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  • Billy Newman Photo Podcast | 272

    Billy Newman Photo Podcast | 272
    Dec 3 2025

    Show Notes for the Billy Newman Photo Podcast

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    Explore outdoor photography, technical media projects, stories from backcountry expeditions, and insights from the creative process with Billy Newman—photographer, author, and podcast producer. Connect, learn, and follow along.

    Quick Links: Portfolio: billynewmanphoto.com/photographs Studio: wphoto.co Posts: billynewmanphoto.com/posts Photo Books: billynewmanphoto.com/books Amazon Author: amazon.com/author/billynewman

    Podcast Episodes: Billy Newman Photo Podcast: Listen here Relax with Rain: Listen here Night Sky Podcast: Listen here

    Connect With Billy Newman: Email: billy@billynewmanphoto.com Instagram: @billynewman LinkedIn: billynewmanphoto X (Twitter): @billynewman

    Recommended Books: Landscape Portfolio (PDF): Download Black and White Photography (PDF): Download Working With Film (PDF): Download Western Overland Excursion (PDF): Download

    Support the Podcast & Photography Projects: Make a sustaining financial donation: Visit Support Page

    Podcast Forward: The Billy Newman Photo Podcast blends real-world outdoor adventure, technical insight, and practical photography tips.
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    22 mins
  • Billy Newman Photo Podcast | 270

    Billy Newman Photo Podcast | 270
    Nov 29 2025

    Show Notes for the Billy Newman Photo Podcast

    View links at wnp.app

    Explore outdoor photography, technical media projects, stories from backcountry expeditions, and insights from the creative process with Billy Newman—photographer, author, and podcast producer. Connect, learn, and follow along.

    Quick Links: Portfolio: billynewmanphoto.com/photographs Studio: wphoto.co Posts: billynewmanphoto.com/posts Photo Books: billynewmanphoto.com/books Amazon Author: amazon.com/author/billynewman

    Podcast Episodes: Billy Newman Photo Podcast: Listen here Relax with Rain: Listen here Night Sky Podcast: Listen here

    Connect With Billy Newman: Email: billy@billynewmanphoto.com Instagram: @billynewman LinkedIn: billynewmanphoto X (Twitter): @billynewman

    Recommended Books: Landscape Portfolio (PDF): Download Black and White Photography (PDF): Download Working With Film (PDF): Download Western Overland Excursion (PDF): Download

    Support the Podcast & Photography Projects: Make a sustaining financial donation: Visit Support Page

    Podcast Forward: The Billy Newman Photo Podcast blends real-world outdoor adventure, technical insight, and practical photography tips.
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    14 mins
  • Billy Newman Photo Podcast | 271

    Billy Newman Photo Podcast | 271
    Nov 26 2025

    Show Notes for the Billy Newman Photo Podcast

    View links at wnp.app

    Explore outdoor photography, technical media projects, stories from backcountry expeditions, and insights from the creative process with Billy Newman—photographer, author, and podcast producer. Connect, learn, and follow along.

    Quick Links: Portfolio: billynewmanphoto.com/photographs Studio: wphoto.co Posts: billynewmanphoto.com/posts Photo Books: billynewmanphoto.com/books Amazon Author: amazon.com/author/billynewman

    Podcast Episodes: Billy Newman Photo Podcast: Listen here Relax with Rain: Listen here Night Sky Podcast: Listen here

    Connect With Billy Newman: Email: billy@billynewmanphoto.com Instagram: @billynewman LinkedIn: billynewmanphoto X (Twitter): @billynewman

    Recommended Books: Landscape Portfolio (PDF): Download Black and White Photography (PDF): Download Working With Film (PDF): Download Western Overland Excursion (PDF): Download

    Support the Podcast & Photography Projects: Make a sustaining financial donation: Visit Support Page

    Podcast Forward: The Billy Newman Photo Podcast blends real-world outdoor adventure, technical insight, and practical photography tips.
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    11 mins
  • Billy Newman Photo Podcast | 269

    Billy Newman Photo Podcast | 269
    Nov 12 2025

    Show Notes for the Billy Newman Photo Podcast

    View links at wnp.app

    Explore outdoor photography, technical media projects, stories from backcountry expeditions, and insights from the creative process with Billy Newman—photographer, author, and podcast producer. Connect, learn, and follow along.

