Image stacking is the starting point in the editing workflow of any of your deep space images. One photo stacking software you can use is the Deep Sky Stacker, also known as DSS. With this Deep Sky Stacker tutorial, you will be using photo stacking to obtain a final image.…

Capturing the Northern Lights is a must for outdoor photographers. Dramatic, bizarre, ethereal, colorful, weird, and at times, downright jaw-dropping, northern lights photography is unquestionably a perfect subject. They are also challenging. As lights dance over the frozen winter landscape, it can be hard to put everything together to create…

This is a SkyWatcher Star Adventurer review and set-up guide. It concludes our set of astrophotography articles. This is one of the most highly-regarded, affordable, and portable equatorial tracking mounts. It’s for lightweight astrophotography and time-lapses. If you’re into astrophotography, you must get an equatorial tracking mount. It’s even more…

Astrophotography post processing isn’t easy. There are so many things you can do to your photos to improve them, it’s hard to know where to start. In this article, I’ll walk you through the basics of astrophotography post-processing and show you how to get great results with just a few…

If you’re just starting out in astrophotography, you may find yourself feeling a little lost Don’t worry, you’re not alone! Astrophotography can be a really fun – and challenging – hobby to get into. But it helps to have a basic understanding of the terminology that’s used in the field…

Many people tend to think that movement is something to avoid in photography at all costs. And sometimes that’s true. Photography is often about capturing “the” moment and freezing it in time. But intentional camera movement (e.g., panning) and long exposures to blur moving water and clouds, can add magic…