The BEST Tool in PhotoPills you don't know about! | Astrophotography

Here is my FAVORITE thing about the PhotoPills App that I bet you haven't even noticed, heard of or understood what it was when you saw it last in the Planner Pill part of the App.
When trying to figure out if a location works well for the Sun or Moon, the FIND TOOL is fantastic but it is yet another complicated feature in PhotoPills to figure out on your own! Watch this tutorial to get a clear idea how best to take advantage of the Find Tool in PhotoPills and get out there for the upcoming Lunar Eclipse on January 31st!
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Camera Gear:
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Canon 5D MKIII: goo.gl/PmrmKq
Canon 70D: goo.gl/AcrCmq
Canon 6D: goo.gl/97a0VJ
Canon 17-35mm f2.8L: goo.gl/N7QUuu
Tamron 15-30mm f2.8: goo.gl/dKzIBd
SunwayFoto L Bracket: goo.gl/E3B4xS
Manfrotto Junior 410 Geared Head: goo.gl/3VTViD
Acratech GP Ballhead with Gimbal Feature: goo.gl/GltQvm
Manfrotto Tripod Aluminum: goo.gl/5AuRcV
Feisol Tournament CT-3442 Rapid: goo.gl/silJQV
Mindshift Gear 180 Horizon: goo.gl/AZC3XA
Canon Camera Bag: goo.gl/nXk9ON
Astrophotography Gear:
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Boruit Rechargeable LED Headlamp RJ-3000: goo.gl/FVrQKt
JClaw Tek LED Headlamp with Red Lights for Night: goo.gl/7bmz3l
F&V Z96 UltraColor LED Light (Same as Aaron purchased but as of today, out of stock.)
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In-Stock option for F&V HDV-Z96 II Z-flash LED Light
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Larger Capacity Battery for F&V light
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YONGNUO YN300 Air LED Video Light: goo.gl/TewFMs
Rokinon/Samyang 24mm F/1.4 Aspherical Wide Angle Lens: goo.gl/IeBdaR
Vlogging Gear:
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GoPro HERO4 Session: goo.gl/fTGbYv
GoPro Hero4 Silver: goo.gl/h0gSgd
GoPro Hero4 Black: goo.gl/yZD5T3
Zoom H1 Portable Digital Recorder: goo.gl/RvKj5e
Rode SmartLav+: goo.gl/7qwAh2
Tascam DR-60DmkII: goo.gl/5uklXJ
Thank you for supporting us!

[@outdoorphotographyschool7366]

Photopills is amazing - every time I think I get it, there is something new to learn!

[@theonlyitaliangirl]

thank you!!! finally a great explanation of "Azimuth". And the info on the AR button: Mind blown! 🤯 🤯🤩

[@vivahabbitvanassen]

OMG, this is to sweet I hope you do more of these I'm new to the pill and this is an eye opening moment. Thank you so very much.

[@jocan55]

Very cool....thanks for sharing this feature!

[@SloggerVlogger]

Finally, this was what I was looking for for ages. Loved photo pills for a while now, but never to its full potential. Now I actually understand what I need to do. Thank you. Great video, tutorial!

[@timwebber8630]

OUTSTANDING VIDEO - Soooooo helpful, Thank you!!! : )

[@dylanwaldron1806]

Great information! Gonna have to try to utilize the find tool a bit more before I head out to locations. Thanks again, such an amazing tip

[@PhotogAdventures]

You are welcome, Dylan! Thanks for checking out the video and I am really glad you got something out of the tips! Always stoked when the work on the video is worth it after all and I can still find something to teach and people interested to learn! Thanks again, man! 😃 -Aaron

[@CrystalClearNM]

thanks very much for this!

[@jbflores01]

thanks for the great info! and for all your videos!

[@jbhunter15]

Awesome tips! I knew about the find tool but had no idea about using ar mode for it. This makes me very happy.

[@PhotogAdventures]

Thanks, Josh! I was so blown away when Rafael pointed out the AR feature! It is so sweet to stand at a location and turn on the AR feature within the Find tool and plan a shot of your dreams with such ease!! The only sad part is more often than not you have to wait months or years for it! I gotta start creating a library of future plans. 😄 It’s going to run my life for me though. They will be must go trips just to get those shots! Thanks for watching, Josh! -Aaron

[@glenne4846]

🤯 Life just got easier !

[@schuhrad]

Hey Elliott, real great and useful Vids, even for a beginner like me...!

[@bulldogstrut1]

Excellent. I can't wait to use it. Thanks for letting us know. Wow.

[@PhotogAdventures]

You are welcome! Thanks again for watching, Henry! Good luck with it and let me know if you have any questions! :D -Aaron

[@jennifermoylan2246]

THANK YOU!!! This is exactly what I wanted to be able to do with photo pills, and everything I watched/read made it seem so complicated. I followed along with you and think I've got it!!! Great helpful video!

