You are out in the field. After taking a photo, you look at your camera’s back screen. This brings a smile to your face — it looks pretty great. At home, however, it’s a different story. When you go to process it on your home computer, the same photo looks
How can you create eye-popping light painting while photographing star trails photos with less work and stress? Find out some effective strategies for this and more! First, what is light painting? The term is often used loosely to describe any addition of light to a night photograph. Really, though, it’s a
The Manfrotto BeFree Advanced GT XPro is a four-section aluminum twist-lock travel tripod. It comes with various flexible, professional features. Read on! Note: Manfrotto sent us the BeFree Advanced GT XPro tripod and ball head to review and keep. However, this is a completely independent review. All thoughts about this
Feel like you’re stuck in a rut with your photography? A quick photography challenge could be just what you need to get those creative juices flowing. Day 1: Photograph wide open Pick your lens with the widest aperture and lock it wide-open! Explore depth of field today. Find frames to
Is there a difference between blending and compositing in post-processing? Some make no distinction between the two. But some do. Let’s have a closer look! I’ve spoken to a number of photographers about blending and compositing. To my surprise, some photographers, especially if they do not do much night photography,
The Perseid meteor shower is often the most spectacular meteor shower in the Northern Hemisphere due to frequency as well as its appearance in summer. Here’s how to photograph it! There are typically about 100 visible meteors per hour on average. Of course, how many are visible depends on your
People ask night photographers all sorts of questions. One of the most common is: What’s the scariest, creepiest place you have ever photographed? The last stop for almost 1000 souls The imposing Gothic stone structure, Moundsville Penitentiary in West Virginia, was the last stop for murderers, rapists and thieves. Almost
I explored Hog Farm, an abandoned hippie commune located on top of a mountain, at night. This is the long, strange trip along the way. The Hog Farm The Hog Farm is likely the longest running hippie commune in the United States. Activist Hugh Romney, more famously known as Wavy
The Manfrotto Element MII is a lightweight tripod aimed at hobbyists and entry-level photographers who need something sturdy yet easy on the pocketbook. But the tripod seems to check many boxes for such an affordable tripod. Let’s have a look. Note: Manfrotto sent us the Element MII aluminum tripod and
I continue to answer your questions about night photography. I’ll answer what you’ve asked most recently. This time? All about the night sky! I answered some of your night photography questions previously here and here. Why are night photos often so bright? There are several reasons for this. One is
One of the most common questions I get asked is about if whether I have frightening encounters with animals when I am photographing at night. The answer is yes. People always think that it’s things like dogs, coyotes and snakes. So far, no. Whoosh! The fuselage of the plane was
The Night Photo Summit online event will offer three days of dynamic presentations from 35-plus world-class photographers, authors, artists, astronomers and national park and dark-sky activists. This is their fourth year running, and it’s always worthwhile. What is it? National Parks at Night holds night photography workshops that provide top-shelf
