The Beginner's Guide to Astrophotography: How to Capture the Cosmos with Any Camera
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Now everyone can learn to take great pictures of the cosmos! The night sky is filled with immense beauty and mystery, and it’s no wonder so many photographers want to learn how to take great photographs of all it contains: the moon, stars, planets, galaxies, and beyond. But for photographers just getting started photographing the cosmos, some books veer into “advanced” territory way too quickly, filled with difficult theory and long, expensive lists of “must-have” gear. If you’re just starting your adventure in astrophotography, The Beginner’s Guide to Astrophotography is the book for you! Photographer Mike Shaw teaches you everything you need to know to capture great images of the night sky—without breaking the bank or needing an advanced physics degree. In this book, you’ll quickly gain an understanding of the night sky, then dive into gear and settings. Regardless of the camera you own (smartphone, DSLR, or mirrorless), you’ll be able to capture shots you love. You’ll learn all about the gear you absolutely need (and what you don’t) as well as the accessories that will make your astrophotography life easier. Then you’ll dive into camera technique: exposure settings, focusing tricks, and composition techniques to get the shot. You’ll also learn about the best apps for astronomy, weather, planning, and navigation. Mike walks you through how to plan a shoot, set up for it, and capture your images. Finally, you’ll learn the post-processing techniques that will have your images looking their best. You’ll learn how to photograph: • The moon (full, crescent, lunar eclipse, solar eclipse) • The Milky Way (the core, the central band) • Constellations (Orion, Perseus, Scorpius, etc.) • Asterisms (Big Dipper, Summer Triangle, Orion’s Belt, etc.) • Star trails • Planets (Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Mars) • Aurora Borealis • Meteors • Satellites (such as the Internaional Space Station) • Nebulae • Star Clusters • Galaxies • Comets • And more! Table of Contents Chapter 1: What Is Astrophotography, Exactly? Chapter 2: Understanding the Night Sky for Astrophotographers Chapter 3: Astrophotography Equipment, Setup, and Technique Chapter 4: Landscape Astrophotography Subjects Chapter 5: Deep Sky Astrophotography Subjects Chapter 6: Choosing Where and When to Shoot Chapter 7: Synthesis: Your First Astrophotography Session Chapter 8: Making Your Astrophotography Images Look Amazing Chapter 9: Advanced Astrophotography Review: Excellent book - This is a very well written and understandable book for an astro beginner like me. I highly recommend this book. Review: Great Book for beginners - Kindle Edition reads well - Purchased this to learn night photography with my daughters. The original book was damaged in shipping. It was a beautiful book with amazing sample photos. But like another reviewer mentioned the text is a thin and light font on a dark background and for me was difficult to read. Since the book was already damaged we returned it and got the kindle version. It’s been very easy to read and follow. And it looks to have most of the sample photos and diagrams. Which show up well even on an iPhone. So far we’ve been very happy with the books content. And have leaned a lot. Much easier read than some of the other very technical Astrophotography books looked at. Yet very thorough and has answered all my questions so far. We like the book enough we may order another paperback just as a coffee table book and for the full size photos. Thanks again for a great book and for taking the time to make the Kindle version decent too.
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| Customer Reviews | 4.6 out of 5 stars 120 Reviews |
S**N
Excellent book
This is a very well written and understandable book for an astro beginner like me. I highly recommend this book.
T**D
Great Book for beginners - Kindle Edition reads well
Purchased this to learn night photography with my daughters. The original book was damaged in shipping. It was a beautiful book with amazing sample photos. But like another reviewer mentioned the text is a thin and light font on a dark background and for me was difficult to read. Since the book was already damaged we returned it and got the kindle version. It’s been very easy to read and follow. And it looks to have most of the sample photos and diagrams. Which show up well even on an iPhone. So far we’ve been very happy with the books content. And have leaned a lot. Much easier read than some of the other very technical Astrophotography books looked at. Yet very thorough and has answered all my questions so far. We like the book enough we may order another paperback just as a coffee table book and for the full size photos. Thanks again for a great book and for taking the time to make the Kindle version decent too.
P**R
Excellent Astrophotography book!
I highly recommend this book for astrophotographers using a DSLR or mirrorless camera. It includes appendix with best objects to photograph with recommended parameters and time of year to observe these. I liked the scientific definitions and tricks for best results.
G**E
The Begginers's Guide to Astro Photography
This is an excellent book on astrophotography.
J**F
Encyclopedia of Night Sky & Milky Way Photography
By far the most comprehensive book on the subject of Night Sky and Milky Way photography. Covers everything from best time of the year, the constellations, technical settings, camera and personal equipment, supplemental items, and post processing. I would recommend that this be the first book that those wishing to learn and fully understand when, where, and how to photography the night sky and the Milky Way.
D**E
Absolutely Best Book for Learning Astrophotography
If You are interested in night sky photography or Astrophotography and want to learn what to do, what equipment to use, when, where, how to get great shots, this is the book you are looking for. Even if you have already been out there learning how to get night sky shots for awhile, this book will help you get to the next level and better understand how to get past some of the issues you might be struggling with. I would highly recommend this book to anyone.
G**I
Good beginner book for Astrophotography.
This book is a good introduction to many different topics in astrophotography. The book explains composition, settings, and has lots of examples of photographs. This book is a good reference to have, and it will be valuable for people who are interested in astrophotography at any skill level.
W**B
Informative
Great book learned alot
R**N
Plusieurs parties illisibles sur Kindle
Je rejoins le commentaire de barbara w. east. Notamment la raison pour laquelle j'ai acheté ce livre, la table 1 de l'Appendix A est illisible car trop faible résolution (format Kindle, PC Windows, moniteur 27 pouces).
M**E
Great Starting Point for Astrophotography Beginners
This book is an easy-to-understand guide on how to take photos of the night sky. On my first dark sky excursion, I was able to take reasonably good photos with a mirrorless cameraby following the recommended settings. We also tried the tips for using an iPhone, and we're pretty impressed with the results. Who knew you could do that with a phone?!! Now that I have put some of the basics into practice, I'll re-read this book and pick up some slightly more advanced knowledge on how to take night sky photos. I've learned so much from this book, so I highly recommend it.
P**T
Any Camera, as long as it is a DSLR...
The second part of the title is "How to Capture the Cosmos with Any Camera". After reading the book what that means is "Any Camera as long as it is a DSLR". It has one page on smart phones, nothing on smart telescopes or any other cameras, other than DSLRs.
M**.
A great book!
This is an amazing book that you keep it for life once you've read it! I'm definitely going back to it when not sure about something. Everything is explained clearly and without using any nonsense jargon. The quality of the book is great. Well-binded and the pages are from that sort of shinny paper instead of plain paper, which increases the quality this book is made. Definitely a primer for the ones new to astrophotography. If I had to add anything, it'd be some references to telescopes. I appreciate this book is focusing on DSLR cameras, because the author wants to make astrophotography accessible to everyone, but as a telescope owner myself, I'd like to learn something more about the use of a telescope for astrophotography from this amazing author. Buy it, you won't regret it!
M**S
Great for a beginner.
Great book.. well written.. Only problem is I can see me spending loads of money on kit and travel...
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