I've owned over a dozen Nikons over the past dozen or so years, and just sold my Nikon D750 and ordered a Nikon Z6 II. I'm expecting excellent and improved low light performance over the D750, which I felt was a really nice timelapse camera. In the spirit of trying to find some Truth, I want to hear everyone’s vote as to what they think is the best camera system for timelapse, and WHY. Here’s what I like about my Nikons, in each category of performance relevant to timelapse. I really like the new, 2nd generation of Nikon Z cameras (Z6 II and Z7 II), in this article, find out why!

After being cooped up inside for over 4 months due to the COVID 19 lockdown, on 5th September 2020, a photographer friend and I took a three-hour road trip from Delhi to Agra to shoot the Taj under the monsoon skies. The monsoon season is known to provide dramatic skies and colorful sunsets. We knew the Taj Mahal complex was closed due to COVID restrictions but were aware of this location a little further down the river which provided breathtaking views of the Taj and the River Yamuna

This picture was taken in Luxembourg at the Schießentümpel. It is a very beautiful area, especially for hiking. I decided to do a time-blending for the picture because it was a very stormy night and the trees and plants were completely blurred due to the movement.

Long exposure photos of cars traveling along a road are nothing new. Many of these photos are taken at night when the lights from the cars are easily captured by the camera. It is much harder to capture those lights around dusk and dawn. The lights are not as bright and the shutter speeds in the brighter ambient light are usually much shorter unless you are using a Neutral Density filter to block additional light. When I set out to capture a long exposure photograph at this location, I did not want to wait until the sky had turned dark to take my photo. It was important to me that I incorporate the colors of the sunset into the photo. But, to do so I needed to overcome that challenge of the car lights not being bright. The solution was to take multiple photos.

On this trip to a waterfall in Iceland, I wanted to record a cinematic video of this amazing waterfall and place. In this location with the waterfall I first set up my camera and tripod to take long exposures, then I walked down the canyon closer to the waterfall and saw this sick opening in the landscape and thought it would be cool going through that space with my DJI Mavic 2 Pro while taking a video. I did exactly that and was really happy with the results.

Working with a focal length of 85mm was exciting and promising while the first test shoots revealed some extraordinary details of the galaxy’s dust lanes and nebulae. But if you work with such a sensitive and unprotected setup you never know how far you will get. With such a narrow lens you need many images to get a balanced good-looking Panorama - so there are many chances to mess up the whole project and go home empty-handed.

The objective for this image was to capture the curved leading lines of the road through Cottonwood Pass, bringing the viewer's eye up towards the mountains and the Milky Way overhead. The smoke from nearby forest fires covered the sky in a thick haze during the day, making it seem like the shot wouldn’t be possible. Luckily, the smoke settled into the valleys below the mountains as night fell, revealing a cloudless, starry sky. With the weather conditions looking perfect, we parked alongside the road and set up the tripod and star tracker. Every few minutes a car or two would come by and glide down into the growing darkness on the mountain pass.

The Columbia River Gorge is one of the crown jewels of Oregon state and being only 15 minutes from my house for 4 of the last 7 years, it was an obvious choice for me to go shoot. Vista House is one of the most iconic places in the Gorge as it’s a beautiful building that stands 600+ feet above the river. I had always known that twice a year the sun rises out of one of the peaks on the Washington side of the river and the sun's rays bathe Vista House in glorious backlighting.

Night photography has its allure, as well as its challenges. There is something restorative about spending a quiet evening in the mountains or desert under the stars. Likewise, capturing light trails on a busy city street can be energizing and cause the creative juices to flow. A proposed night shoot at the Motor Transport Museum in Campo, California really piqued my interest, as it combined a bit of both worlds. Over two-hundred old cars, trucks, and buses are there—some over a century old—scattered haphazardly on the grounds of an abandoned feldspar mill. The shoot was also to be a fond farewell to this year’s Milky Way season.

It's amazing to me that something only 5 kilometers (3 miles) in diameter, made up of only ice and rubble, can put on such a show with its dust and ion tails, and do this from over 64 million miles away (103 million km)!

Growing up in northeastern Utah was the perfect place to view the stars. There was rarely a summer night that wasn’t spent outside sleeping on the trampoline. Staring up into the dark sky, you could clearly see every little star and constellation within the northern hemisphere, and it was always amazing to see an occasional falling star brightly streak across the sky. When the galactic core of the Milky Way starts rising above the horizon in the northern hemisphere, the High Uintas Wilderness in northeastern Utah is the perfect place to capture this view. The galactic core is visible as early as April; however, there are a few challenges during this time of year.

For many years I dreamt to reach this location and sleep near the glacier with my tent. However only this summer I had the opportunity to visit. I got lucky and had perfect conditions for a night photography session; clear skies and a new moon. When I first saw the preview image on my LCD monitor the only thing that I was on my mind was “Yes man, I’ve dreamt of this shot for years!”.

As the sun began to set the sky erupted in a beautiful orange glow. Activity near Mount Rushmore began to pick up as Air Force One flew overhead, followed by a trio of helicopters, to include Marine One. Shortly after Marine One touched down at the monument, the famed Blue Angels came roaring over the monument as the crowds gathered on the hillside with me!

One of the most frustrating things a photographer can experience is capturing that once in a lifetime shot, then sitting down to edit and realizing the shot came out grainier than expected. If you find yourself in this situation, stay calm, I will show you an extremely easy method for reducing the noise all within Adobe Lightroom.

With such a large gap in price many people are questioning is the GM that much better? In the many tests I’ve seen it appears that the Tamron has slightly more distortion than the GM but generally is comparable in sharpness and overall performance.

Launching the drone from a boat is not the easiest thing done, ill admit. But the second I had some height (around 30 m) in the air, what I saw was just amazing. The way these big creatures move in the water so effortlessly. Some younger ones were showing off by jumping and slapping their fins.

Brian inspired all of us to be better versions of ourselves and focus on what mattered most, the pursuit of happiness. Impacting many, Brian’s path empowered the next generation of rising aerial and timelapse creators to believe in themselves. His positive energy, creative passion, and willingness to share will be deeply missed. We lost a great friend and mentor. Brians’ energy filled a room and made you smile.

New York City is one of my favorite spots to shoot and also one of the most recognizable locations for photography in the world. You may be reading this because you are either planning a trip or are already in the city. When I took my first trip up to New York City I frantically scoured the internet and Instagram looking for the best spots to shoot. As a photographer, I know how stressful the scouting process is and created this guide to ease some of that pain. I will be focusing on a few spots you may have seen on Instagram and also adding in some unique and lesser known spots which I have found over my now many trips up to The Big Apple.

Tyler McKay showcases the classic locations found around Toronto, CA. As a photographer, I know how stressful the scouting process is and created this guide to ease some of that pain. You may be reading this because you are either planning a trip to Toronto or are already in the city. In this travel guide, I focus on a few old and new photography locations!

If you can handle the 18-hour plane ride from San Francisco, then Singapore will greet you with incredible sights, delicious flavors and amazing foods. Visiting Asia for the first can be overwhelming for some but Singapore is delightfully clean, alive with business/banking and welcoming with warmhearted locals. There are countless tourist activities of which we experienced many – I brought my camera along for our trip to Singapore and have mapped out eight locations that can’t be skipped if you wish to capture the essence of Singapore.