Beginner Nightscape Astronomy Photography Workshop

Explore the cosmos through your lens - learn from an astrophotographer and stargazing guide.


Blue Mountains Stargazing
Blue Mountains Stargazing
5.0 (5)
2k

3.5 hours Class size 1 to 10 guests

$275 (Afterpay available)
What you will learn:
  • How to take nightscape and star trail images
  • Astronomy photography theory and practise (camera settings for low light photos, how to frame and focus photos in the dark, how the sky moves and changes over time and what that means for your photo, optimal equipment - cameras, lenses, accessories)
  • Naked-eye laser-guided astronomy
  • Constellation storytelling
About your instructor:
Tom Kirkpatrick works as a Stargazing Guide at Blue Mountains Stargazing, Bronze Winner at the 2023 NSW Tourism Awards in the Tour Operator Category.
He loves to sit outside all night with his telescope and cameras and considers it a good night if he's heading for bed at sunrise. Some of his personal favourite achievements include taking a photo of a galaxy 29 million light-years away and capturing the Zodiacal Light intersecting with the Milky Way. Tom has been practicing astrophotography since the age of 16 and is keen to share his knowledge and experience with anyone who's interested!
Find him on Instagram @tomkirkpatrick_
Knowledge required
Beginner
 
What you'll get
What you will learn:
  • How to take nightscape and star trail images
  • Astronomy photography theory and practise (camera settings for low light photos, how to frame and focus photos in the dark, how the sky moves and changes over time and what that means for your photo, optimal equipment - cameras, lenses, accessories)
  • Naked-eye laser-guided astronomy
What to bring
Your curiosity and enthusiasm
DSLR/mirrorless camera
Wide-angle lens, fastest f/stop possible
Sturdy tripod
A head torch with a red light option
Intervalometer/remote shutter release
At least two batteries
Empty memory card
Star tracker if you own one
Location

Hargraves Lookout, Shipley Rd, Blackheath NSW

Beginner Nightscape Astronomy Photography Workshop location
Your teacher
Blue Mountains Stargazing
Blue Mountains Stargazing

5.0 (5)
2k

At age 8, Dr Dimitri Douchin declared “I want to be an astrophysicist”. He studied Physics and Fundamental Physics in Paris then left his French hometown to start his PhD in Astronomy & Astrophysics which he received in 2014 in Sydney, Australia.
He boasts 10 years of guide experience at prestigious astro-tourism organisations, University of Canterbury Mount John Observatory in Lake Tekapo, New Zealand; Macquarie University; Sydney Observatory; at the ultra-luxury Emirates One & Only Wolgan Valley, Blue Mountains.
Dimitri is currently Adjunct Fellow at Western Sydney University researching how various people around the world study the sky—a new and trendy science known at Cultural Astronomy. He is investigating the potential significance of the Sky for the local Indigenous communities in the Blue Mountains area in collaboration with the communities, as well as exploring the potential of satellite imagery for local archaeoastronomy.
With his fiancée Caroline, he is running stargazing tours under the UNESCO World Heritage Blue Mountains’s dark skies, 1h30 from Sydney in Australia, with dramatic escarpment and valley views as a backdrop. The couple also runs bespoke events such as Wine Tasting Stargazing and Dinners Under The Stars.

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