While hiking the Inca Trail two years ago, I found that carrying my SLR camera had become a real hassle. Prior to that, I had resigned myself to the fact that if you want to take great photos, you have to carry the equipment that goes with it. But in Peru, it became more burdensome than ever before. Maybe it was the 14,000’ climb over Dead Woman’s Pass. Illogical questions ran through my head as to how I was going to balance my walking stick and take a photo, or hold my camera and get my water bottle from my day-pack. Needless to say, I didn’t venture into my day-pack to dig out my tour book to read about the different historical sites.

I became acutely aware that I needed either another hand or some way to secure my camera so that when I wasn’t using it, I could do other things. But I still wanted to have the camera quickly and easily accessible. When I returned home, I immediately started brainstorming the ideal gadget.

One criteria was that the design had ...
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Our friend Adam Block from the University of Arizona astronomy department emailed us yesterday to let us know that his three day workshop “Making Every Pixel Count” will be kicking off at the Mount Lemmon SkyCenter in late August. For those of you who don’t know Adam, he is recognized as one of the top astro-imagers and an expert in image processing techniques. Needless to say, the LightBuckets team (me and Alvin) immediately grabbed the first two seats.

Adam’s workshop can accomm...
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LightBuckets announced today that they are open for imaging! As a photographer, if you have an interest in imaging what's in the night sky, this is the way to do it and create some absolutely stunning results. Also, if you enjoy image processing to bring out the faintest details and ultimate eye-popping images, you should give LightBuckets a try.

LightBuckets offers an unmatched line up of world-class, large-aperture telescopes located in both the northern and southern hemispher...
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