Moon Photography Planning – Landscape Photography Show #20


Have you ever tried to anticipate a cmoposition where you place the moon rising alongside or behind a landscape landmark? The time-lapse video above of the moon rising by Half Dome is one example.

Here’s a tutorial to show you how to plan that sort of shot using the PhotoPills app:

Here’s the recorded tutorial on YouTube:  http://youtu.be/Wgb_r9JlKRM

The app PhotoPills is available here:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/photopills/id596026805?mt=8&uo=4&at=10ldnC

No more guesswork: PhotoPills tells you when the moon will be where you want it.

I can’t wait for the next full moon!

Jeff Sullivan

Jeff Sullivan leads landscape photography workshops in national parks and public lands throughout California and the American West.

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