5 Helpful Tips for Astrophotography

Astrophotography is a tremendously challenging genre that requires some specialized techniques and knowledge, but when you nail a shot, the results can be jaw-dropping. If you are looking to improve your astro images, this excellent video tutorial will show you five great tips that will help you take better photos of the night sky. 

Coming to you from Apalapse, this awesome video tutorial will show you five helpful tips for taking better astro images. Astrophotography definitely takes some very specific knowledge, techniques, and often equipment, but it can be entrancing to capture images of objects that are literally millions or billions of years old. If you are really serious about the genre, one essential piece of equipment you should eventually consider is an equatorial mount. These mounts work to counter the rotation of the earth and keep the sky still relative to the camera, allowing you to take much longer exposure without blurring, which is a huge boon in a genre where light is at a serious premium and you are often working with ultra-high ISOs and very long shutter speeds. Even the most inexpensive equatorial mounts will make a big difference. Check out the video above for the full rundown. 

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Alex Cooke is a Cleveland-based portrait, events, and landscape photographer. He holds an M.S. in Applied Mathematics and a doctorate in Music Composition. He is also an avid equestrian.

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