Remembering childhood sunsets
Our friends at Rocky Nook kindly offered the opportunity to write a short article about The Photographer’s Ephemeris to be published in conjunction with a webinar they offered last week, presented by Glenn Randall.
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Photo Ephemeris Web 3.3: new maps, Skyfire forecasts
We just released an update to Photo Ephemeris Web, version 3.3, which includes many new features and improvements for both free, Pro subscribers, and Skyfire customers.
New Field of View Tool
We’ve added a new free tool to our website - think of it as a slightly delayed holiday gift! The new Field of View tool allows you to visualize the effective field of view of different camera and lens combinations. It’s a little like The Photographer’s Transit, but for the web.
Skyfire: new forecasts available (and new coverage in beta)
The Skyfire team has been on a roll these past few months and we’re happy to be able to share some of the fruits of all that hard work. Today, Photo Ephemeris Web has been updated to version 3.1 with a number of additions for Skyfire Plus subscribers:
The Selenelion Challenge
You’ve probably read: there’s a lunar eclipse coming up next week on Nov 7/8 (depending on your location). It will be visible in the Americas, across the Pacific, and in east Asia, Australia, NZ. Sorry Europe, Africa…
Photo Ephemeris Web 3.0 released
Photo Ephemeris Web 3.0 is released today! The major change is that Skyfire is now available in the web app. Here are the key points:
I just upgraded to PRO. What’s next?
Congratulations! You’ve just upgraded to Photo Ephemeris Web Pro. What next? You have a wealth of new features at hand. This post makes a few suggestions on what to check out first.
Updates to status.photoephemeris.com
We’ve made a few improvements to our status page at status.photoephemeris.com. Here are the key changes:
Skyfire available in Photo Ephemeris Web
We’re excited to announce that Skyfire, the weather forecasting service for photographers, is now available in beta in Photo Ephemeris Web. The Skyfire team has worked hard over the past 18 months, completely rebuilding the back end platform (the new ‘v3’ platform) to support a whole host of improvements, including:
Events list now included in Photo Ephemeris Web 2.8
Photo Ephemeris Web 2.8 was just released today. We’ve added a new UI component to list out the key celestial events for the year.
Cityscapes, Skylines, and Tall Buildings
We’ve recently added some capabilities to Photo Ephemeris Web Pro to make it much easier to plan shots which align the Sun, Moon or Galactic Center with a man-made object - typically a tall building.
November Updates: Skyfire v3 for Europe, Web App polishing
A couple of updates for November. North America forecasts have been available in TPE for iOS 4.10 for a few weeks now. Next up, we’re adding Europe to v3. This will be available in a forthcoming app update (4.11) which is currently in beta testing.