Beauty From The Damage
I really don't capture that many images of the Pawleys Island Pier. It has a series of lights that are on all night making it almost...
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Christopher Neal
- Feb 19
What It Takes
I was presented with a difficult decision this weekend. Now that the moon is more favorable for photographing the Milky Way the weather...
Christopher Neal
- Feb 3
Standing Still
There is a moment every morning where the transition from night to day begins. A moment when the sky is still dark and the stars are...
Christopher Neal
- Jan 29
Center Rising
Life out on the Orion arm of the Milky Way Galaxy is relativity quiet, our closest neighbor star is over 4 light years away. The night...
Christopher Neal
- Jan 23
The Dark Horse Rides Again
I've had this past weekend marked on my calendar since the middle of October. It was supposed to the first opportunity for this year to...
Christopher Neal
- Dec 31, 2022
Looking Back At 2022
Now that 2022 is drawing to a close I find myself reflecting on the past year. I got a slow start fighting weather and family schedules...
Christopher Neal
- Dec 17, 2022
Weekly Photography Tips - Meteors
There are few things that peak peoples interest in the night sky more than the approach of a meteor shower. Watching these streaks of...
Christopher Neal
- Dec 14, 2022
Patience
I tried for months to find clear skies on the Outer Banks on a night that I would actually be able to make the trip out. To reach Cape...
Christopher Neal
- Dec 10, 2022
Weekly Photography Tips - Star Trails
Star trails are unique night sky images that show the movement of the stars, which is of course actually the rotation of the earth. They...
Christopher Neal
- Dec 8, 2022
Slipping Away
Ocracoke Island, North Carolina is a special place, I have memories of vacations with family and fishing trips with my Dad that go back...
Christopher Neal
- Dec 3, 2022
Weekly Photography Tips - Sunrises
There is a universal truth about sunrise photography, start early and stay late. The best color isn't always at the exact moment the sun...
Christopher Neal
- Nov 19, 2022
Weekly Photography Tips - Foreground
One crucial but often overlooked part of landscape photographs is the foreground. We tend to focus on the subject and what's behind but...
Christopher Neal
- Nov 12, 2022
Weekly Photography Tips - Clean Your Gear
Sorry I missed last weeks tip but the flu ran through our household and I had a very very full weekend on the Outer Banks fishing and...
Christopher Neal
- Nov 11, 2022
Go For Launch
I have been trying to catch a rocket launch for sometime now but it never seems to workout. When Sunday's Wallops launch was scrubbed I...
Christopher Neal
- Oct 29, 2022
Weekly Photography Tips - Rule of Thirds
The "rule of thirds" is a compositional guide used in photography that divides the image up into 9 equal parts using 2 horizontal and 2...
Christopher Neal
- Oct 27, 2022
Fall at Looking Glass Falls
I managed to beat the crowds to the falls Sunday morning and had it almost all to myself. It was cold but well worth it. After a few...
Christopher Neal
- Oct 25, 2022
Pisgah Forest Campfire
Sometimes I wonder if the weekend trips we take are worth the time spent. It's often 3-4 hours of driving and an hour setting up camp...
Christopher Neal
- Oct 23, 2022
The Great Rift & Dark Horse
I am often asked if you can actually see the Milky Way with the naked eye and the answer is yes. However you can't see it quite the way...
Christopher Neal
- Oct 22, 2022
Weekly Photography Tips - Speed
Photography is about telling a story and conveying what it was like to be there in that moment. As a photographer we typically get caught...
Christopher Neal
- Oct 18, 2022
Day to Night Transitions
Here at the end of Milky Way season the galactic core is now visible in the southwestern skies and is actually close enough to the...
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