Useful? You understate tremendously Mr.Forbes. A bit like saying the mirepoix is "useful" to a world class soup. That play-by-play, the planning, the decisions, and especially the contrasting info of "Why this, not that" could only be described as "invaluable beyond measure". At least to a novice shooter such as myself. Thanks for a great look into the process, on the backdrop of a wonderful celestial event. So yes, If you are inclined, more would be "useful".
Love this video. I am a "LUNA-tic" and always thinking about ways to photograph full moons. An app I like is The Photographers Ephemeris. It will tell you where the moon will rise on the horizon and at what angle above the horizon it will be at any time of day. What it also does is tells you where the sun is at the same time. And from experience I have learned that the best day to capture a "full moon" is the day before the day before it is full. On the 2nd "foreday" the sun is still high enough to light your foreground subject at the same temperature as the moon. Since the moon is just reflected sunlight, you want to use an f8.0 aperature at 1/250 shutter speed. Then adjust your ISO to taste. Hope this info was helpful. Caio all you fellow LunaTics
Hi Ted, go more out with you gear ;) It makes you channel more versatile. I love your channel and your supermoon journey was very refreshing. Thanks for that!
Got my first camera last year and without knowing anything I bought a canon powershot SX710 HS, really love this little thing and still use it a lot. Then I started taking things a little more serious and just recently got myself a sony A6000 and lightroom. I am excited to take part in the assignments and just got myself some printer ink and a journal. would definitely be interested in some post-processing videos. Thanks for the opportunity of taking part for free and self-paced ! Keep up the good work !
Awesome shot. I'm doing the photo assignment now and managed to take some photos of the Supermoon, but it looked similar in size to how it normally is.
Thanks for sharing- beautiful imagery- Love the shot of the aircraft sillhoutted by the moon passing by- did you know it was a known flight path for aircraft passing and was planned or was it a lucky shot (being in interested in both aviation and photography I'd love to recreate that, especially with video)- is the moving video shot of the aircraft passing through the moon timelapse or were you shooting video at the time as the opening of this video is quite cropped/zoomed in of the same shot and then later full frame..?
WHERE HAS THIS APP BEEN ALL MY LIFE!? I spend the better part of a day 2 weeks ago planning for the supermoon, using Google Earth combined with some student astronomy software to try to visualize... and all I had to do was walk outside, set the date, and turn on my phone camera!?!? What isn't an app these days? :D
I read this 2-3 months after the Super Moon and your video. I enjoyed the behind-the-scenes pov. I also shot the Super Moon (in California), and I had more background light than you had in Ft. Worth. I did a practice run the night before, and that ironed out all the kinks and alternative shots I wanted. But thanks for sharing.
I have a question! You said you shot the timelapse (which was stunning!) as video, but then you were talking about still images and exposure times... Did you have two cameras? You said the stills were from the same camera setup. How do you take stills during a video timelapse? I'm kind of a beginner and kind of confused. Thanks. Love your channel!
Ted, Really enjoyed this one for a couple of reasons. Your sharing your thought process from location, equipment, and setting was very enlightening. Secondly, prior to moving to San Diego in 2013, I lived less than a mile from the Amon Carter for over 20 years. I got a bit homesick when I watched your footage of the Ol' South Pancake House and the familiar skyline. I have been a longtime fan of your channel, but became even more so when you relocated to FTW. Look forward to your next video.
Ted, this is fantastic! I do like these kinds of videos that go more into the process of shooting itself. Thanks for sharing this! It's been a lot of fun to watch and follow you on your adventure :)
We experienced the same feeling, where just BEING there was amazing and hard to capture in our videos and images of it. We got flooded in the Salt Flats in Utah and couldn't hike out and settled on a reflective Supermoon shot only. With nothing in the foreground it suffered and makes me wish I would have gone down to Arches National Park instead. Get an epic landmark in frame. Oh well, it was fun watching your video and reliving Monday night. More people at our spot than expected too plus I had to change my exposure plans like you did and settle on the black sky against the moon instead of bracketing and getting more color. The halo around my moon was too great. Thought there would just be more light in the sky at moonrise! -Aaron
I was lucky too... When I attempted the supermoon I was dealing with a new camera, the Sony a5300! I originally did my study on shooting the moon using a Sony a77, and somehow, when I tried the a6300 I got it all wrong... I was frustrated, and disappointed at my results, so seeing your VLOG helped me to understand, and learn what I did... My only complaint is, give me the nuts and bolts!!! I'm a novice, a newbie, and 73 years old, trying to learn!!! Thanks for your help...
