Ultimate Guide to Night Photography

COMPLETE step-by-step Night Photography Course! Simply learn how to capture breath taking Night Sky images!

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Last Updated: 2022-04-25 12:04:55 English Course Type: Self Learning

Low-Light Photography
Night Photography
How to capture Stunning Night Sky Photos
Time Lapse + Star Trails of the Milky Way
The COMPLETE basics of Low Light Aperture, Shutter Speed & ISO
The photography equipment required to capture low light photos
Composition in night sky photography (Beginner & Advanced)
Learn how to take gorgeous night photographs - like the pros!
Basics of editing your images in post-processing software
Advanced editing of night sky photos (Time Lapse, Star Trails, Exposure Blend & Focus Stack)
Understand why pre-planning is EXTREMELY important in Night Photography

Hello and welcome,

My name is Matthew Storer, an award-winning professional landscape & travel photographer from Australia. Welcome to my Night Photography Course, where I want to share everything I have learnt in the last 20+ years and travelling to over 100+ countries around the world.

Have you ALWAYS dreamt of capturing stunning night photography images? You will learn practical and professional night photography techniques with a simple step-by-step procedure. However, this course will give you confidence in capturing images even if you're a complete beginner; there is something for everyone!

Get your camera off automatic and completely understand ALL the basics of capturing "amazing" images! Let me show you how to enhance your night photography skill by developing a basics understanding of camera settings, compositions and editing techniques. Furthermore, raise your night photography skills to an entirely new level with the advanced sections inside of this course.

How I structured this course!

Module 1: In the first module, we will understand the basics of Night photography and what we're going to achieve in this course.

Module 2: Inside module number two, we will explore the camera equipment required for night photography. We are covering all the necessary equipment needed to capture impressive results. Furthermore, we will look at additional intermediate and more advanced equipment for when you up to your night photography skills.

Module 3: Module number 3 we will begin to look at the basics of photography, discover and understand all about ISO, Aperture and Shutter Speed. An essential module to learn and understand for when we head out and do the practical assessments in this course.

Module 4: In this section, we will look at more advanced basics in Night Photography - EXTREMELY important for achieving the best results.

Module 5: Pre-Planning is typically overlooked in Night photography. Therefore in this module, we take a look at why it's so important and how it can help you get the best results for your night photography.

Module 6: Out in the field, putting all our knowledge of what we've previously learnt and putting it into practice.

Module 7: Understanding the importance of Composition in photography, and we take a look at basics compositions to achieve the BEST night photography images. Foreground, reflection, scale, cityscape and much much more!

Module 8: Ramping up the difficulty but achieving the BEST results we can for our night Photography. Focus Stacking, Milky Way, Time Lapse, Star Trails, and so much more unique images to create in these lessons.

Module 9: It's finally time to finish our work out in the field with everything we've learnt over the previous eight lessons paying off. In this module of image editing, we generalise post-production from an overall perspective to suit all types of software.

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Course Outline Summary:

Night Photography Camera Basics
Night Photography in field Basics
Image Editing for the ENTIRE course images!
Step-by-step easy to follow procedures
All RAW files for post-production
Personal Support for comments & questions
Learn necessary advanced techniques for night photography
Learn my entire workflow from beginner to intermediate.

Create those unique night sky images that you've always dreamt of capturing!

Camera, Low Light Lens & Tripod
Smartphone (Downloading Apps)
Commitment & Desire to capture stunning photos
Laptop / Desktop + Editing Software
No photography knowledge require, I will teach you EVERYTHING!

Photographers
Night Sky Photographers
Photographers interested in Low Light photography
Astrophotography
Nature & Landscape Photographers

