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Posted on August 5, 2020August 17, 2020

Announcing: Live Perseid Meteor Shower Photography Masterclass with PhotoPills

Perseids Meteor Shower Photography Masterclass Live

The 2020 Perseid meteor shower will peak on August 12! In preparation, we have the perfect free online masterclass for you to learn how to capture photos of the best meteor shower of the year. Ready to join the class?

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Posted on December 26, 2019August 5, 2020

How to Photograph the Milky Way in Under 5 Minutes

How to Photograph the Milky Way in Under 5 Minutes

Learn how to photograph the Milky Way in this quick overview of gear, planning, camera settings, and focusing for night sky photography.

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Posted on December 1, 2017November 12, 2018

Tutorial: Stacked Astrophotography Panoramas

Tutorial: Stacked Astrophotography Panoramas

This video tutorial combines two of my favorite techniques for maximizing image quality of astrophotos: stacking and stitching.

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Posted on October 18, 2016November 12, 2018

Critical Focus at Night with the SharpStar2

In this short video, travel with Lonely Speck to Alabama Hills, California to demo the SharpStar2 in the field to achieve perfect critical focus on the stars.

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Posted on June 22, 2016November 12, 2018

Photographing the Milky Way from an Airplane

In this video tutorial, I walk through my method of capturing and processing a photograph of the Milky Way from the window of an airplane.

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Posted on November 2, 2015November 12, 2018

Milky Way Exposure Stacking with Manual Alignment in Adobe Photoshop

Milky Way Exposure Stacking with Manual Alignment

In this video tutorial I walk through a technique for reducing noise and improving image quality by combining multiple astrophotography exposures. I also demonstrate what to do when auto-alignment tools, like Photoshop’s Auto-Align Layers function, fail to properly align your images.

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Posted on December 31, 2014November 12, 2018

Photographing and Processing the Constellation Orion: Astrophotography Image Stacking and LRGB Processing

Learn how to photograph and process one of the most colorful parts of the night sky.

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