5.4Shoot the Moon: Tips for Celestial Cinematography
“Aim for the moon. If you miss, you may hit a star”
—W. Clement Stone
There have been a few times in my career when I’ve had the assignment to shoot the moon; the last time was for the opening title sequence for an HBO series. It can be a bit of a challenge to photograph the earth’s only natural satellite.
The first thing to understand is that the way we see the moon with our eyes, especially when it is close to the horizon, is an optical illusion. The moon is not actually larger in the sky when it’s near the horizon, it’s not a trick of the atmosphere, either, it’s just the way our brain interprets what we are seeing. It is akin to the Ponzo illusion, whereby two identically-sized parallel ...
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