How to Photograph the Milky Way in 5 Minutes
Photographing the Milky Way is a bucket list item for most photographers, so here's the foundations for doing so, all in under five minutes. One of my goals for 2020 is to go to a truly dark spot with little to no light pollution and photograph the stars. The U.K is a bit lackluster for astrophotography and would require I go to somewhere in either Scotland or Wales to get some truly great nightscapes, particularly if they are to feature the Milky Way. In this video by the brilliant Lonely Speck — a resource for astrophotography well worth checking out — Ian Norman and Diana Southern walk you through some of the basics for capturing the Milky Way in all its splendor. Unless you live in Namibia, finding a true dark spot is one of the most important tips on this list. One other tip I would add is to pack clothing and hot drinks because most of the time, a dark spot is in the middle of no where and the temperature will plummet at night. Even in the U.K I've...