Learn how to Master the Art of Milky Way, Astro, Blue Hour, Twilight, and Night Photography from an award-winning professional photographer, Aerospace Photojournalist at NASA, KelbyOne Instructor, and soon to be author of, "The Night Photography Book."
Retreat 1 has filled! We have added a second retreat!
Retreat 2 is almost Filled!

Produced by Jay Grammond | J Grammond Photography
with Week 1 Special Guests: Rick & Susan Sammon!
Week 2 Special Guest: Ramtin (Rammy) Kazemi 
Erik Kuna is an award winning Landscape, Astro and Aerospace Photographer based out of Tampa, Florida. He is also a training instructor with KelbyOne specializing in Milky Way, Astro, Aviation and Landscape Photography to hundreds of thousands of photographers online and in person each year. Erik also teaches at conferences and events around the world such as the Nightscapers Conference, Photoshop World Conference, The Lightroom Conference, B&H Optics Conference, Imaging USA, NAB, The Night Photo Summit and other regional events. He’s also the co-host of a top rated and viewed photography podcast with Scott Kelby, The Grid, each Wednesday at 1pm. With over 25 years of Professional photography experience, Erik has seen it all and is ready to share those tips and tricks to get you capturing the Milky Way and night scenes in ways you never thought of before.   
I am a professional photographer based out of Minnesota. I bought my first camera 42 years ago; and after doing photography on the side for most of that time; decided to make the leap of faith from an award winning career in Lifelong Learning to become a full time photographer in January of 2020!
I operate photography workshops in the West and Midwest. I took the reigns of an annual event called the Black Hills Photo Shootout in 2019 and have been organizing that for the past five years. It is a weekend of photography in the Black Hills with multiple instructors in multiple locations. In my time running this event, I have worked with Keynote speakers like: Joel Grimes, Darrell Gulin, and Erik Kuna, and Ian Plant.  In 2020, I organized a very successful multi-week on-line photography event for the Black Hills Photo Shootout. In 2021, I started to offer my "Adventure" Workshops in locations like Theodore Roosevelt NP; Badlands NP; and the Bighorn Mountains. There are Adventure Workshops planned for Minnesota (Lake Superior's North Shore); Montana (Glacier NP); South Dakota (Toy Photography.)
Beginning in 2020, I started to offer on-line photography, history, and travel presentations to adult audiences across Minnesota.  I also organized on-line photography education classes for people across the country with photographers Charlie Borland, and Tomas Alvarez. On one of the last days of 2020, I offered a free on-line discussion called "An Evening of Gratitude" where I interviewed Scott Kelby about all the good things that came out of 2020.
I was fortunate to have been featured in Photoshop User Magazine (Dec 2021); have been interviewed on several podcast episodes; and - I published my first book, "Fading Ads Of The Twin Cities" in February of 2022. Tomas Alvarez and I started a podcast called "The Creative's Moment" this past Fall.
I hope that you can join us in South Dakota!  Jay 

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