Farewell, Alyn Wallace
We are deeply saddened to share that the talented educator and photographer Alyn Wallace has passed away.
Alyn, who we were so excited to welcome as a speaker to the 2024 Nightscaper Photo Conference, left this world earlier today.
We send love and light to Alyn’s family, friends and all those who he touched throughout a career cut far too short.
Our team extends our heartfelt gratitude to Alyn for his contributions to the astro-landscape photography community. His excellence as a photographer, educator, YouTuber, author and more was hard to match, and his honest, friendly approach was beneficial to all who sat under his learning tree.
We always admired his creativity. His photographs demonstrated a deep understanding of the craft and his education showed a sincere willingness to raise others up as they reached for the stars.
It’s easy to believe that forever is possible when standing under dark skies, observing the Milky Way and trillions of stars. We hope that Alyn is peaceful and at rest, and that he is spending time among the stars that moved him to such great lengths to make art.
Alyn, we will miss you. We cherish the time you spent with us and our small community of stargazers.
Alyn’s Work
Night Photo Summit Presentation
Though we’ll miss Alyn speaking at the 2024 conference and beyond, we had the pleasure of working with him previously. Most recently, Alyn delivered a presentation titled “Night Sky Wonders” at the Night Photo Summit in 2023. In tribute to a fine educator whose passion and presence we’ll all miss, we offer the replay of that talk below.
Night Sky Wonders
The genre of landscape astrophotography is dominated by images of the Milky Way core, and whilst it may be the brightest and most colorful region, it’s such a small section of the entire Milky Way band. Limiting your photography to just the core means facing south over the summer months, but there are different sections of the Milky Way found in different areas of the sky all year round.
Not only that, but the Milky Way is just one of many night sky wonders awaiting your capture. Let’s not forget about the moon and planets, meteor showers, auroras, eclipses, occultations and conjunctions, red sprites and blue jets, lunar rainbows and halos, to name a few.
In this talk Alyn Wallace teaches how to locate and how to best capture all of these incredible objects and phenomena. You will become better attuned to the seasonal nature of the night sky so that you can shoot all year round in a myriad of different ways.
