Astrophotography
The discipline
Astrophotography workshops run where darkness is still a natural resource: high deserts, arctic coasts, islands with more sheep than streetlights. The technical floor is real — focus, tracking, stacking — and we teach all of it, but the nights are structured around the older skill of being comfortable outside in the dark for hours.
Bring warm clothes and modest expectations of sleep. Processing mornings turn the night's files into finished skies.
Departures
Field notes
Focus on a bright star at 10× live view, then tape the ring.
Plan the foreground at dusk; the sky will keep.
Batteries live in your pockets, not your bag.
Questions, answered
Do I need a star tracker?
No — wide-field nightscapes need only a tripod and a fast lens. Trackers are available to try on the multi-night workshops.
What if it's cloudy?
We schedule around moon phase and season, hold flexible night plans, and use clouded-out hours for processing teaching. Weather is a collaborator, not a refund clause — but see each workshop's fair-weather policy.
Is the aurora covered?
On the northern workshops, yes — forecasting, exposure, and the restraint not to green-slide the files afterwards.
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