Not accurate enough to be useful
Pretty hopeless for what I wanted which is to predict where the sun will rise ( I can guess as well as this app ) because it relies on the iPhone’s unreliable compass
The Photographer's Ephemeris
It's all about the light
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"Head and shoulders above the crowd is The Photographer’s Ephemeris. Odd name, great app." - National Geographic
"One of the most useful apps for any nature photographer" - Outdoor Photographer Magazine
"It worked perfectly. The program was dead on…" - National Geographic
"One of the most powerful photography applications that I've seen, one that you'll be using for years and years." - AdoramaTV
The Photographer's Ephemeris (TPE) helps plan outdoor photography shoots in natural light, particularly landscape and urban scenes. It's a map-centric Sun, Moon and Milky Way calculator: see how the light will fall on the land, day or night, for any location on earth.
Whether you need at-a-glance information on today's sun, moon and Milky Way data for your current location, or need to plan a precise alignment of the full moon for a future shoot, TPE has the tools you need. The combination of augmented reality, line-of-sight analysis and visual search supports the most sophisticated photo planning needs.
Night mode features a 3D representation of the Milky Way, pole stars and major constellations directly over the map, so you can easily visualise exactly how to align your shot.
Research and save your own list of favourite photographic locations, using seven different map types (including two offline maps) and save them in your locations list. Favourite locations are always displayed right there on the map.
Advanced features including visual sun and moon search, automatic time zone and elevation detection, correction for atmospheric refraction and height above the horizon, ensuring that you have the best possible information for planning your shoot.
You can even determine when the sun or moon will rise from behind nearby hills and mountains.
Key features:
- Time/direction of sun, moon, and galactic centre rise/set
- View azimuth and altitude of sun/moon and the galactic centre for any time of day/night
- Milky Way, stars and asterisms visualisation via 3D map overlay
- Moon phase and % illumination
- Civil, nautical and astronomical twilight
- 2 topographic maps
- 2 offline map types
- Movable map pins: drag and drop the pin exactly where you need it
- Map autorotation using the compass (on compatible devices)
- Shadow lengths displayed to scale on map
- Save any location you want: no fixed lists
- Celestial events including moon phases, apogee, perigee, solstice, equinox
- Solar eclipse details for 2024: maps, simulator, times
- Network connection not required for rise/set time, azimuths and sun/moon position
Advanced features:
- Augmented reality view for on location scouting
- Saved location synchronisation between devices and the free TPE web app
- Automatic time zone detection
- Elevation above sea level
- Distance, bearing and elevation angle between any two points
- Location import/export from KML
- Magnetic north option
- Configurable timeline display
- Sun/moon transit times
- 'Golden hour' time/duration
- Light pollution overlay
- Event countdown and notifications
Geek features:
- Line of sight analysis
- Find when the sun/moon will appear from behind a hill or ridge
- Advanced visual sun and moon search
- Azimuth or altitude search priority
- New crescent moon visibility
- Distance to the visible horizon
Available map types include:
- Standard, Satellite/Hybrid, Terrain
- OpenCycleMap Topographic
- OpenStreetMap
Sunrise/sunset color forecasts are available (covering lower 48, southern Canada and Europe) with an optional subscription to the Skyfire service, available via in-app purchase.
Note:
- Maps and elevation-based calculations require a data connection, except for offline map tiles previously downloaded and stored on your device
- Availability of map types is subject to change, due to 3rd party map service availability, terms or conditions
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"One of the most useful apps for any nature photographer" - Outdoor Photographer Magazine
"It worked perfectly. The program was dead on…" - National Geographic
"One of the most powerful photography applications that I've seen, one that you'll be using for years and years." - AdoramaTV
The Photographer's Ephemeris (TPE) helps plan outdoor photography shoots in natural light, particularly landscape and urban scenes. It's a map-centric Sun, Moon and Milky Way calculator: see how the light will fall on the land, day or night, for any location on earth.
Whether you need at-a-glance information on today's sun, moon and Milky Way data for your current location, or need to plan a precise alignment of the full moon for a future shoot, TPE has the tools you need. The combination of augmented reality, line-of-sight analysis and visual search supports the most sophisticated photo planning needs.
Night mode features a 3D representation of the Milky Way, pole stars and major constellations directly over the map, so you can easily visualise exactly how to align your shot.
