7 Astrophotography Tips for Complete Beginners

Astrophotography Tips for beginners (no telescope, no tracker)

In this video, I cover the basics of astrophotography with a DSLR or Mirrorless camera. Just a camera and lens on a tripod, no tracking!

You'll see some incredible images from amateur astrophotographers around the world. All of these images were shot untracked, using a camera lens.

Thank you to everyone that shared their amazing astrophotography images with me on Facebook! Your photos put mine to shame!!

Clear skies.

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[IanInverarity]

Great video Trevor, and thank you for featuring my shot! 😀 For stacking in landscape Astrophotography I would recommend the free Sequator software! 😀😎

[astrophysicholic]

Astrophotography Starter Pack = DSLR + Tripod + AstroBackyard

[thewonderfulmrn]

I am in the process of starting to "build" an astrophotography rig. I was bitten by the astronomy bug with all of the hype of the Jupiter and Saturn conjunction this winter. Now, I just can't seem to get enough star gazing. My small telescope enabled my fiancee and kids to see the moons of Jupiter and just barely make out the rings of Saturn. I have watched a bunch of your videos and have become inspired to see more of the night sky. I am pricing out a DSLR camera...it's an expensive investment and I just want to make sure that I am getting the "best" camera....the "right" one for me. As an aspiring beginner, since I have not started yet, I am very happy that you have so much content posted. I will be sure to let you know when I finally start.

[JujuWils]

It would be cool to see a single shot compared to a stacked shot. Thanks for all the information!

[dwaterboy]

I smell a beginner astrophotography series🤔🤔 I would love to see that happen!

[andyroo]

Thanks for your advice and years of knowledge. I just purchased my first Canon DSLR. I am fortunate where I live in Australia to drive about 30 minutes to get dark skies. The patience required in this hobby will do me good.

[piotrjakuc]

Man, I totally needed this video 2 years ago when I started Astrophotography. Great video, Trevor!

[stampthelamp]

I'm moving my family to a farm soon and am excited to get into astrophotography! I have been watching your videos a lot lately. Thanks for all of this great info!

[NebulaPhotos]

Nice video Trevor! Love that you featured your fans images - neat idea! Clear skies, Nico

[markray]

Just getting into astrophotography, own a 9.25 Evolution telescope and just bought a Canon T7 as well as a Star Adventurer star tracking rig. Haven't used a real camera in 10 years and this video is just what I needed to get me started. Thanks for putting this together and dumbing it down for a novice like me.

[nikhilkhule]

A few months ago i had so many desires like owning a luxury apartment, a supercar and stuff but now there's just one thing. Having my own little observatory. 🤗

[NextDoorFlyer]

Thanks Trevor, really liked this video. I appreciate the walkthrough as I have just started and frankly, I cant tell my ass from my elbow in terms of what I am doing. But the journey of discovery, how my results are changing with every new piece of knowledge I gained, be it figuring out some different setting for my camera, or how to get better output from the stacker, man, I got to say, its very addicting and gives me the drive to push further and further.

[matheustrindade]

learning a lot from you, even though i don't know english perfectly, i can extract a lot of information from your video. Thanks and save from Brazil!

[yassinelessawy]

Perfect timing man, in two weeks I am travelling to a portal class 4 moonless night sky, and I wanted to take my first photo ever of the milky way. thanks

[TaCtiCaL]

Ioptron Skyguider Pro and Williams Optics Redcat51 both on their way. Can. Not. Wait.

Stepping up from a 70-300mm kit lens on a skytracker pro.

Soooo excited.

Can't even thank you enough for guiding me into this amazing hobby!

[chrisschaad]

Hey Trevor thanks for sharing my picture I'm so happy about this! Once more such a great video, I've started my astrophoto journey along with your tutorials and learned so much, thanks for that!!

[kylebond]

Great video Trevor. I started following your videos about a month ago and your advise is priceless. This video is a great start for me. Keep it up.

[roberthope]

Having just retired from the NHS after a difficult year, I have started to act on my interest in astronomy and through the internet am discovering astrophotography. Your channel is being really helpful so thanks for your time in making these great tutorials. I will say too that I find your style very easy to watch and listen to (there were many sites that sent me to sleep before they got to any valuable points) so well done.

[StargazerFS]

Love your Videos, Trevor, i feel you've overlooked what may be the most important of all tips (forgive me if this sounds like lecturing). FOCUS, how to focus at night is the thorn in the side of any beginner, my fist few images were ruined after a long night of trying because my focus was off and i didn't notice in the field. Now, i find that using autofocus during the day to focus on a very distant object, then, putting the lens in manual focus and, using a bit of electrical tape to hold the focus point, helps greatly.

[AmericanPatriot]

Excellent tutorial my friend thank you.