Photog Adventures Podcast: A Landscape Photography and Astrophotography Podcast

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 with the amazing ability to drive above the clouds to get away from it all! The image used for the podcast cover art this episode is from one of his nights out at La Palma. In the second segment we go through three adventure stories Alyn had where without spoiling anything he put a Yoga Instructor at risk, found out he wasn't alone in a swamp and it wasn't even an animal! Follow Alyn Wallace on his YouTube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKxQ3Dx6K95hpLpdJjTRIlg Read the blog about the Mark Gee-Like Moon shoot: https://alynwallacephotography.com/blog/2017/5/2/yoga-moon-the-most-nerve-racking-photo-i-ever-took Check out Alyn's work at his website https://alynwallacephotography.com/

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. He talks about how he discovered his love of Milky Way photography when he was on a trip to the Southwest a few years ago. When he started out shooting photos of the Milky Way he used to make shots of the Milky Way. But now his photos are focused on interesting foregrounds with the Milky Way in the background. He discusses his approach to lighting the land, exposure, panoramas, processing, decreasing noise, masking, Photoshop, cameras, and lenses. After Wayne shares all his best photo secrets with us, he then tells us an awesome story about one of his shots. Like the time he took a photo of Predator with the Milky Way. Yes, THE Predator, like in the movie The Predator!

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!

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-hour detour drive to Richfield, Utah for a print that was as tall as Aaron! This print was a gift to Canyon Country Lodge out in Escalante and it was huge! Barely fit in the pickup we rented! Knowing time is precious, we take off from Escalante that same night and begin the trek to Moab with only one stop off at an amazing Martian-like landscape. The area is one we have been many times before but we did NOT know about this spot to capture from. We have actually passed the road that leads to it several times and missed out on many opportunities for a great image! Having used our skills in Google Earth scouting and matching terrain from an image up with terrain we are familiar with we discovered its location and worked to get our first image out there. The drive through the night was going to be worth it! We hoped. After sharing a nightmare sleeping condition story, we spend the rest of the podcast on being in Moab and our amazing morning at Island in the sky. Classic what went well and what could have been better, we break down the successes and failures are Island in the Sky and Aaron shares that he may have just captured his second or first best image of all time! As far as Milky Way Photography goes, this image might be his best depending on who you ask. Aaron has his favorite but this new shot is easily his second. It’s amazing how we can capture an amazing portfolio image and not even recognize it until you post-process it! We also go into the merits of extremely long exposures to bring in your landscape foreground. When you hear advice from Royce Bair and Wayne Pinkston, who both have amazing bodies of work in Milky Way Photography, you want to copy them anyway you can to get your own great images. But to this point, I was not doing long exposures for the foreground despite seeing it in their photography and hearing it here on the podcast. But in this circumstance - Island in the Sky - a nice long exposure bringing out all the foreground detail was benefit instead of a way to light up distractions in your composition. Long exposed foregrounds is NOT something you should do in every Milky Way Image. So we talk about our recommendations on when it IS going to work for you. See the Photog Adventure behind the scenes story of the images we captured that morning here on our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/dYf9QIaEhbY Watch the Milky Way Wednesday where Aaron breaks down even more details from that trip and shows how he processed the sky panorama and ground panorama stitching them together with Photoshop: https://youtu.be/tqefUkIFBdU

Jeff Pedersen has JUST returned from a 16-Day adventure out in Kenya, Africa! He shares with us priceless tips on how to pack, travel and prioritize gear to be able to get all your gear to Kenya successfully through the 2-day flight nightmare you go through. Then we hear the amazing energy the Maasai Warriors drive the jeeps the photographers are all in around the area. These drivers are dedicated to getting you the image of a lifetime and they don't go nervously around to all of the animals. They speed! All the specifics of Camp Entim is shared by Jeff, along with great tips on how to capture the best shot. If you have ever considered doing Wildlife Photography in Kenya, this episode is a mini-course on everything you need to consider and why you should consider Camp Entim for your next adventure! Here is the video from Jeff of Camp Entim: https://www.facebook.com/jeff.pedersen.79/videos/10210782367914514/ Follow more of Jeff Pedersen's work here: https://www.facebook.com/redcliffsphotography/ Jeff's Website: http://redcliffsphotography.com/

