Software Review:  Ephemeris

by Patty Hankins & Bill Lawrence

 Sunrise and sunset are some of the best times of day to take landscape photographs. The sun is lower in the sky, so you avoid the harsh light and shadows of mid-day, and you can capture incredible colors in the sky as the light reflects off clouds and buildings. In addition to knowing when sunrise and sunset are, it helps to know where in the sky the sun the sun will be at any given time.

 Fortunately for photographers, a program called Ephemeris exists to provide us with all the information we need to plan great sunrise, sunset, moonrise and moonset photographs. All you need to do is enter the date and your location, and the program will tell you when and where in the sky the sun and moon will rise and set. All you need is a compass, and you can set up your sunrise photo before the sun has risen.  In addition, it provides information on the phases of the moon.

 Ephemeris is available in two versions –

 Ephemeris 1.0 for Pocket PC’s using Win CE 3.0 – developed by Jonathan Sachs is available for download at http://home.attbi.com/~jonsachs/#Ephemeris%201.0

 Ephemeris 2.0 for windows based computers is available for download from Digital Light and Color at http://www.dl-c.com/

 Best of all – this software is available for FREE!!!

 So, depending on whether you use a Pocket PC or a windows based computer – head to one of these two sights and download Ephemeris. It will help make sure that you’re in the right place at the right time to take some wonderful sunrise and sunset photographs.

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