Shutter Scout: Photo Forecast

Shutter Scout answers one question: is tonight worth the drive? A conditions score for the places you actually shoot, built from cloud cover, moonlight, darkness and live sky activity - so you know before you pack the car. Shutter Scout brings the conditions for your photography locations into one clear briefing. Check the shooting window, then inspect the weather, moonlight and sky data behind it. FALL COLOR MAP Tap anywhere in North America, Europe, or Japan and Korea for a fall color score and the typical peak date. Press play to watch autumn sweep across the map, switch to Peak Week to see where color usually peaks this week, and find any place by name. PLAN THE NIGHT Find Milky Way windows, check the Moon and explore tonight's real sky before dark: Sky Tonight draws NASA's survey of the Milky Way and every bright star for your spot and minute, in every season. Use the planning tools to work toward a composition instead of arriving without a plan. LINE UP THE SHOT Drop a pin on a peak, lighthouse or skyline and the Viewfinder draws the sun, Moon or Milky Way core over your subject, with real terrain. Find the Spot suggests where to stand for the alignment you want, and the Alignment Window lists upcoming dates when it clears the skyline. SHOULD YOU GO TONIGHT? The hour-by-hour planner shows which hour looks best for your shot and what is limiting it. Emberlight maps sunset and sunrise color potential across your region, and The Week Ahead shows the dawns, dusks and clear nights worth planning around. SKY COVER A weather map built for night photographers: clouds, clarity, fog and smoke in full forecast detail, rain and snow for the next three days with thunder marked, wind and gusts, radar and live lightning. Press play and watch the clouds drift with the wind. IN THE FIELD Live View with tap-to-meter, exposure lock and one-tap infinity focus. Lens Tools for depth of field, hyperfocal distance, ND filters and sharp-star exposure times. Download an offline trip package before you lose signal. FOLLOW THE CONDITIONS Explore aurora activity, solar wind and NOAA forecasts. Check sky cover, sunrise and sunset potential, and coastal tides in the same app. AURORA CHASE Pick a dark-sky destination and Shutter Scout hands the drive to your maps app, while a live card on your Lock Screen tracks Kp, Bz, solar wind and whether the aurora door is open. With CarPlay on iOS 26, the card sits on the CarPlay Dashboard beside your map. A reading that gets old shows a dash, never a stale number. TAKE A PLAN INTO THE FIELD Move from the overview to the timing, direction and starting settings for your shot. The adjustable Red Light screen provides a red light for use in the field. MADE BY PHOTOGRAPHERS, BACKED BY SCIENCE Built by a Pacific Northwest nightscape photographer, with NOAA space-weather data and astronomical calculations behind the planning tools. The photography in this listing is the developer's own work. Forecasts and planning scores are estimates; conditions can change. FREE DOWNLOAD, PRO UNLOCKS EVERY FEATURE Shutter Scout is a free download with tonight's go / no-go verdict, Conditions Score and weather warnings for your spots. Shutter Scout Pro unlocks every feature above, from the full daily briefing, Emberlight, aurora and the planners to Live View and alerts, through a subscription or a one-time lifetime purchase.