Mike Carroll

Mike Carroll is a professional landscape and night sky photographer who has a passion for moon photography, astrophotography, concert photography, long exposures and cityscapes. 

Born and raised in New Jersey, Mike is a former musician who started his craft by photographing live music performances.  His dedication towards photography has taken his journey from the sun to the moon and even the Milky Way — It’s all about getting that once in a lifetime shot!

Mike will plan his shoots a couple of weeks in advance. Preparation is key to capturing that big moon or that lightning shot — Even if he finds himself running in a thunderstorm to a location or navigating in the dark to shoot the moon. 

He was recently featured on PetaPixel for his image of the Harvest Moon and Flower Moon. Mike was also featured on News 12 NJ for his time lapse of the SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket over New Jersey. In addition, the rocket was also published on Accuweather, Yahoo and MSN. Other TV stations where his work was featured on were WPIX & NY1.  Mike is an author for the Sigma Photo Blog. 

His awards include:

•2025 NASA Astronomy Picture of The Day - The Jenga Moon 

•2025, 2021, 2020 & 2019 PhotoPills Award Book

•2024 Empire State Building Photo Contest Category Winner (1st place ESB x City Wide)

•2019 & 2023  Empire State Building, NYC Photo Contest Finalist 

•2020 NJ Monthly Magazine First Place

•2021 NJ Monthly Magazine Runner Up

•2022 Printique Weekly photo contest winner

•2023 World Trade Center - featured inside 7 WTC Art exhibit - Silverstein Properties

Leofoto Gear:

LG-324C+LH-40(Silver) 

 LS-365C X Version Ranger Full Camo + LH-55 Lever Release Camo

LQ-365C Premium Carbon Fiber + LH-47LR

LX-324 + XB-38 Reversible Travel Tripod