Best Nightscape Podcasts (2025)

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Life First! Exploring New Zealand for Milky Way Compositions | Episode 176 52:25

1M ago52:25

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Hear what it was like going to New Zealand and seeing the Southern Hemisphere Milky Way sky for my VERY FIRST TIME! The Southern Island of New Zealand has no shortage of beautiful views but what if the most iconic locations are covered in clouds? In this episode, you will hear the successes and challenges we met while hunting for compositions in a …

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Jeroen Linnenkamp from the Netherlands joins me to talk Star Color & Europe Milky Way | Episode 175 55:28

2+ y ago55:28

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This week on the podcast I am joined by my first guest in a very long time, Jeroen Linnenkamp! Jeroen and I were talking about star color and he had the question about whether shutter could ruin star color the way that high ISO will blow out star color. I wasn't sure if there was a threshold when the exposure would start clipping the star color by …

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Clarence Spencer talks Astro Mods on Milky Way Wednesday | Episode 174 59:52

2+ y ago59:52

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This week on Milky Way Wednesday I was joined by Clarence Spencer of SpencersCamera.com to answer all questions about Astro-modified cameras that the Milky Way Wednesday crowd could think up! In case you missed it and thousands of you most certainly did, here is a replay of the awesome breadth of knowledge that Clarence shared with my YouTube audie…

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FIVE TIPS you need for Winter Milky Way Panorama | Episode 173 35:12

2+ y ago35:12

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This week on the Photog Adventures Podcast I give you the FIVE TIPS you need for Winter Milky Way Panoramas! I won't tell what they are here so you still have to listen to me :D but I cover everything from the perfect window of opportunity for panorama as well as what hours during the night you can expect to be out there to be able to capture that …

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Milky Way Photography in North Carolina | Episode 172 57:12

2+ y ago57:12

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The challenges and successes of Milky Way Photography in North Carolina! I just got back from my first Milky Way Workshop out on the East Coast and enjoyed some successes and crazy stories while out there! In this episode, I will go over FIVE THINGS: 1- Depressing Meal 2- First Night Near Fatal 3- Blue Ridge Parkway Milky Way "The Good and the Bad"…

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Five Favorite Less Traveled Locations in Utah | Episode 171 49:12

2+ y ago49:12

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WORKSHOP DEAL: https://bit.ly/3uiLNCsBuckhorn Wash Pictograph Panel: https://bit.ly/3TlT7YXArches Trailhead: https://bit.ly/3S1H7KXHoodoo Village Parking: https://bit.ly/3MwT3TSIn this episode I share my FIVE FAVORITE less traveled locations here in Utah. Often we go to the famous landmarks but wish we were somewhere with less people! These five lo…

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Aaron Martinez | From Hobby to Full-Time Journalism Photographer | Ep 167 49:52

4y ago49:52

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Aaron Martinez joins me to give us the inside info on his rise from Hobbyist photographer to having a FULL-TIME CAREER as a "Visual Journalist" or Staff Photographer for one of USA Today's Circulation of Austin, Texas Newspapers.He shares what worked and what he was missing in his interview process and spills some secrets on how one can join him as…

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Tips & Info about the upcoming Perseid Meteor Shower! | Ep 168 50:18

4y ago50:18

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Perseids are going to be great this year! The timing with the moon is working out really tremendous for us this year and so the annual Perseid Meteor Shower is going to be the best we have had in several years! So let's get ready for it! Know the best mornings to go out and tips on how to take advantage of it as best as possible! Kirk Keyes and Rho…

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Phil Sisto | Artist in Residence at Capitol Reef National Park in Utah | Ep 164 1:12:57

4y ago1:12:57

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Phil Sisto joins me to talk Milky Way Photography in the less-mentioned Capitol Reef National Park here in Utah where he was the 2020 Artist In Residence! Phil shares how he got the gig and the secrets to a good application. While also dishing on the great situation he had there with the amazing house they gave him to use while working there! From …

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Welcome Back, Aaron! Crazy 3-week Girlfriend story & Workshops Update! | Ep 165 41:46

4y ago41:46

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I am back! It has been a long seven months while I have been focused on finalizing my Divorce and I am VERY HAPPY to report that I am 100% completely done! I am fully divorced! I am a single man again! In this episode I update you on my move, my 3-week girlfriend who went crazy on me, my goals for the future and the upcoming workshops which will be…

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How many PERFECT Milky Way Photography nights are there in 2021? | Ep 163 45:14

