Night Photography Teacher

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Mike Shaw is an internationally recognized night photography teacher who loves exploring the universe with his camera. He is the author of two books on night photography, The Complete Guide to Landscape Astrophotography and Creative Nightscapes and Time-Lapses. He is the host of the annual Aurora Summit Conference. He is also a delegate to the International Dark-Sky Association. He recently helped create the video tutorials in the Planit Pro app, and he offers interactive online lessons with Adobe Photoshop Lightroom.

Astro-Landscape Photographer

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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 Milky Way NightScapes.

Landscape and Astrophotographer

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Jess Santos is a wanderer at heart, constantly on a road trip to anywhere. She spends most of the year teaching and adventuring in the Wild West chasing the vibrant colors of desert landscapes and the distant glow of the Milky Way. Although she calls Arizona home, she is always excited to explore and photograph new and different ecosystems, and she is especially fascinated with life in extreme environments.

Artist

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Kristine Rose is a fine art nightscape photographer and educator who lives in Nova Scotia, Canada, and teaches students all over the world through her online programs. She holds degrees in fine arts and design. She worked in corporate creative for 11 years running a product photography studio before quitting during the pandemic to create fine art nightscapes and to teach full time. She now works with thousands of students across the world, has 2 APODs under her belt, has her work in over 50 collector’s homes, and has exhibited locally and internationally.

Photographer

Michael Frye is a professional photographer specializing in landscapes and nature. He lives near Yosemite National Park in California, but travels extensively to photograph natural landscapes in the American West and throughout the world.

Michael uses light, weather and image design to make photographs that capture the mood of the landscape and that convey the beauty, power and mystery of nature. His work has received numerous awards and has appeared in publications around the world. He’s the author and/or principal photographer of several books, including Digital Landscape Photography: In the Footsteps of Ansel Adams and the Great Masters and The Photographer’s Guide to Yosemite.

Michael loves to share his knowledge of photography through articles, books, workshops, online courses and his blog. He’s taught over 200 workshops focused on landscape photography, wildlife photography, night photography, digital image processing and printing.

Scientist, Photographer

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Dr. Bryony Richards was born in the United Kingdom and has spent her adult life studying, working and taking photographs across Europe, Oceania, Africa and the USA.

She holds a doctor of philosophy degree in geology from the University of London, with her subsequent research and publications focusing on complex geological datasets across six continents. Among her research interests, advanced imaging including remote sensing of the Martian landscape have continually led Bryony to reevaluate her photography practices, honing her work to include a scientific narrative.

Bryony’s professional photography is focused on landscape and astrophotography with an emphasis on how these photographs can not only look beautiful but also be a valuable scientific tool. Bryony is passionate about women in astrophotography and about educating young people through photography. Her photographic work is commonly featured in international publications with many pieces having won international photography awards.

Science Visuals Developer, Space Telescope Science Institute

Alyssa Pagan is a science visuals developer in the Office of Public Outreach at the Space Telescope Science Institute. She earned a bachelor’s degree in art and design from Towson University, and subsequently a degree in astronomy from The University of Maryland, College Park.

Leveraging her talents in art and science, Alyssa produces color images of astronomical objects that are both scientifically informed and aesthetically compelling, striving to make the universe and our understanding of it more accessible, inspiring and engaging.

Photographer

Katrina Brown is an avid nighttime photographer who loves to make images instead of take them. She thoroughly enjoys the complex dance of choreographing elements to work together to make what a lot of people think is an impossible photo.

Shooting at night sparked a passion within her and she’s been chasing those images ever since. Creating her own light when there is little to none in the night scene has become her joy in photography, and she loves to help others find that as well.

The Bard of PhotoPills

Surprisingly enough, PhotoPills co-founder Rafael Pons claims not to be a photographer. However, he travels the world teaching how to use PhotoPills to help photographers imagine, plan and shoot legendary photos.
With more than 600,000 downloads worldwide, the PhotoPills app has become the Swiss Army Knife for photographers. It includes everything you need: from sources of inspiration (PhotoPills Awards) and learning (photo guides and videos) to multiple tools to help you plan your photo ideas (Planner, Augmented Reality, Exposure, Depth of Field …).

