Photog Adventures Podcast: A Landscape Photography and Astrophotography Podcast

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/2lSlvY6 Join me in the Bisti Badlands, North Rim, Toadstool Hoodoo, Escalante National Monument, Bonneville Salt Flats, Crater Lake & Oregon Coast, Southern Utah, New Zealand or the Faroe Islands! 2020 Photog Adventures' Workshops: http://bit.ly/2lSlvY6

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 expert hobbyist photographer whose reputation for beautiful images has landed him workshops & Skype calls teaching photography throughout the year while he keeps a full time day job. After David shares with us his three favorite Landscape Photography areas and tips for newbs on how to take the most advantage of these areas, we learn from David a great perspective on light. How to work with it, anticipate it and he names several situations that should be considered "epic light" even though it isn't the classic blown up sky. Then David completely turns 180-Degrees and shares with us one of the most envious tales I have ever heard about epic light out at Factory Butte! His image actually has a Rainbow perfectly symmetrical arching over Factory Butte with a sky crazy pink! Instagram link to that Factory Butte Image: https://www.instagram.com/p/BllUKc9Dgic/ What an amazing shot! Dang we really are jealous! Beyond the amazing image, David shares with us the juggling act he was going through while trying to capture this shot and the endurance and optimism required of him and his friend Paul Rojas to even STAY in the Factory Butte area; especially after what happened to them the night leading up to this sunrise! Lastly, I share the Instagram message attached to that image from David that talks about a principle that what we know as "epic light" is completely relative and will change as you gain more experience in Landscape Photography. Follow David Thompson on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/davidthompsonphotography/ David's Website: https://www.davidthompsonphotography.com/

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 crazy determination to experience exactly what her models are experiencing! If they don't get a wetsuit, she doesn't get a wetsuit. Whether it is a freezing cold lake or a chlorine picture ruining pool, Jenna is dressed in the same comforts or lack thereof that her models are. In the second half, Jenna shares a story about a mystery figure in the water next to her model and it is in the picture here over on her instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/BHREyfwhlmA/ Jenna also shares her experience giving a Ted talk, one of my personal goals in life, and the details behind the scenes on what Ted Talks require of you is way off what I expected! We had a blast hearing about her experiences and crazy admired her tenacity going for a type of photography that has so many quirks about it that there are unpredictable challenges like what makeup her models have to wear underwater! It really is a fascinating story and we think whether you would actually someday consider doing underwater photography yourself or not, you will love to hear about Jenna's work! To follow Jenna's Photography, go to her blog at: http://jennamartinphotography.com/ More of her images at Instagram and be like Eric Pare and follow Jenna! https://www.instagram.com/jennamartinphoto/ Keep up with Jenna through her podcast too! Creative Chaos Podcast: apple.co/2zOa87J

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 the GREAT retreats FOR BEGINNERS! #5 Small Class Settings allowing everyone time w/ instructor! If you have been on the fence about coming to the Create Photography Retreat, this episode will be the thing that pushes you over the edge! It was a true blast being a part of it and I can't wait for 2020! Join us at the Create Photography Retreat in 2020! https://createphotographyretreat.com/

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 wait until he can get out to New Zealand! A bucket list location for seemingly ALL photographers! :D Enrico recommends to us the Val d'Aosta area of the Italian and French Alps for a location that we all add to OUR bucket lists if we are interested in a dynamic, more wild version of the Dolomites in Italy. And he describes many locations in Italy that we all should practice our hand at landscape photography on even though they can be certainly over photographed by all tourists who go there. In the second half of this shorter episode, Enrico shares with us a story of a crazy weather day that he must seek refuge from the thunder and lightning and finds himself in a position to capture his most famous image. A shot inspired by his love of the Lord of the Rings city of Rivendell. Throughout the podcast, Enrico recommends to us two artists that inspire his work: John Howe who did the Conceptual Design for Lord of the Rings. You can see some of his work here. And Albert Bierstadt who is famous for paintings of famous landscapes from the United States. His final recommendation to us, is to know the area and learn the times when the light is best. Not everywhere is "best" to capture around sunrise or sunset so that can't be an automatic thought as a Landscape Photographer. You need to come back often and experience the area. If you are in a location you don't have more than a day or two there come early so you have 6+ hours to experience the area and you might just find that the harsher mid-day light is the best light for that landscape and offers you wondrous opportunities to create a composition you will never forget! Follow Enrico Fossati's work here: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/enrico.fossati/?hl=it 500PX: https://500px.com/efossati Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/enricofossatiphotography/ Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/efossati/

