This is a series of photos that I shot of the “blood Moon” Solar Eclipse very recently. I set a Canon 5D Mk3 with a 70-200 mm lens. I used an intervalometer to take a photo every minute. It was set at ISO 400, f22 and 1/30 second exposures. When the moon was in eclipse I increased the ISO to 1600. The whole things lasted just a little over 3 hours.
I then selected several of the photos that showed different stings of the eclipse and dropped them onto layers in Photoshop. I changed the blend mode to lighten, to show them all and then positioned them. I didn’t touch the exposure or contrast of the out of camera shots.
The reason the full eclipse turns red (blood moon) is because when the moon is in the earth’s shadow with the sun behind fit, it reflects all of the earths sunsets at the same time. There hasn’t been a full lunar eclipse in this area for a decade. The next one will be this coming October.
I had a real blast at Matthew’s place interviewing him. What a cool and humble guy he is. And a magnificent artist. Matthew Jordan Smith photographs such people as Oprah, Michael Jordan and Tyra Banks. He has appeared on America’s Top Model a number of times. Here PhotoshopCAFE Founder Colin Smith, asks Matthew about his … Continued
Today I had the honor to attend the VIP advance preview of the Digital Darkroom exhibit at the Annenberg Space for Photography. Russell Brown, senior creative director at Adobe, is the curatorial advisor who – along with Patricia Lanza from the Annenberg – has thoughtfully selected 17 artists from the US, France and the UK to … Continued
Adobe has provided a 7.1 update to Premiere Pro CC. The list of new features are JDI’s (Just Do It) features that resolve a lot of annoyances and make it quicker and easier to edit your footage. Looks like Adobe is staying true to their Creative Cloud promise of regular updates. The complete list of … Continued
