(LINKS BELOW): The total eclipse is April 8th and if you’re going to photograph it, you should start practicing now. In this video Rick and I will share tips and methods to practice and photograph both the partial and total eclipse. Linked below is a pdf document with suggested exposure settings for various base ISOs. We cover using this cheat sheet, what to bring, different types of filtration and support equipment and shooting the event both for long lens close ups as well as wide angle composite capture. Grab a notepad and settle in for a detailed total eclipse discussion.

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LINKED TABLE OF CONTENTS:
00:00 Intro to ATS 294 The Great 2024 Total Eclipse
01:05 Practice is the key to this endeavor
02:00 Thoughts on focal length, tripods & things you need
03:57 A tall tripod is really good for the long lens
04:30 Our free eclipse exposure guide (pdf download)
05:45 Long lens eclipse capture C1-C4
06:40 How to use your eclipse glasses (critical)
08:55 Let’s talk about filtration
10:16 10+6 stop ND is fine with lens cap between shots
12:55 How you should practice shooting the sun now!
13:20 Partial eclipse exposures with ND
15:00 Using Thousand Oaks solar film filtration
17:13 Don’t forget to focus + focus tips
18:15 Partial eclipse exposures with solar filter
21:10 The short, intense period of totality
23:16 No filtration for totality, stop down & bracket
25:40 Diamond ring exposure for C2
27:15 Totality exposure
29:15 Wide angle landscape composite capture C1-C4
32:30 Mid-totality capture a no-filter, bracketed landscape
34:00 Questions and summary
38:55 We’ll do a follow up eclipse editing video