We are joined by Scottish Landscape Photographer Kim Grant and learned something we almost never hear from Landscape Photographers! "I don't use my tripod all the time." Learn from Kim's fantastic and bright perspective on Landscape Photography and getting intimate portraits with the landscape around you to take advantage of a trip that might not be working out perfectly thanks to weather. Speaking of getting intimate, there is an Easter Egg clip in the middle of this podcast from an old YouTube clip where Brendon said something he just didn't quite...mean. Kim summarizes her favorite recommendations for those of us wanting to get out to Scotland. Her website and workshops: https://www.kimgrantphotography.co.uk/ Follow Kim Grant over on her Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/kimgrantphotography/ Subscribe to her YouTube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvkiZKobeYV4qO-KSvrL_9w

Today Brendon and Drew take the reins of the podcast as they both had experiences without Aaron and so Aaron takes a side seat in this episode other than to begin the episode. Brendon and Drew begin talking about their experience hunting Foxes in the snow in an urban park where these foxes are active. They share what went well and what they need to do better next time. LINK TO ERIC BENEDETTI'S STAR TRACKER COURSE: http://bit.ly/2NyykAB Tony Northrup's ISO is Fake YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVuI89YWAsw Here is Drew's Red Canyon Drone Footage: https://youtu.be/nY6BLDJE7gg

Winner of January's "Photog Favorite" is Jeff Anderson! Follow Jeff at Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/upperleft_jeff/ After gushing about Jeff's awesome Oregon Waterfall Image, we get into a highlight reel of our fun Patron Only Podcasts we have on Mondays. This episode features hilarious or inspiring stories from Alyn Wallace, Gavin Hardcastle, Enrico Fossati, Matt Payne & Joshua Cripps in that order! Starting off with ALYN WALLACE and without spoiling anything he put a Yoga Instructor at risk, found out he wasn't alone in a swamp at 3am and what came after him wasn't even an animal! Follow Alyn Wallace on his YouTube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKxQ3Dx6K95hpLpdJjTRIlg Read the blog about the Mark Gee-Like Moon shoot: https://alynwallacephotography.com/blog/2017/5/2/yoga-moon-the-most-nerve-racking-photo-i-ever-took Check out Alyn's work at his website https://alynwallacephotography.com/ Then GAVIN HARDCASTLE shares with us a crazy near-death situation he puts himself into in Ireland. Follow Gavin Hardcastle on his YouTube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7IC-t-t5TTmXOFWhwy8R5A Check out Gavin's work at his website https://www.fototripper.com/ We continue on with ENRICO FOSSATI he 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. Follow Enrico Fossati's work at his website https://www.enricofossati.it/ After Enrico's Dolomite story, we stay in the mountains with MATT PAYNE as he shares with us some mountaineering adventures and words of caution for those of you considering more hiking and mountaineering photography in your future! Follow Matt Payne at: https://www.mattpaynephotography.com/ & http://www.100summits.com/ For a finale, we share with you our favorite completely nuts story that comes from JOSHUA CRIPPS. 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! Follow Joshua Cripps at: https://www.joshuacripps.com Thank you so much Patrons for all your support and making episodes like these possible! If you would like to join us as a Patron, please go to https://www.patreon.com/photogadventures and become a Founder of Photog Adventures!

We are crazy privileged to be joined today by Landscape Photographer Extraordinaire Erin Babnik! We got to pick the brain of Erin and learn so many fantastic tips that only PART of those tips could fit in one podcast! The entire interview with Erin is going to come out for our Patrons next Monday. If you want to hear that part of the episode, please join us at https://www.patreon.com/photogadventures and you will have full access to this episode and all of our Monday Interview podcasts. We begin this episode with a Clip from Tony Northrup talking about 20 Photography Misconceptions that you can watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsWGkUT5A_Y See Brendon's secret Photography project now on YouTube: https://youtu.be/liEatPivAFM Erin shares with us exclusive behind the scenes info about two new pictures of hers that have not been fully processed and released yet. In the first story, we get inspired by her understanding of the Dolomite area where she captures an image that you have to know the terrain so well to be in the right place at the right time! Then in the second story, working through challenging weather conditions in the Iceland Highlands, Erin comes away with a composition based on a hidden gem that most likely no one will ever be able to recreate! Rounding out the episode, Erin shares with us a favorite post-processing technique of hers - Color Theory - and shares with us a cliff's notes version of how to accomplish quality color theory in your images. For the full story, please read her article here: https://www.photocascadia.com/creative-applications-of-color-theory-in-landscape-photography/ Then a piece of gear that she wouldn't be without is her telephoto lenses and she shares with Brendon her favorite lens or two and how she uses layering to build depth when using such a long Focal Length. You can read more about her article "Creative Uses of Extreme Focal Lengths" here: https://erinbabnik.com/new-article-about-developing-as-an-artist-through-exploration-2/ Please sign up for a workshop with Erin Babnik or follow her work at her website: https://erinbabnik.com/

