A Podcast Conversation with Royce Bair on F-Stop Collaborate and Listen

A Conversation with Royce Bair on the F-Stop Collaborate and Listen PODCAST - January 15, 2020.

Just a few of the topics discussed are:

• How to make your nightscapes more creative
• Learning how to say "no"—means saying "yes" to what you really want!
• Nightscape ethics and artificial lighting

A Milky Way nightscape of Rainbow Bridge mixed with moonlight ~ © Royce Bair

NightScape Podcast with Royce Bair and host Mike Pach

LISTEN to 37-minute Podcast with The Photo Show host, Mike Pach, and guest, Royce Bair, talk about NightScape photography. (My apologies for the hoarse sound of my voice—a had some laryngitis due to a cold I'm trying to get over!)

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Popular Links: How to Shoot the Milky Way • Post Processing NightScapes • Workshops and PhotoWalks • Tutorials and Tips • Overcoming Lens Coma • Video Hangout with my Friends

Podcast - Single Image Milky Way Photography vs. Star Tracking

PODCAST Episode 76: Single Image Milky Way Photography vs. Star Tracking. Listen to a podcast I did earlier this week with Aaron and Brendon at Photog Adventures.

Has Star Tracking made Single Image Milky Way Photography just a waste of time? The answer is NO! In this podcast I discuss pros and cons of both types of Milky Way Photography and how to best take advantage of your time out there under the stars —how to get the most out of our images whether or not you do any star tracking.

We share some post-processing techniques I use to reduce the noise in my single image photography, using special DFine tool methods within the Nik Collections, as well as going for the small effort of a mini stack to reduce noise.

I also talk about why I sometimes use an astro-modified camera and the benefits that come from that, as well as the rule of thumb I like to follow for what determines whether an image becomes a Single, Stacked, Blend or Tracked mage. Along with this, I give my thoughts on the ethics of composite nightscape photography.

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Popular Links: How to Shoot the Milky Way • Post Processing NightScapes • Workshops and PhotoWalks • Tutorials and Tips • Overcoming Lens Coma • Video Hangout with my Friends

Media Interviews with NightScape Expert, Royce Bair

BlackRapid founder, Ron Henry, interviews NightScape photographer, Royce Bair

Podcast interview: Last month, while I was in Seattle, I had the opportunity to meet with BlackRapid founder, Ron Henry, and discuss my passion for NightScape photography. Ron does podcasts on a regular basis, and is a terrific interviewer. The way he guides this 39-minute podcast discussion will provide you with some great insights about how to do your own starry night landscape photography. (Note: if you are unable get the podcast to work for you, use this MP3 link.)

F.Y.I.: BlackRapid makes some of the best camera accessories on the planet. They are especially known for their unique camera straps.

13-City Tour: This interview is just one of several media opportunities I've enjoyed on my 13-city ebook "signing" tour, during the past three months. It's been fun sharing my love for NightScape photography with enthusiastic camera clubs around the United States. At the moment, I only have free tour seminars left to do in Salt Lake City, Los Angeles (Torrance), San Francisco (Palo Alto and Sunnyvale), Dallas, and Boston.

TV interviews: There were several television interviews during this tour and in the works, but my favorite so far was in Jacksonville, Florida last month on WJXX's First Coast Living.

A video frame capture from my First Coast Living interview (WJXX - Jacksonville, FL)

Video frame capture from my New Day Northwest interview (KING5 - Seattle, WA)

More recent KSL Dark Skies mini-documentary that aired on April 25, 2016:

Watch the video or read the article.