I think as photographer’s we always want to be in control. Whether it’s controlling our subject, or the light, or in my case, the gear. But if we stop worrying about the technical and mechanical things I think we’ll find that things will just fall into place. This is the story of one of those times which just happened. I had just returned home from a trip to Arizona for my first Milky Way shoot. While it wasn’t everything I’d hoped for, I was very pleased with some of the images I came home with. Needless to say, I was riding on a high. I’d taken the week off from work following the trip and decided to use it to get back behind the camera some more. My mom told me that the SpaceX launch was happening Monday morning and, although I was tired from the trip and had planned on sleeping in, I decided to head to the beach to see if I could capture any cool images. I was loaded for bear. I had my Fuji X-1H with the 100-400 and my Sony A7iv with the 70-200. I arrived well ahead of the launch, setup my tripod and […]