What to do while you are shooting stars?

Suddenly have this thought to write about what to do while you are shooting stars....


Especially when you are alone....

I used to shooting stars alone as I don't have any star chaser friend near my place.



Some facts you need to know while shooting stars alone:
1.)It's very lonely cz you are alone =.=
2.)Mosquitoes will be accompanying you
3.)You will feel unsecured. (afraid of robbery- applicable in Malaysia only , ghosts, spirits, animals....)
4.)It's scary (cz we need a dark place to shoot stars , dark place got many ..... )


What we can do ?
1.) Call someone to chat.
- If you are doing startrail whereby you are required to shoot continuously for more than 20 minutes, calling your friends to chat is one of the good options....

2.) Learn zodiac/constellation
- Do it if you have "starwalk" app in your iphone or skymap or whatever in your android.
- I have learned how to see Virgo, Ursa Major , Scorpio , Gemini , Leo and more....
- W/o involving in photography, I would know how to see Orion only. XD

3.) Praying
- Praying for what? Hoping clouds won't appear and ruin your starstrail

4.) Looking Around
- Must be aware of snakes, dogs, cats, (they might scare you)
- Scared of ghost (dark place, you are alone, what else you can think ? )
- Scared of good people ( cz you might scare them, then they might treat you as a thief or mad guy )
- Scared of bad people ( as they might hurt you)

5.) Scratching
- Thanks to lovely mosquitoes ( You will get bitten even you have repellent applied.

6.) Doing some planning
- While shooting continuously , it's kind a waste of time.
- You can do some planning using this time.

starstrail where images are stacked together to form lines

Star Walk (a must have app for star chasers)