This video is just awesome! I love your passion and love for work. Also, that airplane crossing over the moon is fantastic, seriously. In addition, many thanks for sharing your post-processing work with Lightroom.
I really wanted to get a photo of the supermoon.. I bought a zoom lens in anticipation for the big day.. It gets to the day and its heavily overcast all day and all night :[
Take it now!!!! like he said in this video...it doesnt just pull back all of the sudden. a day or 2 later wont make that much of a difference! Just shoot!
Ted, loved this session. Been a while since I have watched your content and this was on the money. I love to learn how you produce the results you do, so yes please; let's have more like this.
I found that haze removal brought out a lot of details in the Moon. For EV, I looked up the "Loony 11" rule - analogous to the "sunny 16" rule. With the Moon low, that was way off! My exposure was 3-2/3 stops more than that and I brought it up another 1/3 stop. So it was about 4 stops off. It turns out that the exposure value I used was the same as yours.
Ted, did you consider making Two virtual copies of the image in lightroom adjusting the exposures. Then exporting them as TIFF files and the doing an HDR image from the TIFF files?
Great photos, but do you desire the warm tones? I'm curious to know why you didn't white balance. My Super Moon experience was difficult without a tripod, a camera with awful ISO performance (Sony a58), a lens that maxed out at ~80mm, and a few of my shots were taken off the table by overcast skies and my lack of extensive research and planning. I managed to get 5 shots that I liked, my other shots were plain moon shots
Thanks for mentioning Skyview app, i've installed it immideatly. Could you please mention more of "know how's" for photograpy? You know, the things that you consider common, but not known for majority of people. Thank you for your videos!
Wow those shots are amazing Ted! I'm currently Filming the moon! Yesterday there was overcast all day so I didn't see the moon at all. :( I'll upload my video! :)
Very good video, but I didn't see anything about focusing (maybe I missed it). Should you take auto focus off and focus on infinity? I'm interested in having some landscape, but I would also like to have some detail of the moon. I'm shooting Jan 31st so my plan for that is to take multiple shots. Some shots of the foreground exposed and focused properly, other shots for the moon detail. But that requires blending in PS. I would prefer a single shot, but not sure of the best way to focus.
Quick question. Why did you use f/8 or f/11? Given the distance of the foreground which should be about 2 miles according to google maps everything should be in focus even if you shoot wide open. Wouldn't it be best to shoot with an aperture that gives you the highest sharpness? Anyway, great video and great photos.
I am going to add my voice to the others requesting more videos like this. I went out tonight, trying for some moon shots (worked late the last couple of evenings) and your video gave me some things to think about! Thanks!
cant get enough of your videos! out of all the photography channels on TH-cam I get the most excited about yours and I'm definitely going to do these photo assignments along with you! actually one question i had about the photo assignments is when you said 10 shots of someone/ something you love, was the suggestion to only take 10 photos and print those or take an undefined amount of photos and chose our 10 favorites? Also the same question for the first real assignment of 15-20 photos of variations. Can't wait to get my pictures printed and into my notebook!
Hi, new subscriber here, just a quick question, what camera are you using to record the indoor parts? Don't want this to sound wrong but I can see every wrinkle on your skin and the crispiness level of the video is off the charts.
I would be very interested in seeing more of your post-processing... process...
Love that aircraft going across the moon.
That really made the shot!
@@TimothyMathews and also the jet fuel distorting the background made it look like it surfed across the moon and took some of it off haha
I just want to sit and watch that plane shot over and over again. The way it pulls the light away on exit... WOW!
Absolutely breathtaking!!!!!
