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I’ve been taking pictures of landscapes since 2017, back when I had just been using my phone! Since then, I’ve purchased two DSLRs, the most recent of which being Canon’s 6d mark ii. I’ve owned the body since 2020, and it has produced some of the best images I’ve ever captured.

Astrophotography

Along the way, I picked up addictions like Astrophotography! Astro is all about revealing the details lurking just beyond our perception. It’s a window into the worlds away from home, yet in many ways it acts as a mirror. What captures my attention most about astrophotography are the introspective themes. In every nook and niche on the planet, both metaphorical and literal, there are wonderful things to be discovered with the right set of eyes or tools and the right approach. Night time as a theme is perfectly anthropomorphized in the dichotomy between personality put forth and personality within.

About

Joshua Taarud

Josh is a passionate landscape-astrophotographer with a passion for all things beautiful, especially those that occur naturally or as a reclamation of natural process. The astrophotography niche has consumed his personal interests since 2020 when he took his first milky-way photo in the desert two hours from home.

Corny third-person narration aside, I've put an immense amount of time into understanding my love for astrophotography. I thrive in recovering less-than-ideal night sky conditions, and having such knowledge allows me to be that extra bit more experimental and free. I love some bortle 1 sky, but there's nighttime beauty worth showcasing in a whole host of bortle ratings. Editing brighter skies is a bit like revealing dinosaur bones preserved in a thick layer of stone. It takes more work than finding stuff on the surface, but the results can offer a similar or sometimes greater reward. Nowadays, my frontiers for further understanding are mid-latitude aurora forecast communication and photography, airglow observation, timelapse, astro-panorama, weather, and technique optimization.