Knowing When to Call It

Sometimes when editing a project, whether it’s a video or a photo, one has to make a hard decision, tens of hours in, to push away from the computer and call a project DONE.

This being my first summer in Maine, I really wanted to photograph fireflies. A single frame image is impressive in its own right, but if one can learn how to stack the images to really show all the tracks of the fireflies in one evening, it can turn a great image into a show-stopper. With how much night photography I do, I’ve always wanted to learn how to stack images, as there are several applications for this in night photography in particular, but it’s felt so daunting to me that I haven’t, until now, learned how. What’s more, I haven’t yet developed a comfort level with Photoshop to even have a basic understanding of how to use it (so there’s your answer if you’ve ever wondered if any of my photos were Photoshopped!).