52 Assignments: Night Photography is a year’s worth of inspiring weekly assignments to kick-start your creativity.This book is a mission brief, a portfolio of photographic workshops, a personalized journal and an inspirational guide to putting creativity back into night photography. It's filled with a year’s worth of weekly concepts for conceiving and composing powerful photographs of the night sky. From capturing meteor showers and auroras to focusing on the landscape around us at night, all the assignments in this book have been written to inspire you to embrace the possibilities of your camera. Whether you are photographing interstellar objects or locations on Earth with the night sky as a backdrop, each assignment encourages you to capture the world around you with your camera, a tripod and your imagination.
Full of technical advice and professional tips, the book includes space for you to add your own notes, lists and tech specs, creating a unique journal in which you can record the journey you have made with your imagery. Complete the assignments weekend by weekend over the course of a year, or dip in every time you need to bring a new concept or creative approach to your photography.
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Anyone looking to develop their astro skills should snap up the latest release in the 52 Assignments series. Written by Digital Camera regular Josh Dury, theres a night sky project to tackle every week of the year. With a collection of photo projects curated by an expert and space for you to jot down your observations as you go along, this book has everything you need for exploring new frontiers with your photography. * Digital Camera Magazine * Josh Dury has established himself as a leading light in the astrophotography world. Specialising in nightscapes, his stunning images have already earned him a string of awards and are even recognised by space agencies such as NASA. The Somerset-born photographer is also keen to share his passion and expertise with others, speaking regularly at photography and astronomy events and writing about his craft including a technique feature in OP last year.
This spring Dury publishes his first book, a collection of 52 assignments designed to build your confidence as a night photographer. Subjects range from star trails, the moon and constellations to auroras, meteor showers and solar eclipses, and there is advice on everything from using leading lines and creating composites to capturing star-filled blue-hour images and magical lunar landscapes. There are also plenty of excellent tips peppered throughout the book, and Durys images demonstrate the amazing results that can be achieved with the right skills.
Dury reassures us that its not necessary to have the latest or most expensive equipment to get started. To take spectacular images of the Milky Way, for example, you just need a fast wide-angle lens, a sturdy tripod and minimal light pollution. Learning a new technique such as astrophotography can be daunting. This book covers the basics in an accessible way while also offering more experienced night photographers some fresh ideas. It may inspire you to adopt a more nocturnal lifestyle * Outdoor Photography magazine * Its refreshing to see such a practical approach to night photography, where the reader learns by actually taking photos rather than just reading about it. It is a book that every photographer can learn from and enjoy. Photographers of all experience levels will get enjoyment from this unique, practically focused night photography guide. -- Mary McIntyre * BBC Sky at Night magazine *
1. The Sun
2. Sunrise, Sunset
3. The Moon
4. Regolith Moon
5. Moon Alignments
6. Major and Minor Lunar Standstills
7. Lunar Landscapes
8. Occultations
9. Transits
10. The Planets
11. Cosmic Line-Ups
12. Galaxies and Nebulas
13. Comets
14. Solar Eclipses
15. Lunar Eclipses
16. Meteor Showers
17. The Northern Lights
18. Noctilucent Clouds
19. Bioluminescence
20. The Green Flash
21. The International Space Station
22. Starlink Satellites
23. Local Landscapes
24. Light Polluted Landscapes
25. Dark-Sky Places
26. Changes in the Landscape
27. Milky Way
28. Flowers at Night
29. Ancient Sites
30. Castle Ruins
31. Boat Ruins
32. Forests
33. Self Portrait
34. Starstruck Festival Images
35. Long Exposure
36. Lighthouses
37. Coast
38. Star Trails
39. Observatories
40. The Constellations
41. Changing Seasons
42. Sought-After Locations
43. Strangely Familiar
44. Panoramas
45. Signal to Noise Ratio
46. Image Stacking
47. Star Trackers
48. A rule on Composites
49. Exposure
50. Aperture
51. ISO
52. Having Fun
Josh Dury, also known as the Starman, is an award-winning photographer, filmmaker, public speaker and writer who specializes in capturing natural world subjects, including astrophotography, landscapes and wildlife. He and his work have been widely featured in the media, including appearances on the BBC, ITV, CNN and many other media outlets. Josh is from the Mendip Hills Super National Nature Reserve in Somerset, United Kingdom.
