PhotoWatch: Alerts

The best photo opportunities always seem to happen when you're not looking. Getting great light isn't an accident. It's just a case of doing the research. Chasing light at a coastal headland, a dark-sky ridge, a tidal rock platform you've been circling for months. It all takes time and effort. PhotoWatch watches those spots for you, around the clock. When the weather, the tides, and the night sky align, it finds you. HOW IT WORKS Tell PhotoWatch where you're going and what you're looking for. An amazing coastal sunrise. A clear Milky Way window. A low-tide rock platform at dusk. You can even tell it how far in advance you want to be notified. Drag your conditions into order so the one that matters most sits at the top. With Pro you can fine-tune each one, for example "I need high cloud more than 40% and just a light breeze". Then relax and let PhotoWatch go to work for you. When conditions line up, PhotoWatch sends you a push notification with your favourable locations ranked, so you'll know where to head first. It will be quiet by default. You only hear from PhotoWatch when it's worth heading out. WHAT PHOTOWATCH MONITORS • Cloud cover at low, mid, and high atmospheric levels, the way photographers actually think about clouds rather than just "partly cloudy" • Rain and fog probability • Wind speeds and direction • Sunrise, sunset and moon timing • Galactic core visibility, including when the Milky Way clears the horizon and the sky is dark enough to shoot (Pro) • Tides and Swell including height, state and timing at your coastal spots (Pro) To top it all, the app works anywhere in the world. Planning a trip? Plug in your locations and set up some alerts. That's a better way to bring back some great memories! By stacking the deck on your side. BUILT FOR THE FIELD The Tools tab has four free photography essentials that earn their place at 5am. A countdown timer for timing long exposures in bulb mode, with stopwatch mode if you prefer to count up. An ND filter calculator: enter your base exposure, pick your filter, and get the corrected time. You can also send it straight to the countdown timer with one tap. A time-lapse calculator for your interval and clip length, and a star exposure calculator (NPF and 500 rule) so your stars stay sharp. No more mental maths in the dark. Pro adds the Astro Planner, Tide Planner and the Colour Temp tool, which gives live readings in Kelvin to help you nail your white balance. FREE RIGHT NOW. PRO WHEN YOU'RE READY. Start free with 3 locations, unlimited alerts, and full push notifications. There's no account required. Try it. PhotoWatch Pro, a small yearly subscription, adds unlimited locations, tide and swell predictions and alerts, astro conditions and alerts, fine-tuning for every condition, the Astro Planner, Tide Planner and Colour Temp tools, and cloud backup so your setup survives a phone change. Set it. Forget it. Go get the shot!