    Quick Links: Portfolio: billynewmanphoto.com/photographs Studio: wphoto.co Posts: billynewmanphoto.com/posts Photo Books: billynewmanphoto.com/books Amazon Author: amazon.com/author/billynewman

    Podcast Episodes: Billy Newman Photo Podcast: Listen here Relax with Rain: Listen here Night Sky Podcast: Listen here

    Connect With Billy Newman: Email: billy@billynewmanphoto.com Instagram: @billynewman LinkedIn: billynewmanphoto X (Twitter): @billynewman

    Recommended Books: Landscape Portfolio (PDF): Download Black and White Photography (PDF): Download Working With Film (PDF): Download Western Overland Excursion (PDF): Download

    Support the Podcast & Photography Projects: Make a sustaining financial donation: Visit Support Page

    Podcast Forward: The Billy Newman Photo Podcast blends real-world outdoor adventure, technical insight, and practical photography tips.
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    23 mins
  • Billy Newman Photo Podcast | 268

    Billy Newman Photo Podcast | 268
    Nov 5 2025

    Show Notes for the Billy Newman Photo Podcast

    View links at wnp.app

    Explore outdoor photography, technical media projects, stories from backcountry expeditions, and insights from the creative process with Billy Newman—photographer, author, and podcast producer. Connect, learn, and follow along.

    Quick Links: Portfolio: billynewmanphoto.com/photographs Studio: wphoto.co Posts: billynewmanphoto.com/posts Photo Books: billynewmanphoto.com/books Amazon Author: amazon.com/author/billynewman

    Podcast Episodes: Billy Newman Photo Podcast: Listen here Relax with Rain: Listen here Night Sky Podcast: Listen here

    Connect With Billy Newman: Email: billy@billynewmanphoto.com Instagram: @billynewman LinkedIn: billynewmanphoto X (Twitter): @billynewman

    Recommended Books: Landscape Portfolio (PDF): Download Black and White Photography (PDF): Download Working With Film (PDF): Download Western Overland Excursion (PDF): Download

    Support the Podcast & Photography Projects: Make a sustaining financial donation: Visit Support Page

    Podcast Forward: The Billy Newman Photo Podcast blends real-world outdoor adventure, technical insight, and practical photography tips.
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    14 mins
  • | 266 Starwatching, Camping, and Photo Stories from Eastern Oregon

