Every so often, you learn about a new product that makes you wonder, why didn't someone think of it sooner? The LRTimelapse PRO Timer 3 intervalometer is one of those…
Meteor showers are one of the most fun and exciting activities you can see in the night sky. The thrill of watching a bright meteor streak across the heavens will…
Comet NEOWISE and Mt Hood, Sony a7III, Sigma 105mm.15 images stacked, ISO 3200, f/2.5, 3.2 seconds.Image processed by Marybeth Kiczenski. About the Image Image taken: 7/11/20 Sony a7iii Sigma Art…
With the start of the new decade, I figured it was an excellent time to have a "Kirk Keyes Retrospective," a look back on my photography. Here are a few…
Back in the mid-aughts, there was a concern that all silver gelatin-based emulsion materials (i.e., film and paper) would disappear. I had that concern as well - and instead of…
naturefirstphotography.org Logo As today is Earth Day, 2019, I'd like to share a new website, NatureFirstPhotography.org. It's an organization that wants to help preserve nature by changing how we photograph…
I've been working over at MilkyWayPhotographers.com with a great group of people to create content for the site. So I'm not going to have time to make an Astro-Photography Notes…
HI all - I just posted a tutorial I wrote over on the MilkyWayPhotographers.com website that covers pretty much every aspect of photographing a total lunar eclipse. Oh, and there…
If you're a visitor to my site, you're probably interested in Milky Way photography. So, I'd like to share with you a new project I've been working on for the…
Total Lunar Eclipse on 8 October 2014. Taken with a Sony a6000 and a Meade LX-200 8" f/10 telescope with a 0.63 Meade Focal Reducer for an effective focal length…