Photog Adventures Podcast: A Landscape Photography and Astrophotography Podcast

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 Way Photography. Then Alyn shares his "what went wells" & challenges behind three of his favorite images. See if you can spot the very unique phenomenon that occurs in La Palma that is unique to Milky Way Photography in the Canary Islands. Thank Alyn for joining us on the podcast by checking out his content over at his Website & YouTube channel! Website: https://alynwallacephotography.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKxQ3Dx6K95hpLpdJjTRIlg Link to the Upper Peninsula Aurora Workshop with me and MaryBeth Kiczenski here: https://bit.ly/3jCLUSC

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 the experience here: https://bit.ly/2Fbevjc Thank Blake Fair by following him over on his Instagram @FairImage! Blake's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fairimage/

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 his captures, he had an incredible looking timelapse that starts on the inside of a tent and while watching the Milky Way rise through the open door of the tent it moves THROUGH the tent opening and out to reveal the entire horizon! It is a VERY COOL timelapse that you need to check out his YouTube channel and see for yourself! See his trip to Assateague & his timelapses here over on his Milky Way Mike YouTube Channel here: https://youtu.be/Qnwj76vpeUY Trip to the Marshes & Wildlife Refuge: https://youtu.be/gG476KQuvIY Follow Mike at Instagram and his website here: @Milky_Way_Mike and MilkyWayMike.com After sharing Mike's first Milky Way, I take him and you through the myriad of failures that led to me seeing my FIRST Milky Way of 2020 all the way in April! I share the fear that welled up in my imagination as I stood out there alone on that cliff wall capturing my SECOND SUCCESSFUL Dual-Exposure Milky Way Panorama! Be one of the 26 students to get my Milky Way Course at the $30 discount before it goes back up to the full price of $97! https://bit.ly/33I5JRF

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://www.outofchicago.com/live/ After the fun of celebrating our chance to still teach during this Covid-19 craziness, Josh shares with me his story about an image of his that I had NOT known about yet and I can’t believe I had my head in the sand so much! I LOVE THIS IMAGE! I can’t believe how much I love it, such a fantastic composition and high quality execution that it was a lot of fun to hear the story behind this shot. Here are Kertu's and Dany's IGs: https://www.instagram.com/kertu.ee/  https://www.instagram.com/danyeidphotography/  Coming up on a future episode, Josh will join me again to talk about the FULL STORY of creating this shot and I cannot wait! See you at OutofChicago.com/live! Support Josh by going to JoshuaCripps.com and sign up for his email list so you can get in on his future online course offerings!

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For 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 explain why the major change is coming. IF YOU CAME TO THE PODCAST FOR THE DEEP SKY DISCUSSION WITH IAN NORMAN SKIP TO 31:24. At minute 31:24 it’s TIME to think Deep Sky Astrophotography! This episode is part one of TWO EPISODES teaching Deep Sky Astrophotography. Part ONE is all Ian Norman & Diana Southern from LonelySpeck.com joining me on my Live Stream to teach Deep Sky Astrophotography with your DSLR & the LRGB Post-Processing Method to bring the MOST out of your current gear without buying all the expensive trackers, telescopes, CCD cameras and EQ Mounts that will come with Narrowband DSO Astrophotography! This podcast includes highlights from the Live Stream, but you can go to Facebook with the link down below and watch the whole hour with Ian & Diana. Ian & Diana STARTS AT 5 hours 32 minute mark on the live stream here: https://www.facebook.com/photogadventures/videos/261512944865253/ Podcast 154 Coming VERY SOON with PART TWO of this Deep Sky Astro Get your copy of my Milky Way Course at $30 before it hits 100 sold and goes back up $97: https://bit.ly/33I5JRF Join the Guild at https://www.MilkyWayPhotographersGuild.com/

