Astrophotography

    Some insight into the logistics of photographing a NASA rocket launch
    May 11, 2019 John Aldred

    Photographing a rocket launch is something I’ve always wanted to try. For me, though, it’s not easy. There aren’t exactly many of them here in…

    How I shot a Milky Way moonrise from an airplane seat
    May 10, 2019 Jan Jasinski

    A couple of weeks ago I was blessed with a sight that truly left me in a state of awe. Shortly after leveling off onboard…

    National Geographic under fire for posting alleged photo manipulation of the Milky Way
    May 8, 2019 John Aldred

    National Geographic is facing criticism after posting an article containing a manipulated photograph by photographer Beth Moon of the Botswana night sky. It shows Baobab trees…

    How to shoot stellar Milky Way photos with a crop sensor camera and a kit lens
    Apr 30, 2019 Dunja Đuđić

    If you’re shooting the night sky with a consumer DSLR and a kit lens, you may wonder if you can make them impressive enough. Well,…

    How to stack Milky Way shots and composite them with your own custom foreground
    Apr 30, 2019 John Aldred

    Sometimes, the scene before you that you want to shoot just doesn’t line up with the sky that you want. Maybe it’s cloudy every night…

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    This is the first ever image of a supermassive black hole
    Apr 10, 2019 Dunja Đuđić

    For the first time ever, we can see a photo of a supermassive black hole. National Science Foundation and Event Horizon Telescope captured the gigantic…

    This incredible timelapse shows Aurora Australis and Milky Way over the South Pole
    Apr 1, 2019 Dunja Đuđić

    The Aurora Australis and the Milky Way are each incredible to observe and shoot on their own. But when they are both in the same…

    A comprehensive guide to photographing the Milky Way
    Mar 11, 2019 Ross Schram von Haupt

    Introduction This guide will be a walkthrough on the basics of Milky Way photography. It is best for beginners, but even intermediate and expert photographers…

    This epic 81-megapixel moon photo was stacked from 50,000 images
    Feb 19, 2019 Dunja Đuđić

    Among so many great moon photos out there, it doesn’t happen all too often anymore that one of them makes you stop scrolling and just…

    Five quick tips for making stellar Milky Way photos
    Feb 8, 2019 Dunja Đuđić

    Like any other genre, astrophotography has its many challenges. And if you plan to shoot Milky Way and get the best of your shots, you…