I like how you shared your thought process. Well done.
Useful? You understate tremendously Mr.Forbes. A bit like saying the mirepoix is "useful" to a world class soup. That play-by-play, the planning, the decisions, and especially the contrasting info of "Why this, not that" could only be described as "invaluable beyond measure". At least to a novice shooter such as myself. Thanks for a great look into the process, on the backdrop of a wonderful celestial event. So yes, If you are inclined, more would be "useful".
Really beautiful the starting image with the airplane crossing the moon.
Love this video. I am a "LUNA-tic" and always thinking about ways to photograph full moons. An app I like is The Photographers Ephemeris. It will tell you where the moon will rise on the horizon and at what angle above the horizon it will be at any time of day. What it also does is tells you where the sun is at the same time. And from experience I have learned that the best day to capture a "full moon" is the day before the day before it is full. On the 2nd "foreday" the sun is still high enough to light your foreground subject at the same temperature as the moon. Since the moon is just reflected sunlight, you want to use an f8.0 aperature at 1/250 shutter speed. Then adjust your ISO to taste.
Hope this info was helpful. Caio all you fellow LunaTics
I enjoyed seeing your shooting and editing process. More, please!
I like that you showed the thought process from start to finish.
Very cool to see how you shoot. I would love to see how you post process.
Hi Ted, go more out with you gear ;) It makes you channel more versatile. I love your channel and your supermoon journey was very refreshing. Thanks for that!
Hi Ted, very good video, very helpful and encouraging. Looking forward to see more of these in the future ! Excellent job !
awesome video and photos!!! I would love to see more videos like this!!:)
Beautiful!
Personally id love to see more bts videos like this!
Keep up the great work, thanks!
Great video, we had similar issues here in the UK, by the time the moon was visible the available light had gone.
Yes, more process videos (with music, of course) please!
Yeah definitely do more of these kinds of videos if you can. It's really interesting to see you run and gun behind the scenes. Great video!
I vote for more videos like this as well. Thanks a bunch Ted.
Loved the behind the scenes of a shot.
Thanks for the video. And yes, I would like to see more videos of both the capture and post processing process.
Breathtaking!
Enjoyed this. Hope you do more. Dig how real you are.
Got my first camera last year and without knowing anything I bought a canon powershot SX710 HS, really love this little thing and still use it a lot. Then I started taking things a little more serious and just recently got myself a sony A6000 and lightroom. I am excited to take part in the assignments and just got myself some printer ink and a journal. would definitely be interested in some post-processing videos. Thanks for the opportunity of taking part for free and self-paced ! Keep up the good work !
GREAT video, thank you Ted !
Love watching work flow
Great video ! You should do more of that style
Quality lesson as always. Thank you. (didnt realize you are a fellow DFW-ian !)
I really liked that segment where the airplane flew across the moon. Lucky you! Nice work.
Fantastic video ted and personally I'd love to see more of this type
Nicely done.
Awesome video, really dig you showing your process!
I wish to see more videos like this. Nice Job.
I loved this behind the scenes and seeing your thought process and planning!
bravo, Ted
Awesome shot. I'm doing the photo assignment now and managed to take some photos of the Supermoon, but it looked similar in size to how it normally is.
That skyview app is very cool. I did not know about it. Thankx
Thanks for sharing- beautiful imagery- Love the shot of the aircraft sillhoutted by the moon passing by- did you know it was a known flight path for aircraft passing and was planned or was it a lucky shot (being in interested in both aviation and photography I'd love to recreate that, especially with video)- is the moving video shot of the aircraft passing through the moon timelapse or were you shooting video at the time as the opening of this video is quite cropped/zoomed in of the same shot and then later full frame..?
WHERE HAS THIS APP BEEN ALL MY LIFE!?
I spend the better part of a day 2 weeks ago planning for the supermoon, using Google Earth combined with some student astronomy software to try to visualize... and all I had to do was walk outside, set the date, and turn on my phone camera!?!?
What isn't an app these days? :D
I'm a beginner and I absolutely loved this!! Thank you so much!! Great info!!!