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 about Royce's recent adventure out to Fantasy Canyon and get tips and tricks on tackling that small space that is uniquely filled with crazy hoodoos but also tormented by nearby light pollution in a way that requires you adjust your low-level lighting and color balance accordingly. Then Royce gives us a 101 level Course on correct low-level lighting techniques and incredible insight on his Post-Processing methods for Milky Way Photography! Join Photog Adventures and Royce Bair at the 2020 Nightscaper Conference in Kanab and use the "ADVENTURE100" Coupon Code at checkout to get $100 off the price! Go to NIGHTSCAPER.COM! Remember to use the Photog Adventures Coupon Code "ADVENTURE100" at checkout!

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 we get into Josh's travels, workshops and all the world traveling he has done. 8:31 We ask him where he would consider his top three favorite Landscape Photography locations. One of them quickly becomes one of our top five bucket list locations! In order of his mentioning them, China, New Zealand's Fiordland National Park area & the High Sierras of California. Follow Kyle Oberman here the instagrammer that is living in China and has some great images of not oft traveled locations in China: https://www.instagram.com/kyleobermann/ 28:30 Then we get the What Would Joshua Cripps Do method of Composing an image where you consider the compositional balance and then you consider the emotion you are feeling. Then you convey that emotion with your shutter choice. Josh gets to an awesome location, gets his camera out and thinks "What am I trying to convey? What is speaking to me? Is there motion in the scene? How Do I feel?" and with all this he gets his portfolio worthy shot. 36:26 In the second segment, Josh shares with us the craziest world travel story I may have ever heard! Let's just say that there are tiny ponies involved in a decision only 20-year-olds would think to do. Oh to be 20-something again! If you want to follow Joshua Cripps' photography go to his website: https://www.joshuacripps.com or at his instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joshuacrippsphotography/ Gear Mentioned by Josh in this episode: Nikon D850: https://goo.gl/BF4K8F Nikkor 70-200mm f4:https://goo.gl/4vSNWP Nikkor 14-24mm f2.8:https://goo.gl/izJnDJ Nikkor 18-35mm f3.5-4.5:https://goo.gl/pyQTGN0

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 of your favorite Landscape Photographers. Listen to F-Stop Collaborate & Listen here:https://www.mattpaynephotography.com/f-stop-collaborate-and-listen As we start getting into the Mountaineering Photography discussion I check whether he made the leap to a smaller camera body mirrorless system and he has as expected from someone paying attention to every pound in his bag. I am able to play the devil's advocate and get some really candid feedback from a guy who switched from Nikon to Sony and what the cons are if any to the Sony mirrorless options out there. Matt's Why he chose Sony article & weight spreadsheet: https://www.mattpaynephotography.com/choosing-sony-full-frame-camera-equipment-for-backpacking-and-weight-calculation-tool It should be noted, Matt doesn't have a Sony A7R3 and so he was not able to comment specifically on that model. Then we hear about Matt's Photography process, how he approaches his compositions as well as some inspiring advice on how we all can benefit from changing our perspective and expectations when going out to do photography so that we can get the most out of the experience. And keep the motivation to keep on keeping on! To round out the podcast, Matt shares with us some mountaineering adventures and words of caution for those of you considering more hiking and mountaineering photography in your future! The awesome Zeiss Loxia 21mm f2.8 lens he was gushing about:https://amzn.to/2ELyyTm Camera Lens Sleeve similar to the one he talked about:https://amzn.to/2GAzHim Freedom of the Hills Book: https://amzn.to/2LtcygA Laowa 15mm F2:https://amzn.to/2LwqXJd Similar Portable Anker PowerCore 20100:https://amzn.to/2BEJvlI Gaia GPS:https://www.gaiagps.com/ Lists of John website with all the mountain peaks of the US:https://listsofjohn.com/ Follow Matt Payne at: https://www.mattpaynephotography.com/ & http://www.100summits.com/

