Total Lunar Eclipse Coming up on March 3
The last total lunar eclipse until the very end of 2028 – nearly three years away – occurs just a few days from now: March 3, 2026. Don’t miss your chance!
Articles tagged Photography
15 articles found
Architectural Photography, Part 5: Natural Light
Lighting is a critical aspect of architectural photography and something you should plan for in advance. Depending on the circumstances of your project, you may be able to pick and choose your time freely (e.g. personal projects, planning future travel), to exercise some choice within a finite time window…
Architectural Photography, Part 4: Fixing Wide Angle Distortion
At the end of our last article, we had corrected the converging verticals and the slight horizontal yaw of our photo, and yet things still aren’t quite right…
Architectural Photography, Part 3: Fixing Converging Verticals
In this third post about architectural photography, we’ll look at how to fix converging verticals in your shots of buildings. If we can’t avoid unintended converging verticals in-camera, we must fix them in post.
Architectural Photography, Part 2: Equipment
In this second post about architectural photography, we’ll discuss equipment selection (cameras, lenses, tripods, and tripod heads) and some of the implications of the gear you have on hand, particularly in post-processing.
Architectural Photography, Part 1: Perspective
This is the first in a series of brief introductory articles on architectural photography. We’ll cover everything you need to know in order to plan, execute and process your images of buildings to a high standard. In this part, we’ll consider perspective and how it applies to architectural work.
Fall Photography Lighting Tips
And all of sudden, it’s September, the beginning of climatological autumn here in the northern hemisphere. It’s perhaps the most exciting time of all for outdoor photography - changing colors, unpredictable weather, and all-too-brief moments of perfect conditions to shoot the change foliage.
April 8 Eclipse In Review
So, it finally happened. After months of prep and work to add solar eclipse features in Photo Ephemeris, we finally got to see the April 8 total eclipse! We traveled on a no-frills tour to a location near Torreón in northern Mexico.
What if it’s cloudy?
A lot of eclipse chasers are rightly concerned by the weather forecast for April 8. It’s looking to be cloudy or partially cloudy over some fairly large areas of the path. You’ll likely to fall into one of two groups: you’re mobile or you’re not.
Where can I see Baily’s Beads on April 8, 2024?
One solar eclipse phenomenon prized by photographers is Baily’s Beads – the “ string of pearls ” that can appear in certain circumstances around C2/C3.
Searching for the Double Diamond Ring
In certain circumstances, during a solar eclipse, instead of the light of the Sun diminishing to a single point - the classic “ Diamond Ring ” - it lingers in two places giving the elusive “ Double Diamond Ring ” effect.
Building a solar eclipse simulator for April 8 2024
“ Will you be adding solar eclipses to TPE? ” I was asked in March 2023. A good question. With two eclipses passing over North America within a year (more or less) it was high time to grasp the nettle and get to work.
Remembering childhood sunsets
Our friends at Rocky Nook kindly offered the opportunity to write a short article about The Photographer’s Ephemeris to be published in conjunction with a webinar they offered last week, presented by Glenn Randall.
Shooting stars (and comets)
I headed out to Rocky Mountain National Park on Monday evening for a long overdue photography shoot, in the hopes of catching a good view of comet Neowise.
Magical Gold and Blue: Confusion in the Twilight Zone
I’m always interested to see new developments in photography apps, keeping a close eye on updates. This excerpt from the latest release notes of a sun tracking app caught my eye: “ Details view now shows Magic Hours for photography — Golden Hour and Blue Hour ”