I read this 2-3 months after the Super Moon and your video. I enjoyed the behind-the-scenes pov. I also shot the Super Moon (in California), and I had more background light than you had in Ft. Worth. I did a practice run the night before, and that ironed out all the kinks and alternative shots I wanted. But thanks for sharing.
Awesome to see Fort Worth, I live here also and seeing it through someone else's view is amazing, great images!
I did enjoy and learn from seeing your process
Enjoyed the education, more like this would be great. Thank you.
I have a question! You said you shot the timelapse (which was stunning!) as video, but then you were talking about still images and exposure times... Did you have two cameras? You said the stills were from the same camera setup. How do you take stills during a video timelapse? I'm kind of a beginner and kind of confused. Thanks. Love your channel!
Vino Farm looks like the time-lapse was shot between the stills
Cucks for Trump Good eye. I didn't think of that and it makes sense.
Great video! Your videos are always helpful
Yes, more astronomy photography please!? I am curious how you would make a timelapse of the milky way.
Ted,
Really enjoyed this one for a couple of reasons. Your sharing your thought process from location, equipment, and setting was very enlightening. Secondly, prior to moving to San Diego in 2013, I lived less than a mile from the Amon Carter for over 20 years. I got a bit homesick when I watched your footage of the Ol' South Pancake House and the familiar skyline. I have been a longtime fan of your channel, but became even more so when you relocated to FTW. Look forward to your next video.
Great video! I would definitely love to see more of these.
Ted, this is fantastic! I do like these kinds of videos that go more into the process of shooting itself. Thanks for sharing this! It's been a lot of fun to watch and follow you on your adventure :)
We experienced the same feeling, where just BEING there was amazing and hard to capture in our videos and images of it. We got flooded in the Salt Flats in Utah and couldn't hike out and settled on a reflective Supermoon shot only. With nothing in the foreground it suffered and makes me wish I would have gone down to Arches National Park instead. Get an epic landmark in frame. Oh well, it was fun watching your video and reliving Monday night. More people at our spot than expected too plus I had to change my exposure plans like you did and settle on the black sky against the moon instead of bracketing and getting more color. The halo around my moon was too great. Thought there would just be more light in the sky at moonrise! -Aaron
Great video Ted!! very educational!!
Good tips on silent shooting and HDR
Awesome footage! Supermoon looked big on your end. Didn't seem too big in California. I filmed it too but had a fixed lens Canon XC15.
great video that moon looked amazing
I was lucky too... When I attempted the supermoon I was dealing with a new camera, the Sony a5300! I originally did my study on shooting the moon using a Sony a77, and somehow, when I tried the a6300 I got it all wrong... I was frustrated, and disappointed at my results, so seeing your VLOG helped me to understand, and learn what I did... My only complaint is, give me the nuts and bolts!!! I'm a novice, a newbie, and 73 years old, trying to learn!!! Thanks for your help...
Ooops a6300, not 5300!!!
And Lightroom sounds like my cup of tea!!!
Excellent Video! The time lapse is stunning.
Great explanation as well, I just installed the sky-view app, that is going to be very useful!
Really great video! Like the behind the scenes. I always learn something. :)
Great video! I use my IR remote to avoid camera shake. It's such an awesome tool.
fantastic video. Well done! thanks
thank you for sharing. I appreciate it.
This video is just awesome! I love your passion and love for work. Also, that airplane crossing over the moon is fantastic, seriously.
In addition, many thanks for sharing your post-processing work with Lightroom.
Wonderful video and great result Ted, your planning and your photography expertise paid off man, great job. Sending Love from Ireland Sean
Thank you for sharing
Keep up the great work
I really wanted to get a photo of the supermoon.. I bought a zoom lens in anticipation for the big day.. It gets to the day and its heavily overcast all day and all night :[
Yeah.. There were no gaps and the clouds were so thick you couldn't even see the moons glow.
Numbers&Letters Same overcast, waited both mourning and night.
Nate's Film Tutorials Don't worry man 2035 we'll get our chance 😂😭
Take it now!!!! like he said in this video...it doesnt just pull back all of the sudden. a day or 2 later wont make that much of a difference! Just shoot!
