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Tag: Stars

How to Photograph the Milky Way – The Right Way

Milky goodness streaks across the sky overhead. You grab your trusty hunk of photo makin’ metal, and point it towards the heavens above. Now what?

For thousands of years mankind has been looking at the stars with a grounding effect on their sense of belonging. These days we are further from those beautiful twinkling diamonds in the sky than ever before. Maybe that is why a photograph of the Milky Way tugs on the viewer’s attention in such a powerful way. Let me walk you through how to make your own professional image of the Milky Way! Continue reading

Milky Milky Yeah!

This image is one that I really enjoy. I created this one last summer at a place called Lake Geode in Danville, Iowa. A friend and I had been spending our night drinking at an RV park, telling stories around the fire. Continue reading