Under the Milky Way with Dave Black: Lightpainting and Photographing Stars

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• Join Dave as he introduces the class, discusses what will be covered in the lessons that follow, and then jumps right into a discussion of gear he’ll be using.
• You don't want to try and find a location for photographing after dark, so doing a site survey during the day is key to finding the right locations.
• After arriving on site in daylight, getting the cameras set up, it is time to start finding the right settings for doing the lightpainting.
• Dave explains how he locks focus in pitch black locations before moving on to create the second lightpainting and experimenting with the light.
• Arriving at a new destination requires a new site survey to orient yourself to the landscape and where the milky way will appear in the sky.
• Dave walks through a progression of images showing how he works as the light is changing after sunset until the stars are visible.
• While walking through the area Dave spotted an old worn wagon wheel that he thought would make for an interesting foreground.
• An old truck is the foreground subject for the third location.
• Dave wraps up the class with a final lightpainting of an old cabin.

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