Shoot the moon

DPReview community member and award-winning photographer Peter Alessandria shares his secrets behind his incredible moon photos. Read more

You may have already seen some of these cute images from ‘Moon Games’ project before, but we just couldn’t resist sharing some more. The author of this project is a French landscape astrophotographer and astronomy journalist Laurent Laveder who shows how some simple props and a bit of imagination can turn the moon into anything you like.

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I lay outside on cold pavement looking up at the dark night sky, hoping to see a shooting star. Close my eyes and wish upon the one star that could change my life, make my dreams come true. Find my one true love, in the crowd of six billion people. I wanna feel that constant love with no limits, have someone to count on through each step of my life. How do I find you? How do I know your the one? Will I feel it? or will I lose it and hopefully find it again years after, making a mistake. Is…

french photographer laurent laveder has composed a series of whimsical and playful photographs which use the moon as a prop in imaginative landscapes.