I’ve been working on some photographic techniques that I haven’t used for some time. One of the techniques I wanted to refresh is panoramic photography. I brought my panorama gear with me from home with this in mind. This contraption, the Really Right Stuff Pano Elements Package mounts on the tripod head and serves two purposes. It keeps the…
Category: Technique
Expanding Dynamic Range
A technique I’m working on is expanding the dynamic range of my photographs. In photography dynamic range can be interpreted as the measurement between the whitest whites and the blackest blacks in an image, or the lowest and highest values of density and luminance. Image sensors in cameras do not have the dynamic range of the…
Long Exposures
Long exposure photographs are simply ones with lengthy shutter openings (several seconds to several minutes). The technique is to use a tripod to ensure there is no camera movement whatsoever and to gather the light on the sensor over a long period of time. It’s easy at night; there isn’t much light so it takes…
Milky Way Over the Three Sisters
Earlier today (4:00 am) I ventured out into the cold (3 deg C or 38 deg F) with two friends from the Canmore Camera Club. They had determined that the Milky Way would be very visible at this hour, close to Canmore’s landmark peaks, the Three Sisters. We set up in a good location and…
Photographing the Moon
Photographing the moon, particularly the full moon can be difficult. The challenge arises from the moon’s brilliance. To capture the moon without over-exposing (and washing it out), the shutter speed must be short (<1/100 sec). At high speed, in low light or darkness, it’s not possible to capture anything but the moon. The remainder of the…