Partner, Instructor, Director of Collaborations at National Parks at Night, Night Photo Summit & Nightscaper Photo Conference

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Gabriel Biderman is a travel and self-taught fine art photographer who has been exploring the night skies for over 20 years. Gabe loves the “process” of creating the image and pushing the limits to see what we can do when we capture time for seconds, minutes or even hours. He is well-versed in both film and digital, and enjoys blending the surreal look of the night to enhance historic and urban landscapes.

Gabe is also a co-founder of National Parks at Night, the leading source for night photography education and hands-on workshops since 2016. He has also been teaching night photography with CreativeLive, Rocky Mountain School of Photography, Maine Media Workshops, B&H Photo, and at various trade shows and institutions since 2008.

Gabe’s work has been exhibited in New York, London, San Francisco and Hawaii, and he is the author (with Tim Cooper) of Night Photography: From Snapshots to Great Shots.

Partner, Instructor, Director of Marketing at National Parks at Night, Night Photo Summit & Nightscaper Photo Conference

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Matt Hill is an upstate New York-based photographer, artist and educator. His passion for night photography is eclipsed only by his urge to share this knowledge and to continue to hone his skills. He’s very forward about the fact that he rarely shoots photos during the day.

Matt is also a cut paper artist. Fascinated by the dilation of time and portraiture, he combines these crafts into projects that include paper fashions in long exposure portraits at night. His career is driven by a fascination with technology, business and art. He has edited a featured film, created stop-motion videos and hundreds of livestreams, built a few businesses, and has been a marketing director at two prestigious companies in the photo industry over a 25-year career.

All of these experiences inform his practice of night photography—the common thread woven throughout. Growing up in the Adirondacks infused a love for wilderness in Matt. He carried this through to being a partner at National Parks at Night, which brings together two of his favorite things. It also allows him to promote conservation of precious lands via making art. Exploring wild spaces with people who also care passionately about dark skies, rendering a vision of the night artfully and wilderness is a dream come true.

Partner, Instructor, Director Of Content at National Parks at Night, Night Photo Summit & Nightscaper Photo Conference

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Chris Nicholson is the author of Photographing National Parks and is a partner and director of content for National Parks at Night.

As a former magazine editor and longtime magazine contributor, Chris' work has appeared in over 40 books and periodicals. He has served as a book editor for National Parks Traveler, a content consultant for Chimani national-park travel guide apps, and a writer for various photography websites. Chris has taught for CreativeLive, is a regular presenter for Out of Chicago and the B&H Event Space, and he speaks at photography conferences and events around the U.S.

Partner, Instructor, Director of Finance at National Parks at Night, Night Photo Summit & Nightscaper Photo Conference

Tim began his career as a commercial and assignment photographer working for clients such as The North Face, The Ritz Carlton, Vasque boots, 3M and Blue Note Records. His photographs have appeared in Travel & Leisure, The New York Times Magazine, Outdoor Photographer, Ebony, Modern Luxury and Private Clubs as covers, advertising, art and editorial illustration.

Tim has been a photography educator since 1993, teaching workshops and seminars across the country. He is the author of the several training videos, three books in the series of Complete Photoshop for Digital Photographers, and co-author of Night Photography, Snapshots to Great Shots. His e-books are The Realistic HDR Image and The Magic of Painting with Light. His latest book is HDR Photography: From Snapshots to Great Shots.

Partner, Instructor, Director of Ticketing and International Travel at National Parks at Night, Night Photo Summit & Nightscaper Photo Conference

Lance Keimig is a Vermont-based photographer who is best known for night photography made at the intersection of the natural and built environments. He is the author of two books, including Night Photography- Finding Your Way In The Dark, which has been translated into seven languages.

Lance is a partner in National Parks at Night, an organization dedicated to promoting and preserving dark skies and our national parks through photographic education. He has taught night photography and led international photo tours since 1998, and organized two night photography conferences in 2006 and 2011. His work is represented in the permanent collections of many institutional, private and corporate collections.