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Photography Night Sky: A Field Guide For Shooting After Dark Jennifer Wu
Publisher: The Mountaineers Press

French NASA astronaut Ron Garan took this photograph during the Perseid meteor shower on Aug. 13, 2011 from An experienced observer in a perfectly clear and dark sky (one in which you can see the faintest stars visible to the unaided eye) with the radiant directly overhead, might theoretically see as many as 100 Perseids per hour. This is the part you'll want to print out and bring along with you when you go out to do your own night sky experiments. Shooting: Shooting Tips: Get sharp focus when shooting at night by setting the camera to manual, going in with live view, and setting the ISO as high as possible. MY problem is I realize this after the shoot! Focus on the brightest light To guide your exposures, you can look at the histogram on the camera and make sure you see the sky there – it will show up in the shape of a dark mountain. The Dark Sky Finder is a handy little online tool based on input from hundreds of users. Nov 1, 2013 - Our panelists keep about seven batteries handy when shooting long exposure astrophotography. So, what do you do You can use this as a rough guide to see where you sit in the scheme of light pollution, and where you need to go to escape it. Because distance is one of the controls for flash exposure with manual flash, I had my assistant walk at the same speed as the couple, and hold the flash at the same distance from them all the time. May 30, 2014 - camera & flash settings: photo session with a couple in bright sunlight Analyzing other photographer's work to figure out how they got the result, and figure out how to re-create it if you want, is a solid exercise. Aug 10, 2012 - In the night sky, the meteor shower appears to radiate out of the constellation Perseus, hence, its name: Perseid meteor shower. Oct 18, 2012 - So, night sky photography must belong in the realm of the professional photographer – after all, you need special equipment to shoot in the dark, don't you? Apr 16, 2013 - To properly capture the Milky Way for the brightest, clearest stars against the darkest night sky, you need to shoot a photo that is 19 times more sensitive than a daytime photo. Finally, at the end of the book you get a great little cheat-sheet that tells you which settings to use to capture night sky scenes, star trails, the moon and even timelapse video.