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Category Archives: Creativity
New Way to Get Night Photography Instruction
StarCircleAcademy launches events site with classes, webinars and workshops – and discussion topics, too. Continue reading
Posted in Announcement, Creativity, Workshop
Tagged classes, discussion, events, meetup, workshops
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Creating a Night Panorama
How to plan and stitch together additional foreground details with a star trail, or starry sky. Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Image Stitching, Photo Processing, Photo Tip, Stacking
Tagged base, control points, creative, exposure, f/stop, hyperfocal distance, leveling, night, panorama, perspective, PTGui, scale, shooting panoramas, stitching, tripod, vertorama
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Action! Creating a Timelapse Animation (Part 1 of 2)
The heavens are moving, why not create motion from your night sky images? It’s relatively easy and many of the tools are free. Continue reading
Posted in Animation, Creativity, Photo Tip, Timelapse
Tagged animation, compositing, credits, frame rate, frames per second, overview, Picasa, timelapse, titling, Windows Live Movie
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Night Assault / Ghost Hikers – Stacking Action
Posted in Creativity, High Dynamic Range (HDR), Image, Photo Tip, Travel
Tagged cables, Half Dome, HDR, hike, twilight, Yosemite
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Expanse of Waters – Night Vertorama
Stitching together a foreground landscape with a long exposure star-scape adds context. Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Image, Image Stitching, Photo Tip
Tagged image, night, panorama, Red Rock Canyon, star trail, stitched, stitching, vertorama
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Improving Your Panoramas
Hi, I am Eric Harness, one of the instructors of Star Circle Academy. I want to first thank Steven for the great intro, also for his inspiration and his mentorship. Steven asked me to add some important details to his … Continue reading
Alignment (Part 2 of 2)
If you are finding these articles useful, please spread the word. Share us, Tweet Us, Digg us. Like us on Facebook. And if you would like one on one instruction please consider a Star Circle Academy Workshop. Now back to … Continue reading
Alignment (Part 1 of 2)
The basic, and important limitations and considerations for capturing the moon near a terrestrial object are described in this installment. The next installment works through the calculations and tools needed. Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Image, Photo Tip
Tagged altitude, angular size, azimuth, celestial alignment, depth of field, direction, elevation, foreground, illumination, large moon, moon, planning, telephoto, twilight
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Cheese, Emotion and Star Trails
KQED has listed the content of the May 18, 2011 Quest show on their website. My segment in the episode was taped on March 15th. From left to right below are Josh, the assistant producer, night photo guy (me), Amy, … Continue reading
Posted in Announcement, Creativity, Image, Ravings, Stacking
Tagged air date, audio, KQED, May 18, Mission Peak, night photography, Quest, San Francisco Bay Area, segment, Steven Christenson, TV
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Protected: Transit of Venus (PRIVATE for NOW)
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Posted in Astronomical Event, Astrophotography, Creativity, Photo Tip, Travel, Workshop
Tagged planning, private, secret, transit, venus
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