transmitter, or modifier, you now have a supported pathway to build your kit with student pricing and trusted tools.

Pixieset is also partnering with us to offer one lucky giveaway winner one year of their Pro Suite plan, giving access to photo galleries, website builder, print store, and studio manager. A full creative ecosystem in one place.

This workshop is about removing friction so you can focus on vision, confidence, and creating work that actually feels like you.

More magic to come.
More light to reveal.

Xo. Sof.

01/28/2026

A little night archive.
A little stardust.
A lot of heart. 🌙✨

These are pieces of the work that taught me how to trust the dark.
How to wait for the light.
How to build something strange and beautiful when everyone else is chasing the sun.

If you’ve been here since the early experiments, the late nights, the cold fingers, the curious ideas that didn’t always make sense to anyone but me… thank you. Truly.
You helped shape this path more than you know.

And if you’re new here, welcome to the night.
There’s a lot more coming.

Right now I’m pouring my energy into Illuminate.
A three night immersive workshop in Drumheller during the June new moon, close to solstice.
Creation. Darkness. Light. Community.
A space to deepen your craft and reconnect with why you create in the first place.

If you’re curious what it’s like, what the last one felt like, or whether it’s right for you, I would genuinely love to chat.

Comment NIGHT below and I’ll DM you the details.
Or slide into my inbox anytime with questions. 💬

Here’s to the ones who keep choosing the dark road.

01/15/2026

The light is calling again.

✨ I L L U M I N A T E ✨
is returning to the Badlands this June.

And just like the very first time…
the first seat will not be purchased.
It will be gifted.
It will be won.

Because this work has always been about devotion, not transaction.
About answering the call, not chasing the seat.

So we’re opening the gates with a giveaway.

One soul will step into Illuminate before anyone else.

This is a $4,300 all inclusive immersion.
A full seat will be gifted to the winner.

Here’s how to enter 👇
1. Share this reel to your stories and tag
2. Comment below what it would truly mean for you to win a seat at Illuminate
3. Want extra entries? Tag photographer friends you feel would deeply love this experience. Each tag is an additional entry.

Let your words be honest. Let your desire be clear. Let the universe hear you.

✨ If you already know this gathering is calling you, you’re invited to secure your seat now and step into the container.
The giveaway winner will receive a full seat credit toward the workshop.
Winner must be able to attend the June dates and confirm their participation once selected.

A few details about this year’s gathering 🌙

📍 Drumheller, the Badlands of Alberta
🗓 June 12 to 15
🌾 Private property immersion
🍲 All inclusive experience with chef made meals three times daily
🏕 Accommodations included in geodomes and glamping yurts
✨ Deep creative mentorship, night shooting, ceremony, connection, and expansion

This is not just a workshop.
It’s a remembering.
A homecoming to your light.
A recalibration of your creative soul.

Workshop Educator
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Winner announced Monday night, the 19th 🖤

12/26/2025

Our annual night shoot sale is on.

https://www.nicturna.com/night-shoot-sale

Discounted night sessions (this is the only time of year they are this price)

12/11/2025

N I Č T U R Ŋ A

A new home for everything I make
that feels like it belongs in the dark.

For anyone who is new here
Nicturna began in 2018.
It was my mother Odette’s idea.

She told me ✨
you need a place to share these night adventures
you keep doing with the girls.

So I made a little corner of the internet
for the work that didn’t fit beside weddings
but absolutely belonged to the night.

Here we are seven years later.
She has crossed now
almost two years
which still feels strange to say.
But even in the hospital
she kept talking about this brand.
Telling nurses
you should follow my daughter
Nicturna.

She was so proud of this work
more proud than anything else I have ever made.

And as you can imagine
I needed time
to find my center again
to find my light again.

This fall something shifted.
I felt called to bring Nicturna
back to the front of my focus
back to the place she always knew it could be.

Only now
it is no longer just a home for my girls at night.
It is the home for all of my night work.

Call it an artist’s portfolio.
If it feels like it belongs in the dark
it will live here.

Yes, there will be a little wedding work here now
but only the ones that fit the vibe.
The dark ones.
The moody ones.
The ones that feel like ritual.
The ones lit by stars and candles
not daylight.

And I am calling in more.
More brands.
More creative places.
More beautiful resorts and Airbnbs and venues
that have stunning content
but nothing that shows how they feel
after the sun drops.

Night is its own story
and I want to tell it.

So here we are.
A new logo.
A beginning again.
My home for the magic of night.

If you are still reading
thank you.

XO Sof.
the girl who shoots at night.

Special thanks to for being by my side for this rebirth of you are such a light and your creativity is unmatched.

06/27/2025

.real.mystic.ca ✨ and an almost full moon night sky in Brule Alberta.

12/19/2024

Give yourself the gift of the night sky.

Link in bio.

12/18/2024

*cough* *cough*

She wants a night photo session for Christmas. I sware.

If she sent you this better visit my link in bio.

Ok bye. Sof.

08/23/2024

Tagging all these beauties in this post had me feel instantly grateful for the opportunity to photograph them all. Convincing women to roam into the darkest parts of Alberta with me in the middle of the night creates a bond like no other. It’s an instant sisterhood. I am the hugest fan of .and.essence .watt and ❤️

I have a few offerings left this warmer weather season if anyone is looking to work with me before winter falls.

Sacred Shadows is an interesting offer I am involved with. It’s like a mini evening retreat. I’m partnering with two other sisters .artistry & for that evening and my contribution to the night is making each participant their own “Nicturna Style” instagram reel. That event is in Blackfalds on Sat Oct 5th. The price for the evening is $333 and also includes a photo session with .artistry another incredible artist. She’s known for her self love guided shoots.

The other two dates I have are solo one on one Nicturna shoots available. If you’d like to share the session with a soul sister I’d happily allow it.

The Hinton one is dear to my heart because I’ve actually met er done a Nicturna session in that town. My home town. I generally go to Jasper when in the area so I’m excited to showcase the landscape I grew up in at that shoot.

Alright. Hitting the road back to Calgary from the Hinton area now.

Xo. Sofia.

08/20/2024

Lion’s Gate Night.

Taken at 12:02am on 8.08 2024

📍Two Jack Lake Banff Canada

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Calgary, AB

Website

https://www.sofiakatherine.com/nicturna

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