    | 266 Starwatching, Camping, and Photo Stories from Eastern Oregon
    Oct 1 2025
    Show Notes for the Billy Newman Photo Podcast Episode Summary Billy shares reflections on creative workflows in photography, discusses Comet NEOWISE and stargazing in rural Oregon, recounts recent outdoor camping and photo expeditions, and dives into technical thoughts on camera equipment and the creative process. He also touches on issues like light pollution, the evolving nature of digital cameras, and the unique challenges of capturing stunning night sky photography. Chapter Guide Timestamp Chapter Title Segment Highlights 00:00 Opening & Creative Reflections Creative challenge in photography, blending business and creative growth, brief show intro with music. 01:30 Website & Book Plugs Directing listeners to BillyNewmanPhoto.com and his photo books on Amazon; themes — film, desert, surrealism. 02:30 Camping & Comet NEOWISE Recounts July camping in Eastern Oregon seeking views and photographs of NEOWISE; context of earlier “great comets.” 06:30 Childhood Astronomy Memories Reminiscing about viewing comets Hale-Bopp and Hyakutake in the 1990s; missing Halley’s comet and thoughts on astronomical cycles. 08:30 NEOWISE Observing Details Discusses best locations, challenges of light pollution and haze near sea level, and the difference clear mountain skies make. 10:30 Field Photography and Stargazing Describes equipment and techniques: using binoculars, manual focus, and camera settings, plus tips for night sky shots in the John Day River valley. 15:00 Outdoor Adventure Recap Details on the travel route, dispersed camping, Oregon terrain, rivers, geology, and solitude near the John Day River. 19:00 More on NEOWISE and Night Shots Observing NEOWISE in prime conditions, handling photography challenges, recording images till late night, astronomical observation techniques. 22:30 Tech Talk: Cameras & Workflow Reflections on camera gear — Sony a7R, its quirks, “chimping,” differences with older cameras, and latest high-speed image technology. 27:00 Outro & Calls to Action Directs to BillyNewmanPhoto.com and Patreon, thanks listeners, previews new content, and encourages support. Support the Podcast If you enjoyed this episode, visit billynewmanphoto.com/support or patreon.com/billynewmanphoto to participate in the value-for-value model and find ways to help keep the podcast going. Check out new blog posts, photo books, and more behind-the-scenes content. View links at wnp.app Explore outdoor photography, technical media projects, stories from backcountry expeditions, and insights from the creative process with Billy Newman—photographer, author, and podcast producer. Connect, learn, and follow along. Quick Links:Portfolio: billynewmanphoto.com/photographsStudio: wphoto.coPosts: billynewmanphoto.com/postsPhoto Books: billynewmanphoto.com/booksAmazon Author: amazon.com/author/billynewman Podcast Episodes:Billy Newman Photo Podcast: Listen hereRelax with Rain: Listen hereNight Sky Podcast: Listen here Connect With Billy Newman:Email: billy@billynewmanphoto.comInstagram: @billynewmanLinkedIn: billynewmanphotoX (Twitter): @billynewman Recommended Books:Landscape Portfolio (PDF): DownloadBlack and White Photography (PDF): DownloadWorking With Film (PDF): DownloadWestern Overland Excursion (PDF): Download Support the Podcast & Photography Projects:Make a sustaining financial donation: Visit Support Page Podcast Forward:The Billy Newman Photo Podcast blends real-world outdoor adventure, technical insight, and practical photography tips. [MUSIC] Hello and thank you very much for listening to this episode of the Billy Newman photo podcast. I hear different industries kind of talk about what a good day of work is or how that is to kind of get out and get what you need done. And just as like a creative system, it's sort of tough in photography. There's a lot of the entrepreneurial and sort of business related stuff of how do you get paid and how do you operate in a business, how do you function as a photographer sort of a thing. But still outside of that you need to do something nourishing in the system of creativity where you're kind of gaining new ideas and putting new materials together and sort of figuring out a way to make a union of something new with media and with something visual, especially as fast as technology is moving forward. It's definitely an interesting vector kind of using the progression of technology and artistic creativity to try and make new pieces of media to put out. And that's what I really like about new media as it goes. So it's kind of interesting. I'm kind of thinking about the way of making pieces of media and new media elements and working with photographs and stuff. But it's something that I've been really interested for a long time. [MUSIC] You can see more of my work at BillyNewmanPhoto.com. You can check out some of my photo books on Amazon. I think you can look up Billy Newman under the authors section there and see some of the photo books on film, on the ...
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    22 mins
  • 265 Blue Hour Coast and Cold Mountain Nights: Oregon Photography Adventures