Section 1 : Introduction 2 Lectures 00:03:46
Lecture 1 :
Introduction to Night Photography Preview
A brief overview of what to expect from this course and capturing night sky photography.
Lecture 2 :
What is Night Photography?
Understanding exactly what night sky photography is, capturing stunning night photography that we are unable to witness with our own eyes.
Section 2 : Camera Equipment Overview for Night Photography 8 Lectures 00:20:29
Lecture 1 :
Introduction to Camera Equipment
An introduction to the type of photography equipment you need to capture stunning sky photos, from the basics, intermediate or the more advanced level.
Lecture 2 :
Best Camera for Night Photography
Understand what camera you need to capture night sky photos.
Lecture 3 :
What Sensor Size do I need?
With so many modern cameras out there currently, we uncover what is best for you night photography. Micro four thirds vs APS-C or Full frame cameras?
Lecture 4 :
Lenses for Low Light Photography
An overview of the different type of lenses out there and understand what lenses would be best your type of photography requirements.
Lecture 5 :
Prime VS Zoom Lenses - Whats really important?
Understand the differences between prime and zoom lenses for night sky photos and how much we should spend on lenses?
Lecture 6 :
Tripods - Are they really important?
Are tripods really that important to night sky photography? Do we need one, what should we look for and how much should be investing?
Lecture 7 :
Filters in Night Photography
Light Pollution filters how important are they for night photography and will increase the quality of my images?
Lecture 8 :
Complete Accessories Bundle for Night Photography
Oversee all the accessories IÂ recommend to make you night photography a lot easier with beginner, intermediate and more advanced accessories to make your life so much easier out in the field.
Section 3 : ULTIMATE Guide to ALL the Basics of Night Photography 8 Lectures 00:18:47
Lecture 1 :
Basics of Night Photography
Start to understand the basics of what we require to understand in-camera for capturing night sky images.
Lecture 2 :
What is ISO?
Begin to understand 1 of the 3 main elements in photography - ISO
Lecture 3 :
Understand ISO - In field PRACTICAL
Learn out in the field how ISOÂ is affecting your night sky images with this practical lesson!
Lecture 4 :
What is Aperture?
Begin to understand the second of 3 main elements in photography - Aperture
Lecture 5 :
Understand Aperture - In field PRACTICAL
Learn out in the field how Aperture is affecting your night sky images with this practical lesson!
Lecture 6 :
What is Shutter Speed?
Begin to understand the third of 3 main elements in photography - Shutter Speed
Lecture 7 :
Understand Shutter Speed - In field PRACTICAL
Learn out in the field how Shutter Speed is affecting your night sky images with this practical lesson!
Lecture 8 :
Understand the Exposure Triangle in photography
Previous lessons we've discussed each element individually, here we understand how all elements work together to make the perfect exposure in our photography
Section 4 : Learn the ADVANCED In-camera basics for Night Photography 6 Lectures 00:14:50
Lecture 1 :
Learn the ADVANCED In-camera basics for Night Photography
Progressively we start to understand more information we require to capture stunning night photos in the advanced basics module.
Lecture 2 :
Histogram - Why's it so important
One of the most important lessons to understand ALLÂ the information that our camera is giving us regarding the information from the image.
Lecture 3 :
RAW vs JPEG - What's the difference?
Should IÂ shoot in RAWÂ or JPEG, in this lesson we find out what format you should be shooting in
Lecture 4 :
What is RAW and why's it important?
Understand the POWER of RAWÂ image, especially in image processing which we will find out in the last lesson in this course!
Lecture 5 :
Dynamic Range - Why does NOONE understand this?
The MOSTÂ UNDERRATEDÂ feature in ANYÂ type of photography that you have to know and understand to improve your photography.
Lecture 6 :
White Balance - Is it really important?
Adjusting white balance or Kelvin Temperature in-camera, is it really that important?
Section 5 : How to Pre Plan for Night Sky Photography 6 Lectures 00:24:52
Lecture 1 :
The BEST App for Night Sky photography Planning!
Discover not only the BESTÂ APPÂ for night sky photography, but your entire photography in general
Lecture 2 :
Additional PRO feature of PhotoPills
Wish to become more pro in your photography, I will show you how THISÂ APPÂ will help you achieve that.
Lecture 3 :
PRO TIP For Night Sky Planning
Use this PROÂ TIP to get the BESTÂ results for you night sky photography.
Lecture 4 :
Why Pre-Planning is EXTREMELY important in night photography!
Understand how so much pre-planning goes into capturing Night Photography Images
Lecture 5 :
How to reduce light pollution
Try to eliminate light pollution with this simple and easy pre-planning tip!
Lecture 6 :
Finding the best weather for night photography
Don't waste time by having terrible weather, in this lesson we learn how to raise the chances of capturing unique images!
