I am in the photographic world for about 50 years, and watching and listening a young photographer as You do, give me pleasure that the new generation has the same pasión to going feather, congratulations from the chilean Patagonia...
Thank you, Kim, for another superbly informative video. I’m a bit too far south to see them for myself, but looking forward to you sharing some of your images with us.
Great straightforward advice Kim especially regarding White Balance which most of us amateurs would probably overlook, many thanks and I hope to put it into practice, some day 🤞
Great advice - first time I was out I didn't have a clue on settings - a guy came beside me, gave me settings and I've since taken pics of quite a few Northern Lights shows - great way to learn photography too. I do struggle with focus! !!
Best advice ever. no matter what type of gear or how smart one is.. Dont get up on your roof.. just to get the last fall pic. coz it may be.( And that was just coz of your Autumn colours vid) I didnt but pls pass on to kids. Missed the pic but hey Im still here to take another next year. Another cracking vid Kim x. Not trying to upset you but just remind them all Ansel nearly died climbing to the wrong area. Anyway Keep up good work Thankyou so much for helping all our kids and steering them in the right direction. Without people like you... ... x
Great advice on photographing the Northern Lights. One thing I would add, since you are working with low shutter speed, a remote shutter release cable or Exposure delay mode (on Nikon cameras).
Hi Kim, thank you for your video. I know that this channel is not about gear but, in this video you don't use the Carbon Fiber K&F Concept tripod. I would like just to order one for me but, Before I would like to know your opinion about this tripod. Especially know how it behaves in a place with moderate winds. Or maybe you had other kind of problem. Thank you, so much.
Thanks Kim. My parents saw the Northern Lights in Aberdeen, a great display. Can you show please some of your images? Please greet your mum and her 2 male companions, I hope they and you are well. I love the smaller male!!
I love Scotland, I want to see the Northern lights, & I take Pictures, can they happen at anytime or just specific times, white balance Kim, I tend to mostly leave my canon 50d to kelvin 5000, seem to work for me.
I set my white balance to daylight non-cloudy... I think it's around 5200K... I also use by most standards a very high ISO... 40,000, which without noise reduction software it's super noisy, however, with the software I have, I can have shutter speeds of 0.5-1 second, sometimes less, to freeze the lights, and just clean up the noise in software. if you have longer shutter speeds, the lights can blur because of their motion. To each their own I guess? The northern lights are often a problem with trying to take astrophotography images of nebulae star clusters or galaxies because they're so bright and wash out the background dim stars, nebulae and other dim objects that people with 300mm+ telephoto lenses or telescopes are trying to use to capture astronomical targets.
Color me disappointed Kim! You gave great info on how to shoot the northern lights but didn't back it up with some images which I am sure you have taken. Its the old adage of video making: don't just say how something is done, show how to do it.
Sorry but I had to stop watching this as the information you are telling people is simply not accurate and many new starters will struggle because of this. You state how long the maximum exposure should be but this is determined but the focal length and either 500 or npf rule camera dependant.. also if people want pillars showing then going over 4-5 seconds will smudge these out altogether. I could go on about other settings you mention. It’s a shame as you have a great technique for getting the points across but these do need to be accurate… sorry
Thank you for sharing your thoughts, Steve. Yes, you are right. This video was filmed a number of years ago when the displays were less bright and of a different nature. The solar storms we are experiencing now are much stronger and vivid. It is, therefore, much easier to photograph them with quicker shutter speeds and even on our phones!
