I recently received a complimentary 82mm Kase Bright Star Focus Focusing Tool to evaluate and review. A little background first: I am an astrolandscape photographer. I teach night photography, and I evaluate photographic gear with a special interest in the gear that assists with night photography. I own various Kase filters and find them to […]
Photographing an astrolandscape is becoming increasingly popular. People are discovering that their digital cameras see very well in the dark and can capture the splendor of the starry skies. Infrared Milky Way photography ramps up the ability to see more detail of the magnificence of a star-filled landscape. Using digital infrared converted cameras expands their […]
What do you struggle with in your photography? Is it difficult to pick up your camera and dedicate time to explore and push your capabilities forward? Or are you in the other camp, photographing constantly but hitting the doldrums in your art? Like anything else we do, investing time is required to become proficient and with this, boredom can set in. If you are proficient in using your camera and it’s not in your hands as often as it once was, it is time to reassess your photographic vision. Likewise, if you aren’t proficient with your camera yet it is time to tackle the barriers.
Ooolala, Milky Way! The Milky Way’s galactic core is now visible in the Northern Hemisphere and rises in the early hours before dawn. Tis the season of galactic splendor in which my psyche oscillates between euphoria and frustration. Perfect “seeing” conditions are rare in New England. Correct forecasts are even rarer. Those of you who […]
Intentional camera movement, or ICM, is a technique that creates unique, painterly images. These are often a single photograph but can also be created utilizing in-camera multiple exposures or combining images in post. As photographers, we most often use our cameras to capture a moment in the literal sense, documenting it in a photojournalistic way. […]
At the beginning of the year, I load up my calendar with the celestial happenings that are coming up. These include planet events, lunar and solar eclipses, meteor showers, expected comets, Moon phases, and Milky Way core visibility. Interspersed with these events there are delightful surprises, like a juicy CME gracing our skies with aurora […]
Time. A simple word that has speed that ever increases. I feel like I just posted A Look Back at 2023 and here I am again, now looking back at 2024. Yikes! We don’t often ponder all the moments we experience in a year until we look back at the photos accumulated during the 365/6 […]
Winter offers spectacular, delicate beauty to be photographed. The challenge for photographing winter is not the cold temperatures but the fleeting window to acquire a successful capture. Snowfall can quickly become a salt inundated mess (a notorious scene here in New England) so time is of the essence to photograph it. Wind can quickly strip […]
One of the things that you often hear is that you can create art with any camera that you have, even your phone. Yes, this is true. However, there is another perspective to consider. Often people feel that it’s their abilities that hold them back from producing an image that they are satisfied with. The […]
The developers of PlanIt! have added a great feature to the Pro version of the app. You can now previsualize a shot with an aurora. Say what? How can you plan an aurora shot when the aurora is such an elusive event? It’s called planning forward while looking back. As we are into solar maximum, […]