aurora mafia

Filippo Dias was born in Brazil, but he was always drawn towards north. He started photography and videography in his early teens, and later, when the chance occurred, he moved to Rovaniemi, Finland for an exchange year in Finnish high school. One year was not enough for him, and he decided to stay for good!

Nowadays, Filippo runs his successful content creation business, and studies at the local university of Applied Sciences. He has been responsible for social media channels of one of the biggest events in Lapland, Levi FIS ski World Cup, and producing professional photos and videos for them. 

While living in Lapland, Filippo was of course subjected to seeing a good amount of northern lights. This is when he grabs his camera & gear, and sets out into the night. At some point Filippo met Alex from Aurora Hunting, and they have been hunting auroras together ever since.

In winter 2020–2021, when tourists were prohibited from entering Finland, Filippo and Alex decided to livestream the auroras to the people, stranded in their own countries. That winter, they did forty (40!) aurora livestreams from different parts of Lapland, which equals to over 60% of all major auroras that season.

Filippos brilliant aurora work has made him famous in his homecountry of Brazil. where he had his pictures widely spread throughout the news and Brazil’s national Globo Tv.

You can find out more about Filippo on his homepages:

www.filippodias.com

Lorenzo is originally from Verona in Italy and dreamed since age of 6 about seeing the Northern Lights in Lapland. With 22 he got the chance to move to Finland as an exchange student for his studies to become an environmental engineer. Now at age of 29 he has been living in Lapland for 5 years. He was working as a guide in different companies in Rovaniemi until he got convinced to open his own business by Alex, Fillippo and Luisa. Now he lives his dream of hunting Northern Lights almost every night with his own company and concept in Lapland.

He is passionate about Northern Lights and its science behind and wants to know more and more all the time. Further he is a talented astrophotographer and loves to capture the Northern Lights. For that he got great support and is ambassador for Planetopedia and Sigma Nordic.

Lorenzo won’t be stopped by the worst weather to deliver northern lights to his clients. If it’s cloudy in Finland, he’s ready to drive all day to Norway to get to clear skies. Often, he does roadtrips that last 2-3 days, taking his guests to some of the best places to see northern lights.

You can find out more information about Lorenzo & Luisa at their site:

www.arcticroadtrips.com

Luisa is originally from Germany. After high school and one year living in Australia she started to study tourism in Germany. This brought her as an exchange student to Rovaniemi, Finland. She fell in love with the beautiful nature in the Lapland, its wide landscapes and the Northern Lights. The original plan to stay for half year was canceled quickly and became 2,5 years for now.

Luisa got her first camera when she was 9 years old and since that photography never left her. Now she is an astrophotographer and running the company Arctic Road Trips together with her boyfriend.