This is the fastest, best tutorial I've ever watched on shooting the milky way. No BS, just quick facts and BOOM...you can quit your day job and become an Astro Photographer! well....maybe not that last part.
If you’re shooting RAW, you don't need to worry about white balance, because RAW mode simply records the light measurement at each sensor R, G, or B photosite. White balance is only used in interpreting those measurements to create an image on your camera preview display (which you likely won't use much for astrophotography) or computer. So you can set your WB to anything, as long as, when you process your images later on your computer (using Lightroom, Adobe Camera RAW, or any similar program), you make sure to set the WB in that program to 4000K (I've actually found 3700K works better) before processing it.
This was the EXACT video I needed. I used it recently shooting the Aquarii meteor shower this year. I had hopes to capture the planet parade back in May (but was foggy the past few nights). My fingers are crossed I can capture the Strawberry Moon tonight before I miss it and have to wait another 19-20 years!
This was one of the most helpful videos I’ve seen! Straight to the point with a slide show & last slide. Thank you sooo much!! I’m excited for the meteor shower this weekend!
I've been taking pictures of the night sky since I was a child. My dad would be night fishing and I would camp out taking pictures of the stars. I love this video because it's easy for a beginner to just snap the best photo settings to take with them. I know I like super long exposures and some don't but I feel like long exposures can bring so much coolness to the night sky. Great video.
I've been watching a fair few tutorials on this subject lately and was not expecting to learn SO MUCH NEW STUFF from your video that no one else seems to mention! Thank you, fantastic information! 👏
Seriously! I cannot thank you enough for your break down, I have been scouring the web looking for info on this and everyone explained the 500 formula as well as others techniques that you explained well like we were sitting at a desk in Yale. Thank you. I actually made progress with your tutorial.
I just got my first camera last week and am excited to shoot the stars! This video was EXTREMELY helpful and the most helpful out of the 100 videos I’ve watched so far. Thank you for the screenshot as well!
Heading out for an overnight boat camping adventure...destination barrier island. Paddle dinghy to the beach and set up tripod. The screenshot detail is EXACTLY what I needed. THANK YOU!!!
Impulsively deciding to head out and dabble into astro tonight and came across your video and GLAD I DID! Thank you SO MUCH for the quick and straight to the point tutorial! Also, the screenshot image was AWESOME so thank you so much for that too!! Cheers
I was looking out my window (Macon County, North Carolina) this morning and it was a very starry night. Since we get a lot of fog in the valley it's a bit unusual. But, not entirely. With 10 times the houses here we can still see the Milky Way but, not as many as often as we could in the 1970s. I started thinking about a trip to a dark sky area. So, I needed a reminder of the camera settings for dark skies and this was a great reminder.
I'm with 50mm 1.8 and always wondered why the stars were oval or not jus points. And I've been trying to correct it for so long. Now the 500 rule explains a lot. Thanks!
I was on the right track through trial and error but I didn’t think to magnify and focus on a single star nor adjust white balance to a kelvin value. Got my first taste of the astro world thanks to you man! Thank you 🙏🏻
GREAT INSTRUCTION VIDEO--Right to the point--cuts to the chase. My kind of video. Not a lot of fluff or BS or self grandizment or advertising--Thank you!!!!
This was super helpful. I'm just learning to shoot night photos and figured I'd try your advice. I was able to use these settings and fine tune them as desired and I was able to see so many stars.
lovely. Exactly the type of video I like. Straight to the point. No rambly intro. nice one. Im off tonight for my second star photography attempt ever. Thanks man.
Thank you so much!!!! These tips helped me to capture most detailed picture of the night sky. And these are probably the best tips, I could ever find. Once again, thank you very much.
Thank you for the straight forward information. I am visiting Spirit Lake this evening, 1% Waxing Crescent tonight, let's see what happens. I'm using a Fujifilm x-100t camera. Thank you once again
Wow ! More useful information in your video than in many others put together. You have a knack for pinning down the most important points clearly, very very useful especially for a beginner such as myself. I hope you continue to make more tutorials such as this one to cover different aspects of photography. I will certainly be looking for them. Thank you.
1:14 the milky way season is not inverted for northern and southern hemispheres because it is not based on tilt but on the position of the sun relative to the stars (specifically the milky way core). It's about where the dark side of the earth is 'pointing.'
I just came back from a grueling trek (Hampta Pass) followed by visiting the Spiti Valley, and but it was one of the best places to shoot the stars. I did capture Ursa major and Orion belt but I think it would have been really helpful if I had watched this video before.
I give only 2-3 youtube likes in a year and I just liked that! Nice video, thanks I love the bloopers, you are more natural and you look better overall
Very basic and yet complete way to start. I've bought recently a 750D, and waiting for my 50mm and 24mm, probably will end up using the 24mm for astrophotography.