Section 6 : In-camera BASICS of Night Photography 7 Lectures 00:21:27
Lecture 1 :
How to focus to infinity - IMPORTANT
1 of 2 crucial features in this course that we talk about NEEDING to master to get the best results from our Night Sky Photography!
Lecture 2 :
BEST Base Settings for Night Photography
Learn the best base settings for night sky photography fro capturing images before we make changes
Lecture 3 :
Base Settings - Out in the Field!
In this lesson, we put those base settings to the test to understand what we have to do with the resulting image.
Lecture 4 :
What to do with a UNDEREXPOSED Image!
Understand what to do if the base results of the image are underexposed, how do we fix the image?
Lecture 5 :
What to do with a OVEREXPOSED Image!
Understand what to do if the base results of the image are overexposed, how do we fix the image?
Lecture 6 :
Overexposed Image? Here's 1 MASTER TIP!
This lesson we learn one pro tip to advance our night sky photography with overexposed images.
Lecture 7 :
PRO TIP: Finding Composition FAST!
Speed up your workflow, reduce time and effort out in the field with this professional tip!
Section 7 : Night Photography Composition Skills 6 Lectures 00:14:14
Lecture 1 :
Introduction to Composition
Understand how important composition is to generate unique and personal images for Night Sky Photography
Lecture 2 :
The POWER of a foreground Element
Learn a simple technique to improve the impact of your photography with a foreground element in the composition
Lecture 3 :
Impact your Night Photography with creating Scale
Make your images come to life by creating scale and learn how this will impact the viewer.
Lecture 4 :
Create simple & stunning REFLECTION Photos
An extremely simple and effective way to create stunning night images by learning how to capture reflection images
Lecture 5 :
Low Light Cityscape Photography
Learn how to capture unique blue hour low light photography to photography stunning cityscape photography
Lecture 6 :
Creating Simple Light Trails
Easy way to create a composition from car trails on a motorway or road in photography. Understand the importance of shutter speed compared to other photography elements.
Section 8 : Learn ADVANCED Capturing techniques to improve your Night Photography 6 Lectures 00:20:59
Lecture 1 :
Light Pollution Filter - How good are they?
Do you need a light pollution filter for your night photography and how good are they?
Lecture 2 :
Exposure Blending for Night Photography
Learn the professional method to get the best results out of night photography through exposure blending
Lecture 3 :
Artistic Night Photography with Artificial Lighting
In this lesson, we learn how with a single headtorch we can create artistic images in our night sky photography
Lecture 4 :
Focus Stacking for the BEST results!
Learn how, when and why to focus stack to get the best results for our night photography
Lecture 5 :
Creating unique star trail photography
Star Trail images may look extremely unique and difficult to capture, but learn the easy way to take 1 set of images and create 3 different types of images!
Lecture 6 :
Milky Way Time Lapse Photography
Create stunning Milky Way time-lapse photography the easy way
Section 9 : Image Editing of Night Photography 11 Lectures 02:03:39
Lecture 1 :
Introduction to Image Editing
A guide to image editing what we will be covering in the last module of this course, understand how image editing will give us the BEST results from our images.
Lecture 2 :
Basics of Post-Production Sliders
Understand what changes you are making and how it is impacting the image for the overall result!
Lecture 3 :
Global VS Local Adjustments
Global adjustments, what should you do to the overall image to get the best quality out of your images?
Lecture 4 :
Editing a Night Photography Image
A lesson editing an entire image from a recent lesson that we captured out in the field.
Lecture 5 :
Image Editing of Artificial Light in Night Photography
Create beautiful results from artificial light in night photography with important editing techniques
Lecture 6 :
Blending Exposures for BEAUTIFUL natural images
Understand the difference of blending natural light and artificial light and getting cleaner and more natural results for night photography
Lecture 7 :
Focus Stacking in PhotoShop
Get the sharpest results with a large depth of field with focus stacking in Adobe Photoshop
Lecture 8 :
The BEST form of Focus Stacking with Helicon Focus
Discover the easiest way with the best result to focus stack your night photography images to create a large depth of field.
Lecture 9 :
Editing Time-Lapse Milky Way Photography
Learn how to edit a favourite of mine, Milky Way Time-Lapse photography creating unique night sky results.
Lecture 10 :
Creating GORGEOUS Star Trail Night Photography
Thes easiest way to create gorgeous star trails with a FREE software, the entire process is made simple!
Lecture 11 :
Adobe Lightroom: PRO TIPS!!!
Discover a few hidden gems in Adobe Lightroom to help speed up your workflow and achieve the BESTÂ results

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