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Night Photography Tutorials

Lots of great night photography tutorials covering things such as camera settings for low light photography, how to focus in the dark and best techniques.

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Guides for night photography including:

  • How to Photograph Stars
  • How to Create Star Trails
  • ... or car light trails.
  • How to Photograph the Milky Way
  • How to Photograph the Northern Lights
  • Tips and Tools for Light Painting
  • Fire Spinning

There's so much to low light photography that while we go over some basics in our photography workshop in Drumheller, AB each spring and fall. However, now by popular demand, we're developing a dedicated Night Photography Workshop to be held in Western as well as Eastern Canada.

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How to Photograph the Northern Lights

by Steven Li | Last Updated: September 3, 2022

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Heading out to photograph the northern lights may test your patience, but when you finally do see them, the tips and advice in this guide to shooting the aurora borealis will have you coming home with some amazing photos of the night sky.

With 7 solar flares in the past 7 days and if you’re in the right location, the information in this article couldn’t be more timely.

8 Best Tips for Photographing the Magical Aurora Borealis

by Dan Zafra | Last Updated: November 11, 2022

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To help you capture the best possible Aurora images, I am going to give you some of THE best tips that I’ve learned after many years of shooting the Northern Lights worldwide!

Light Painting Experiments to Improve Your Photography

by Matt Chesebrough | Last Updated: April 26, 2021

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In this article, through a couple of different experiments you’ll learn the basics of light painting and explain some of the science going on behind the scenes in this unique long exposure photography technique.

How to do Stunning Milky Way Photography

by Matt Chesebrough | Last Updated: January 22, 2022

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In this article, you will learn how to do Milky Way photography. Tips for how to choose a location, when to plan to head out, minimum equipment requirements, and how to compose astrophotography scenes that will wow your friends and family.

Night Photography Settings – Guide to Getting the Best Exposure

by Jim Hamel | Last Updated: January 22, 2022

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In this article, night photography expert Jim Hamel will give you some tips on camera settings and how to get the best exposures after the sun goes down. Bonus – follow his quick processing tip to bring life to your nighttime photos!

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