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p.1 #1 · Night Photography 101

Just published a pretty thorough article on Night photography from conceptualization, technique and post-processing, including pano and stacked star trails in Photoshop CS4.

http://www.availablelightimages.com/articles/technical-writing/night-light

Any C&C's of this first draft appreciated.

Cheers all,

Alister

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Feb 02, 2010 at 10:54 AM

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p.1 #2 · Night Photography 101

Was just looking at the photos on your website and they are stunning.

Looking forward to reading your article on B&W photography on my train ride home this evening. Thanks so much for sharing.

Feb 02, 2010 at 03:35 PM

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p.1 #3 · Night Photography 101

Well done! You have some stunning work, hopefully you have reinvigorated my passion for available light (night) photography. thank you!

Feb 02, 2010 at 04:42 PM

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p.1 #4 · Night Photography 101

Nice work. (For anyone looking for a quickie take on some night photo stuff: http://www.gdanmitchell.com/2009/02/11/hints-for-night-photography )

Dan

Feb 02, 2010 at 04:48 PM

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p.1 #5 · Night Photography 101

Marked for later, because my night time techniques ...well that word may get filtered.

Feb 02, 2010 at 05:37 PM

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p.1 #6 · Night Photography 101

gdanmitchell wrote:
Nice work. (For anyone looking for a quickie take on some night photo stuff: http://www.gdanmitchell.com/2009/02/11/hints-for-night-photography )

Dan

cheers for the link Dan.. Considerably more concise than my article..

Feb 03, 2010 at 12:42 AM

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p.1 #7 · Night Photography 101

hobbit wrote:
Was just looking at the photos on your website and they are stunning.

Looking forward to reading your article on B&W photography on my train ride home this evening. Thanks so much for sharing.

Thanks for that.. It was quite a bit of work to get all this together, it is easy to forget how much we know until we try and write it all down..

Feb 03, 2010 at 12:43 AM

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p.1 #8 · Night Photography 101

wow great stuff, thanks!

Feb 03, 2010 at 01:20 AM

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p.1 #9 · Night Photography 101

alibenn wrote:
gdanmitchell wrote:
Nice work. (For anyone looking for a quickie take on some night photo stuff: http://www.gdanmitchell.com/2009/02/11/hints-for-night-photography )

Dan

cheers for the link Dan.. Considerably more concise than my article..

Thanks, though I think our approaches are complementary. I wrote mine as a sort of quick primer for folks who just need the basics. There is, as you certainly know, a lot more to this than just the basics, though.

Dan

Feb 03, 2010 at 03:34 AM

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p.1 #10 · Night Photography 101

gdanmitchell wrote:
alibenn wrote:
gdanmitchell wrote:
Nice work. (For anyone looking for a quickie take on some night photo stuff: http://www.gdanmitchell.com/2009/02/11/hints-for-night-photography )

Dan

cheers for the link Dan.. Considerably more concise than my article..

Thanks, though I think our approaches are complementary. I wrote mine as a sort of quick primer for folks who just need the basics. There is, as you certainly know, a lot more to this than just the basics, though.

Dan

Thanks for stopping by and leaving the comment on the article, appreciate it.. cheers.

Feb 03, 2010 at 04:01 AM

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p.1 #11 · Night Photography 101

Thank you Alister, you have some beautiful work with the great article as well!

Feb 03, 2010 at 04:48 AM

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p.1 #12 · Night Photography 101

Netgarden wrote:
Thank you Alister, you have some beautiful work with the great article as well!

Thank you, I appreciate that.. cheers.

Alister

Feb 03, 2010 at 08:33 AM

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p.1 #13 · Night Photography 101

Very nice article, but you should credit Rush with your opening poem about chasing light....

best

steve

Feb 06, 2010 at 11:33 AM

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p.1 #14 · Night Photography 101

Cool shot - looking forward to study your article.

Feb 06, 2010 at 03:00 PM

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p.1 #15 · Night Photography 101

Dear ailbenn: Fine Work! But you owe yourself a copy of AutoPano Pro which is much, MUCH more powerful, fast and hassle free than typical stitching programs.

Feb 06, 2010 at 05:58 PM

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p.1 #16 · Night Photography 101

SoundHound wrote:
Dear ailbenn: Fine Work! But you owe yourself a copy of AutoPano Pro which is much, MUCH more powerful, fast and hassle free than typical stitching programs.

But in almost all cases the stitching in CS4 will work just fine - great, even.

Feb 06, 2010 at 06:42 PM

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p.1 #17 · Night Photography 101

great resource!

Feb 08, 2010 at 04:39 AM

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p.1 #18 · Night Photography 101

Very nice article.

Feb 08, 2010 at 07:54 AM

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p.1 #19 · Night Photography 101

Lot's of info. Great article.

Brian

Feb 08, 2010 at 10:53 PM

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p.1 #20 · Night Photography 101

Alister, I'm only about half way through the article, but it's great so far. Interesting information and it looks like you have answered a lot of questions I've had such as moon placement, lighting, and etc.

Feb 13, 2010 at 12:08 AM

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p.1 #21 · Night Photography 101

Wow, that's truly fantastic. The photographic community owes you a big, collective "THANKS!" for dedicating that much of your time/effort/knowledge into developing this article.

Feb 14, 2010 at 07:17 PM

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p.1 #22 · Night Photography 101

I am looking forward to reading your tutorial, Alister. I have always wanted to try night photography, especially star trails, but wasn't sure where to begin. You article looks like a great starting place. Thanks so much for the effort involved in putting the tutorial together.

TJ

Feb 15, 2010 at 03:26 AM

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p.1 #23 · Night Photography 101

Yes that article should be posted over at Luminous Landscape -i t is the kind of on-line publication.tutorial they like - you should contact Michael Reichman who owns that site...might generate greater publicity and business for you if posted there:

http://www.luminous-landscape.com

Feb 15, 2010 at 03:36 AM

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p.1 #24 · Night Photography 101

Alister, that is a fantastic article and I will be studying it closely. You will be responsible for vastly improving my night shots.

If I may make one suggestion on lights for night work. I do astrophotography with a group of amateur astronomers on Haleakala and they are adamant about using red lights, to the point of keeping some red gel paper available for anyone who happened to bring a white light flashlight.

I have a really great adjustable headlamp that has both red and white lights in it and is adjustable as to brightness. White light robs night vision but red does not and taking night shots requires good night vision. I'd change that one bit on headlamp recommendations to specify red lighting. Any other photographers who are out there with you will appreciate it.

Feb 15, 2010 at 09:28 PM


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