***** I noticed the difference, maybe I'm more observant. :)
Thanks, great information about shooting the moon. July 27, 2018 is another super moon? Looking forward is shooting it as well.
I'm interested in seeing how you do the journal entry.
Loved this! learned a few new tricks :)
Great vid! Would love to see more of these kind of videos on the channel! Keep it up :)
Ted, loved this session. Been a while since I have watched your content and this was on the money. I love to learn how you produce the results you do, so yes please; let's have more like this.
really enjoyed this video!
enjoyed watching this video Ted👍
beautiful!
I found that haze removal brought out a lot of details in the Moon. For EV, I looked up the "Loony 11" rule - analogous to the "sunny 16" rule. With the Moon low, that was way off! My exposure was 3-2/3 stops more than that and I brought it up another 1/3 stop. So it was about 4 stops off. It turns out that the exposure value I used was the same as yours.
Ted, did you consider making Two virtual copies of the image in lightroom adjusting the exposures. Then exporting them as TIFF files and the doing an HDR image from the TIFF files?
Great photos, but do you desire the warm tones? I'm curious to know why you didn't white balance. My Super Moon experience was difficult without a tripod, a camera with awful ISO performance (Sony a58), a lens that maxed out at ~80mm, and a few of my shots were taken off the table by overcast skies and my lack of extensive research and planning. I managed to get 5 shots that I liked, my other shots were plain moon shots
Thanks for mentioning Skyview app, i've installed it immideatly. Could you please mention more of "know how's" for photograpy? You know, the things that you consider common, but not known for majority of people. Thank you for your videos!
in terms of picture quality, is there any disadvantage when using silent mode (no shutter mechanical shutter)?
great video Ted!
Really nice. Thanks!
Ted that is spectacular man!
I'm re-watching, excited for next month's total lunar eclipse!
it's tonight!!!
Makes me more proud of owning an a6300. Amazing video i was engaged the whole time! Thats a once in a lifetime experience for sure
Wow those shots are amazing Ted! I'm currently Filming the moon! Yesterday there was overcast all day so I didn't see the moon at all. :( I'll upload my video! :)
Very informative indeed!
Very good video, but I didn't see anything about focusing (maybe I missed it). Should you take auto focus off and focus on infinity? I'm interested in having some landscape, but I would also like to have some detail of the moon. I'm shooting Jan 31st so my plan for that is to take multiple shots. Some shots of the foreground exposed and focused properly, other shots for the moon detail. But that requires blending in PS. I would prefer a single shot, but not sure of the best way to focus.
this was really useful! thank ted, helpful as always
Your videos are great, very informative, I took some great photos of the moon too
Thank you very much for this video, it was very helpful
did you tried the app photopills? it's awesome for astrophotography
Bending light around the plane is awesome! Go physics!
Quick question. Why did you use f/8 or f/11? Given the distance of the foreground which should be about 2 miles according to google maps everything should be in focus even if you shoot wide open. Wouldn't it be best to shoot with an aperture that gives you the highest sharpness?
Anyway, great video and great photos.
I am going to add my voice to the others requesting more videos like this. I went out tonight, trying for some moon shots (worked late the last couple of evenings) and your video gave me some things to think about! Thanks!
+Brian Dorion thanks Brian
This was very interesting to me.
Brilliant! Inception intro! 😂
man that was so awesome when the plane flew through!
cant get enough of your videos! out of all the photography channels on TH-cam I get the most excited about yours and I'm definitely going to do these photo assignments along with you! actually one question i had about the photo assignments is when you said 10 shots of someone/ something you love, was the suggestion to only take 10 photos and print those or take an undefined amount of photos and chose our 10 favorites? Also the same question for the first real assignment of 15-20 photos of variations. Can't wait to get my pictures printed and into my notebook!
Hi, new subscriber here, just a quick question, what camera are you using to record the indoor parts? Don't want this to sound wrong but I can see every wrinkle on your skin and the crispiness level of the video is off the charts.