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The Complete Guide To Shooting The Moon On A Budget

Nov 13, 2016 Jason Brown



It’s amazing how many people never look up. The skies can be many things to a photographer – a backdrop, a light source, a diffuser. Sometimes just a nice source of teal for your orange foreground. When you decide to use the skies for your subject, especially the night skies, the very first thing you are going to notice is the moon.

There are some very beautiful objects in the night sky, and the thrill of using the camera to see what your eyes can’t see is enormously rewarding. The trouble is that the stars, planets and nebulae that fill the night sky are very dim and very, very far away.

If, like me, you want to get great looking photos of the night sky, but can’t afford the gear required to capture some of the deep sky objects, you’re left with night landscapes, and the moon. So here’s some tips for shooting the moon.



6 tips for photographing brown food

Nov 12, 2016 Daniela Bowker

One of the highlights of my Sunday is reading Jay Rayner’s restaurant review in The Observer. I have to say that the photography that illustrates…



Cleansing My Creative Palate with Fungus + Mushroom photography tips

Nov 8, 2016 Eva Creel

It began in October, the numbness. The sick feeling and lack of appreciation for my photography. For all photography. I couldn’t stand looking at my…



Creating stylish cinematic portraits with the Light Blaster

Nov 2, 2016 Clinton lofthouse

I recently got my hands on a Light blaster. The Light Blaster Is a strobe-based image projector. Basically it’s a slide projector. You can select…



148 photo editing tools and apps for every possible need

Nov 1, 2016 Nazar Begen

Hi photo lovers, In the past two months, I’ve been doing a market research for my project, Photolemur. I looked for different tools in the area of…



10 tips for candid street photography

Nov 1, 2016 Eric Kim

I think in street photography, there are many different “sub-genres.” For example, you have the traditional candid street photography, you have “street portraits” (taking photos…



An occasional bus stop can be the perfect studio for a head shot

Nov 1, 2016 Udi Tirosh

Here is a fun little trick that photographer Andrew Tihi (facebook) sent us. If you are looking for a pure white backdrop, why not walk down the…



How to shoot portraits on location with outdoor flash

Oct 31, 2016 John Aldred

Using flash on location is one of the best things you can to really push your outdoor portraits. Often, the natural light might give you…



Stop asking for ‘constructive criticism’ – how to solicit good critique

Oct 30, 2016 Udi Tirosh

Have you ever seen that “CC Welcome” caption on photos uploaded to Facebook, Flickr and 500px? Basically it stands for Creative Critique or Constructive Criticism, and…



How to use displacement mapping for texture wrapping and fake tatoos

Oct 30, 2016 Joseph Parry

Halloween is TOMORROW BABY!!!! My favourite time of year because it’s the only time I can delve into just how messed up I am and…