Goldpaint Photography Alumni: Favorites from 2017
Once again we asked our Goldpaint Photography students to share with us their favorite, personal photos taken during the year and they did not disappoint! We’re so proud they’re using their new skills to create beautiful works of art as well as submitting to editorials and publications. Every one of our Alumni show a unique perspective as they capture the beauty of our disappearing dark skies. It was an honor to inspire each photographer to explore new places and help demonstrate the importance of preserving our wild spaces under the stars.
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Taken during the night photography workshop at the Madeline Island School of the Arts with Goldpaint Photography.
After taking a wonderful and very insightful workshop with Brad Goldpaint I had the opportunity to capture the Milky Way in Maui, Hawaii. This is ...
I continue to be drawn to this image of moon rise over a high alpine lake in Northern California because of its sublime feeling. The scene requi ...
This was the most challenging image that I took during 2017 … both in terms of capture and post-processing. I captured this panorama (6 images wi ...
This is my favorite image of 2017 due to the serendipitous nature of the shot. I was at the Painted Hills to shoot the Milky Way over Red Scar b ...
I took this image on my own at the Very Large Array of radio telescopes near Socorro, New Mexico. It is my favorite because it was the first time ...
This is favourite shot from 2017, it was from a trip to Joshua Tree back in April of this year. I didn't manage to get out as often as I would ha ...
I love the story of hard work and creativity implied here. The alumni workshop was a step up: in challenge, in learning, in fun, and in inspirati ...
This image is special for me as this was on my bucket list for 3 years and this year I could finally capture it. Traveling from NJ to Grand Junct ...
This image is my favorite for 2017 because I had the startlingly good fortune to have the valley entirely to myself. Sweet solitude with these an ...
Summers at my grandparents farm in Iowa were always magical. I spent many nights down in the hay field watching lightning bugs and the Milky Way ...
It was a difficult choice, but this was my favorite image from 2017, which was taken in May at Toroweap, a remote area of the Grand Canyon. I lik ...
I shot this photo in one of the alumni New Mexico Badlands workshops. It's my favorite because I had to train all year for that workshop, and dur ...
Star Trails at Barker Dam in Joshua Tree National Park, March 2017. The reflections of the stars in the water make this a favorite of mine. I’m p ...
I was mesmerized by the flow and movement from this November evening in Lhonak, Nepal. Beneath me I could see the dirt- and rock-covered glacier, ...
Taken May 2017 during Brad Moab workshop. This was at Dead Horse Point State Park and as Brad knows, I have a passion for timelapse. So a star tr ...
One of my favorite moments and learning times this year was day two at our Alumni class in Bisti because we got together as a group for a couple ...
This image is special to me because everything seemed to line up that night. Crystal clear skies, no wind at all, meteor showers, and mountain cl ...
The reason I love this one is because it marks the start of a whole new world of photography for me. I loved the location (and can't wait to ret ...
There is a reason why it's called Hurricane Ridge but on this summer's night, there wasn't one flag blowing in the wind nor a twinkle in a star. ...
This image brings on a peaceful feeling. The effect of compositing land in the twilight and sky in the early evening with a longer exposure to br ...
I wanted the Milky Way to showcase this unique abandoned grainery in the Palouse area, Washington, so I waited an entire year for the perfect cl ...
The Gunnison River runs 2500’ below the rim of the Black Canyon. While it’s not a spectacular capture, it’s my favorite this year in part becaus ...
This image was taken near 1:00am on the morning of March 1, 2017 in Delta Junction, Alaska. I had already been outside for several hours in the - ...
Here is my favorite night-sky image of 2017. This image was taken at Little Molas Lake, CO during our honeymoon return from Ketchum, ID where Dou ...
See more of Nancy's work by visiting her website.
This is probably my favorite night image from this year because it is one that I planned out, waited for, and then made the photo that was in my ...
Aurora dancing over downtown Seattle. Kp 6 was expected until 8pm, and air clarity was super clear in Northwest on the 27th of September. I knew ...
Taken on the east coast of Key Largo, FL in February 2017. Unfortunately, this property has since been destroyed by Hurricane Irma.
This is my favorite for 2017 because it was my very first Milky Way Pano. It was taken on night 1 of the Bisti Wilderness Alumni Workshop. Brad h ...
I am a bit obsessed with Northern Lights and they are incredibly hard to capture here in Vermont. Planning ahead, I had this area mapped out just ...
This image was taken on the first night of my workshop with Goldpaint Photography in Southern Utah. Even though at the time, I didn’t know what ...
Taken during the Joshua Tree Night Photography Workshop with Goldpaint Photography.
Taken during the Goldpaint Photography Alumni Workshop in Central Utah.
This is a composite pano from our New Mexico Badlands workshop. I am still in total awe at the beauty of nature in this other worldly wilderness. ...
Wonderful camp on the Alvord. This is one of my favorites from 2017 because of the comradery of like minded photographers gathering under very da ...
I chose this shot because it makes me happy. I love to shoot the stars but there is also something challenging about shooting a vibrant city in a ...
This photo was special first because Sandy and I were sharing the Iowa night sky together just as we had many years earlier as kids growing up on ...
Impressive to say the least. So much talent in Mt Shasta. I used to live there and had a Stained Glass Shop called “Evergreen Studio” and a business called “Robinson Eatrhscaping”. Good luck and have a wonder-full life.