Today we talk about Macro Photography! Last week we recorded a Macro Photography session using what macro gear Brendon and Drew had on them and experienced a lot of what went wells and what could have gone betters. Join us as we talk about the pros and cons of certain macro lenses, get giddy about Carnivorous Plants and share some beginner tips and necessary gear to get into the fun and patience requiring art of Macro Photography. Zerene Stacker Software: https://zerenesystems.com/cms/stacker In the last half of the podcast, we talk about the fun experience we had capturing the Total Lunar Eclipse on Sunday evening and the challenges and benefits of shooting with a 70-200mm lens and using a Celestron Nexstar 6SE telescope connected to a Canon 6D. Amazon link to the iShoot Rail system: https://goo.gl/q8DsJ7 Celestron Nexstar 6SE: https://goo.gl/wwVJve Celestron Adapter for T-Ring connection: https://goo.gl/EasdzE T-Ring Custom for Canon Body: https://goo.gl/MBvkeA Join the Live Event Alert Squad here: https://pages.convertkit.com/dae71eed74/0d5736ff99 Join us on a Milky Way Workshop at https://photogadventures.com/workshop/

After a hectic and yet less accomplished year photographically, Brendon and I look back on what we learned, what mistakes we made and what we need to do in 2019. From a hectic schedule and challenges due to Aaron's divorce to successes like seizing the moment when we made our first trip out of the country to the UK, Faroe Islands and Iceland.

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT and a hang out with Mike Olbinski! The full interview with Mike Olbinski is over on the Patron Only Podcast feed, but here is an extra segment the Patrons - also known as the Founders of Photog Adventures - haven't heard yet and some advice for getting your Storm Timelapse Photography Licensed! Enjoy the FIRST free Podcast of 2019, Brendon and Aaron sharing their goals for 2019 and hope you will join us with the whatever the announcement is!

We are joined in studio by the Senior Product Development Engineer at Really Right Stuff Matt Burk! We get a chance to drill down into what makes a RRS Tripod worth the money, what the difference is between the mark 1 and mark 2 tripods, give him some hard hitting questions challenging the RRS quality, build and whether the products are "over-engineered". Then in classic Photog Adventures fashion we ask Matt about his photography stories and he shares with us the trip to who knows where out on the California Coast along the Pacific Coast Highway. Join us as fanboys of Really Right Stuff gear by checking out their site with your stocking stuffer cash: http://www.reallyrightstuff.com/ Join us out at the CreatePhotographyRetreat for a 1-Night Workshop! https://photogadventures.com/cpr

We were LIVE over on Facebook with Jordan Younce last night talking Real Estate Photography for beginners. What you guys need to start doing it now, what you need to consider for getting hired, when to shoot, what you can expect from clients and how you can keep your day job and still look legit to potential clients. Then we talk about Jordan's secret new project that he is really excited about! He used to be PictureMonk, then he was Road to Full Time and now he is doing a new project that is 110% of what he wished he was doing from the very beginning! We only get so many details from him, but one of his pillars is QUALITY over QUANTITY and encourages even Aaron to make changes to how he is doing YouTube. A Photog Adventure Podcast wouldn't be a Photog Adventure Podcast without hearing about a Photog Adventure and Jordan shares a quick harrowing tale from a sunset shoot that left him scared of spiders and breaking public property!

We attended the Really Right Stuff Grand Opening of their new Headquarters here in Utah a few weeks back and that got us thinking about quality! We always felt that RRS was way overpriced and definitely out of our price range for now, but after spending an afternoon going through their facilities we realize that they are NOT overpriced but priced for QUALITY! The quality is top notch and we left that facility convinced that their quality was worth every penny!