How to Photograph the Milky Way – Astrophotography Tutorials, Tools, Gear + Inspiration
Some inspiration for venturing out in the cold and the dark to photograph the Milky Way.
Lonely Speck visited B&H in New York City to talk on the B&H Photography Podcast. Listen in on our interview all about astrophotography!
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Wow! We had more than one hundred other friends and astrophotographers attend the first ever Lonely Speck Meetup in Trona Pinnacles, California on July 30th, 2016. It was a night of meeting many new friends from all over the world in one of the most spectacular places to see the night sky. I surprised Diana (and everyone else) by asking Diana to marry me. (She said “YES!”) Here’s a summary of the amazing night we had with so many of you at the 2016 Lonely Speck Meetup.
We’re going to be featured as a guest on the CreativeLive Night Photography Week! RSVP to join the CreativeLive Night Photography Week on September 12-16 for an entire week of free lessons on night photography. We had an amazing time shooting with the Lance Keimig and the CreativeLive team in the beautiful rocky setting of Alabama Hills, California. Here’s a recap of our experience shooting night photography with CreativeLive for their upcoming Night Photography Week.
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Coming to the 2016 Lonely Speck Meetup? Join Lonely Speck creator Ian Norman for a 2.5-hour session of astrophotography post-processing, group photo sharing, and Q&A.
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This July, we’ll be traveling to Trona Pinnacles National Natural Landmark in California for a night of camping and astrophotography. Won’t you join us?
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These are a few of my favorite things that I learned about astrophotography in 2015.
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Some believe that smartphones will never replace “real” cameras like DSLRs or mirrorless cameras. This article is about providing evidence to the contrary. It’s about making some amazing images with limited equipment. I anticipate the day that our slim pocketable smartphones will be more powerful and capable cameras than the the top-of-the-line DSLRs and mirrorless cameras available today.
This is my account of shooting my first smartphone images of the Milky Way with nothing but my OnePlus One smartphone and a tripod.
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