astro-photography

QHT 0015: Interview with Noel Carboni, Photographer and Software Engineer

by Dave Warner on January 15, 2026

This is a Quick Hit Podcast short. Today we’re talking with Noel Carboni, who has a company called ProDigital Software. They make some interesting Adobe Photoshop Plug-ins for both daytime and nighttime photographers. Noel has nearly two decades of experience in professional digital imaging and has built this knowledge into some unique and powerful software that is now available to everyone.

In this episode, Noel talks about his products, what they costs, equipment he uses to take these phenomenal images, some of the steps YOU can take to get these great images of the stars and planets, and much more. We created a special video of Noel’s images with his explanation of each that plays (above) and then the full podcast interview, which is below.

Equipment, Software and sites mentioned in this podcast: Canon 5D Mark II, Canon 1D Mark IV, Canon 100-400mm lens, Meade LX200 Telescope, Astro Track Mount, Adobe Lightroom, Adobe Photoshop, FITS Liberator Software, Star Vistas Book on Amazon.

Show Sponsors: ExpoImaging, Inc., ScanCafe (provide code LF35 for a 20% discount off your first order).

Podcast on iTunesTo listen to the full podcast interview, click on the player’s forward arrow below. You can also play the Podcast in a pop up window, download it OR subscribe to it via iTunes. You can also download a List of Questions (PDF format) that I ask in the interview.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 43:13 — 19.8MB)

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Episode 0014: Interview with Jennifer Wu, Canon Explorer of Light

by Dave Warner on August 25, 2025

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LensFlare 35 is a weekly show brought to you by Dave Warner. In this week’s episode, Dave interviews Canon Photographer Jennifer Wu. Jennifer is best known for her nature and landscape photography. Before focusing on nature’s elusive beauty, she specialized in journalism and portrait photography, publishing hundreds of images in newspapers, including The Sacramento Bee. Her images, featured in magazines and books, have won dozens of awards, and Canon uses her spectacular sky photographs in their professional camera brochures.

In this episode, Jennifer talks about her night photography; the software and hardware that she uses to get these amazing shots, how she got to be a Canon Explorer of Light, the state of the fine art print market, some tips about getting shown in galleries, some photo tips for landscape photographers, and she points out some other female photographers that she has met.

Equipment and Software mentioned in this podcast: Canon EOS 5D Mark II, Canon 16-35 mm lens, Canon 17 mm tilt shift lens, Canon 24 mm prime lens, Canon 24-70 mm lens, Canon 17-40 mm lens, Canon 500D 72 mm close up filter, Canon 15 mm fish eye lens, Canon EOS 1Ds Mark III, Noise Ninja, Alien Skin, Photomatix, Adobe Photoshop CS4, Astronomy Tools and Photoshop Actions, onOne Software, Canon 70-200 mm F4 lens, Canon Cable Release, Intervalometer.

Show Sponsors: ExpoImaging, Inc., ScanCafe

To listen to the full podcast interview, click on the player’s forward arrow below. You can also play the Podcast in a popup window, download it OR subscribe to it via iTunes. We created a special video of Jennifer’s images with her explanation of each that opens in a popup window, just click, watch and listen.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 51:20 — 23.5MB)

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