These are some really fantastic shots! I seriously appreciate this video! What is your method for focusing at night like this, if you don't have a distance meter?
+Ryan Hamilton I'll usually use a flashlight and light up what I want to focus on, then I'll focus in live view. If the subject is far enough away, I'll just set my lens focus to the infinity mark.
+Brendan van Son Thanks for the reply! Sounds like without a distance meter on the lens, there is some inherent experimentation that has to take place. I've been working on it. I've managed a few pretty nice night photos. With any luck, soon I'll be able to swing a higher end lens that features a distance meter. Thanks again! I've subscribed, so I look forward to more videos!
The first thing I do after buying a digital camera is set the LCD brightness to minimum. That way, I get a good estimate of what my picture is going to look like, after downloading it on to my computer.
Hey Brendan, love the enthusiasm in your photography trips! if you’re ever in Edmonton or Rockymountain area and are looking to go shooting with someone i’d gladly be interested! lmk if you want to talk some more
Man, your stuff is awesome. I live in calgs, we should colab. Just finished putting together ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-QnRPBKSMhUE.html with inspiration from you. One thing to mention about star photog is getting the focus right. Maximum focal length is always slightly less than cranking the lens full, which a lot of people don't realize. You're stuff is super sharp, so I know you have it dowwwn, but it definitely took me a bit to figure this out. I started with focusing on my car headlights from far away, but now I can always find that sweet spot. Keep it up man
