Photographing the Sturgeon Moon - San Francisco location
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There are many ways to create a great moon photograph, but a full moon is one of the most visually arresting and unique.
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You will learn how to balance your moon exposure with the rest of your composition and learn some secrets on how to get a big moon. I will also share my secrets on how to calculate the best locations and prepare for your own future full moon shoots.
In August the best days will be one day before the actual full moon and on the full moon. There will be two events in two separate locations: Friday night on the Peninsula (for all you commuters and fog haters) and Saturday in San Francisco. Come to one or both. Both locations are being selected for their picturesque composition possibilities.
Moonrise will be at 7:20pm and 7:50pm respectively and sunset will be at 8:03pm. While we wait for the moon to rise, the bonus session will be on practicing how to balance ambient with flash for portraits. If you’re lucky you'll get a beautifully lit portrait with a nice background and a rising moon - all naturally balanced.
Bring your camera and a tripod. If you want to practice balancing ambient with flash, bring your strobe, a light modifier or reflector and a plan for how to trigger your flash (infrared (CLS), slave, cable, or radio).
Side Note: The name Sturgeon Moon was given to August’s full moon by Native Americans. They kept track of the passage of time by observing the waxing and waning of the moon. Names were based mostly on natural occurences. The fishing tribes are given credit for the naming of this Moon, since sturgeon, a large fish of the Great Lakes and other major bodies of water, were most readily caught during this month. A few tribes knew it as the Full Red Moon because, as the Moon rises, it appears reddish through any sultry haze.
Exact meeting location will be mailed to paid YES RSVPs.