The night sky has been one of my favorite subjects to photograph over the years. Heres a collection of my favorite milky way photography and astrophotography. If you are curious about my processing techniques for astrophotography check out my post processing masterclass by clicking here.
Milky Way photography over Santa Ynez, California.
California Milky Way Photography.
Iceland Aurora
Milky Way over Shark Fin Cove, California.
Broken Top Milky Way
Crater Lake Oregon Milky Way Galaxy Panorama.
Desert Milky Way Photography.
Pfeiffer Beach Moon Milky Way Big Sur California.
Aurora in Iceland
Death Valley National Park, Milky Way Photography.
California Milky Way Photography
Mount Rainier Milky Way
Santa Ynez, California. Astrophotography
Moraine Lake Milky Way
Santa Ynez under the night sky.
milky way tutorial and astrophotography cover photo.
Alabama Hills Milky Way
Oregon Milky Way
Coastal formations with the night sky, taken in Half Moon Bay.
Milky Way over Shark Fin Cove, California.
ancient bristlecone pine forest
Olmsted Point Yosemite Milky Way.
Joshua Tree National Park, Astrophotography.
The Malibu cloud waterfall taken during twilight in California
Milky Way Night Sky California Coastline
Milky Way over the Anza Borrego in California.
Death Valley National Park, Milky Way Photography.
Trona Pinnacles Milky Way.
Yosemite Half Dome Milky Way photography.
The Milky Way over a road in Santa Ynez California.
The Milky Way over Point Reyes CA.
The Milky Way above a lone tree in Santa Ynez California.
The Milky Way over Point Reyes CA.
Trona Pinnacles Milky Way.
The Milky Way over a road in the Anza Borrego desert.
The Milky Way and airglow over a Mount Laguna forest near San Diego California.
The Milky Way over a dead tree at Mount Laguna.
Mono Lake Milky Way
A Milky Way panorama at The Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest in California. Night sky photography.
Desert Milky Way Photography.
Alabama Hills Milky Way
The Milky Way over Pigeon Point near Davenport California.
Desert Milky Way Photography.
The Milky Way over Delicate Arch at Arches National Park in Utah.
The Milky Way above McWay Falls in Big Sur.
Alabama Hills Milky Way
A reflection of the Milky Way at Arches National Park in Utah.
Mono Lake Milky Way.
Delicate Arch Milky Way self portrait.
Starry night over Death Valley.
The Milky Way over a car and the desert in Arizona.
Trona Pinnacles California with the Milky Way above.
Big Sur Twilight image.
Alabama Hills, California Astrophotography.
The Milky Way over Mono Lake Tufas in the Eastern Sierra Mountains of California.
The night sky over a wind turbine in the Anza Borrego desert of California.
The Milky Way over the silhouette of a girl in California.
The Milky Way over a road in Santa Ynez California.
Borrego Springs and Anza Borrego Desert silhouette sculptures with the Milky Way above.
The Milky Way over a dinosaur sculpture in the Anza Borrego desert California.
The night sky over the Arizona desert in the South West.
Hiking around with the night sky above.
The Milky Way over Joshua Tree California.
Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest, Astrophotography.
Death Valley National Park, Milky Way Photography.
The Milky Way over the Arizona desert.
ancient bristlecone pine forest
Ruby Beach in the Olympic Peninsula of Washington.
The Milky Way over Joshua Tree California.
Milky Way Night Sky California Coastline
Hiking at Mount Rainier under the stars.
California Milky Way Photography.
Crater Lake Milky Way Panorama
Iceland Aurora Self Portrait
Trona Pinnacles under Starlight
Burney Falls
All of the Milky Way photography and night sky images above are available for licensing.
Its a combination of a few things, mostly the dodge/burn method I apply and also a subtle amount of Orton glow. I have some of these techniques over in the tutorial section.
