Welcome 2026 Speaker Royce Bair
We are delighted to announce that Royce Bair will be presenting at the Nightscaper Photo Conference!
Astro-Landscape Photographer
Royce Bair has been a professional magazine and illustrative advertising photographer for 3 decades. He also finds satisfaction helping other photographers achieve their vision through his writings, international lectures and workshops. As a dark sky advocate, Royce was one of the early innovators to focus on a new style of night photography that some call “nightscapes,” or starry night skies with a foreground landscape feature. His unique astro-landscape images have received worldwide syndication through The Huffington Post, and he is the author of the book MilkyWay NightScapes.
Royce’s Presentation
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Shooting My Favorite Four-Corners Nightscape Locations
Nightscaper conference location always offer loads of landscapes for going out to photograph the night after days filled education and conversation. Four Corners is no different! But where to go? Royce Bair is here to help.
Although the Four Corners region is huge and technically includes parts of Utah, Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico, Royce will concentrate on nightscape locations within a 50-mile radius of the conference base in Farmington. He’ll discuss where these sites are located, what makes them fun to photograph and how he approached shooting them, as well as the challenges you'll need to overcome in order to have your best experience.
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