As should be obvious for anyone that follows my photography, I enjoy creating images at night. As I’ve developed my skills, I have progressed from just being excited that I was able to take a decent shot at night, to trying to render the Milky Way well over a landscape, to striving to create nightscape compositions that would be compelling even if they weren’t taken at night. One aspect of this is researching locations, moon phases, star charts, and sometimes tides to get the lighting and elements that I want for my photo. Another aspect is gear.