Astrophotography

Improving your night photography with foreground lighting

Oct 14, 2016 Jesse Thornton

One of the biggest challenges when it comes to night photography is incorporating good foreground elements, but learning a few simple tricks will instantly elevate…



Welcome to the world of extreme camera modding

Oct 12, 2016 John Aldred

A lot of us modify our gear to make things better suit the tasks we need them to perform. Sometimes we do it just to…



This is why your night sky photography sucked last night

Aug 17, 2016 John Aldred

It’s why mine always suck, too. Light pollution. It’s hard to escape it these days. It’s the thing that puts many budding astrophotographers off before…



Your guide to photographing a meteor shower

Aug 10, 2016 Thomas O’Brien

Photographing a meteor shower is more like photographing a time-lapse than traditional still photos. You can never anticipate where or when a meteor is going…



Photographer captures amazing photos of the Milky Way over the mirrored salt flats of Bolivia

Aug 1, 2016 John Aldred

Astrophotography is one of those genres I love to admire from a distance. I’ve tried it occasionally and failed miserably every time. I’m sure most…



The sky’s no limit for this tiny camera with big astrophotography aspirations

May 16, 2016 John Aldred

Developed by a three man team describing themselves as a passionate photographer, a frustrated engineer and an electronics geek, the TinyMOS has been designed from the…



Galaxy Hyper Speed 12 for medium format film cameras is a roll of direct positive photosensitive paper goodness

Apr 14, 2016 John Aldred

Shooting directly onto positive paper has so far typically existed almost exclusively in the world of large format photography.  Galaxy are no stranger to this type…



The International Space Station as Captured with the Nikon P900’s Monster Zoom

Feb 9, 2016 Liron Samuels

Shortly after its announcement I read a review of the Nikon P900 super-zoom bridge camera, where the author excitedly said it can be used to…



Behind The Scenes of a NASA Photo Shoot On The Moon

Nov 10, 2015 Liron Samuels

Back in 1971 Apollo 15 was the most successful manned flight ever achieved, according to NASA. But the three astronauts aboard the spacecraft weren’t all…



A 46 Gigapixel Milky Way ‘panorama’ you can interact with

Oct 27, 2015 Udi Tirosh

How often do you get to interact with the universe? This 46 Gigapixel ‘panorama’ of the milky way, was made at the German university Ruhr-Universitat Bochum,…