4+ y ago45:14

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Using the data from my 2021 Milky Way Photography Almanac, I know exactly how many perfect nights there will be next year! Join me here or on Facebook where I recorded this LIVE today and I will share with you that answer!Also, I will teach about the unique differences of Southern Hemisphere Milky Way Photography and why they have a month-to-month …

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The Opposites We Pray For | Ep 162 48:59

4+ y ago48:59

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If you want a great sunset and I want a great Milky Way and beg nature for clear skies, I am going to ruin your landscape photography. Skies. We constantly complain about them. We want the opposite sky than we are getting more often than not. Depending on our type of photography, we might benefit or lose.In this episode, I talk about the different …

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I'd Rather be a Crack Addict than an Aurora Chaser | Ep 161 46:21

4+ y ago46:21

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With three napkins filled with the scrawls of locations and weather predictions strewn around her, MaryBeth announced the next likely location for the workshop. Copper Harbor! A discussion and a decision later. We were heading West! MaryBeth had woken up early that morning to find us an opening in the skies so we had a better chance of seeing the A…

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Corona Holes & A-Holes | Talking Aurora Science, Tips & Night Photography etiquette | Ep 160 1:06:14

4+ y ago1:06:14

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MaryBeth Kiczenski and Kirk Keyes join me as co-hosts to talk about the new Coronal Holes and what that means for Aurora Photography and they get to be my audience while I share a story about people being A-Holes to each other out doing Milky Way Photography. Aurora Season has begun and we are in a Solar Minimum. Which means we are in the valley he…

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Smoke & Mirrors talking Landscape & Milky Way Photography in Moab | Ep 159 46:09

4+ y ago46:09

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Oh the smoke!! Car troubles in the thick mud at the Salt Flats & playing with water as a mirror in your composition! Milky Way Photography already has the Moon & Clouds to fight with, this year the smoke became more of a problem than most years! In this episode I begin with talking about dealing with the smoke during the Out of Moab Conference. Smo…

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Erin Babnik | Story & Tips from the Keynote Speaker @ the Create Photography Virtual Summit | Ep 158 38:50

4+ y ago38:50

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A fantastic treat for those of you who share my love of Erin Babnik! Erin joins the podcast to talk about her snowmobile workshop in the Dolomiti where she captured - BY HAND - an absolutely brilliant photo-stack of swirling snow and glowing Dolomite Mountains through the atmospheric clouds! Just love the image! You can see her image "Reverie" here…

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Alyn Wallace | For the love of Milky Way Photography | Ep 157 40:02

4+ y ago40:02

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Alyn Wallace joins me back in June during the heat of the Covid-19 lockdowns to share his love of Milky Way Photography. After we bemoan the lack of opportunities to go out with our cameras, Alyn talks about what makes his Milky Way Photography stand out, his tip for clean images and we both geek out over what we both absolutely love about Milky Wa…

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Blake Fair's Milky Way Near Death Words of Caution & 4 Years! | Ep 156 41:51

4+ y ago41:51

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To celebrate - in a slightly macabre way - the four-year mark of the Photog Adventures Podcast, I invite on Blake Fair to share with us his near-death experience capturing the Milky Way out at Corona Arch! Through his words of caution we all can be better prepared for going out on our for Milky Way Photography. You can read the news article about t…

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Michael Ver Sprill | Milky Way Mike joins me to talk our FIRST 2020 Milky Way Adventures | Ep 155 1:05:23

5y ago1:05:23

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Michael Ver Sprill of Milky Way Mike fame on YouTube, joins the podcast to share the story of his Covid-19 Quarantine and tell us about his FIRST Milky Way of 2020!Mike went out to Assateague Island to get away from the New Jersey light pollution and captured three beautiful timelapses of the rising Milky Way Core over the Atlantic Ocean!In one of …

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Joshua Cripps | Our Out of Chicago LIVE Presentation & THE BEST IMAGE I did NOT know about! | Ep 154 37:10

5y ago37:10

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Josh joins me to talk about the presentation we will be teaching together during this week’s Out of Chicago LIVE Conference and then he tells me about an image that I am STILL boiling with envy about! Join us at Out of Chicago LIVE! This weekend for three days of online global photography instruction! Get your access here before Thursday! https://w…

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Covid-19 Derailment, 16-hours of Facebook Live Stream & Deep Sky Astrophotography PART ONE | Ep 153 52:40

5y ago52:40

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Get your copy of my Milky Way Course at: https://AaronKing.PhotogAdventures.comFor the first 30 minutes I talk about what the Corona situation meant for me and Photog Adventures. The derailment and the coming changes to Photog Adventures due to the Corona Virus. In classic Aaron King style I truly am an open book about the goings on around here and…

