Why Memory Cards are Useful Whenever a friend gets a camera, they usually come and ask me “What accessory should I get that will make me a better photographer?”. I’ll answer with two things, spare memory cards , and spare batteries. You don’t get better through better gear, you get better though practice. Practice in…
I found an old spotting scope that my grandfather used for bird watching. It has a variable zoom and can go between a magnification of 9x to 30x. The weather was nice, and I decided to mount it to my camera’s tripod and use it to look at the moon. The mounting system between the…
Free Post Processing In this post I will walk you through post processing a set of astrophotography images using only free programs. Getting the Data Let’s start with getting our raw images. I’m going to be using a 8-in Celestron Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope with a Cannon EOS Rebel T2i. I am using an advanced GT star…
Nehar Haesh Overview This series will cover my dive into astronomy and astrophotography. It will serve as a more real time companion to the astrophotography pages. These wont be the only astrophotography blog posts but will be the ones where I want to talk about a concept, technique, or skill. It will be an irregular series…
