Master the art of night sky photography with the complete guide by Jason P. Odell
For anyone who wants to know how to photograph the night sky, I’m pleased to announce the immediate release of a new photography guide. The Night Sky Photography Handbook is the complete tutorial for photographing stars and the Milky Way with a digital camera. This complete guide is applicable to anyone who wants to create creative landscape photographs of the night sky. This comprehensive guide includes information on gear, composition, and post-processing night sky images, including star trails.
The Night Sky Photography Handbook by Jason P. Odell is available as a digital download as a printable PDF file. Full product details and ordering information are available at Luminescence of Nature Press.
If you’re going to fly, you’ll need wings and a full tank of fuel.
In today’s digital world, we have unprecedented access to high-quality photographic equipment. Just ten years ago, most photographers had a basic camera, sent their film off for processing, and got back a set of slides or 4×6″ prints to enjoy. Early digital cameras were either too expensive or too limited in quality to really be adopted by the average consumer. Now, you can get a 24 megapixel camera like the Nikon D3200 with a zoom lens for under $700!
Think about that for a second. Today’s digital cameras have enough resolution to rival medium format film cameras of the past. Back then, the only people I ever met who used medium format were studio portrait photographers. A medium format system was completely unrealistic for most photographers; they were harder to use and cost a fortune.
With so many people having access to amazing digital photo technology, there’s a feeling that anyone can be a great photographer because they have a great camera. I see it when I talk to wedding photographers about how their clients don’t want to pay for prints or albums because “uncle Joe” has a DSLR and will shoot their wedding for free. I see it when I browse Google+ or Facebook and see mediocre images posted as “works of art.” Friends, a mediocre 24 megapixel snapshot is still mediocre. You just have more resolution to display your mediocrity. With that, here are five fundamental tips for anyone who has recently picked up a new DSLR (or even an older one) and wants to improve their photography. Continue reading Ten Simple Tips for Digital Photographers→
The Photographer's Guide to Silver Efex Pro, by Jason P. Odell, Ph.D.
I’m pleased to announce the immediate availability of two new educational products from Luminescence of Nature Photography that will allow you to quickly master the art of black and white digital conversion using the Silver Efex Pro 2 plug-in from Nik Software.
The Photographer’s Guide to Silver Efex Pro 2 is a 200-page PDF guide (eBook) that covers every tool, slider, and feature in Nik Software’s Silver Efex Pro 2 plug-in. Here’s the manual that you’ll want to use to learn all the new features in Silver Efex Pro 2.0, including Dynamic Brightness, Soft Contrast, Fine Structure, and Selective Colorization. The book is delivered in electronic (PDF) format, and is readable on Macs, PCs, and iPads (to view on the iPad, you’ll need to transfer the PDF file from your computer using iTunes). I’ve also included a set of custom style presets that you can load into Silver Efex Pro 2: Continue reading Master Nik Software’s Silver Efex Pro 2→
I’m pleased to announce the release of my newest eBook, The Photographer’s Guide to Digital Landscapes. I wrote this book to provide photographers with a modern-day assessment of the fundamental techniques for capturing fabulous landscape images. Of course, some of these techniques apply to everyday photography, too. I’ve got a lot of books on landscape photography, and they are all very good. But many of the “classics” don’t have anything to say about modern DSLR photography– even the books that say “updated for digital.”
So, I present to you, The Photographer’s Guide to Digital Landscapes. A three-part book that covers:
Here’s an excerpt of one message I got the other day:
“Thank you for this wonderful book. I’m only on page 48, but what I’ve learned is considerable, even though I’ve used SEP for some time now. You do very good work!”
I also got notified today of the following review over at Peter West’s blog:
“Wonderful manual. I got your NX and NX2 manuals as well”
