It’s safe enough that you can stay there all night without getting hunted by big cats, bears, canines, psychos… (you get the gist).There are a few nice landmarks (trees, rock formations, etc…) you can illuminate and use as foregrounds.It’s far enough that the sky won’t reflect the city lights.A nice, mostly flat area a few miles away from your town or city will do as long as… Location, location, location! Now you don’t have to go all Bear Grylls on this one and hike all the way to the middle of the Sahara. Now bear in mind that they’re only basic pointers to get you started – no fancy footwork, no technical discussions of any sort. This way, I could come home with at least a photograph or two with streaks of light on them (and by lights, I don’t mean from passing airplanes).Ī month or two later, when I finally got the chance to scan my roll from camping, I found that I actually got more than a couple of good shots – considering it was my very first attempt.Īnd so here I am, writing this tipster, to share those techniques from the pros with you. So before we left the city, I did some research on tried and tested techniques employed by veteran star trail photographers. I, however, was excited to try my luck at star trail photography (which I’ve never done before… ever) as I’ve always had this great love and fascination for the night sky. Wait, where was I? Oh yes… Besides a much needed time off from the hustle and bustle of LA, we wanted to practice our light-painting techniques. For a girl who’s lived in big cities most of her life, that’s about as wild as it could get. In my defense, we had no running water, the cell phone reception was nonexistent, the bugs were so massive you can practically see their faces grinning evilly at you from a foot away, and coyotes were howling in the dead of the night. A few months ago, during California’s hottest months, a couple of friends and I were roughing it in the southern Mojave wilderness for a night and a day… Oh alright, so “wilderness” and “roughing it” aren’t exactly the accurate words to describe a campground with picnic tables, firepits, and grills.

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