Biography

I have dabbled in photography for most of my life starting with terrestrial (land-based) photography and then moving on to aerial in the last 5 years using a drone. I started astrophotography by chance in October 2019 when I detoured from a car accessories store to an astronomy store two doors away for a bit of...window shopping. I spent two hours there...the passion was lit and the rest is history.

 

My first telescope was a Maksutov Cassegrain which somehow didn't deliver what I wanted so the journey to my current setup began.

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I named this site Capturing Ancient Photons as that is exactly what I feel I'm doing, capturing photons (light) emitted from deep space objects many, many, many light-years away. Ancient... in the whole scale of things....

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Enjoy !

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UPDATE! Was ecstatic to be notified that I had won APOD (Astronomy Picture of the Day) for May 6, 2022. In most circles, this would be the pinnacle in a person's astrophotography journey! Not surprising I had a smile on all day long.

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UPDATE! Awarded APOD for January 19, 2023 !

​UPDATE! Awarded APOD for May 1, 2023 !

UPDATE! Awarded APOD for February 5, 2024 !

UPDATE! Awarded APOD for June 19, 2024 !

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