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How To Photograph Star Trails – The Complete Guide for 2026

Dreaming of capturing award-winning star trails from your own location? This 2026 complete guide will show you exactly how I shoot professional star trail photos anywhere — even with light pollution.

In this video, I reveal my real-world star trail workflow that I use for my astro landscape photography across India — including my personal techniques to create perfectly exposed, colorful and cinematic star trails that stand out in competitions, Instagram and exhibitions.
You’ll learn:
🌍 1️⃣ How to Plan Star Trails Like a Pro
I show you how to use
✔ Light Pollution Map
✔ PhotoPills App
to find dark skies, perfect star alignment and the best shooting direction from any location — even near cities.
🌌 2️⃣ Types of Star Trails Explained
You’ll understand how direction changes everything:
• Circular Trails → North (Polaris)
• Semi-Circular Trails → South
• Raining Star Trails → East & West
This lets you design your composition instead of guessing.
🎨 3️⃣ How to Get Colorful, Clean Star Light
Learn how to avoid washed-out stars and capture
✔ True star colors
✔ Deep blue skies
✔ Balanced foreground exposure
📷 4️⃣ Camera Settings That Actually Work
I explain exactly:
• Which settings to turn OFF
• How many photos to shoot (120 to 700 frames)
• Why longer stacks give smoother, premium-quality trails
⏱ 5️⃣ In-Camera Intervalometer Setup
You’ll see how to program your camera for
✔ Zero gaps
✔ Perfect star movement
✔ No frame loss
🔋 6️⃣ How I Shoot All Night Without Changing Batteries
I reveal how to use power banks + camera power for uninterrupted shooting — even for 5–7 hour star trails.

If you’re serious about astro landscape photography, night sky, or long exposure photography, this tutorial will give you a massive skill upgrade.
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Chapters
0:00 Introduction
1:34 Planning Process
2:32 Light Pollution Map- Finding Locations
3:54 Photopills App- AR View and Finding Direction
5:25 Live View On Photopills App
6:07 Colours & Exposure
8:12 Camera Settings
9:39 Intervalometer Settings
12:14 Finding Compositions & Setting The Camera
21:34 Final Photos
22:14 Ending Thoughts