This is a fantastic tutorial. I'll come back and edit this comment once I'm able to fiddle around with my settings and figure out how to do all this! Edit: I tried one night but never really got the time because I was being eaten alive by mosquitoes. Now I'm back at school and had to leave my mom's camera at home so I won't get to try it for a very long time☹️
@@LucyLeheilleix Well good luck and keep trying. Went out last night looking for the moon, Saturn and Jupiter shot, but all too low in the sky and had no elevation. It's all about the practice. 👍
Next week I'll be trying out night photography for the first time, and I'll be using these settings to start off with. I'm nervous about not capturing any useable shots so wish me luck!
I have laowa 7.5mm now so next summer I’ll go out into the forest or something and try to get some photos. We got mountains here so I can probably get something pretty neat
Thanks that's awesome. My son is interested and we are planning going out tonight. We're in Uruguay, near the beach which will be black we face south and I think we're moonless. The night skies down here can be very interesting.
Just found this video and set my Nikon Coolpix b700 and done a great time lapse video of the night sky thankyou for the great tips worked a treat. How would I record video of the starlink trail so that it looks like a video ? Thanks
I'm not very familiar with Canon cameras, but I would guess this is some sort of setting that is only allowing your camera to take photos when it in focused. Dive deep into the settings in coordination with Googling your issue with "Canon" included in the Google search.
Thanks for the guide. I did it last night. Turned out pretty decent. I don't normally do a lot of night stuff, but wanted to change it up a bit and stumbled across your video. Thank you
This is the fastest, best tutorial I've ever watched on shooting the milky way. No BS, just quick facts and BOOM...you can quit your day job and become an Astro Photographer! well....maybe not that last part.
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Das gut.
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Agreed!
The man made a slide for us to screenshot!!! What a guy
Instant like for that! I don't like videos, I hate that UA-cam saves the liked videos in a list.
All tutorials should be like this … good info, fast. No fluff… no links to click … pure awesomeness…
This must be the only zero bullshit video I’ve ever seen in my 30 years of life. Thanks man
You're welcome.
If you’re shooting RAW, you don't need to worry about white balance, because RAW mode simply records the light measurement at each sensor R, G, or B photosite. White balance is only used in interpreting those measurements to create an image on your camera preview display (which you likely won't use much for astrophotography) or computer. So you can set your WB to anything, as long as, when you process your images later on your computer (using Lightroom, Adobe Camera RAW, or any similar program), you make sure to set the WB in that program to 4000K (I've actually found 3700K works better) before processing it.
"Some of you shoot in auto...I wouldn't recommend that ever." That had me rolling 🤣🤣🤣
I appreciate how concise this was , with visuals not just explanation
I tried for nearly 15 days every day nothing worked uptill this video helped me ... THANK YOU
Appreciated and Highly recommended for beginners
This was the EXACT video I needed. I used it recently shooting the Aquarii meteor shower this year. I had hopes to capture the planet parade back in May (but was foggy the past few nights). My fingers are crossed I can capture the Strawberry Moon tonight before I miss it and have to wait another 19-20 years!
This was one of the most helpful videos I’ve seen! Straight to the point with a slide show & last slide. Thank you sooo much!! I’m excited for the meteor shower this weekend!
Best tutorial hands down. Love the no BS approach. Thank you.
Why aren’t all tutorial videos like that. Most of us want information, not so called entertainment. Excellent.
Thanks!
This guy has a app for everything
😂😂😂😂
Does he ? I need a link to help me get better shots
I’m not gonna lie this is the best and shortest video I’ve seen on low light photography so far.
I was screen recording this video while watching it and taking screenshots as I went only for the slide at the end to appear! Thank you sir!
I've been taking pictures of the night sky since I was a child. My dad would be night fishing and I would camp out taking pictures of the stars. I love this video because it's easy for a beginner to just snap the best photo settings to take with them. I know I like super long exposures and some don't but I feel like long exposures can bring so much coolness to the night sky. Great video.
Thanks @ryanborden , great video. 500-rule = full frame sensor. That is APS-C: 500/ x*1,6 (ish) ?
I've been watching a fair few tutorials on this subject lately and was not expecting to learn SO MUCH NEW STUFF from your video that no one else seems to mention! Thank you, fantastic information! 👏
What everybody else said! This was the best tutorial on ANY subject I've ever viewed on youtube. Nice Work! Thanks
Absolutely brilliant. The video live view focusing tip was pure genius! Thanks
Seriously! I cannot thank you enough for your break down, I have been scouring the web looking for info on this and everyone explained the 500 formula as well as others techniques that you explained well like we were sitting at a desk in Yale. Thank you. I actually made progress with your tutorial.