[@PhotogAdventures]

Jennifer Moylan that is REALLY awesome to hear! 😃 The smoke right now really makes for a great sun at the horizon. So great time to use and benefit from the Find Tool if you can get lucky with an opportunity coming up soon! Good luck and thanks for watching, Jennifer!

[@RugbyLock2668]

Awesome tip!!!

[@clanelliott0305]

You've set a high bar and a big expectation with the first 2 PhotoPills videos, keep up the education. Many Thanks.

[@PhotogAdventures]

haha thanks, Chris! I didn't save the best for last but there are so many great things in PhotoPills to teach! I am happy to! Just have a lot of Milky Way specific stuff to teach until Feb. 2nd and then I will hit PhotoPills hard! :D Really appreciate you saying that! -Aaron

[@blackskyphotography3982]

Cool. Had no idea this is included in PhotoPills. Great tool to plan my timelapse shots. Thanks!

[@PhotogAdventures]

Oh right on, Blacksky! Definitely a photographer after my own heart! Love timelapses! 😃 I think I annoy some photographers around me when I go places and find my comp based on the timelapse potential and then let the camera run! I spend the whole time with my hands in my pockets enjoying the view. 😄 Really glad you found the video! Thanks for letting me know you liked it! -Aaron

[@andyturner4095]

Just got Photo pills, and found your channel brilliant thank you.

[@PhotogAdventures]

Thanks, Andrew! Stoked you found our channel and even more stoked you enjoyed this video! Photopills is awesome but it takes some time finding all the great ways to use it in your photography so hopefully you will keep enjoying our tutorial videos about it! :D Thanks for watching and hope you come back for more soon! :D -Aaron

[@vivahabbitvanassen]

Excellent tool but I'm still a bit lost but I'm going to try it out tonight. But your video is great I just have review it again. Thanks.

[@lotus30com]

Nice name titles at the start! Good addition.

[@PhotogAdventures]

Thanks for noticing, man! I am loving them too and we are making a few more of them for other videos and I am going to add them to all my Milky Way Course videos too! :D -Aaron

[@MrMjukizz]

Yeah ! That's cool but remember the weather ! It has be taken into account as well

[@BackpackerCoach]

Thank for the tips. Now I just need to work on using Photopills.

[@dhexistentialist5215]

I knew about the find tool cuz I learnt it from you before! But never knew about using the AR like that!! Nice one :)

[@PhotogAdventures]

Haha awesome! So you learned about the find tool from us? Man I always love to hear that! The AR part is just magic! I use it all the time now and have to decide which plans to definitely do. 😃 -Aaron

[@dhexistentialist5215]

I've learnt a lot from you guys! I've used the AR tool before but just never realised it was there in the find tool too :) Cheers from England!

[@nevadaxtube]

Awesome video Aaron! I really think this app should be in my collection. You may have sold me. Now if it could only forecast cloud cover with such accuracy :)

[@PhotogAdventures]

Haha I wish "selling" you made me some money! :D But I love Rafael and German, so I am glad they will get your $7 after apple takes their 30% cut. :D I am actually doing a video on two great websites you already know about for Cloud cover forecasting tomorrow! Should be up by 1pm! :D -Aaron

[@terry2855]

Great video! Thanks!

[@PhotogAdventures]

Thanks for letting me know you liked it, Terry! Really appreciate it! Now if only KZbin had some functionality to the thumbs down feature so I had any sort of constructive feedback from those two that hit thumbs down. For all I know they just hate Real Salt Lake hats! :D Thanks for watching, Terry! -Aaron

[@terry2855]

Photog Adventures Aron, just an FYI, I just recently came upon your channel and think you have great and very useful content. Just keep up the good work and disregard all the thumbs downs. I wouldn’t lose any sleep over it. I’m looking forward to looking through all your content and visiting Utah this year. I live in Dallas and only wish we had some of the beautiful landscape of Utah. Have a great day!

[@PhotogAdventures]

That means a lot, thanks, Terry! I am glad you found us! Hey man, if you are ever out here in Utah let us know! If the timing works out we can meet you out somewhere! For our listeners of our Photog Adventures Podcast we have regular Listener Adventures which are basically photography meetups somewhere and we capture the Milky Way or Landscape Photography. We will have another next month in California and should schedule one in Utah soon enough! :D -Aaron

[@nealezingle745]

Great information Aaron! It seems like a really useful app, they should hire you for instructional vids. When you are talking about seeing the core of the MW just above horizon (you know, a fist or two - awesome) - it would be super helpful if you could cut in an image of what that may look like. Just getting the data to say it is possible to see it - is really great, but still feels a little risky for those of us who haven't shot it enough to have an idea of what it might look like low in the horizon. Would help to decide if that location is worth shooting at, or continue to scout for a better location. Thanks again for all your videos, and information, such a big help for a newbie to astrophotography!

