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Matthew Newman

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@matthewnewmanphotography
Capturing the light in the darkness. Astronomy Photographer Of The Year Shortlist ‘18, ‘25 Psalms 19:1 Proverbs 3:5-6
  • Photography & Video
  • Following 290
  • Followers 9.4K
  • Engagement 8.93%
  • Avg comments 27

About Matthew Newman

Matthew Newman (@matthewnewmanphotography) is a Photographer creator on Instagram, also filed under Photography & Video. The account has 9,421 followers and 1,797 published posts. Recent posts average 959 likes and 27 comments, an engagement rate of 8.93%.

Matthew Newman belongs to the nano tier, the band usually drawn between 1,000 and 10,000 followers. Set against 290 accounts followed, the audience works out to about 32 followers per account Matthew Newman follows. Matthew Newman uses an Instagram professional account. Flinque files Matthew Newman under Photographer, with Photography & Video as a secondary category.

The Instagram bio for Matthew Newman runs to 20 words across 4 lines. The latest activity Flinque has on record for Matthew Newman dates from November 2025.

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1,797 Posts

Of the 10 most recent posts shown for Matthew Newman, 5 are videos, 3 are single images and 2 are carousels. No single format accounts for most of them. Matthew Newman has built a substantial archive of 1,797 posts. Against the audience, that is roughly 5.2 followers for each post published. Matthew Newman also keeps 3 story highlights on the profile. All 10 carry captions, averaging 49 words each. The captions are written mainly in English. Words that recur across them include darkness, night, capturing, captured and light. The captions tag #auroras, #apy17, #peopleschoice, #craterlake and #oregon.

One of the big advantages of capturing a timelapse sequence is all the things you can do with the thousands of photos you captured. You can find individual frames from moments and turn them into prints, turn them into to a timelapse sequence, stack them into star trails or in this case stack them into a comet star trails sequence. I decided to re-edit this clip with comet trails and some new music I recorded for this clip. I hope you like it.

Capturing the light in the darkness,
-Matt

This clip is also up on my YouTube channel in 4K.
When I began my night photography journey back in 2014, there were less than 1,200 satellites in orbit. And it took sixty years to get that many satellites in low earth orbit. Today in 2026, there are now 14,500 and counting. It’s crazy how quickly the night sky has changed.
Waiting for astronomical darkness…
Vote now for the People’s Choice Award for the 2025 Astrophotographer of the Year.

Ten years, thousands of hours learning and perfecting my craft, grit, determination, and perseverance all brought me to this historic moment.

Vote Here:

On Instagram, link is in my profile.

Voting closes April 28th.

#APY17 #PeoplesChoice #Auroras #CraterLake #Oregon
Not all those who wander are lost…
Crater Lake National Park, Oregon.
After a five month hiatus from photography, I got out Thursday night and captured this night to day holy grail timelapse at Mount Shasta, California. You can watch it in 4K on a big screen over on my YouTube page. The good news is I remembered how to operate my camera. This time lapse is made up of over 2800 photos over twelve hours real-time.

Capturing the light in the darkness,
Matt
Auroras over Mount Shasta, California

#mtshasta #california, #auroras #northernlights #auroraborealis
What is my favorite photo that I ever captured?

It has to be “Perseverance”.

I captured this panorama on May 11th, 2024 around 2am. This picture is a twenty frame panorama, two rows of ten photos and it took around two minutes to capture all the photos consecutively. On this night, the strongest solar storm since 1960 brought auroras around the globe. Hauling sixty pounds worth of camera gear on my back while snowshoeing four miles each way to Watchman Peak at Crater Lake was quite the workout. But the reward of putting in the effort allowed me to be in the place and time to capture this memory for a lifetime. I’m offering this printed as a limited edition in varying sizes and mediums, link in my profile.

Capturing the light in the darkness,
Matt
The night I captured this panorama, forever changed the way I experience nature. Making a seven mile hike round trip in the middle of the night to try and capture the Aurora Borealis and Milky Way from this location was amazing.

Capturing the light in the darkness,
Matt

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Matthew Newman's engagement

Matthew Newman's engagement rate on Instagram is 8.93%, over 6%, more than 6 likes and comments per 100 followers. On a typical post that comes to about 1 like or comment for every 11 followers. An average post collects 959 likes and 27 comments, close to 36 likes for each comment.

Engagement rate

8.93%

Avg likes
959
Avg comments
27
Interactions : followers
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Who is Matthew Newman?

Matthew Newman (@matthewnewmanphotography) is a Photographer creator on Instagram, also filed under Photography & Video. Matthew Newman uses an Instagram professional account. The Instagram bio for Matthew Newman runs to 20 words across 4 lines.

How many followers does Matthew Newman have?

Matthew Newman has 9,421 followers on Instagram (9.4K). Set against 290 accounts followed, the audience works out to about 32 followers per account Matthew Newman follows. Matthew Newman has built a substantial archive of 1,797 posts.

What is Matthew Newman's engagement rate?

Matthew Newman's engagement rate on Instagram is 8.93%, over 6%, more than 6 likes and comments per 100 followers. On a typical post that comes to about 1 like or comment for every 11 followers. An average post collects 959 likes and 27 comments, close to 36 likes for each comment.

What does Matthew Newman post about on Instagram?

Flinque files Matthew Newman under Photographer, with Photography & Video as a secondary category. Of the 10 most recent posts shown for Matthew Newman, 5 are videos, 3 are single images and 2 are carousels. The 10 recent Instagram captions Flinque holds for Matthew Newman repeatedly use the words darkness, night, capturing, captured and light. Matthew Newman's captions carry hashtags such as #auroras, #apy17 and #peopleschoice. Matthew Newman writes those captions mainly in English. Matthew Newman keeps 3 story highlights, which open with a free Flinque account.

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