Awesome, this is why I made it. To help people like you. Thank you for showing your appreciation 😊
This is hands down the best tutorial I have ever watched
Perfect. Right on point. We are in a evolution mode where small talk must be avoided.
I just got my first camera last week and am excited to shoot the stars! This video was EXTREMELY helpful and the most helpful out of the 100 videos I’ve watched so far. Thank you for the screenshot as well!
Heading out for an overnight boat camping adventure...destination barrier island. Paddle dinghy to the beach and set up tripod. The screenshot detail is EXACTLY what I needed. THANK YOU!!!
Omg! This literally make me say ohhhhhh that’s why that wasn’t working. Thanks so much, so excited to try again and use these tips.
Chanced upon this n luv it. I take pics as a hobby and still very much a green horn. Thanks for all these useful tips n no nonsense long tales.
Wow, the most sensible photography video I have ever seen. No lag just straight to the point. Subscribed!
I am not here to waste anyone's time 😊👍
Impulsively deciding to head out and dabble into astro tonight and came across your video and GLAD I DID! Thank you SO MUCH for the quick and straight to the point tutorial! Also, the screenshot image was AWESOME so thank you so much for that too!! Cheers
A very concise and clear explanation. Thanks.
There are a lot of people posting “tips” in videos that are 20 or 30 minutes long.
No bullshit. Just RAW information there. I like it.
I was looking out my window (Macon County, North Carolina) this morning and it was a very starry night. Since we get a lot of fog in the valley it's a bit unusual. But, not entirely. With 10 times the houses here we can still see the Milky Way but, not as many as often as we could in the 1970s. I started thinking about a trip to a dark sky area. So, I needed a reminder of the camera settings for dark skies and this was a great reminder.
Great. Concise and to the point. Also, the video mode tip and kelvin mode were real highlights. Thanks.
Great to see someone just "cutting to the chase". The occasional lip-stall and tongue-stagger just adds to the authenticity.
That was really helpful! Thoroughly explained and easy to follow as a beginner! Thank you!
I'm with 50mm 1.8 and always wondered why the stars were oval or not jus points. And I've been trying to correct it for so long. Now the 500 rule explains a lot. Thanks!
I took Sirus (two twin stars) with Annapurna from this lens in 2011. on 50 mm I won`t use 500 rule ! is wrong ! 10 sec is too long - 8 sec max .
I was on the right track through trial and error but I didn’t think to magnify and focus on a single star nor adjust white balance to a kelvin value.
Got my first taste of the astro world thanks to you man! Thank you 🙏🏻
GREAT INSTRUCTION VIDEO--Right to the point--cuts to the chase. My kind of video. Not a lot of fluff or BS or self grandizment or advertising--Thank you!!!!
This was super helpful. I'm just learning to shoot night photos and figured I'd try your advice. I was able to use these settings and fine tune them as desired and I was able to see so many stars.
Awesome! This is the exact type of story I like to hear, yay, glad I could help!
This guy sat down and decided to help . No crap . Minimum stuff . All that u need.
The screenshot part at the end is the most useful thing. Very cool detail to the tutorial.
I wish all youtubers had your philosophy on delivery of information! Great video.
Brilliant simple and easy to understand and love the cuts at the end 10/10
lovely. Exactly the type of video I like. Straight to the point. No rambly intro. nice one. Im off tonight for my second star photography attempt ever. Thanks man.
I love the screenshot information page. Very clever.
Thank you so much!!!! These tips helped me to capture most detailed picture of the night sky. And these are probably the best tips, I could ever find. Once again, thank you very much.
You're very welcome 😁 so glad to hear it helped!
Nice profile pic !
@@thebackbenchersstudio7818 thanks
Thank you for the straight forward information. I am visiting Spirit Lake this evening, 1% Waxing Crescent tonight, let's see what happens. I'm using a Fujifilm x-100t camera. Thank you once again
I never would have thought to use my camera’s video mode to focus on the stars. Thanks for the tip!!
Probably one of the best videos I've seen for beginners, thank you.
Wow !
More useful information in your video than in many others put together. You have a knack for pinning down the most important points clearly, very very useful especially for a beginner such as myself.
I hope you continue to make more tutorials such as this one to cover different aspects of photography. I will certainly be looking for them. Thank you.
Legit best tutorial I’ve ever seen
Hard to know how you fitted so much info into such a short video. Excellent!
Thank you for the information. Especially the setting that we can take a screen shot!
Ahh that screenshot is gold. Thanks for being concise
Thank you for simple video I'm saving this
Neat trick with the video mode for finding the focus! Hadn't thought of that myself.
This is one heck of a great, straight to the point tutorial. Thank you!