[@PhotogAdventures]

Thanks, Neale! Actually, my Milky Way Course has that information and shows examples of what it might look like. I like the idea of including it in videos like these but the look of the Milky Way is different depending on where you will be looking at it so I can't show just one example. For instance, in my Milky Way Course I gave examples from my perspective in Utah and then from a person's perspective in New Zealand. Then it is different all points in-between! As far as LATITUDE changes, the Milky Way will look different. I would love to be hired by PhotoPills but I accept that I am at least their good friend now. Especially since I keep proselyting how awesome their app is for completely free! :D Well, the app is $10 but my commission is zero. Thanks for your kind words and I will definitely have to add a video to my list where I explain the look of the Milky Way to newbs to Astrophotography and have fun telling that story! Because it is fascinating to me! :D Wearing my NASA shirt right now! Thanks for watching, Neale! -Aaron

[@paulhunter-rowe9575]

I had NO idea it did that too! #gamechanger Thank you so much for sharing that, super informative video!

[@PhotogAdventures]

Haha I agree! It really is a #gamechanger You are very welcome and I am stoked that you liked the video! Thanks for watching and hope you will come back for more! :D -Aaron

[@paulhunter-rowe9575]

Photog Adventures I think I’ve now just planned the next 12 months of shoots! It’s going to be a good year. I’ll definitely be back for more.

[@PhotogAdventures]

Haha sounds like it is going to be an awesome year! :D And I am glad you will be back! Let me know if you ever DON'T like the content and I can avoid doing whatever it was again! See you around, Paul! :D -Aaron

[@RyanLunaPhotography]

I purchased PP about 6 months ago. I really need to get familiar with it.

[@PhotogAdventures]

Yeah, man! It will take awhile to get there too. Even when you know something about it from your couch at home, things change when you get out there on location and use it and get to see it in practice. Really can’t say it enough about how much I love this app! Thanks for watching again, Ryan! 😃 -Aaron

[@user-sf5bt8eb4y]

I was thinking if photo pills is worth it for knowing sunrise and sunset timings but after watching this Video, I'm sold! especially the VR Mode. @photog Adventures, if possible, can you do a Milky way photography guide similar to this one? like the milky way position at a given time and place.

[@PhotogAdventures]

Absolutely! In fact, I already have! Please check out my video of “How To Use PhotoPills to plan Milky Way Photography” it is found here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pInOXmV4p92sidk let me know if you have any questions after watching that and I will look for your comment and will answer as soon as I can! Thanks for watching, Xiao! 😃 -Aaron

[@jaykennison4589]

G'Day Aaron, Does this find mode have an option to find the milky way at a certain place and direction ??

[@timwebber8630]

8:40 AR Mode, you can place location of moon by hand.

[@PsytastikTunes]

So this is like photographer's ephemeris? Need to learn pils. Its rather complicated at first, but knowing this now, maybe its worth trying again!

[@PhotogAdventures]

PsytastikTunes It absolutely is like TPE just with a lot more functionality and tools! It is definitely worth trying again and it just might become a necessity in your photography kit. 😃 I get zero money from pushing PhotoPills too by the way. I just love the app and whole-heartedly recommend it! Thanks for watching! 😃 -Aaron

[@andrewpoynter7887]

Very impressive. Currently using Sun Surveyor. But I think I might just have to change. Is there a way to export these dates externally say to Google calender?

[@PhotogAdventures]

Hey Andrew! I just tested it and the only feature they CURRENTLY have is to save out the image of your list. which you can do by taking a screenshot anyway. So sadly, no exporting to Google Calendar without you transcribing the info yourself. But still, way way powerful tool for planning your own Mark Gee adventure where he got that awesome Timelapse of the moon over that public viewpoint! :D Thanks for watching, Andrew! -Aaron

[@tyesphoto]

The Andriod version is different than the IOS version. When you enter Find in the Planner is asks for Sun or Moon. Then you can set the azimuth and elevation and look at the AR, but it's not as detailed.

