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...
LRTimelapse PRO Timer 2.5 Intervalometer Review
Every so often, you learn about a new product that makes you wonder, why didn't someone think of it sooner? For me, the LRTimelapse PRO Timer 2.5 intervalometer is...
How to Photograph the 2020 Geminid Meteor Shower
The Geminid meteor shower is arguably the best meteor shower of the year. The 2020 shower peak should occur during the early evening hours of December 13th for North...
Lifetime Cooler 55 Quart Review
In 2019, I picked up a 55-quart Lifetime Cooler from the destroyer of consumer hopes and dreams, Walmart. After a year, I guess it's time to review this high-performance...
Get Ready to Photograph the Perseid Meteor Shower – August 11-13
The Perseid meteor shower is possibly the best meteor shower of the year. It takes place from mid-July to near the end of August, so it's usually met with...
Pentax D FA★ 85mm f/1.4 Review – For Astro!
The Holy Grail for Pentaxians?
Shipping early July in 2020, to say the Pentax HD D FA* 85mm f/1.4 ED SDM AW was a highly anticipated lens among Pentax users...
Focal Length Blending: An Easy and Powerful Creative Technique – with some Ethical Concerns
I still remember the first time I watched a Nick Page tutorial on how to create a focal length blend. Considering I was beginning my studies as a journalist,...
What’s In My Camera Bag #2 – Milky Way Edition
Photography is a personal pursuit. Over time, every photographer assembles a kit that suits their style of photography. "What's in my camera bag," is a question that's often asked....
Selecting the Best Camera Bag
The debate over which is the best camera bag is almost as old as which is the best camera brand. There is no easy answer to "Which is the best camera bag?" The answer is, "That depends..."