1:14 the milky way season is not inverted for northern and southern hemispheres because it is not based on tilt but on the position of the sun relative to the stars (specifically the milky way core). It's about where the dark side of the earth is 'pointing.'
I just came back from a grueling trek (Hampta Pass) followed by visiting the Spiti Valley, and but it was one of the best places to shoot the stars. I did capture Ursa major and Orion belt but I think it would have been really helpful if I had watched this video before.
This is great for beginner photographers, awesome video man
That's really to the point, good summary of the key info of astrophotography.
The best and most efficient tutorial I've ever seen. Thank you!
I give only 2-3 youtube likes in a year and I just liked that! Nice video, thanks I love the bloopers, you are more natural and you look better overall
Just what I need! I usually shoot landscape/botanical pics, but I always wanted to have some astronomy pics. You're such a Good Teacher 👏
as someone with practically zero photography knowledge, this guy not only explains star pic shooting, but also photography.
Damn bro, you juss injected the information in my blood better than my Professors. 🤝
Ive learned a lot from this, gonna try out tonight ... thank you soo much
Great clip and got me out of my chair and out trying this out. Thanks!
Part of the reason why I did it 😁👍
Very basic and yet complete way to start. I've bought recently a 750D, and waiting for my 50mm and 24mm, probably will end up using the 24mm for astrophotography.
This is a fantastic tutorial. I'll come back and edit this comment once I'm able to fiddle around with my settings and figure out how to do all this!
Edit: I tried one night but never really got the time because I was being eaten alive by mosquitoes. Now I'm back at school and had to leave my mom's camera at home so I won't get to try it for a very long time☹️
Fantastic info. Thanks. I’m trying a star lapse tonight!
How did you get on with your time lapse Lucy ?
@@quotemenot7520 it came out pretty well I think, but I need more practice 👍
@@LucyLeheilleix Well good luck and keep trying. Went out last night looking for the moon, Saturn and Jupiter shot, but all too low in the sky and had no elevation. It's all about the practice. 👍
Next week I'll be trying out night photography for the first time, and I'll be using these settings to start off with. I'm nervous about not capturing any useable shots so wish me luck!
Beautiful.. that's how information should be given out to people 👏
Thanks so much!! No bullshit. Easy to refer to. I hate watching youtube videos usually but needed help...
This had so much useful advice, I never thought about the moons impact. Thank you!
On a scale of 1 to 10.... this video is a solid 12! Keep em coming!
I have laowa 7.5mm now so next summer I’ll go out into the forest or something and try to get some photos. We got mountains here so I can probably get something pretty neat
finally , a video explaining how to shoot the stars in easy words . Gonna have to try this with RX100M7
Thanks that's awesome. My son is interested and we are planning going out tonight. We're in Uruguay, near the beach which will be black we face south and I think we're moonless. The night skies down here can be very interesting.
Legend for including that screen shot 🔥
thank you im going to be at the Polly Bemis ranch ,totally isolated gonna get some awesome star shots thanks brother
Just found this video and set my Nikon Coolpix b700 and done a great time lapse video of the night sky thankyou for the great tips worked a treat.
How would I record video of the starlink trail so that it looks like a video ? Thanks
Tip for people, the 500 rule is calculated differently if you don't have a full frame camera, so your exposure time would be even shorter
I appreciate your snapshot screen a lot! Thanks for being so concise. Good work.
Great advice, quick and to the point. This is the perfect starting point for me as a beginner. Thanks!
Quick hell I thought i was going to die, it took so long.
Love that I now have the settings saved on my phone. Cheers mate.
When I go to shoot a star my camera will not take the picture but it’s focused. I have a rebel XS and 300 mm lens.why won’t it shoot?
I'm not very familiar with Canon cameras, but I would guess this is some sort of setting that is only allowing your camera to take photos when it in focused. Dive deep into the settings in coordination with Googling your issue with "Canon" included in the Google search.
@@ryanborden thank you I have already figured it out, I had to change the AF mode to AI Servo.
He is the man! The screenshot was fabulous and magnanimous 😊
"Well you've came to the right video." 0:03
This guys funny 😂, great vid
Good tutorial. Straight to the point and articulate.
Never seen a better video and in a such a short time. Thanks!
Finally an information heavy photography channel. Thank you so much. I'll probably spend the rest of my day binge watching.
Thanks for the guide. I did it last night. Turned out pretty decent. I don't normally do a lot of night stuff, but wanted to change it up a bit and stumbled across your video. Thank you
Thank you for the screenshot thing more people need to start doing that especially in such a settings dense area
The screen shot was genius
Excellent insight thank you.
So quick and so clear to understand great job man
Brilliant video. Thanks Ryan.