The Photographer's Ephemeris Reviews and details

Social recommendations and mentions

• July Supermoon over Vancouver Lookout

  This is what I did. https://photoephemeris.com/. Source: 10 months ago

• What is an app on your phone thats a hidden gem of sorts that people should know of?

  Check out The Photographer's Ephemeris. It shows direction of the sun and moon and gives you blue hour times plus a lot more. A lot of great info for planning outdoor photography. Source: 11 months ago

• Best place around Knoxville/Smokies/etc. to view a sunset or sunrise?

  Check something like the app The Photographer's Ephemeris for the date and pick a pulloff on the Foothills Parkway that gives you the sun either over the mountains at sunrise or sunset or over the valley at sunset where you want it. Source: almost 1 year ago

• The Moon Through The Arc de Triomphe

  Https://photoephemeris.com/ This is the website. There is an app for your phone. Great stuff. Source: about 1 year ago

• "California Henge", Round 2, with the sunrise coming right through the Bay Bridge.

  If anyone wants to plan ahead and "line up the sun" with a ground feature, use a tool such as The Photographer's Ephemeris - https://photoephemeris.com. Source: about 1 year ago

• How long after sunset does it get really dark this time of year?

  Try the photographer's ephemeris - good for laptop or phone. Source: about 1 year ago

• Help on an astrophotography shot with a building in the foreground?

  Do a test shoot during the day to work out your composition and focusing specifics. Light painting is not that difficult to master, but does take some practice to become proficient. An app to consider is The Photographer’s Ephemeris. It will help you identify where and at what time various astronomical features will be present from your determined POV. Source: about 1 year ago

• What are some of the most awe-inspiring natural wonders in the UK that remain relatively unknown to the wider public, but are a must-visit for any nature lover?

  Sun has to be setting in the V of some of the peaks (your position and time of year is key see this site for perfect positioning and time https://photoephemeris.com/ ). Source: about 1 year ago

• Eclipse viewing?

  This is the tool I use for figuring out locations - https://photoephemeris.com/. Source: over 1 year ago

• Sunrise launches from Florida are always amazing

  I don't know what tools Trevor uses, but there are apps like The Photographer's Ephemeris that help with this sort of thing. Nonetheless, Trevor's work is amazing! Source: almost 2 years ago

• Rate my Nikon kit please, also any recommendations?

  For landscape I actually would recommend to invest into plane tickets / fuel / a hotel in a stunning location and get out. Your kit is fine and will take stunning pictures. Push yourself to get out of bed early to capture good morning light and plan ahead, tools like https://photoephemeris.com are useful to figure out where to go. Finally, some inspiration…. Source: almost 2 years ago

• Timelapse: Finally I’ve got the right moon alignment with the city.

  Free-to-use website: https://photoephemeris.com/. Source: over 2 years ago

• I'm experiencing stagnation in my work and I need some guidance.

  Given the capabilities of most modern cameras, the equipment is rarely the barrier to better pictures. What does matter is being at the right place and the right time, for the perfect light/weather conditions. Much of my landscape photography standouts happened because I was just fortunate enough to be "there" when the conditions were perfect, and I had the equipment with me to capture it. If I went back a day... Source: over 2 years ago

• Sunrise directly over water?

  I don't know of a specific location that meets your needs, but I agree with this recommendation to supplement the suggestions you receive here: The Photographer's Ephemeris. Source: over 2 years ago

• Finding location for landscape photography

  Https://photoephemeris.com/ Is one of many. Source: over 2 years ago

• Finding location for landscape photography

  Using https://photoephemeris.com to plan the location of the sun at the location at a specific time of the day can help. There's also a mobile app called "PhotoPills" (https://www.photopills.com) which has a planner and AR (augmented reality) camera, including night sky, to assist with this as well. Source: over 2 years ago

• What’s an extremely useful website most people probably don’t know about?

  Photoephemeris.com you can schedule sunset/moonrise photoshoots with it. Source: over 2 years ago

• Sunrise point in Yosemite

  You can sign up and use this on the web browser for free - https://photoephemeris.com. Source: over 2 years ago

• I did it! “Welcome to downtown”.

  If you don't use The Photographer's Ephemeris I highly recommend it. Whenever I shoot outside I refer to it. When I shoot a landscape TPE is where I start my planning to determine the day and time to be on location. You can use it on your computer or download the app to your phone. It's just a fantastic tool to know where your light is going to be. Source: over 2 years ago