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Sky-Watcher AZ-GTI: The Perfect Mount for Mobile Astrophotography?
The longer I am engaged in shooting astro-landscapes, the longer focal lengths I seem to use. Some 2 years ago, I started shooting "deepscapes," landscape astrophotography with deep-sky objects...
Light Pollution Filters – Why We Use Them
Gadget-wise, today, astro-imagers and amateur astronomers have never had it so good. At their disposal are many wonderful instruments and tools aiding and expanding their astronomical pursuits. At the...
Top Safety Tips For Night and Milky Way Photography
Checklists make preparing for our night photography trips easier. But you may not have one for safety items. Here are my Top Safety Tips for Milky Way Photography.
Food, Water,...
Pentax Astrotracer Guide – 2021 Edition: What it is and How to Use it
Pentax’s Astrotracer is a game-changing feature created with night photographers in mind. It has strengths and weaknesses. But overall, this feature alone makes the now "old" Pentax K-1 and...
Milky Way Photography Printing 101
Printing your Milky Way photography will be one of the most self-gratifying things a photographer can do. Seeing one’s work go from pixels to a physical object that we...
Photography Group Moderators – Stop Being a Scrooge!
You have just spent all night outside photographing the Milky Way. Then you catch a few hours of sleep and then sit down at your computer. You spend another...
Finding Comet NEOWISE
One semi-cloudy day around the 4th of July, I got an alert from SkyWalk 2 on my phone. Something..something.. comet visible. I didn't think much of it since...
Chasing The Milky Way in Kings Canyon National Park
Kings Canyon National Park is an overlooked destination for Milky Way photography. Living in the San Joaquin Valley of California can pose challenges for those of us that like...
Exploring the Night Skies of Alabama Hills and Bristlecone Pines
Alabama Hills. That what my August Milky Way trip was all about. I have a list of places that I need to go to. Since it was August, though,...
