This article is based on concepts from Collier’s Guide to Night Photography. Our readers can get a discount by using the promo code picturecorrect at checkout. Part I – Civil Twilight Whenever I photograph at a popular landscape photography location, I usually see a mass exodus of photographers as soon as the sun goes down. […]
Of all the phenomena you can view in the night sky, the northern lights may be the most spectacular. These lights, which are also known as the aurora borealis, are created by charged particles from the sun interacting with gaseous particles in our atmosphere. They also appear in the southern hemisphere, where they are known […]
Meteor showers can produce some of the most awe-inspiring displays in the night sky. They are created when the Earth passes through dust particles left behind by a comet or asteroid. When the dust particles hit the atmosphere at great speeds, they burn up and briefly produce spectacular fireballs in the sky. You can browse […]
This article is based on concepts from Collier’s Guide to Night Photography. Our readers can get a discount by using the promo code picturecorrect at checkout. Our small blue planet is located on a spiral arm far out from the center of the Milky Way galaxy. When we look towards the galactic center, we can […]
This article is based on concepts from Collier’s Guide to Night Photography. Our readers can currently get a discount by using the promo code picturecorrect at checkout. When photographing at night, the moon will often be your primary source of light. It is therefore very important to know how your photos will appear under different […]
This article is based on concepts from Collier’s Guide to Night Photography. Our readers can get a discount by using the promo code picturecorrect at checkout. In July 2020, Comet NEOWISE put on a remarkable show in the night sky. This was the first comet that was bright enough to photograph with a standard lens […]
