Jamie Carter
Jamie has been writing about photography, astronomy, astro-tourism and astrophotography for over 20 years, producing content for Forbes.com, Space.com, Live Science, Techradar, T3, BBC Wildlife, Science Focus, New Scientist, Sky & Telescope, BBC Sky At Night, South China Morning Post, The Guardian, The Telegraph and Travel+Leisure.
As the editor of When Is The Next Eclipse and author of A Stargazing Program For Beginners, he has a wealth of experience, expertise and enthusiasm for astrophotography, from capturing the Northern Lights, the moon and meteor showers to solar and lunar eclipses.
He also brings a great deal of knowledge on action cameras, 360 cameras, AI cameras, camera backpacks, telescopes, gimbals, tripods and all manner of photography equipment.
Latest articles by Jamie Carter

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astrophotography Everything you need to know about what’s happening in the night sky this month

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ces 2024 The app-controlled observatory with no eyepiece gets more resolution, a new planetary mode and a wider field of view.

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ASTRO IN 2024 If you're into (or getting into!) astrophotography, these ar the big events you MUST shoot in the coming year

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ASTRO IN JANUARY Attention, astrophotographers! Here's everything you need to know about what’s happening in the night skies in January

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review By being both a clip-on wearable camera and a full-on action camera, the chameleonic Insta360 GO 3 is all about unique first-person POV

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Everything you need to know about what’s happening in the night skies above this month

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European astronaut Thomas Pesquet explains the challenges of taking photographs at night from the International Space Station

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Features The ultimate guide to capturing the 'great houses' and iconic petroglyphs of the Ancestral Puebloan city from the 9th to 12th centuries.

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Features The 'secret' overlook, best times and other tips for capturing the spectacular 'mittens' of Arizona's iconic red rock desert

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Everything you need to know about what’s happening in the night skies above this month

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A 5-minute annular solar eclipse will be visible from Oregon to Texas. Here’s when and where to go

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Everything you need to know about what’s happening in the night skies above this month, including the two eclipses

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Everything you need to know about what’s happening in the night skies above this month

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From two full moons and the Milky Way to the year’s best meteor shower and Saturn at opposition, here’s everything that's happening in the night sky this month

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review This 378W/21,000mAh hours portable power station is ideal for recharging batteries and laptops for off-grid shoots

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update Vaonis follows up its Stellina and Vespera smart telescopes with the first telescope that uses a smartphone to photograph stars and solar eclipses

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How to Everything you need to know to photograph electrical storms and the moments that bolts of lightning strike Earth.

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news eVscope smart telescopes get an optional solar filter in time for two solar eclipses in North America

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Everything you need to know about what’s happening in the night sky this month

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news The new thumb-size shooter now comes with a larger Action Pod battery case that makes it look more like a GoPro

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Utah has more Dark Sky Parks than anywhere in the world – and many other out-of-the-way places with zero light pollution

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The use of artificial light to illuminate foregrounds and rock formations at night is increasingly frowned upon – and gradually being banned. Here's why – and what to do instead.

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news Rebranded anti-light pollution organization's photographic competition has eight categories
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