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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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Guide to Photographing Light Trails at Night

by Darlene Hildebrandt | Last Updated: June 11, 2020

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Photographing light trails at night is a fun way to make some stunning images using long shutter speed. This how to guide on long exposure car trails shows you exactly how to do this from what equipment you need, finding a good location, timing the shots and even a bonus advanced tip on how to combine multiple images for even greater effect.

How to Photograph Star Trails and the Milky Way

by Darlene Hildebrandt | Last Updated: August 13, 2017

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How to photograph star trails and the Milky Way – tips for equipment needed, camera settings, and set up so that you can go try this yourself.

Tips for Photographing the Lunar Eclipse – Interview with Phil Hart

by Darlene Hildebrandt | Last Updated: August 9, 2017

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There is a special occurrence happening next week starting late on the evening (or night) on April 14th or early in the morning on the 15th (depending on your location. It is a lunar eclipse! This is where the earth comes in between the sun and the moon casting our shadow on the moon temporarily…

Easy Guide to Night Photography

by Jesse Summers | Last Updated: March 28, 2019

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A guest article by Jesse Summers on astral night photography. Tips for finding a good spot, minimal gear you need to do the job and how to set up your camera to get the best exposures. Follow his tips and you can do some great night photography!

Night Astral Photography – an Interview With Jesse Summers

by Darlene Hildebrandt | Last Updated: August 9, 2017

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Tips for stunning night photography images from photographer Jesse Summers from “Into the Night”. In this short 30 minute interview, Jesse shares way to find locations with no noise pollution, how to find the Milky Way, the formula for exposure times that insure clear crisp photos plus a whole lot more.

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