The Crafting Light Podcast

It has been a great year, and I look forward to 2023! 

This week I discuss a few different softwares that I use to post process my images, some plugins, and wrap up the Bringing Home Quality series. 

A slight delay in the final episode of Bringing Home Quality, but I will be back in two weeks to bring you all the final episode in the series! 

In this episode we discuss a few important in the field techniques that will help you bring home the best quality images possible. 

In this episode we talk all about planning and preparing for your next adventure, and I share my planning and preparing process with you! 

We are starting off our first landscape photography mini series! This four part series is all about coming home with the best images possible, and how you can do the same to take your images to the next level. 

In this weeks episode, we discuss fall colors on the Great Lakes. When to see them, where to see them, and a few tips to make sure that you get the best view possible!

This week we discuss the pressure to stay up to date with the latest and greatest, and why it is not necessary with todays technology. 

Have you ever wanted to chase the Northern Lights? Tune in to find out how to find them, best times to see them, and some of my personal favorite locations to capture them from! 

This week I discuss our dependency on apps, and how I feel that in some ways we may be holding ourselves back from great images! 

I reflect on a few of my favorite Landscape Photography Locations in Door County, Wisconsin after a recent family trip to Green Bay and the surrounding area! 

A new idea, another thought. That is what Sunday Shorts is all about. This week we discuss the limitations that we put on ourselves as landscape photograpers, and I share a recent example and how I managed to overcome. 

Welcome to the very first episode of the Great Lakes Landscape Photography Podcast. In this episode I explain the name change and what is next for the Podcast and YouTube channel! 

Hey everyone! I am updating the podcast and the Facebook group to better align with my region and the type of content that I aim to create both with the podcast and the on the YouTube channel.   The podcast is updating and becoming The Great Lakes Landscape Photography Podcast. The podcast will continue on with the same type of content you all know and love, really the only change is the name of the podcast and the cover art. We are still going to cover all aspects of landscape photography, astrolandscape photography, and everything in between.   I hope you all stick around, and thank you for your continued support!!

This week I am dicussing Deep Sky Objects, and the successful capture of Rho Ophiuchis, one of my DSO targets of 2022. 

I think I may have gotten my best Milky Way shot yet! The story behind the shot and a little welcome back after having Covid. 

We are bringin back landscape photography, and mixing it up a little bit to include some quick apringtime landscape ideas, tips, and insights. 

This week we are discussing exposure length in Astrophotography! 

This week we are discussing Aperture in Astrophotography, and a few important items associated with it! 

I am a day late!! Sorry guys - I blame the time change. This week we are discussing ISO in astrophotography and how you can find the perfect ISO for your camera! 

This week we discuss astromodified cameras, and I offer a little insight as to the options that are available! 

This week we are discussing trackers in astrophotography, and the benefits of using one for your night time adventures! 

This week we discuss the stacking process from start to finish, so that you can get out there and get some incredible night sky images of your own! 

This week we discuss the planning process, and the best tools available to us as astrophotographers! 

This week we discuss dark sky etiquette, what it is, why it is important, and how everyone can live into making viewing the night sky more enjoyable for us all! 

Welcome to Season 2! We are starting off the season covering essential gear for astrophotography and astrolandscapes! 

Join me as we close out season one, and welcome season two of the Crafting Light Podcast!   

Dreary weather got ya down? Yeah, I know how that goes. In this episode I break down my approach to keeping the creativity flowing. 

Lets get ready for winter! A few tips for geting the most out of your winter landscapes. 

I am back after taking some time off to spend with my family. Get caught up no whats new, and whats coming next! 

In this episode I discuss the end of the 2021 Milky Way Season, and what we have to look forward to in the coming months! 

In this episode I discuss how we as photographers can do our part in preserving and protecting the places we love to visit most. 

An episode all about the worst advice I received starting out in landscape photography. 

In this episode we explore long exposure landscape photography with and without neutral density filters. 

In this episode, I take a look at my favorite filters for landscape photography and share some insight as to how and when to used them in the field. 

A quick look at two of the most popular methods of astrophotography, stacking and tracking images. I take a look at both to help you decide which is best! 

In this episode, I discuss my planning and scouting techniques that I use when traveling to new places, as well as those that I visit frequently to get the best shots possible from my travels. 

Katie and I, along with two great friends of ours head out to Bond Falls in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, for a night of shooting the Milky Way, along with some great laughs and good memories.

The first episode ever!  In this episode, I go ahead and introduce myself and the podcast, and explain a bit more about what it is all about.