Dark Sky Milky Way Photography (Rockport, ME)

Levels: Intermediate, Advanced

The most recent advances in digital photography have made it possible to photograph in conditions and ways that we never before could. From handheld photographs by the light of the full moon, to brilliant images of the starry sky on moonless nights, almost anything is now possible. This class will broaden your photographic perspective, and give you the tools to create powerful images in light levels ranging from twilight to the deepest darkest corners of the night.

The workshop will be held during the new moon, so we’ll have virtually no moonlight, and truly dark skies to work with. We’ll be photographing at the height of the “Milky Way Season”, when the entire arch of the Milky Way is relatively low in the sky and can be captured in a panoramic photograph. The goal of this class is to teach students how to work in extreme darkness, allowing us to capture the starry night sky and Milky Way in all of its glory.

Night photography experience is helpful but not necessary, but even those with extensive experience shooting at night will still find this class challenging, stimulating, and inspiring.

Topics covered will include: determining exposures, photographing the Milky Way both in single and multiple image sequences to create panoramas, special techniques for photographing lighthouses, combining short high ISO exposures of the sky with longer, low ISO images of the foreground, and light painting. Techniques and inspiration will be constantly discussed, demonstrated and put into practice. You will be encouraged to step outside your comfort zone, and to test the limits of what you and your camera can do.

Location/Venue: Maine Media Workshops + College
Original website page: https://tinyurl.com/y7kh7cg4
Cost/Fee: $1270
Material fee: $?

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Instructor: Lance Keimig is best known for his night photographs, which are often made at the juncture of the built and natural environments. His book, Night Photography- Finding Your Way In The Dark was published by Focal Press in August of 2010, and has been translated into 6 languages. A revised and expanded second edition was published in July of 2015. He is the curator of Darkness, Darkness, a traveling exhibit of Night Photography that opened at Harvard University’s Three Columns Gallery where Keimig was curator from 2005-2010.