Star Trail Photography for Beginners!

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In this beginner's guide to star trail photography, we'll take you on a captivating journey through the night sky. Join us as we explore the mesmerizing beauty of star trails and learn how to capture them using basic photography techniques.
In this comprehensive tutorial, we'll cover everything you need to know to get started with star trail photography. From choosing the right equipment to finding the perfect location, we'll walk you through each step of the process. We'll also discuss camera settings, including exposure time, ISO, and aperture, to help you achieve stunning results.
Throughout the video, we'll share practical tips and tricks to make your star trail photography experience a success. Learn how to plan and compose your shots, avoid common pitfalls, and create striking compositions with the stars as your backdrop. Whether you're a photography enthusiast or a beginner looking to explore astrophotography, this guide is perfect for you.
Join us as we unlock the secrets of capturing the mesmerizing movement of stars over time. Get ready to immerse yourself in the magic of the night sky and create breathtaking images that will leave you and your viewers in awe.
Don't forget to like, comment, and subscribe to our channel for more exciting tutorials and photography content. Hit the notification bell to stay updated on our latest videos. Share this video with fellow photography enthusiasts and let's embark on an unforgettable journey into the world of star trail photography together!
Thanks for watching and happy shooting!
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@johnhurlbut 21 сағат бұрын

I'm headed to Mount Rainier tonight to try my first Star Trail images! Thanks for the tutorial!

@brianliau2124 3 күн бұрын

Seen SO many astrophotography videos. You explain it the clearest and most straight forward. Thank you so much. You've got a new fan and follower.

@MorsidAKadir-td4uj 3 ай бұрын

This is really what I need. From gear to post processing. Gonna try it today. Thank you!

@hlpvinod 4 ай бұрын

Wow. What a great presentation. You answerd all the questions I had in my mind. Keep making great content like this, particularly on Astro. Cheers.

@udoschneider8009 11 ай бұрын

Awesome video. Love the Start-To-Finish approach. Just what I needed!

@carlenslin2995 10 ай бұрын

Thank you very much for this tutorial

@robinmay-davis3209 5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!! Very informative and I feel ready to give it a try! Excellent teaching

@berniestang2616 10 ай бұрын

Awesome video . Thank you Im new to this Excited to try this in MN !

@laurelb8372 11 ай бұрын

Great instructions, thank you

@user-zn1ur1jw7r 3 ай бұрын

This video seems to be an almost exact copy of the Alyn Wallace video on star trails from three years ago. Unfortunately he is now deceased.

@ukuleila 2 ай бұрын

This is so helpful, thank you! I can't wait to try my first star trail photo :)

@britt5126 2 ай бұрын

Thank you Mallory!

@theguyinthenorthwest2571 10 ай бұрын

Awesome video. Heading out tonight to shoot some trails!

@ashleymartin7644 4 ай бұрын

Great video and excellent presentation style. Thank you.

@lindseysutherland7779 7 ай бұрын

great video. Will have a try!

@alensley1368 2 ай бұрын

Great video. Now to try it out.

@azza9304 26 күн бұрын

Thank you for such an informative presentation

@Curiouscosmosman 11 ай бұрын

Finally video that I need :) Thanks Mallory

@mallorydavisphotography 11 ай бұрын

ahhh! Glad you liked it!! Happy shooting, and LMK when you shoot some trails!

@berniestang2616 10 ай бұрын

Please keep creating content ., excellent ❤

@anastasianoonkesser3251 10 ай бұрын

I’m so excited to try this!!!

@mallorydavisphotography 10 ай бұрын

Yay!!!! They are so fun!! Lmk how it turns out!!!

@ajomathew9 9 ай бұрын

Very inspiring video😊👍🥰

@Scotphotoamateur 7 ай бұрын

Thanks. Fantastic video. I don't know if you have a background in education but you really give clarity. I was also surprised you said that star trails were possible in urban areas with a lot of light pollution. I live in a city Bortle class 7. I had previously set my camera up in the garden to test the intervalometer but had never thought of trying to make star trails. It worked! StarStaX is a great find as quite a few programmes appear to be for windows only. Keep making the videos.

@septembertwenty-nine9989 7 ай бұрын

I captured several star trails on my October 14 annular solar eclipse trip to New Mexico and Utah. I chose to do star trails rather than Milky Way landscapes because the Milky Way wasn't showing the galactic core in October. The star trail images went very well. Interesting, I am expecting to meet an astrophotographer friend from Germany in Big Bend National Park prior to the total solar eclipse in April. I'm hoping for clear skies at night so Milky Way and star trails will be good. If partly cloudy, then timelapse videos will be an option.

@phanofjohn 9 ай бұрын

Very helpful and easy to understand and follow!

@mallorydavisphotography 9 ай бұрын

So glad you enjoyed it! Wishing you happy shooting!

@stephanerainsard2916 4 ай бұрын

Hello from China, fantastic tutorial that allowed me to take my first star trails picture ever. All the information are to the point and very well organized. I would add a tip, test the features you need (like manual focus with digital zoom, interval settings…) before going on location :P … and I did catch a satellite (or a plane?) that I post processed in that single plane.

@parikshitgoel5073 9 ай бұрын

Thank You for the great informative video

@mallorydavisphotography 9 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful! Happy shooting!!

