Christopher Neal Photography

05/31/2026

This program might make stacking a thing of the past.

DxO PureRAW 6 is one of the most extraordinary applications to come along in quite some time. It uses AI to denoise, sharpen and lens correct your raw files....

05/29/2026

Rolling In - I was shooting some 360 video from the top of the office Wednesday and caught this storm cell rolling in. It passed just to the north of us and soaked Florence

05/24/2026

Shining Through The Night - A beacon of light surrounded by an endless cosmos—I can only imagine what it must of looked like as a ship out on the dark ocean.

05/23/2026

Take Off - An anhinga taking flight from the water in the Alligator National Wildlife Refuge last Sunday.

05/22/2026

Folly Beach Dark Horse - The Milky Way and the Dark Horse Nebula rising over the east end of Folly Beach. The Dark Horse and Great Rift stretching out behind it are between us and the Galactic Core and partially obscure our view of the bright center of the cosmic home.

05/19/2026

Coquina Beach Milky Way - Saturday night I was back out shooting astrolandscapes. This time 460 miles and a 7.5 hour drive away on Coquina Beach just south of Nags Head, NC. The difference in ambient light pollution is striking. If you really want to chase the Milky Way you need to make the trip to the Outer Banks on a clear dark night.

05/18/2026

Folly Beach Milky Way - It was a little hazy Friday night but the Milky Way was on full display over the beach at the harbor end of Folly. I spent a few hours chatting with a few fellow photographers and capturing images of the stars.

05/09/2026

A surprising way to take you Milky Way edits to the next level.

I'll show you how to take your Milky Way images to the next level with this powerful secret editing tool. In this tutorial I’ll show you how remove the stars...

04/26/2026

Fingers Crossed - Last year about this time I photographed a Great Blue Heron on this nest with a couple of chicks. I came back about 5 days later and the chicks were gone, the heron flew off and didn’t come back. This year I only see one chick but I’m really hoping I get to watch grow over the next few weeks.

04/25/2026

Airport Beach - This is one of the more unique places to capture the night sky, not only is it unbelievably dark but if you have a 4x4 you can drive right out to the spot and start shooting. When I first stopped and got out the ocean quickly reminded me to be vigilant by washing around my tires. I moved about 20 yards down and 10 yards farther up the beach.