    265 Blue Hour Coast and Cold Mountain Nights: Oregon Photography Adventures
    Sep 25 2025
    Show Notes for the Billy Newman Photo Podcast View links at wnp.app Explore outdoor photography, technical media projects, stories from backcountry expeditions, and insights from the creative process with Billy Newman—photographer, author, and podcast producer. Connect, learn, and follow along. Quick Links: Portfolio: billynewmanphoto.com/photographs Studio: wphoto.co Posts: billynewmanphoto.com/posts Photo Books: billynewmanphoto.com/books Amazon Author: amazon.com/author/billynewman Podcast Episodes: Billy Newman Photo Podcast: Listen here Relax with Rain: Listen here Night Sky Podcast: Listen here Connect With Billy Newman: Email: billy@billynewmanphoto.com Instagram: @billynewman LinkedIn: billynewmanphoto X (Twitter): @billynewman Recommended Books: Landscape Portfolio (PDF): Download Black and White Photography (PDF): Download Working With Film (PDF): Download Western Overland Excursion (PDF): Download Support the Podcast & Photography Projects: Make a sustaining financial donation: Visit Support Page Podcast Forward: The Billy Newman Photo Podcast blends real-world outdoor adventure, technical insight, and practical photography tips. [Music] Hello and thank you very much for listening to this episode of the Billy Newman Photo Podcast. I’m talking about a photograph that I made on the Oregon coast today doing Blue Hour probably. I think it was after the sun had set. It was sort of like the golden hour to talk about right as the hour as the sun is setting into sunset. The blue hour they also talk about as after the sun goes down there’s a lot of those blue kind of purple tones that show up in the atmosphere or you know in the clouds and in the water. There’s just a lot more of that tone as the sun drops and it’s a spectrum shift from what we see in the daylight to what we see at night time. But I think this was a photograph taken on the Oregon coast. I think your band-in if I’m right. And I really liked this photo. It just had it wasn’t really a big structure in the wave or a big curl or anything like that. That would be that’d be really striking but I really appreciate this photograph as kind of a close-up look at I just sort of the dreamy feeling of being on the coast. But it was definitely a photograph that I liked a lot and I like that line in the skies as it cuts across as you can kind of see at the top there there’s a bit of like a cloud break that goes down and that’s where we get a lot of that light from the sky in the background that kind of cuts underneath that big brim of cloud that goes over the top of the snet that causes a lot of bounce from the ground back up to the sky and then back down and you get a cooler or you get a defused sort of soft light in that effect which I think is really cool. You can see more of my work at billyneuminphoto.com. You can check out some of my photo books on Amazon. I think you can look up billyneumin under the authors section there and see some of the photo books on film, on the desert, on surrealism, on camping. Some cool stuff over there. Finished up that camping trip I was doing up the mountain creek there in the cascades a couple days ago. That was that like Wednesday. I think it was like maybe like Tuesday, Tuesday night to Wednesday morning. I think that was this super moon that was coming up that night if I remember right and that was pretty cool. It was cool to see the full moon up there and they always talk about the super moon which is kind of a I don’t know it’s a little bit of a misnomer but it’s cool to see too that I think they talk about happening every six months or so. Really it’s just kind of the oscillation of a bit of the eccentricities and the orbit of the moon that make it I think about 25,000 miles closer that it’s maximum and then maybe about 25,000 miles further away and it’s distant maximum but I think it’s really like a little bit of a sliver larger than it normally would be. If you notice though it’s a thing I learned way back and I think they they they show it in a scene in Apollo 13 but if you put your hand all the way out and you put your thumb up at all times you’re able to cover the entire full moon just with your thumbnail. It’s pretty wild but you got kind of always like visualize the moon is being this really big thing in the sky and really a lot of the time it’s it’s just as big as your thumbnail at arm’s reach which is kind of a trip but it’s kind of a it was cool to see the super moon that night it was really bright it was cool to kind of watch around and kind of look at how it was illuminating the forest and the trees and the mountains and stuff around me that was kind of nice to see cold that night though man I tell you so I have a 15 degree sleeping bag and that’s great 15 degrees is fine but and 15 degrees really is is more than adequate for most circumstances that I ended up in and during the summertime where it’s I don’t know it’s just ...
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    33 mins
  • Billy Newman Photo Podcast | 264 Exploring Smith Rock: High Desert Hiking, Camping & Advanced 360 Photography Techniques