[@PhotogAdventures]

Thanks, Tye for that info! I was honestly curious how it was getting displayed on Android. I am going to buy an android device to use JUST so that I can test things like this app against both my iOS phone and the Android version. So the functionality is there it just isn't as detailed? Does anything not work? Thanks for watching, and I hope the Android version provides what you need still for it! :D -Aaron

[@tyesphoto]

Reply from German: Yes, in the iOS version you can Find a sun or moon by azimuth or by azimuth&elevation. However we detected that few people used the tool to find only by Azimuth (is quite useless), so we decided to remove it in the Android version. The find by azimuth&elevation is more powerful, because you can decide where exactly want the son or the moon to be.d We probably remove the find by azimuth tool in the iOS version too in a future update, when we redesign this tool. You'll find more videos and tutorials here: www.photopills.com/academy Best regards, Germán Marquès

[@PhotogAdventures]

Ahhhh well okay, that is fine by me then! I never even showed the ONLY Azimuth versions because they really are redundant and just the same thing minus one very useful feature. If you don't care how high your sun is it is easy to set the elevation within its possible range and then search with the Magnifying glass to see what days it occurs on. Thanks for sharing, German's response to that! Makes total sense to me. Glad that it doesn't mean important functionality is missing for Android users!! -Aaron

[@tyesphoto]

Thanks for the PhotoPills and night photography tutorials. PP is one of those apps that takes some time to learn and practice with to stay proficient. I'm looking forward to next weeks lunar eclipse and planning the shot using PP.

[@PhotogAdventures]

Awesome! I have spent a lot of time looking at my plan just need to decide what I want to make my foreground for the options I have.... Hope you have clear skies for the Lunar eclipse! :D -Aaron

[@garyshepard7881]

Hey here’s a simple question… If I go out to photograph on the night of a new moon, does it matter whether or not the moon has set?

[@garyshepard7881]

Let me find tune that question… I meant if I go out to photograph the Milky Way or the night of a new moon, does it matter whether or not it has set?

[@PhotogAdventures]

Heya Gary! Simple answer is that it will not. Why? Because on a night of a New moon and several nights preceding the new moon and for several nights after the New Moon the moon will never be in the sky during FULL DARKNESS. Two things to know, the New Moon period only exists because it is a period every month that the Moon is between us and the Sun which puts its in shadow side facing us AND that means it is only up during the day. It is basically following the Sun with each rise and set for several dats. The second thing to know - and you probably know this but since I said full darkness I want to clarify when that is - is that when the sun sets the twilight periods begin and continue until the Sun is far enough below the horizon that the location you are standing at is in full darkness. And remains in full darkness until the Twilight periods return just before the sunrise. So during the New Moon week and a little more, the Moon is timing its presence in the sky with the sun and when it starts getting off-sync with the rise and set of the Sun it still is more often up only during the Twilight periods which means it isn't a good time to shoot the Milky Way anyway! :D Lot of info, hope I got that to make sense! I was up late last night and I am hoping my brain has woken up by now and could teach that with simple terms. Thanks for watching, Gary! :D -Aaron

[@garyshepard7881]

Photog Adventures Thanks so much!

[@ryanlee9150]

okay its been three years did you take the shot 😂😂

[@jaguarjj]

I have no "done" button when hitting the AR button ... strange ... I am android though

[@PhotogAdventures]

mohamed abdel-hady Hmmmm, there has to be something to end the session of AR. Do you have anything in the top right? I am going to go into my app and see what you could be seeing. One sec 😃 -Aaron

[@PhotogAdventures]

Man, there should be a “Cancel” or “Done” at the top in blue letters and I highly doubt the difference on Android is that. Something has to be up. How are you getting to it? Make sure you are going through these steps: 1- Open PLANNER 2- Hit the Magnifying Glass button on the bottom left. 3- choose Sun or Moon at Azimuth and Elevation. It can be the sun or moon. Just make sure you hit the option that is AT AZIMUTH AND ELEVATION. 4- Hit the AR button at the bottom of the screen to open AR. 5- Now inside AR from those steps you will see a cancel and done at the top. Does that help? Or still nothing? -Aaron

[@PhotogAdventures]

mohamed abdel-hady You should see a “Done” in EVERY AR session in the app except for the session you get from the NIGHT AR pill. So you must be in the Night AR pill. Make sure you are getting into the AR from the planner pill after you hit the magnifying glass button for the find tool. Let me know if this helps, Mohamed! Thanks for watching! 😃 -Aaron

[@mohamedabdel-hady5430]

@@PhotogAdventures I walked through the steps you recommended but there's no done nor cancel buttons

[@PhotogAdventures]

Hmmm really? I have to think you are in a different App unless there really is an issue there with the Android version. I am going to have to try to get on an android phone today with PhotoPills and see if I can see what you are seeing. Will get back to you! :D -Aaron

[@stevebennettphotography]

If only it could control the weather as well....

[@PhotogAdventures]

Hahahaha, man you are not kidding! lol Thanks for watching, Steve! -Aaron

[@SoloVJ]

Beard😂

[@not_name7421]

Can you re-do this tutorial without all the chit-chat? Just the facts?