Dusk to Dawn, 2nd Edition

Embrace the dark and conquer landscape photography at night!   In the past, landscape photography largely ended when the last light of dusk faded from the sky. Today it’s only beginning. The latest digital cameras have made it much easier to create images of the landscape at night that film...
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Embrace the dark and conquer landscape photography at night!

 

In the past, landscape photography largely ended when the last light of dusk faded from the sky. Today it’s only beginning. The latest digital cameras have made it much easier to create images of the landscape at night that film and early digital photographers could only dream of. Equipped with off-the-shelf cameras, more and more photographers are venturing into the night, far beyond the comforting glow of city lights, and returning with spectacular images of places both familiar and unknown that are unlike anything seen before.

 

Dusk to Dawn: A Guide to Landscape Photography at Night, 2nd Edition, is your guide to this new photographic world. In it, photographer Glenn Randall—author of the bestselling The Art, Science, and Craft of Great Landscape Photography—teaches you how to plan, shoot, and process professional-quality images of the Milky Way, the aurora, lunar eclipses, meteor showers, comets, star trails, and landscapes lit solely by moonlight.

 

In this fully revised and updated second edition, Randall goes deeper into today’s technology that allows for great landscape photography at night: from mirrorless cameras that now truly dominate the market (and require a different approach to focusing) to the apps photographers need to know to best prepare for a successful shoot (Photo Pills, Photo Ephemeris Web). This edition has also been updated with dozens of new photographs from the author, as well as new sections on photographing comets, the zodiacal light, and noctilucent coulds.

 

Throughout the book, Randall emphasizes ways to integrate beautiful depictions of the night sky with equally compelling renditions of the land below it to create complete landscape images that evoke a sense of place—and a sense of wonder. Equipped with the knowledge in this book, you will be able to create your own nocturnal masterpieces.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction

Chapter 1: Preparing for Night Photography

Chapter 2: Tools for Night Photography

Chapter 3: Essential Skills for Night Photography

Chapter 4: Planning a Milky Way Shoot

Chapter 5: Shooting the Milky Way

Chapter 6: Processing Night Landscapes

Chapter 7: Advanced Techniques for Night Landscapes

Chapter 8: Photographing Star Trails

Chapter 9: Shooting the Aurora

Chapter 10: Photographing Meteor Showers and Comets

Chapter 11: Photographing Lunar Eclipses

Chapter 12: Photographing Moonlit Landscapes

Index

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