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Ten Must Do Steps Before Milky Way Photography | Ep 151 55:57

5y ago55:57

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Welcome to the first ever Milky Way Photographers Guild Podcast!Join the Guild here: https://www.milkywayphotographersguild.com/The Astro Photog Podcast is exclusive to members only of the Milky Way Photographers Guild. This week's episode covers theTEN THINGS YOU MUST DO BEFORE MILKY WAY!Doing these ten things will prepare you to have your most su…

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Chris Smith | Creator of the Out Of Chicago Conferences Co-Hosts | Ep 150 56:17

5+ y ago56:17

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Chris Smith joins me on the podcast to talk about the Out of Moab Conference and in-between the love fest for the upcoming Out of Moab Conference, we share Chris' challenges with leading conferences, discuss any imposter syndrome he had at the beginning of his photography career, the thing that scared him from hiking a mile, the insanity of schedul…

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My Most Embarrassing Moment of 2019 that I DID NOT want to tell you about & Announcements! | Ep 148 54:09

5+ y ago54:09

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Sigh...I never ever ever wanted to tell this story. It truly is embarrassing for me and I can’t believe I just put it to permanent record and included it on a podcast! Ugh I am starting to really regret this. BUT I haven’t released a new episode in three weeks so this is coming as a perfect punishment. Also, I have three new announcements that will…

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Untold Stories 2019 Part 1 | Instagrammers at Mesa Arch, Barn Owls & Scared of a Juvenile | Ep 142 43:04

5+ y ago43:04

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Joined by Kirk Keyes and Rob Ryan we share untold stories from 2019. Between Kirk's National Media name snub, Rob's fear of Owls but not Snakes and my own new juvenile arch-nemesis out at Escalante we share some funny success stories & annoying situations from 2019!Rhonda's recommended snake protection - Turtleskin Snake Gaitors: https://amzn.to/2F…

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MilkyWayPhotographers.com Authors' Favorite Milky Way Locations, Newb Tips, Mishaps & More! | Ep 141 51:05

5+ y ago51:05

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ONLY SOME of the authors behind MilkyWayPhotographers.com join me on the podcast to share some of their favorite Milky Way Photography tips, stories, articles on MWP.com and their favorite Milky Way locations that they have been in 2019. Aaron Martinez, our famous Pentax representative who casually captures Milky Way with Mountain Lions nearby, liv…

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Milky Way Photography Advice from 1st Year Highlights of the Podcast | Ep 140 51:19

5+ y ago51:19

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Using Highlights from Podcast Guests from Episodes 18, 21, 22, 30, 34, 47 & 59 I consolidate all of the Milky Way Photography Advice I received in the 1st year of the podcast!You will hear from Me, Royce Bair, Bryony Richards, Ian Norman, Eric Benedetti, Mark Gee, Joshua Snow and Michael Shainblum!Get advice from FIVE of the 30+ Speakers presenting…

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Mark Gee | New Zealand Southern Hemisphere Milky Way Photography Tips & Favorite Locations | Ep 139 54:50

5+ y ago54:50

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Mark Gee joins Aaron to talk Southern Hemisphere Milky Way Photography in New Zealand! Giving us tips on stacking, capturing, composition and where to go in New Zealand!First we start off talking about the differences of capturing the Milky Way in the Southern Hemisphere right down to the timing of when to go out due to the Milky Way Core being too…

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Adventures & MIS-Adventures of the Faroe Islands Trip | Ep 137 1:14:34

5+ y ago1:14:34

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COME FOR THE ADVENTURE, STAY FOR THE MIS-ADVENTURES! The amazing adventures and awful mis-adventures of my most recent Faroe Islands trip! If you love the idea of coming to the Faroe Islands you will definitely want to hear about all of the tremendous things that happened to me, Kathy and Rhonda out in the Faroe Islands.I guess I couldn't just expe…

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MaryBeth Kiczenski | Auroras & The "Rally" That All Milky Way Photographers Need To Do! | Ep 136 46:38

5+ y ago46:38

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MaryBeth Kiczenski joins Aaron and Kirk Keyes on the podcast to talk about her 23-Straight Nights of Milky Way Photography. We go over the "Rally" that ALL Milky Way Photographers need to get used to doing and why she is known as MegaRally! MaryBeth shares with us what went well and what could have gone better on her month long adventure of capturi…

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Jeff Harmon | Don't Stress, have Fun! Be a Hobbyist again! | Ep 135 56:28