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 the TEN THINGS YOU MUST DO BEFORE MILKY WAY! Doing these ten things will prepare you to have your most successful first night out for Milky Way that you can expect to have! TIME MARKERS TO JUMP AROUND TIPS EASILY 3:10 TIP ONE | Know the Moon & Milky Way 11:36 TIP TWO | Find a dark sky location 15:11 TIP THREE | Will there be clouds? 20:23 TIP FOUR | Know Gear! Camera & Lens 23:08 TIP FIVE | Know Gear! Live View 30:33 TIP SIX | Know Gear! White Balance 33:54 TIP SEVEN | Know Gear! Shutter 38:16 TIP EIGHT | Know Gear! Histogram 43:48 TIP NINE | Know Gear! ISO 45:21 TIP TEN | Know Gear! RAW & NR 48:42 BONUS TIPS

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 scheduling 100 people's activities for each conference and the time he got made fun of by Ansel Adams' assistant! Join me & Ian Norman, Eric Paré, Royce Bair, David Kingham to name a few of my favorites coming to the Out of Moab conference in September! https://www.outofchicago.com/moab/ USE DISCOUNT CODE "KING" TO GET $250 OFF!

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 be explained here mixed with three stories. I won’t say what the announcements are other than to summarize what is coming in this way: Season Four -> NightScaper Nightmare -> The Guild? -> Most Embarrassing moment of 2019 -> The Contest! Enjoy! Here is a great blog talking about the Klakkur Hike so you can understand more what my hike was like: https://fortheloveofwanderlust.com/klakkur-hike-the-faroe-islands/ PS If by chance you got curious why I would go to a conference for computer software that is supposedly going to help me with Photog Adventures, then definitely check out these two links. One will give you a taste of what I love about Russell Brunson's Teaching methods for online businesses but through the perspective of 30 other successful entrepreneurs and you can try out Clickfunnels for 14-days. CLICKFUNNELS 14-DAY TRIAL: http://bit.ly/2OwXQIv 30-DAYS SUMMIT & ONE FUNNEL AWAY CHALLENGE: http://bit.ly/2vAfbcE

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/2Foku0C

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, lives in Texas but spends most of his Photography time in New Mexico and his favorite spot to get out to is the very nearby Bortle 2 area of City of Rocks! MaryBeth Kiczenski, obsessed Aurora zealot and nicknamed MegaRally, said that her favorite location of 2019 and ALL-TIME was being out with me at Escalante, Utah at Devil’s Garden because of all the options there and how her Metate Arch image came out so well she actually printed it to metal and it hangs proudly in her place! Kirk Keyes, the Managing Editor of MilkyWayPhotographers.com and one of the first ten if not FIVE fans of Photog Adventures, said that his experience at Delicate Arch in Arches National Park near Moab, Utah was his favorite Milky Way Photography experience of 2019! PODCAST UPCOMING RELEASES NOTE: Several Podcast Episodes have been recorded but a confluence of issues with guest and co-host timings, MWP.com website issues where I crashed it updating it for my failed Black Friday sales along with other casualties have pushed things WAY back! But these episodes are ALL COMING OUT THIS WEEK! So stay tuned and stay safe this New Year’s Eve! Happy 2020 and wishing you all the best in the coming year! :D -Aaron

