By day, Alan Friedman is an artist, award winning greeting card designer and president of Great Arrow Graphics. By night he is an avid planetary astro-photographer. His images of the planets, sun and moon are featured frequently on NASA's popular wesbites Spaceweather.com and Astronomy Picture of the Day. His techniques for planetary imaging have been the subject of articles in Sky and Telescope magazine and a column at Space.com. Alan enjoys sharing his love for the night sky through public outreach. He is currently president of the Buffalo Astronomical Association and holds the title of Research Associate in Astronomy at the  Buffalo Museum of Science. To find out more about Alan, visit his astronomy website, avertedimagination.com.