03/13/2026
Rare conditions call for an even rarer adventure. ❄️✨
What do you do on an extremely rare moonless, windless, and cloudless night on the Avalon Peninsula in March? You grab a headlamp, some snowshoes, and your courage and head into the woods to photograph a waterfall against a starry backdrop, obviously!
Earlier this week, I headed out while the rest of the world was asleep to capture these moments. There was a specific quality to the night air there, a stillness that felt like stepping into a half-remembered dream. It’s that ethereal space where the familiar landscape transforms into something quiet, haunting, and vast.
I had a blast out there between 11:00 PM and 2:00 AM. Even though I suddenly sank calf-deep into a slush puddle hidden under a layer of snow during the hike and, of course, froze my fingers off yet again, I thoroughly enjoyed the midnight escape.
Astronomy enthusiasts will notice Jupiter and Betelgeuse watching over the falls. On the way back, with the tide receding, I stopped to visit the SS Charcot in Conception Harbour. The 1970 wreck wasn't alone; she had Jupiter and thousands of stars as her celestial companions.
Because I believe in the raw integrity of our wilderness, I captured these using my "Zero Content Manipulation" philosophy. What you see is exactly what I saw: no digital composites, no added stars, and no software tricks. Just the honest, cold, beautiful reality of a Newfoundland night—captured with the help of a flashlight and the lucky, welcomed accident of passing car headlights.
Which one speaks to you more? The stillness of the wreck or the energy of the water under a silent sky full of stars? You can see some of these pictures, and more on my new website https://www.newfoundlight.com/