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 at the 2020 NightScaper Conference! BUT! DON'T JUST LISTEN HERE!! Come join me, Royce Bair and these amazing Milky Way Photographers in Kanab in 2020 at the NightScaper Conference! REGISTER NOW AT: http://nightscaper.weebly.com/ USE DISCOUNT CODE "ADVENTURE100" TO GET $100 OFF! ROYCE BAIR kicks off this highlight reel of advice with a lesson on PROPER EXPOSURE WITH A CORRECT HISTOGRAM, then talking about making the most of hazy thin clouds or using a DOUBLE FOG FILTER to show off the true color of stars and then finishes with an answer to a Listener Question that gives you the ultimate response to the concern of having your best lens for Milky Way being a weak f3.5 aperture lens. Royce tells us a few things you can do to overcome that limitation. BRYONY RICHARDS teaches me about the science behind the colors of the Milky Way and what certain colors tell us about the stars. Then Bryony explains the SEVEN DIGITAL FILTERS approach to post-processing. IAN NORMAN begins his advice with a direct message to brand new Milky Way Photographers and answering whether their camera is good enough for Astrophotography. With a brilliant explanation of the MERITS OF SHUTTER VS. ISO in deciding how to expose your Milky Way Image. Then he tells us his GO-TO METHOD FOR A HIGH QUALITY MILKY WAY and what lens he uses and how in order to get that ultimate quality. ERIC BENEDETTI emphasizes QUALITY IN YOUR LENSES! He gives us a scientific example to explain why certain lenses are NO GOOD for Milky Way Photography and hits the point hard that large apertures and even avoiding wide angle lenses can be great! MARK GEE advice to get out there and work through the challenges of getting out there. DON'T GET HUNG UP ON PLANNING. Go to a location you like and do it! And don't worry about noise reduction, if you do mind a little noise in your images then definitely FIX THE NOISE WITH A STACK OR PANORAMA. JOSHUA SNOW takes us through his system of CREATING A STACKED MILKY WAY IMAGE all the way from capture settings to post-processing with Starry Landscape Stacker to get rid of noise. MICHAEL SHAINBLUM ends the year of advice sharing a story about going out and doing Milky Way Photography & timelapses commenting on the fear we sometimes feel out alone out under the stars as well as the wonder of hanging out under the stars and enjoying them until something goes wrong. Remember, if you are a Milky Way Photographer, our yearly event to get together with other like-minded awesome Milky Way Photographers is at the NightScaper Conference! This event is your chance to mega-rally and capture night after night of GREAT Milky Way Photography in Southern Utah, Arizona and anywhere else you drive by on your way to the NightScaper Conference in Kanab! Sign up now and join me next year using the "ADVENTURE100" Discount code over at http://nightscaper.weebly.com/!

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 high in the sky at the beginning of the night. Then we move into some major capturing, stacking tips from Mark that are terrific tricks to bring the most out of your Milky Way Photography. Mark explains his "Good" image approach that includes the daytime scouting that is usually hard for most of us that can't leave to our location until after work and usually too late before sundown. What is Mark's MUST BRING for anyone coming to New Zealand for Milky Way? What are the reasons Mark loves the Great Barrier, Central Plateau, Cape Palliser, Mount Cook and why is Wellington the BEST CAPITOL of ANY COUNTRY IN THE WORLD? Find out now on the Photog Adventures Podcast! Lens Heater Option #1: https://amzn.to/35MVnk0 Lens Heater Option #2: https://amzn.to/2BloJbj WATCH MARK'S DAY TO NIGHT TO DAY TIMELAPSE HERE: http://bit.ly/2PajWBJ Follow Mark Gee: WEBSITE: http://theartofnight.com/ FACEBOOK GROUP: https://www.facebook.com/groups/theArtOfNightPhotographyGroup/

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 experience amazing aurora, beautiful light, cloud inversions, Paragliders, rastafarian/surfer dude cows and some of the BEST moments in the Faroe Islands without ALSO having plenty of things go wrong. Boy did they. I wonder if anyone will count up the misadventures and tell me how bad it actually was....still recovering. :D Join me in the Faroe Islands or out for some Milky Way Photography in my 2020 Workshops! https://workshops.photogadventures.com/store-front

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 capturing the Milky Way every night in Michigan, Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula. Then she goes over her 2-Night Blitz for Aurora and why those two days were actually tougher than her 23-straight nights of Milky Way. Link to MWP Article where MaryBeth shows her taped up key: http://bit.ly/2mV1yAH

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 topic that is becoming more and more common in the world of Photography. We take ourselves and the fun of photography way too seriously! Bonus, while Jeff shares his recent adventures in the beginning of the podcast we are joined by MaryBeth Kiczenski! MegaRally! Enjoy!