The big dipper school 🏫

Crazy to think this used to be an elementary school in the eighties. I've been going around Montreal discovering interesting landscape to shoot and this one was on my list for sometime, thanks to my friend @francois.quesnel who had taken amazing shots of it with the stars. It's important to preserve those locations, that's why all of my shots won't be geotagged except if they're in a very known place. Remember it's not about taking the same shot as your insipration, it's more about the exeprience. Okay, Enough with my wise recommendations 😅 I wish you clear skies ✨

Milkyway over Mont Pinacle

A 40 minutes hike to get to this viewpoint was definitely worth it. This became one of my favorite spots that is about 2 hours away from Montreal. There were also couple rock climbers who made their way up next to us. I am organising another night hike and astrophotography trip, if someone is interested, checkout the link in my bio 🙌

Zenderfull, the stargazer

It's crazy to think about it, but almost every weekend, I'm out there seeking dark skies. This time I want to take with me people who have never seen the milkyway before, people who never been in a location that is so dark so they can see all those stars, people who had never understood the night sky. I am trying to build this documentary to share with you more about this passion and about the feelings we have when we're in such location. Who wants to join? Send me a message if you're interested, I am filtering the list already and should be filming this really soon. Clear skies everyone ✨

Milkyway season is already halfway

Time is just passing too fast even with this pandemic happening. Quebec sky proves it's worth travelling couple hours; forecast for that day was really bad but in reality the sky was crystal clear, the milkyway was visible to the naked eye. It's important to disconnect and gaze the sky, forget your notifications, your social media, and focus on yourself. How often you disconnect?

Ma Patrie ✨

It's not by chance it's called Valley of starry sky (Vallée du ciel étoilé), La patrie has been one of my favorite spots to visit, for its roads that gives you an optical illusion, you don't know if you're driving up or down 😁 and for its dark sky mainly since it's part of the dark sky reserve of Mégantic. One day I will own a chalet/house there, I'm certain, meanwhile I accept donations for those who wish to help me build it 😀

The 1st photo of the milkyway in 2020 - La 1ère photo de la voie lactée en 2020

I don't know where to start to describe this photo, I'm so happy with the result and so glad to share with y'all 🤩 Last week I text my man @calasmico asking if he's up for a crazy adventure and of course he said YES, Let's go! Using @Photopills I learned that the first time the Milkyway is going to be visible near Montreal is January 22nd so I checked for the nearest day when the weather is clear and found out that it will visible for few mins. So I took an afternoon nap, then woke up at 1 am, packed my stuff, picked up @calasmico and off we go, the weather was cold af(-25 C)! But we don't care, we have clear skies and a MilkyWay to hunt 🏹 We arrived at our location and managed to set up just before the Milkyway core starting rising above the horizon, it was just perfect! A few hours later, we were back at our daytime jobs, daydreaming about the next adventure. I tell you, in 2020 it's all about adventures, so who wants to join me next time? Raise your hands 🙌 in the comments below

The Milkyway Arch 🌌 🌈

The Milkyway Arch 🌌 🌈 ————————————————————— On Thursday June 27th 2019 I asked my boss for a day off & booked a flight for Colorado. After 12 hours and 2 hours of connections, I arrive to the hostel in Gunnison. After stopping the car, I knew it, I knew that I was going to shoot tonight. I directly browsed the nearby dark locations & found Hartman Rocks, a public campground that is only 10 mins away from me. Arriving there, I was in shorts & tshirt; In my mind it's going to be hot there, but in reality it was around 5 degrees celius. I didn't even had any jacket with me, silly me. I found a towel in my bag and so I wrapped myself with it. I started finding a good frame & at some point I saw an opportunity for a panorama. I started taking the required shots. Shoot, Rotate, Repeat, Tilt, Shoot, Rotate, Repeat... After merging all these 32 shots together, I created this panorama. It's not what I was expecting but I'm still happy with this result. I can't wait to be back to Colorado, Who wants to join?

Energetic night ✨💨

Nature is so powerful! I loved that night near Riviere du Loup. We were hearing the wind turbines spinning nonstop to generate power. It's amazing how much we have energy next to us. This is a 16 photo stitched panorama that was shot back in June 2018

Les loups

Hiked for couple hours on a trail called 'Les Loups" to reach this viewpoint

Montréal love lights!

Trouvaille (noun) Something lovely found by chance.

16 July 2017, after camping in Mont Mégantic, QC, and coming back to Montreal, I headed back towards Mont Mégantic. We arrived there, but the sky quickly changed from being clear to become cloudy, we were sad, we decided to call it a night and head back to Montréal. On the way back, I stopped next to a bridge where I remember seeing some cows, I wanted to see if they're still there, however, looking up, I saw that sky was super clear and just facing me, I saw the Milkyway clear and bright! I started walking towards the bridge, then I saw this awesome reflection and I took this panorama. I wished there were no power cables in that area, I could use photoshop to remove them, but in my opinion, they should stay... That was a Trouvaille!

Astro-photographers at work

Chasing that milkyway

Sweet memories!

I remember driving on that road, hiking up the hill, to find this lighthouse, then searching for a good location to take a photo. I found a parking lot not so far, then drove there when it became dark. Some fishermen were there, they disappeared into the ocean searching for fish. Panorama shot, in Oahu, Hawaii showing the milky way, the Makapuu Point Lighthouse, the shore and some fishermen.

Panorama at Rawdon

Spent some time rotating and tilting to capture some photos and stitch them into this 360° photo