What to Photograph in May 2024

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👉 To start planning your photos:

These are some of the best events to photograph in May 2024: the Eta Aquariids meteor shower, the Milky Way and the Galactic Center, Mercury at its greatest western elongation, the Full Moon, 3 conjunctions (occultations) of the Moon with Saturn, Mars and Saturn, Sunrise and Sunsets… and more!

Also, at the end of the video I’m sharing some of the best photos you’ve submitted to the PhotoPills awards and we’ve featured in April.

TIME INDEX

01:04 Eta Aquariids meteor shower
02:31 The Milky Way and the Galactic Center
04:13 Mercury at its greatest western elongation
05:13 Full Moon
06:05 Moon-Planet conjunctions (and occultations)
07:10 Featured Photos

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RECOMMENDED PHOTOGRAPHY GUIDES:
- Astronomical Events Photography Guide:

+ 15 Photography guides collection:


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T-SHIRTS:


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PHOTOS PLANNED BY PHOTOPILLERS


SUBMIT YOUR PHOTOS (PHOTOPILLS AWARDS)


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INSPIRATION
- What to Photograph in 2024

- The 36 Best Photos in 2023


PHOTOGRAPHY FUNDAMENTALS
- Understanding Natural Light: Golden Hour, Blue Hour and Twilights

- Understanding Depth of Field (DoF) and How to Calculate it

- Understanding the Hyperfocal Distance

- Learn How To Focus at the Hyperfocal Distance in 1 Minute!


MILKY WAY PHOTOGRAPHY
- Milky Way Photography Planning

- Learn Milky Way Photography

- Milky Way Photography Masterclass with Alyn Wallace

- How to Post Process the Milky Way with Nick Page
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- How to Calculate the Milky Way Photography Exposure Time

- Photographing the Milky Way with a Natural Arch


MOON PHOTOGRAPHY
- How to Plan a Photo of the Next Full Moon with a Building

- How to Photograph the Moon with Foreground
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- How to Get in Focus Both The Moon and The Subject

- Moon Photography Masterclass with Jennifer Khordi

- Photographing a Full Moon Silhouette from Another Galaxy


SUNSET & SUNRISE PHOTOGRAPHY
- How to Plan a Powerful Sunset Photo | When You Know the Date

- How to Plan Any Sunset Photo You Imagine

- How to Plan a Sunset Photo in a Valley | Or a Sunrise

- Photographing the Sun setting through the natural arch of Es Pont d’En Gil


LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHY
- Landscape Photography with Nigel Danson
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- Landscape Photography Post Processing with Albert Dros
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- How to Edit Your Landscape Photography in Photoshop with Sean Bagshaw


LONG EXPOSURE PHOTOGRAPHY WITH LENS FILTERS
- Calculating Long Exposure Times Using ND Filters


SEASCAPE PHOTOGRAPHY
- Seascape Photography Masterclass with Francesco Gola


METEOR SHOWER PHOTOGRAPHY
- How to Plan Any Meteor Shower Photo You Imagine

- How to Plan a Photo of the Perseids Meteor Shower 2021

- How to Plan a Photo of the Geminids 2020


SOLAR ECLIPSE PHOTOGRAPHY
- How to Plan a Photo of the 2020 Total Solar Eclipse

- Annular Solar Eclipse Photography Masterclass with Joshua Cripps


STAR TRAILS PHOTOGRAPHY
- How to Plan Any Star Trails Photo You Imagine

- How to Photograph Star Trails


LEARN PHOTOPILLS
- How to Enable and Use the Widgets

- How to move the Red Pin of the Planner

- How to Save, Share and Import Plans and Locations

- Mastering the Load button of the Planner

- Calibrating the Augmented Reality Views

- Understanding the Map Buttons of the Planner