Unlock your creative potential! Discover how to easily turn any Sun, Moon and Milky Way scene you imagine into a real picture… and start shooting truly legendary photos every time you pick up the camera!
Whether your passion is to capture beautiful landscapes, immortalize the infinite night sky, surprise the bride and the groom in their happiest day... or to travel the world, PhotoPills will make you love exploring new artistic possibilities to tell visual stories in a way it wasn’t possible before.
* All in one app PhotoPills is your personal assistant in all photographic matters. It provides tasty remedies to answer most of the questions when planning and shooting your creative ideas: - The First 2D Map-Centric Planner: Sun, Moon, Milky Way - Sun, Moon Alignments Fast Finder - 3D Augmented Reality: Sun, Moon, Milky Way, Celestial Equator, Polaris, DoF, FoV ** NOTE: The Augmented Reality views of this app make use of your device's compass. Some devices may not have a compass. - Photo Plans Manager - Location Scouting Tool - Key information: Sunrise/set, Twilights, Golden Hour, Blue Hour, Moonrise/set, Supermoon dates, Moon Calendar - Calculators: Long Exposure, Timelapse, Spot Stars, Star Trails, Hyperfocal Table, DoF, FoV - Widgets: Sun, Moon, Milky Way - PhotoPills Awards… and much more!
* Endorsed by Masters “PhotoPills is an invaluable tool which I use every time I plan a shoot.” – Mark Gee, Astronomy Photographer of the Year. “A tool every photographer should have.” – Kevin Raber, Luminous-landscape.com. “It pays off! Using such a tool ensures that we are repeatedly capable of quickly planning powerful shots.” – José B. Ruiz, Wildlife Photographer of the Year.
* How it works Have you ever walked around a place and thought: "What a pity the Moon isn't EXACTLY right there... I would have captured a great photo!"? What about the Sun? And the Milky Way? Well, now you can let your imagination fly and calculate when this specific magic moment happens in just a few seconds: - IMAGINE: the Milky Way arching over a powerful landscape, a giant full Moon appearing from behind a nearby hill or a sunset between two rocks on a magic beach... The only limit is your imagination! - PLAN: easily calculate the exact date and time the scene you’ve imagined happens. Work smarter, not harder! - SHOOT: just get out there, immerse yourself in the great outdoors, and enjoy living and capturing unique moments.
* Become a Legend Because we know the huge amount of time, energy and love you put in your photos. We want to HONOR them, SHOW them to the World, and REWARD you with up to $6,600 in cash prizes. It's easy and FREE! Just submit your creative photos from PhotoPills and join the Legacy!
* Never waste an unmissable scene again Create a To-Do list of planned photos and get to the location on time.
* Get it right Adjust your frame for the best composition before you shoot. Use the 3D Augmented Reality Views to see whether Sun, Moon and Milky Way will be at the desired position when pressing the shutter.
* Explore, discover great places and create your own database of locations If you come across a location you’d like to remember, save it as a Point of Interest.
* Enjoy all daily information in just one swipe with the Widgets Just swipe down from the top of the screen to get all the Sun, Moon and Milky Way events for your current location and date, in addition to your upcoming photo plans.
* Get more than an app Our goal is not only to help you plan your shots, but also to help you nail them. Whenever you need help, take a look at our How-To articles and videos or just contact us!
“This is your last chance. After this, there is no turning back. You take the blue pill – the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take PhotoPills – you stay in Wonderland and we show you how deep the rabbit-hole goes. Remember: all we’re offering are Legendary Photos and Goosebumps in your skin, nothing more.”
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Dec 10, 2024
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I think this app definitely makes astrophotography and sunrise/sunset shooting a lot easier. a couple of things that could take this app to the next level: 1. adding star trails into AR night mode, so we can know and plan how the streaks would look like according to the level of exposure we set. 2. adding a light-pollution map and also using it's data to calculate the Galaxy Center visibility (similar to how you do it with the moon). Nice app overall :) Update : Thanks for the response.
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PhotoPills, SL
September 5, 2019
Thank you Eli for your feedback! Regarding the Star Trails, at the moment we don't show in the AR how long the streaks will be depending on the exposure time, but the lines you see on the Night AR view is the Star Trails pattern you'll have. So depending on the direction where you frame your camera, you'll know what type of pattern you'll get.
William Flynn
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November 29, 2024
This has been my life saver of photo planning for 8 years. Without it, I am wasting my time and gas trying to get the shot I want. Takes some learning, but all the effort pays off time and time again. It even helps me plan where to garden and where to put my solar panels. I can tract the sun on my property and see the place the sun hits the most during the 365 days of the year.
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rhynchocephalian
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January 2, 2025
A go to app! Perfect for just about every photographer and then some!
What’s new
- Cameras added: Canon EOS C80M DJI Osmo Action 4, Osmo Action 5 Pro; Fujifilm X-M5M Leica Q3 43; Nikon Z50II; Sony a1 II. - Bug fixes
Please, If you find a bug (or have a suggestion), send us an email to [email protected] and we'll fix it as soon as possible :)