How to Get Started in Infrared Photography What exactly is infrared light? Infrared Photography is in a different realm than color photography. The images often seem otherworldly or like images from a dream. In a sense, they are exactly that. Our human eyes lack the ability to detect infrared light but that does not mean it doesn’t exist. Fortunately, our cameras are not subject to the same restrictions our human eyes are. With an infrared filter or a modified camera, […]
Calendar Photo of the Month – Milky Way Over Anthony Lakes Happy New Year Everyone! It’s finally time to hang your new 2019 Northeast Oregon Calendar and, as promised, I will tell you all about the January photo. I titled this photo Milky Way Over Anthony Lakes. This photo was taken at Anthony Lakes in Northeast Oregon. The mountain on the left is Gunsight as many of you probably already know. The next peak in the middle is Lees Peak and […]
Using Sky Guide – Tips for Night Photography Sky Guide is a great app for star gazing but did you know it is also a very useful tool for creating your night sky photography plans? I use it for planning milky way shots, eclipses, meteor showers, star gazing, planet ID and more. It is certainly one of my favorite apps for the iPhone and it’s just plain fun! I want to share with you a couple tips for setting up Sky […]
Photographing the Eclipse – Planning Here in America, we are lucky to have a Total Lunar Eclipse coming up on the evening of January 20th, 2019. You’ve decided to take a photo of it! Awesome! But exactly how exactly should you go about that? Photographing the eclipse can be a bit daunting. Creating an Eclipse Photography Plan in an essential first step to a successful eclipse shoot. This post is about how-to pre-plan your eclipse shot, from selecting a location […]
Winter Sunrise ~ Oregon Trail Interpretive Center I thought you might enjoy revisiting one of my favorite winter photographs taken at the Oregon Trail Interpretive Center just outside of Baker City, Oregon. The Interpretive Center has lots of nice trails all with beautiful views of Baker Valley. This makes it an excellent place to view sunsets and moonsets over the Elkhorn Mountains. On this morning, it was the moonset I was after. The date, January 12, 2017. This particular winter […]