Have you ever been at a location late into the blue-hour and wondered if you could somehow keep on shooting those landscape shots? Well you can, so why not use the biggest reflector known to man and utilize the moon to light your landscape and undertake some “Moonscape” photography. In this post I will give […]
Have you tried your hand at astrophotography? If you can find a dark night sky with stars present, try for a long exposure. You may reveal more stars that aren’t visible to the naked eye! Photographer Alexander Pulliam used his photography expertise to line up multiple exposures for this stunning image: A finished piece such […]
Astrophotography is a very specialized genre of photography. The images that you can get are truly fascinating. However, taking photos of beautiful celestial bodies is not a matter of simply pointing your camera and releasing the shutter. As complex as the subjects are, the gear needed for astrophotography can be seemingly even more complex. Besides, […]
May 26, 2021, was the first lunar eclipse in three years—although it was only barely total, with the moon completely inside Earth’s shadow for just 14 minutes or so. But, as usual, I would bite off more than I could chew. Preparation I had a relatively new Evostar 150mm refractor on loan from Sky-Watcher Australia […]
Have you ever witnessed a beautiful scene of the night sky but couldn’t quite capture the entire scene as you saw it? A longer exposure reveals stars invisible to the naked eye and also paints a brighter foreground. When used together, you can construct a more accurate portrayal of the view you had that night. […]
After the solar eclipse in Idaho, I couldn’t resist continuing my “long-service leave” and returning to Canada’s Yukon Territory for some early-season aurora hunting. I had just two and half weeks (one New Moon cycle), based with my friends and supporters Andrea and Florian Lemphers at Shallow Bay, north of the capital, Whitehorse. I had […]
I was booked in as a tour guide for the Great America Eclipse of 2017 back in 2014, three years before the actual event. For three months beforehand, I worked solidly on planning and rehearsing my strategy while collecting and freighting gear from my home in central Victoria, Australia, to the site of the shoot. […]
Most people love to gaze up at the night sky and enjoy the beautiful light show that nature provides; the stars, galaxies and constellations seem so close. It’s fun to imagine what earth was like millions of years ago when light from distant stars left on its journey through the universe, never stopping or slowing […]
I hope you enjoy this video, “The Moon in Motion,” with footage of the “Great American Eclipse” captured from locations in Idaho and looking over the Tetons on August 21, 2017. It’s best viewed with the lights down and the music up on the biggest screen you have. Music is by my talented friend, cellist […]
Canon Australia loaned me their new EOS Ra camera during over the summer, and between the smoke of the summer bushfires (how long ago does that seem now?) I was able to capture one deep sky image from my observatory, a timelapse sequence from the Gippsland Lakes and several panoramas close to home. Despite the […]
