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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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:...

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...

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...

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...