Photog Adventures Podcast: A Landscape Photography and Astrophotography Podcast

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 yo...

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 an...

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...

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 tim...

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...

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. T...

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 inv...

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, Wisconsi...

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 wo...

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 Nationa...

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 beau...

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 mod...

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 S...

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 bucke...

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 Can...

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...

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...

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 hemi...

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 Al...

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 var...

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 th...

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 lan...

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 pick...