https://stream.echo6.co/videos/watch/554649b3-1906-473b-b497-818587c8bca8 A Total Solar Eclipse is coming up on April 8 across North America. Here's how I'm going to photograph it. Equipment I'll be taking to the eclipse (some links are affiliate links): Manfrotto 190X Aluminum Tripod: https://amzn.to/4bI2kVg, Manfrotto 128RC Micro Fluid Head: https://amzn.to/3SZ1Bb8, Sony Alpha A6600 APS-C Camera: https://amzn.to/48jfoO7, Sony 70-350mm F4.5-6.3G OSS Zoom Lens: https://amzn.to/3OKL349, 67-82mm step-up ring: https://amzn.to/49Ei7ma, Thousand Oaks Optical 6x6 Solar Filter Sheet: https://amzn.to/3OL9nTo, Super Glue: https://amzn.to/3OLAPQR, I'll probably take my GoPro and a second tripod, to set it up on the whole scene to remember our reaction to the whole thing. Some of the resources I mentioned in the video: Will Whang's Solar Imaging notes: https://www.willwhang.dev/SolarImaging/, Great American Eclipse website: https://www.greatamericaneclipse.com, NASA's Live 2024 Total Eclipse Coverage: https://science.nasa.gov/eclipses/future-eclipses/eclipse-2024/, My experience and photography tips from 2017: https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2017/photographing-2017-total-solar-eclipse, How I made my DIY solar filter: https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2019/diy-threaded-solar-filter-taking-pictures-2017s-total-solar-eclipse, Photography Life - Luck in Photography: https://photographylife.com/2023-eclipse-luck-in-photography, Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/geerlingguy Sponsor me on GitHub: https://github.com/sponsors/geerlingguy Merch: https://redshirtjeff.com 2nd Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/GeerlingEngineering #eclipse #photography Contents: 00:00 - Totally different 01:23 - Planing for the photo 02:52 - DIY Solar filter 03:33 - Practice with the sun 04:13 - Camera settings 05:32 - Totality 06:33 - Advanced techniques 07:34 - Luck 08:12 - Where should you go? Wed, 15 Apr 2026 09:27:48 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://stream.echo6.co https://stream.echo6.co/client/assets/images/icons/icon-512x512.png https://stream.echo6.co/videos/watch/554649b3-1906-473b-b497-818587c8bca8 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://stream.echo6.co/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.