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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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Video: How to Light Paint a Flower in Total Darkness

by Jason Page | Last Updated: November 12, 2018

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If you like night photography or just playing with different sorts of long exposures, you’ll want to check out this video tutorial from Jason D. Page. Jason shows us how to use two different light painting techniques to create some very interesting photos using light tools. Watch the video “How to Light Paint a Flower.”

Your Guide to Photographing the Milky Way

by Jim Hamel | Last Updated: February 28, 2019

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With the advancement of digital cameras, photographing the Milky Way is within reach of most photographers. In this guide, we take a look at what is required to get the best night time shots of this incredible night sky feature. There is a lot more planning involved than you might think.

5 Tips for Creating Spectacular Photos at Blue Hour

by Darlene Hildebrandt | Last Updated: January 22, 2022

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Blue hour is a magical time of day when the sky is a rich deep color and your photos come alive! Here 5 tips to help you create better blue hour photos so you can wow your friends and family with your images.

Tips and Tools for Light Painting – Review of Light Painting Brushes

by Darlene Hildebrandt | Last Updated: October 14, 2019

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Read this to get some tips and learn about some really neat tools you can use for using light painting in your photography. Light Painting Brushes help make light painting easier and more fun. Check it out.

How to Shoot Star Trails and Sample Images for You to Practice Stacking

by Darlene Hildebrandt | Last Updated: August 19, 2017

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If you’ve ever wanted to try shooting star trails you’ll want to read this and follow along. I even give you 94 images to try processing if you haven’t shot any yourself. I’ll walk you through step-by-step how to shoot it, how to process and stack them for a final stunning image.

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