Court sits down with Jeff Pfaller to go deep on photographing the night: Milky Way fundamentals, foreground strategy (and why your cell phone flashlight is secretly a lighting tool), photo stacking workflows, fireflies (including the Smokies synchronous phenomenon), eclipse photography and logistics, editing philosophy, and gear that matters most when it’s 10:30pm and your fingers are questioning your life choices.

Key Topics Include:

The importance of planning a night photo shoot during the day
Double exposures for night photography to capture the landscape
Firefly photography
The mindset needed for photographing and publishing a photo book
A step by step playbook for Eclipse photography
Some amazing advice for assembling the perfect camera kit for you

You can find Jeff (including his fabulous book) at:

Book - https://jeffpfaller.com/products/dark-skies-photography-book

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/pfallerj

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/jeffpfaller

YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/user/pfallerj

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