Hey Mike, your work its pretty awesome, I have study your work carefully and its pretty perfect, actually yesterday I have purchased your star photography tutorial, and I´m so excited to make my own photos with your technique! You are a master. Greetings from Puebla, Mexico!
Hey Michael! You’re an absolute inspiration to my photography! I’m a photography student doing a level 3 course for year 11, and my major body of work is going to be telling a story through astrophotography. I noticed the foreground in the images with people in them, or even without people, are bright and vibrant and detailed yet soft. I was wondering if you could share with me how I could go about achieving this effect. Love your images!
Hey Shain 🙂
Wow. And again wow. Each of these photos is breathtaking… I am very much interested in using one of your photos for the cover of my next album titled, “Asleep in a Satellite”. I believe the aesthetic is perfect for the music! Please email me at the address provided with information on your licensing fees.
Thank you,
Kevin
Hi Michael Shainblum, those are some really nice photographs you took of the Milky Way. I was wondering where was this taken at from one of your time lapses on YouTube from 1:20-1:29. Congrats on creating such a great time lapse and website. Thanks for sharing your work. This is a great place for motivation.
Stumbled on your website looking for Milky Way shots in California. Amazing gallery and an inspiration for sure! When did you take those photos of the Milky Way in CA? Can I assume it was during the summer months?
hi
i see the pictures and now I’m in wander now.If you can pleas say what is your camera and what is your ISO,WB and etc about this pictures.I’m e amateur astrophotographer and want to learn a lot of things from you.tanks
amir from IRAN:)
Amazing fantastic images can I buy any of these images as a poster
Thanks Steve, I do not have posters for sale, however I do have prints over in the Print section.
Hi,
The Milky Way and the sky are looks soft but remain the detail. Can I know how to do that?
Its a combination of a few things, mostly the dodge/burn method I apply and also a subtle amount of Orton glow. I have some of these techniques over in the tutorial section.
Greetings from Chile Michael, i love your photos, pity you don’t have a spanish website. You’re a great inspiration for me.
Hard enough for me to make the english site 😉 Thanks so much!
Hey Mike, your work its pretty awesome, I have study your work carefully and its pretty perfect, actually yesterday I have purchased your star photography tutorial, and I´m so excited to make my own photos with your technique! You are a master. Greetings from Puebla, Mexico!
Thanks so much!
Hey Michael! You’re an absolute inspiration to my photography! I’m a photography student doing a level 3 course for year 11, and my major body of work is going to be telling a story through astrophotography. I noticed the foreground in the images with people in them, or even without people, are bright and vibrant and detailed yet soft. I was wondering if you could share with me how I could go about achieving this effect. Love your images!
Thanks so much Jonathan, its usually a combination of using long exposures, sometimes stacking and also a pretty heavy dose of noise reduction.
Web site is looking super nice Michael! Looks like a combo of WordPress and SmugMug? Really killer, beautiful layout 😉
Indeed it is, thanks so much Evan! I put a ton of work into the site.
Hey Shain 🙂
Wow. And again wow. Each of these photos is breathtaking… I am very much interested in using one of your photos for the cover of my next album titled, “Asleep in a Satellite”. I believe the aesthetic is perfect for the music! Please email me at the address provided with information on your licensing fees.
Thank you,
Kevin
Hi Michael Shainblum, those are some really nice photographs you took of the Milky Way. I was wondering where was this taken at from one of your time lapses on YouTube from 1:20-1:29. Congrats on creating such a great time lapse and website. Thanks for sharing your work. This is a great place for motivation.
You are My Inspire
Stumbled on your website looking for Milky Way shots in California. Amazing gallery and an inspiration for sure! When did you take those photos of the Milky Way in CA? Can I assume it was during the summer months?
hi
i see the pictures and now I’m in wander now.If you can pleas say what is your camera and what is your ISO,WB and etc about this pictures.I’m e amateur astrophotographer and want to learn a lot of things from you.tanks
amir from IRAN:)