Photographing the Night Skies

Interested in photographing the stars at night but not sure where to start? During this class, professional photographer Alison Carlino discusses the gear needed, how to plan for night sky adventures, how to focus in the darkness, the basics of how to light-paint objects, and how to capture star trails for the purpose of compositing in StarStaX. She also reviews realistic post-processing of the images in Lightroom.

• 0:00 - Introduction
• 6:13 - About Alison
• 8:56 - In This Presentation
• 9:37 - Gear
• 14:35 - Planning
• 20:37 - How to Focus in the Dark
• 23:01 - Milky Way: Planning & Capturing
• 27:13 - Star Trails
• 34:16 - Light Painting
• 46:27 - Editing & Q&A
• 58:14 - Final Thoughts

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