5+ y ago56:28

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As we get too crazy into our photography hobby, there are areas that we just drop off the hobbyist map and try to turn it into a side hustle. Don't let the stress of worrying about the wrong things ruin this hobby for you! Have fun as a Photographer again! I am joined today by Jeff Harmon who co-hosts the podcast with me today as we tackle this top…

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Announcing the 2020 Photog Adventures' Milky Way & Landscape Photography Workshops! | Bonus 29:02

5+ y ago29:02

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Join me in 2020 at one of my Photog Adventures' Workshops! http://bit.ly/2lSlvY6 In this bonus episode, I take 30-minutes to highlight the 2020 Schedule to help you guys decide which adventure you would like to join me on next year! Go to PhotogAdventures.com and click on Workshops or use this link: http://bit.ly/2lSlvY6Join me in the Bisti Badland…

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David Thompson | What is Epic Light, Million $ moment at Factory Butte & Swamp Photography | Ep 131 57:51

5+ y ago57:51

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David Thompson - a Landscape Photographer who Nick Page recently called his favorite Post-Processor - joins the podcast and teaches us what "epic light" means, shares a truly amazing Epic Light moment and gets us interested in Swamp Photography!Hear Nick Page compliment David in this video here: https://youtu.be/Jo6xonIhAOo?t=2081 David is an exper…

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Jenna Martin | Master Underwater Portrait Photographer Shares How She Found Her Crazy Niche | Ep 127 1:09:58

6y ago1:09:58

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Jenna Martin - despite being landlocked in Billings, Montana - created and mastered a majorly interesting niche in photography: Underwater Portraiture! And not just Fine Art, but actual families come to her from all over to get a spectacular and candid family portrait! Jenna shares the challenges, the gear, the dedication of her models and her craz…

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5 Things we loved about the Create Photography Retreat | Ep 133 36:49

6y ago36:49

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In this edit from a long lost episode recorded back in April, Brendon joins me on the podcast sharing FIVE THINGS WE LOVED about the Create Photography Retreat! #1 The type of Amazing, Enthusiastic people that came to it! #2 The Array of Classes & that it is only getting better!#3 The Great People BEHIND the Retreat! Brian Hanson! #4 It is one of t…

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Enrico Fossati | Landscape Photography Tips in Italy & Getting Inspired by Painters | Ep 119 40:26

6y ago40:26

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Today we are joined by Enrico Fossati all the way from Italia! A land I have a true love for and feel myself longing to return all the time! In this episode we are also joined by my father acting as my co-host who also helps me with any Italian translation.We begin the episode hearing Enrico's bucket list locations and to no surprise he ALSO can't …

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Royce Bair | Fantasy Canyon, PostProcessing, Correct Lighting & 2019 Nightscaper Conference | Ep 138 1:34:42

6y ago1:34:42

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My Milky Way Hero, Royce Bair, joins me on the podcast to share his thoughts on the recent Nightscaper Conference & the changes coming to the 2020 Nightscaper Conference in Kanab, Utah! Join Photog Adventures there in 2020!Go to NIGHTSCAPER.COM and use "ADVENTURE100" to get $100 off!We also spend an hour just talking Milky Way Photography hearing a…

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Joshua Cripps | Top Three Favorite Landscape Locations & Tiny Pony Riding through Mongolia | Ep 117 1:18:26

6y ago1:18:26

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If you love Landscape Photography and Storytelling you are going to LOVE this podcast with Joshua Cripps! The audio quality from Josh gets better as the podcast goes along as he gets closer to his mic on his end. Less little echo and much louder. Best in segment two starting at 36:26.So after an intro and admittedly a little too much joking around …

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Matt Payne | His Podcast, His Switch to Sony & Expert advice for Mountaineering Photography | Ep 113 1:15:43

6y ago1:15:43

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We begin the hangout talking about Matt Payne's podcast F-Stop Collaborate & Listen. If you have never heard of his podcast or have been considering listening to it, this is your chance to hear from the creator yourself what makes his podcast different interesting and why I definitely recommend it as a way to feel like you are hanging out with some…

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Gavin Hardcastle | Landscape Photography at Colorado's Crystal Mill & YouTube | Ep 109 48:38

6y ago48:38

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We hang out with Gavin Hardcastle talking his new YouTube channel, his adventure out at Crystal Mill in Colorado, what it means to make the effort to get a good composition and what advice he has for new photographers or new YouTubers!Follow more of Gavin's work at https://www.fototripper.com/By Photog Adventures

