Shooting Stars, Part II - Dark Sky D.I.Y.

B&H Photography Podcast

Jill Waterman

Podcast, Photography, Arts, Visual Arts, Bh, Photo

4.6 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 8 September 2016

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

In Part II of our series on astrophotography, we talk with Ian Norman, founder of Lonely Speck, a site dedicated to making astrophotography easy and accessible to all photographers. The website is loaded with great advice, gear reviews, and tutorials on how to photograph the night sky and specifically, the Milky Way, Our conversation with Ian centers on his development as a photographer and provides many tips on how, with very affordable equipment and apps and basic processing, you can create stunning dark sky images. As you will hear, Norman, like his website, is all about sharing experiences and advice on how to simplify and improve your photography. As he says, “there are few photographs that have as much existential impact as a nighttime landscape against the Milky Way.” Join us for this educational and inspirational episode. Guest: Ian Norman Photo: Ian Norman, LonelySpeck.com

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0:00.0	You're listening to the B&H Photography Podcast.
0:04.1	For over 40 years, B&H has been the professional source for photography, video, audio, and
0:09.0	more.
0:10.0	For your favorite gear, news, and reviews, visit us at bnh.com or download the B&H app to
0:15.5	your iPhone or Android device.
0:17.7	Now here's your host, Alan White.
0:20.4	Greetings and welcome to the B&H Photography Podcast.
0:24.0	Before we begin a brief reminder to rate us on iTunes, your thoughts and comments are
0:28.6	much appreciated to help to make this show that much better.
0:32.7	Today's topic, how to photograph our hometown, the Milky Way.
0:36.7	Thanks to a combination of improved image quality and dramatic increases in the low light
0:41.5	gathering abilities of modern imaging sensors, astrophotography, the art and craft of photograph
0:47.2	from the night sky, has become increasingly popular and don't think the camera manufacturers
0:52.5	haven't noticed.
0:54.1	Today John Harrison, I will be talking with Ian Norman, who is the founder of Lonely
0:58.1	Speck, a website chock full of tutorials, essays, and gear reviews on everything having
1:03.5	to do with astrophotography also known as night or dark sky photography.
1:08.7	The purpose of Lonely Speck is to learn everything there is to know about astrophotography,
1:13.8	using existing technologies and sharing this information with others so that anybody
1:19.0	out there, and we know you're out there, can take amazing photographs of the night skies.
1:24.4	Welcome Ian.
1:25.4	Thank you.
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