25 min

Show Me Podcast Episode 3.4: Astrophotography from Weather to Editing with Bryan Haile The Show Me Podcast

    • Visual Arts

Moab Landscape and Astrophotographer Bryan Haile and I sit down and discuss the nuances of Milky Way photography. We cover weather, gear, lighting, single frames versus stacks, and star trails. Then we discuss editing techniques as well as composing a great image.
 
Here are the show notes:
2:36 Bryan talks about astrophotography and landscape photography and how the weather affects both of them
3:58 Bryan talks about how they prepare to get out in the desert and shoot flashlights, tech gear and all that stuff
5:17 Bryan also talks about the right gear to use when taking shots as a photographer especially in astrophotography
6:52 Bryan talks about lighting in photography and how to get the right light while taking the photos
7:53 Bryan talks about StarStax, how to use it, stacking images and if he’d recommend photographers to use it
8:58 Bryan talks about stacking of images and the difference that it has from single imaging and what he would recommend
9:43 Geoff and Bryan talks about Starry Landscapes Stacker, what it is and how they use it to make photos
11:30 Bryan talks about why he does the star trails photos and also shares some of the areas that are designated as the Dark Sky Park
12:48 Bryan talks about the light from Moab which is blowing up and how it is impacting the dark sky
13:43 Bryan talks about some of the ways that he uses in editing after capturing his images that makes his images look spectacular
16:19 Bryan also talks about how he got into astrophotography since he was a night photographer at first and talks about Tom and others who he does photography with
19:11 Bryan talks about pre-visualization in photography, what it is and why it is important in this field
21:08 Bryan also talks about landscape and nightscape photography and how the composition of these two can be the same
22:09 Bryan talks about the shot that he dreams about and would be thrilled to take it and how he plans on taking it

Moab Landscape and Astrophotographer Bryan Haile and I sit down and discuss the nuances of Milky Way photography. We cover weather, gear, lighting, single frames versus stacks, and star trails. Then we discuss editing techniques as well as composing a great image.
 
Here are the show notes:
2:36 Bryan talks about astrophotography and landscape photography and how the weather affects both of them
3:58 Bryan talks about how they prepare to get out in the desert and shoot flashlights, tech gear and all that stuff
5:17 Bryan also talks about the right gear to use when taking shots as a photographer especially in astrophotography
6:52 Bryan talks about lighting in photography and how to get the right light while taking the photos
7:53 Bryan talks about StarStax, how to use it, stacking images and if he’d recommend photographers to use it
8:58 Bryan talks about stacking of images and the difference that it has from single imaging and what he would recommend
9:43 Geoff and Bryan talks about Starry Landscapes Stacker, what it is and how they use it to make photos
11:30 Bryan talks about why he does the star trails photos and also shares some of the areas that are designated as the Dark Sky Park
12:48 Bryan talks about the light from Moab which is blowing up and how it is impacting the dark sky
13:43 Bryan talks about some of the ways that he uses in editing after capturing his images that makes his images look spectacular
16:19 Bryan also talks about how he got into astrophotography since he was a night photographer at first and talks about Tom and others who he does photography with
19:11 Bryan talks about pre-visualization in photography, what it is and why it is important in this field
21:08 Bryan also talks about landscape and nightscape photography and how the composition of these two can be the same
22:09 Bryan talks about the shot that he dreams about and would be thrilled to take it and how he plans on taking it

25 min