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Alan Dyer | Comet Wirtanen, Milky Way Photography in Canada & Timelapse Processing Tips | Ep 107 1:07:43

6y ago1:07:43

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Aaron is joined by Alan Dyer and we get to nerd out about the Comet Wirtanen! This information is from months ago! Enjoy learning from Alan Dyer, but the comet is nowhere to be seen. The next Comet in our night skies will be 2017 T2 (PanSTARRS) which will be here towards the end of 2019. This comet is predicted to possibly reach magnitude 10. 2017 …

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Alyce Bender | World Traveler, Nature and WildLife Photographer | Ep 105 53:34

6y ago53:34

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We continue our sharing of the Patron-Only Podcasts with this interview of our friend and awesome photographer Alyce Bender! Aaron was really sick and so Brendon interviews Alyce on his own and we get a great interview coming from a world traveling Landscape Photographer transitioning from hobbyist to professional. Something we all want to do! This…

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Ryan Smith | Teaches Printing & Selling our Landscape & Milky Way Photography Prints! | Ep 132 1:44:21

6y ago1:44:21

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Recorded LIVE from our Facebook Live Stream with Ryan Smith back in March!Learn from Ryan Smith as he teaches us about Printing and Selling our Landscape Photography & Milky Way Photography Prints!Combining his professional experience as a corporate trainer with his passion for photography, Ryan has a knack for sharing the technical aspects of phot…

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Celebrating & Saying Goodbye to Brendon Porter using Highlights from 3-Years of Podcasts! | Ep 134 41:53

6y ago41:53

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With sorrow in this episode I announce that Brendon Porter is no longer a part of Photog Adventures due to a medical diagnosis of one of his daughters. The extremely concerning situation has forced Brendon to back out of Photog Adventures and he may never be able to come back. But with an attitude of celebration, I share highlights of Brendon from …

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Mike Ver Sprill | AKA Milky Way Mike talks the challenges & tips for East Coast Milky Way | Ep 99 49:40

6y ago49:40

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Join the Milky Way Photographer T-Shirt Giveaway here: http://bit.ly/2YE2XZGMilky Way Mike joins us to talk the challenges of East Coast Milky Way Photography. How he cuts through the light pollution, where he goes to avoid New Jersey light pollution, why fishing can help you get better Milky Way Images in some places and shares a story where he ro…

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Matt Newman | 2018 Astronomy Photog Winner & a Frostbit February Milky Way at Crater Lake | Ep 103 1:14:02

6y ago1:14:02

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I am joined by Matt Newman to talk his amazing adventure of solo climbing a mountain peak at Crater Lake in February. Yes....FEBRUARY! At risk of death, Matt braves the elements alone to capture a beautiful early Milky Way over Crater Lake. He returned alive but frost nipped and sunburnt! The ultimate oxymoron of winter torture! :D We also talk abo…

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Alyn Wallace | Milky Way Photography in Europe & a challenging Mark Gee-like telephoto Moon | Ep 101 1:01:00

6y ago1:01:00

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Alyn Wallace shares his adventures out in Europe. He explains the necessary steps to getting a light pollution-free image of the Milky Way and shares his process and the reasons behind it. Alyn shares the experience of capturing the Milky Way out on the Canary Islands where La Palma is his favorite Milky Way Location. The dark sky location along wi…

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Wayne Pinkston | Milky Way Landscapes Master Teaches Us His Secrets! | Ep 97 52:31

6y ago52:31

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This episode comes from our Patron-Only Podcasts and today we start opening up those episodes for everyone! Please listen to this episode Twice! Wayne really shares some amazing insights on his process and it is a terrific episode! Enjoy! Wayne starts out by telling us about how he plans out his entire Milky Way season - yes, it's all planned out. …

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UPDATE! Post-Faroe Islands Trip Update from the Road! 12:55

6y ago12:55

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Here is a quick update about where we have been and most importantly WHAT IS COMING to the podcast over the next week! :D Thanks for your patience! We are off to the final leg of our travels! A drive to Utah from Vegas!By Photog Adventures

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Brilliant Portfolio Leading Milky Way at Island in the Sky in Canyonlands National Park | Ep 130 47:55

6y ago47:55

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Brendon and Aaron finally get a chance to get back out there with their cameras and celebrate 3-years of doing Milky Way Photography on a 4-Night Trip that of course…didn’t entirely go to plan. Beginning this trip with a cancellation as clouds ruined our chances of getting a Milky Way out at Royce Bair Milky Way Butte, we are forced to make a 5-hou…

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