Chasing The Moonrise
Full moon rising behind Lick Observatory, San Jose, CA
Photo by Richard A. Milewski
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There are two kinds of photographs: "Grab Shots" and "Set Shots." Grab shots are the ones you get because you happen to have your camera in your hand when something photogenic happens nearby. Set shots are the ones where you control the situation. In a set shot, lighting, composition and timing are all (more or less) under the photographer's control. Most photographs of the moon are grab shots. Even Ansel Adams' famous Moonrise, Hernandez N.M. was a grab shot. This site is intended as a tool to change your photographs of the moon from grab shots to set shots. |
The Moonchaser Calculator ...a modest aid to being in the right spot at the right time. |