Solar Photography Tips

Learn about the gear and techniques you need to photograph a solar eclipse, on B&H Explora.

Tips · Features · Videos · Photography / Tips and Solutions ... This article will outline the basics of solar photography. For information on photographing a solar ...

Get your cameras ready; the final eclipse of 2014 occurs tomorrow, Thursday October 23rd. Here are 5 tips to safely capture this rare event.

In this article, I will write about my experience photographing these two solar eclipses and provide some guidance and tips on how you can ...

If you live in the continental US you may have a chance to see and photograph the solar eclipse on August 21st, 2017. Here are some tips to help you.

Eclipse photography has never been easier. With a bit of planning and effort, almost anyone can capture the upcoming first-in-a-lifetime ...

Place your camera in manual mode, set the aperture, shoot a range of different exposures (using a solar filter, of course), and see which one produces the most pleasing results. You can then use that setting throughout most of the partial phases of the eclipse.

If you're using a telescope to photograph the eclipse, your aperture will likely be fixed. For telephoto lenses, you can adjust the aperture yourself, but you'll likely want to keep it fairly wide open throughout the duration of the eclipse. (Reminder: smaller numbers like f2.8 mean bigger, wider apertures.)

If you don't have a DSLR camera, don't worry — you can use your automatic point-and-shoot pocket camera to take decent pictures of the partial eclipse through a properly filtered telescope. With the solar filter mounted securely to the telescope, insert a wide-field eyepiece, and hold the camera lens close to it.

Check out the articles on photographing solar eclipses, learn how to photograph a solar eclipse and find out about the August 21, 2017 eclipse.

 

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