The night sky is a playground for dreamers.

Hello. This is my digital home for astro photography and a living, real-time journal about my path to the stars. I have spent years as a professional photographer capturing life here on the ground. But lately, the dark, clear skies overhead have been calling my name, and I have decided it is time to look up.

“The Photon Photographer” is a real-time journal of my journey into astrophotography. While I know my way around a camera blindfolded, tracking celestial bodies and capturing deep-sky objects is a completely different discipline. I am trading familiar gear and subjects for smart telescopes and specialized gear. It's a bit overwhelming in some sense because I am starting right at the bottom of the learning curve. But it's also fun.

Here is what you can expect from this site as I navigate this new frontier:

• Honest gear experiences: I will share my thoughts as I figure out what works and what does not when pointing my lenses at the night sky.
• The learning process: You will see my successes, but more importantly, you will see my mistakes and what I learn from them.
• A shared journey: My goal is to demystify the process so that other terrestrial photographers might feel inspired to try capturing the cosmos themselves.

I am excited to start collecting photons from millions of light-years away and sharing the results here. Thank you for coming along for the ride.