@archaja 4 ай бұрын

Fine explanation! there are several ways to do Star Trails, I think. I do less pictures with more time (about 3 min) and I like to put it together with GIMP, which is similar to Photoshop (but free). But I shurely will give your method a try.

@weast5912 Жыл бұрын

Very good stuff Mallory…I’m starting to get hooked on this Astro stuff…possibly the next frontier for me 🙂

@mallorydavisphotography 11 ай бұрын

Thanks, Walt!!! We will get out and some some astro soon :) This summer has just been crazy!

@zygmuntziokowski7877 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for the tips. It been to cloudy on the east coast of NC to try anything right now, but I will be trying software out when I get a chance, Thanks!

@mallorydavisphotography 11 ай бұрын

Wishing you clear skies!! Hope it helps :)

@user-jm9iw6mm9o 9 ай бұрын

Thx

@f8bethere 2 ай бұрын

Good tutorial. Thanks

@mallorydavisphotography 2 ай бұрын

Glad you found it helpful!! thanks for watching

@joelkuenning9742 9 ай бұрын

This was great! Have you done star trail videos? I think one of my favorite things is when it's like a cumulative timelapse where it starts as a night sky and then plays out the stars creating the trails.

@septembertwenty-nine9989 7 ай бұрын

I have some star trails with hundreds of images. Putting them into a video form would be a fun challenge. I will have to watch a few youtube videos to learn how to do that.

@Ljempausis Ай бұрын

Latest GoPro does everything for you. :)

@sfsamateur 23 күн бұрын

So?

@davidarteaga7054 6 ай бұрын

Great tutorial! Question, let's say you want your foreground sharp, do you take a foreground image first then do your star trails and blend them in PS?

@mallorydavisphotography 6 ай бұрын

Thank you! You are spot on! I try to do a blue hour blend with my foreground nice and sharp and noise free then blend them together!

@septembertwenty-nine9989 7 ай бұрын

I usually take 30 second images for star trails, but there is a third option... 3 minute exposures. If something goes wrong, the night isn't ruined and you have fewer images to stack. Post processing goes faster with fewer images to remove airplanes and satellites.

@andrewfoster1768 5 ай бұрын

great video, thank you. How do you taper the ends of each star trail so they dont start and end so abrubtly?

@mallorydavisphotography 5 ай бұрын

Great question! you can play with the "comet mode" in Star Stax to make the trails look more like comets with tapered tails. Hope that helps!

@DSOImager 11 ай бұрын

Pretty cool, I've never tried shooting star trails (intentionally 🙂 ). StarStaX looks very cool. So with this you don't have to make a composite with a separate foreground?

@mallorydavisphotography 11 ай бұрын

too many images, right?! This particular image set I used, I shot into blue hour so it gave me a nice clean foreground. You typically should shoot a separate foreground, but totally personal preference!

@blackhand805 Ай бұрын

Stacking lol 😆

@silverpassion3588 2 ай бұрын

Tks foer the vid and tutorial. My camera has a time lapse and I forgot to set to 1 sec interval. Meaning it continuously shot for ard 320 images until my batt dies. i down loaded the images and I got exactly 320 images. What's the reason that you said set the interval for 1 sec?

@rocketcityastro 11 ай бұрын

Great shot i hope your going to shoot the annular solar eclipse in October!!

@mallorydavisphotography 11 ай бұрын

It will be right over central texas so going to do my damndest!!!

@ObjectiveRealityIsKing 3 ай бұрын

Great vid, thanks. I have a query that no one can seem to answer: Why do we see ZERO parallax in star trail time lapse videos? This can only occur if the stars are roughly the same distance away. If the stars were different distances away there MUST be parallax.

@jerryrichards8172 10 ай бұрын

I just recently picked up my first digital camera and haven't tried this. I also have many many star trails on film I started shooting them in the early 80s. Thanks for sharing. I do have a question I know nothing about. For the digital processing program do I get lightroom clasic ?

@mallorydavisphotography 10 ай бұрын

welcome to digital!!! You definitely should process in Lightroom Classic! LRmobile is great... but classic gives you better features, in my opinion! I recently shot my first star trail (2hours) on film and I was blown away!! so so cool!

@jerryrichards8172 10 ай бұрын

@@mallorydavisphotography gratz on your star trails it take a bit longer but it's something cool pluss all the different night scapes you can add below them. Thank you for the advice lightroom clasic. That's what I'm going with. Thank you.

@techguyml 4 ай бұрын

I bet that guitar is decoration only lol 😂

@mallorydavisphotography 4 ай бұрын

how much you want to bet?!

@soulitis Ай бұрын

@@mallorydavisphotographythe only decoration is his comment.. fear based comments.

@pazvilla 3 ай бұрын

Camera on raw or jpg ?

@berniestang2616 10 ай бұрын

And - would one hour of shooting give me decent star trails?? Thank you !!!!!!

@phanofjohn 9 ай бұрын

How do you avoid the "zipper" look on the star trails? I have tried shorter time between shots and it still has that look.

@mallorydavisphotography 9 ай бұрын

be sure your interval between shots is 1 second! otherwise the stars will move and you will have those gaps

@ogjstephens 10 ай бұрын

Do MP matter when shooting Astro?

@mallorydavisphotography 10 ай бұрын

In my opinion, no! What matters is the cameras ability to handle noise. I shoot sony bc they have the best sensors for low light photography. I get great results from my A7iv (33mp) and my A7riv (64mp).