Photography Planning Apps: Sun, Moon and Milky Way

Join me for a free online talk on the phone apps I use to plan my landscape and astro shoots. Before most shoots I go through a few apps to work out where to be, when to be there and what the sky will be doing.

Most of my planning is sky alignment: where the sun and moon rise and set, moon phases, and where and when the Milky Way and the stars line up over a location. I'll show you the apps I use for this and how I work with them. I'll also cover tides and aurora alerts, and how they change where I go and when. Weather isn't part of this talk. I'll cover it in a separate session.

I'll show how a plan comes together, from checking where the moon will rise against a location to working out when the Milky Way will line up over it, with images from shoots where it worked.

The session is casual and relaxed. You're welcome to just watch and listen, or ask questions as we go. The apps work with any camera, so everyone's welcome, whatever brand you shoot with. We'll finish with a Q&A, so bring questions about your own locations.

Session Details

• Topic: Photography Planning Apps: Sun, Moon and Milky Way
• Date: Friday, 23rd October
• Time: 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM AEDT
• Platform: Zoom (online meeting details will be emailed to you with the booking confirmation)
• Cost: Free
• Spots available: 50
• Recording: The session may be recorded by the host for review and process improvement. Participants are also welcome to record their own local copy for personal use. No replay will be published. Zoom notifies all attendees when a recording is in progress.

Important: Zoom registration is required to attend this session. Once you've booked through Sony Scene, please complete the Zoom registration to secure your spot.

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If you'd like help with your own images, my one-on-one mentoring sessions are on my Sony Scene profile.

• Where the sun and moon will rise and set against a location, and how moon phases shape the timing
• Working out where and when the Milky Way and the stars line up over a landscape
• Tide times for coastal shoots, and how they change where I go and when
• Aurora alerts, and how they fit into a shoot plan
• How the sky, tides and alerts come together into one plan before I head out the door

• A reliable internet connection
• Zoom software installed on your device
• Your smartphone, with any planning apps you already use
• Any questions you have about planning your own shoots