What is an Astrophotographer? with Ken Crawford

Today on the Young Astronomers we bring you an interview with the amazing astrophotographer Ken Crawford, so without further ado let’s begin:
What is an astrophotographer?
Astrophotographers come in two basic types. Solar System astrophotography are images of the Sun, Moon, and Planets. These types of images are normally taken with special video cameras to capture many pictures of the object. Because the objects are bright, the pictures are taken very quickly. You then remove any blurred images and keep the good ones
Deep sky astrophotography captures the light from very faint and distant objects like nebulae, galaxies, and star clusters. These pictures are taken with very long exposures over several hours and the combined together for the final result.
NGC7331 Credit: Ken Crawford
What first attracted you to astrophotography? Did anyone inspire you to take it up?
I have always been interested in astronomy and built my first telescope in 8th grade. I became interested in astrophotography because it is a technical art form. The technical part is that you assemble different imaging tools together like the telescope, mount, and camera and make them work together. Then you need to be able to learn to use the software ...