THE BLOG.

Before maps and measurements, people looked up and told stories to explain how the night came to be. Fires burned low while ash became stars, animals carried the world into shape and light found its way into the dark. These are the creation stories that turned an empty sky into something known, stories shared the way they always were, gathered close beneath the first stars.

Blue hour and Milky Way photography are two separate shoots, but successful blends require planning them together. This field-tested blue hour to Milky Way workflow walks through scouting, alignment, camera settings and star stacking so you can create cohesive night composites without guessing.

January 2026 night sky guide: prime deep sky Jan 15-23 around the new moon, Quadrantids Jan 3-4, Jupiter at opposition Jan 10, what to shoot and where to aim.