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/

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 T2 PanSTARRS will be well placed for northern hemisphere observers moving from Auriga in to Perseus. This comet will not reach perihelion until 04 May, 2020. Check out this list for all visible comets right now: http://www.aerith.net/comet/future-n.html Here is Alan's image from last night he tweeted to show what the comet looks like: https://twitter.com/amazingskyguy/status/1069853719930368000 Read up more on capturing Comet Wirtanen from Alan's blog: https://amazingsky.net/2018/11/30/follow-comet-wirtanen/ Alan hails from the North, beyond the Night's Watch of Montana and experiences the challenges of Milky Way Photography when the season brings weeks without full darkness but also has the majesty of amazing aurora! Alan can go out can capture the Milky Way Core in the south and look north and capture amazing Aurora! This aurora has led Alan to doing more and more timelapses so we get into specifics on processing and come away with some great processing program tips! One that I expect to use right away! Alan's Website: http://www.amazingsky.com/index.html Timelapse Programs: https://timelapsedeflicker.com/ http://www.timelapseplus.com/

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 week Aaron gets a break and Brendon interviews Alyce Bender. Alyce is an outdoor travel loving photographer. She has traveled and lived all over the world. She will also be teaching at the Create Photography Retreat in Las Vegas. You can follow her on Facebook & Instagram: https://www.facebook.com/abenderphoto/ https://www.instagram.com/abenderphoto/ Her main website is https://www.abenderphotography.com/

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 photography in an easy to understand way through various workshops, tours, and events through the west and the Hawaiian Islands. He enjoys adapting to the various needs of his attendees whether it's in the field learning the technical side and composition techniques, or if its in the classroom focusing on perfecting post editing techniques and helping achieve a print ready image.

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 the last three years of podcast episodes! Funny things he has said, funny stories we shared about him, funny mistakes that he made and I end with his advice for all of us taken from three years of "What did you learn in..." episodes. I want to say goodbye to my Adventure Buddy and Partner in Photog Adventures and personally thank Brendon for all of his great work co-hosting the Photog Adventures Podcast! Listening to all these highlights really makes me already miss him on the future episodes. It is going to be so different without you, my friend! All the best wishes for your family!

Join the Milky Way Photographer T-Shirt Giveaway here: http://bit.ly/2YE2XZG Milky 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 rode his bike several miles to gain access to a landmark for a Milky Way shot that doesn't even exist anymore! Follow Milky Way Mike at his website: http://milkywaymike.com/ or watch his YouTube videos here: https://www.youtube.com/user/MVphotovideo Check out his Botany Bay Plantation video here: https://youtu.be/ossnhDSUBCA Thank you Patrons for supporting Photog Adventures and making this podcast possible!

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 about his success getting that Crater Lake image picked up by Universe Today for their Cosmos Publication as seen here: https://www.universetoday.com/139658/our-book-the-universe-today-ultimate-guide-to-viewing-the-cosmos/ Continuing on his success getting his image used for that publication, he is awarded a Shortlist Recognition for the 2018 Astronomy Photographer of the Year in the Aurora category. All Contest Winners: https://www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/astronomy-photographer-year/galleries/2018 Listen to Matt describe the process of participating in that contest and join me in submitting your work to the 2019 contest! Matt's website here: http://www.matthewnewmanphotography.com/ Follow Matt's photography on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/matthewnewmanphotography/