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: null #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?