Research and save your own list of favourite photographic locations, using seven different map types (including two offline maps) and save them in your locations list. Favourite locations are always displayed right there on the map.
Advanced features including visual sun and moon search, automatic time zone and elevation detection, correction for atmospheric refraction and height above the horizon, ensuring that you have the best possible information for planning your shoot.
You can even determine when the sun or moon will rise from behind nearby hills and mountains.
Key features:
- Time/direction of sun, moon, and galactic centre rise/set
- View azimuth and altitude of sun/moon and the galactic centre for any time of day/night
- Milky Way, stars and asterisms visualisation via 3D map overlay
- Moon phase and % illumination
- Civil, nautical and astronomical twilight
- 2 topographic maps
- 2 offline map types
- Movable map pins: drag and drop the pin exactly where you need it
- Map autorotation using the compass (on compatible devices)
- Shadow lengths displayed to scale on map
- Save any location you want: no fixed lists
- Celestial events including moon phases, apogee, perigee, solstice, equinox
- Solar eclipse details for 2024: maps, simulator, times
- Network connection not required for rise/set time, azimuths and sun/moon position
Advanced features:
- Augmented reality view for on location scouting
- Saved location synchronisation between devices and the free TPE web app
- Automatic time zone detection
- Elevation above sea level
- Distance, bearing and elevation angle between any two points
- Location import/export from KML
- Magnetic north option
- Configurable timeline display
- Sun/moon transit times
- 'Golden hour' time/duration
- Light pollution overlay
- Event countdown and notifications
Geek features:
- Line of sight analysis
- Find when the sun/moon will appear from behind a hill or ridge
- Advanced visual sun and moon search
- Azimuth or altitude search priority
- New crescent moon visibility
- Distance to the visible horizon
Available map types include:
- Standard, Satellite/Hybrid, Terrain
- OpenCycleMap Topographic
- OpenStreetMap
Sunrise/sunset color forecasts are available (covering lower 48, southern Canada and Europe) with an optional subscription to the Skyfire service, available via in-app purchase.
Note:
- Maps and elevation-based calculations require a data connection, except for offline map tiles previously downloaded and stored on your device
- Availability of map types is subject to change, due to 3rd party map service availability, terms or conditions
In-Apps
- Skyfire (1-year)
- $49.99
- Skyfire (3-months)
- $19.99
- Skyfire Plus (1-year)
- $59.99
- Skyfire Plus (3-months)
- $22.99
- Upgrade to Skyfire Plus (1-year)
- $29.99
- Upgrade to Skyfire Plus (3-months)
- $9.99
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4.25 out of 5
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An ok app, is useful but doesn't account for hills in its sun/moon availability which it sells itself on. Could also include a connection to weather info for seasonal or expected weather situations. For the price I expect more.
Photographer's Dream
As a photographer and a traveller this app is amazing. Want to know sunrise, moonrise times etc for a city on a day - done and dusted. Great for ensuring you know where an when the sun will set to get great photos. Get it
Cool app, but could do with....
Tide Times. As a keen coastal photographer, the only thing missing from this app is tides. Otherwise pretty cool app for planning sunset/rise shots etc
Jim
Great app, very useful when shooting landscapes and impresses my clients as well.
Fantastic
There is no way I would go to a new location without using this app.
Lost without it
This is a great app. It has become my go-to app when planning an outdoor shoot. My one complaint is that the pins can be difficult to reposition.
Great app
A really useful app.
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App Info
- Category
- Photo Video
- Publisher
- Crookneck Consulting LLC
- Languages
- German, English, French, Spanish
- Recent version
- 4.14.5 (1 month ago )
- Released on
- Apr 16, 2010 (14 years ago )
- Also available in
- United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Australia, Canada, Netherlands, France, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Ireland, New Zealand, Norway, Japan, Portugal, South Korea, Poland, Finland, Hong Kong, Denmark, South Africa, Mexico, Thailand, Greece, Turkey, Czechia, India, Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines, Taiwan, Argentina, Malaysia, Chile, Israel, United Arab Emirates, Romania, Colombia, Ukraine, Dominican Republic, Vietnam, Lebanon, Hungary, Pakistan, Kuwait, Ecuador, Saudi Arabia, Azerbaijan, Egypt, Algeria, Peru, Nigeria, Kazakhstan
- Last updated
- 3 weeks ago