    Billy Newman Photo Podcast | 264 Exploring Smith Rock: High Desert Hiking, Camping & Advanced 360 Photography Techniques
    Sep 23 2025
    Show Notes for the Billy Newman Photo Podcast View links at wnp.app Explore outdoor photography, technical media projects, stories from backcountry expeditions, and insights from the creative process with Billy Newman—photographer, author, and podcast producer. Connect, learn, and follow along. Quick Links: Portfolio: billynewmanphoto.com/photographs Studio: wphoto.co Posts: billynewmanphoto.com/posts Photo Books: billynewmanphoto.com/books Amazon Author: amazon.com/author/billynewman Podcast Episodes: Billy Newman Photo Podcast: Listen here Relax with Rain: Listen here Night Sky Podcast: Listen here Connect With Billy Newman: Email: billy@billynewmanphoto.com Instagram: @billynewman LinkedIn: billynewmanphoto X (Twitter): @billynewman Recommended Books: Landscape Portfolio (PDF): Download Black and White Photography (PDF): Download Working With Film (PDF): Download Western Overland Excursion (PDF): Download Support the Podcast & Photography Projects: Make a sustaining financial donation: Visit Support Page Podcast Forward: The Billy Newman Photo Podcast blends real-world outdoor adventure, technical insight, and practical photography tips. [Music] Hello and thank you very much for listening to this episode of the Billy Newman Photo Podcast. I appreciate you guys tuning into these echo audio files that I’m putting out there and it’s kind of interesting putting out some content for the echo devices. I really appreciate it. I like audio editing and rendering stuff and I’ve been doing a lot of that. I’m trying to do more of it on a Mac Pro and the Mac Pro right now is one of the Mac attached computers that has come out years ago. Really, it’s still quite expensive and it’s really servicing what I need out of it quite well and I’m happy about that because the price has gone down a bit. But if you buy it straight from Apple, it’s still really quite expensive. The computer of the Mac Pro, I think came out in 2013 and computer years, 2013 to 2018, is really nearly ancient. But kind of my lucky start is I just got a Mac Pro. I think it’s still priced around $2,000 to purchase even a used one, which originally I guess spec’d out as it was would have been around $4,000 or $5,000. So you’re still getting $2,000 worth of computing out of it. I suppose. I hope, I think maybe in some cases the iMac, when it’s more fully spec’d out, the more modern like 2017 iMac, I think was outspecking some of the things that the Mac Pro was doing. But really with the, I think the Xeon processor and the graphics cards that you’re working with, at least on the Mac and Touch Side, that’s really one of your only options to work with higher level graphics cards and higher level. Well, I think your only option to work with the Xeon processor. But it’s been really interesting trying to do some professional rendering and editing. What I’m trying to go through right now and do is, is I have a ton of .mov files, 10 of .mkvm4vmks files. I don’t know. Also, AVI files, all these different file formats, these MPaG containers that I don’t really understand that came with that with some other version or some raw file from a camera, something like that. But that’s all to say that these are pretty big video files that are maybe sometimes uncompressed or compressed poorly or maybe not compressed to a version of something that is useful for me to use and definitely not 10 years, 20 years down the line. So what I’m going to try and do is work with some program, maybe handbrake, maybe final cut, maybe I’ll go crazy and use a terminal program called ffmpag. We’ll talk more about that later. But I want to try and go through and take all of these video files and convert them over to an MP4, like some more standard high-def MP4 that’s correct for that type of video that it is. And I want to try and get rid of all these 3GP video files from a cell phone. I want to convert all that video out to some more native MPaG format. And so I’m going to try and use one of these programs to do it. But to do that on my laptop, even a pretty modern laptop, it’s quite a bit of rendering to get all those frames out in HD. And so what I’m going to try and do is crunch all of that stuff out by using this Mac Pro. And I hope that I can save a lot of time by trying to render it all out through there. I saved a ton of time rendering out video while I was trying to stitch together my 360 video. Oh my gosh, it was enormously slow on my Mac laptop. And really it blew through it with consuming quite a bit of time. It still took me a week to render out all the video. But I was able to do it on this workhorse Mac Pro. So it was kind of cool. It was interesting. Definitely not breaking any ground with thinking about Mac Pro’s. But I’m thinking about the Pro line of computers. Like they have the iMac Pro, which is the fastest, best system for Mac processing in a pro environment right now. And I kind of think ...
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    42 mins