This year I plan to take a different approach towards my work by breaking away from what is ‘comfortable’ and explore new areas and shooting techniques.

Experience has taught us that sometimes when reaching for the stars, letting go and allowing life to unfold in its own time and special way allows for greater artistic expression and understanding.

In this brief tutorial, we’re going to cover one of our most asked questions, “How do I find the Milky Way?”

We just wrapped up four amazing sold out workshops in southern Utah. Two months parked in the fast lane of hustling and bustling Moab made for some great photo opportunities and interesting experiences.

Tales from our first night sky photography workshops in Joshua Tree National Park and more.

What a year… So many great times to look back on and so many opportunities coming in 2013. I spent most of the summer months teaching workshops here in the Pacific Northwest. In addition, I had a few opportunities to get out on my own and wrap up my first time-lapse film, ‘Within Two Worlds’…

‘Beyond the Rim’ was selected as the cover of Cascade A&E’s January 2013 issue and includes an interview for the featured article written by Jeff Spry.

My latest time-lapse video depicts an alternate perspective by giving us the illusion of times movement, signifying a beginning and end within a world of constant contradiction.

During the early morning of June 17, 2012, by pure coincidence, I had an amazing opportunity to witness and photograph the Aurora Borealis over Crater Lake. Capturing this famous light show has been a dream of mine for several years…

Nighted Vail is the Grand Prize Winner of Outdoor Photographer Magazine’s 3rd Annual Great Outdoors Photography Contest and will be published in the July 2012 issue.