Deep Sky Astrophotography – Planning for The Weather
Partly cloudy skies are terrific for landscape photography and cloudy skies could be great for macro photography so you don’t blow out your subject. Not so for astrophotography where “Clear Skies” is a common salutation between astrophotographers. Partly cloudy skies…
How to Photograph the Moon using Olympus’ High Res Mode
Olympus OM-D cameras have a High Res Shot Mode that takes and stacks multiple exposures to produce a high resolution image of up to 80 MP. This can produce a high resolution image of the moon without having to manually…
Beginning Deep Sky Astrophotography – Planning Your Photo Shoot (DSO Targets)
Planning for a Deep Sky Astrophotography photo shoot is much different than planning for other types of photography. First the targets are seasonal, targets only appear in the night sky at certain times of the year. The targets also rise…
Testing out Olympus’ New Starry Sky Autofocus Feature
With the OM-D E-M1 Mark III, Olympus introduced the new Starry Sky Autofocus feature. Starry Sky AF has two focus modes: speed for handheld and accuracy for mounting on a tripod. Wait a minute – handheld autofocusing of the stars…
Beginning DSLR Deep Sky Astrophotography – Equipment
What is Deep Sky Astrophotography? It is photographing deep space objects like nebulae, galaxies, and star clusters. These objects are very faint or even invisible to the human eye but can create beautiful images when photographed using astrophotography techniques that…
How to Post Process your Star Trail Photographs in Lightroom
After hours outside photographing your star trails with your Olympus OM-D or other camera, your final image output by the camera probably looks something like this. This is due to light pollution and how dark of a location you were…
