Astrophotography

Star Eater – Why I No Longer Recommend Sony Cameras for Astrophotography: An Open Letter to Sony

May 5, 2017 Ian Norman

Sony makes excellent cameras. In the last few years, they launched a completely new full frame camera system that has pushed the bounds of digital photography. I switched…



How I planned and shot an erupting volcano with the Milky Way

Apr 20, 2017 Albert Dros

Nature has lots to offer for landscape photographers. We love to shoot nature’s paintings. Storms, rainbows, tornadoes, lightning strikes: they’re all a gift from nature…



How to Find the Best ISO for Astrophotography: Dynamic Range and Noise

Mar 22, 2017 Ian Norman

ISO is one of the three major exposure settings in the exposure triangle of a digital camera. Of the three: shutter time, f/number, and ISO,…



This is how light pollution affects your view of the night sky

Feb 10, 2017 John Aldred

A little while ago, we showed you a video from photographer Sriram Murali. In it, we saw how different levels of light pollution affected your…



Tips for finding and capturing the lunar fog bow

Jan 13, 2017 Göran Strand

A month ago I had never seen a lunar fog bow, now I have seen three. I got to see my first lunar fog bow…



The largest photo of the known universe weighs two million gigabytes

Jan 1, 2017 Udi Tirosh

I guess this can be described as the universe’s biggest selfie… Over 4 years the Pan-STARRS1 (The Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System) have been…



Friends invited photographer out for shooting – but they brought guns instead of cameras

Dec 29, 2016 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

I really, really hate guns. If someone invited me out for some shooting, I would think he wants me to go taking photos with him….



This is what a rocket launch does to a camera from 45 meters away

Dec 13, 2016 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

Have you ever wondered what a rocket launch can do to a camera? A young photographer John Kraus recently showed us what happens when you…



Shooting the Milky Way With a Mobile Phone

Nov 3, 2016 Aaron Palabyab

I just got back from Batanes as part of a large group of bloggers and other media people who were there to try out the…



This couple spend their cold winter nights in New Zealand photographing the amazing night sky

Oct 19, 2016 John Aldred

There are few things on this earth more appealing to landscape photographers than New Zealand, the Milky Way, and Auroras. So, when I came across…