Location

The workshops are run in collaboration with the Saltmarsh Farmhouse, Seven Sisters Country Park, Exceat, Seaford BN25 4AD (www.saltmarshfarmhouse.co.uk)
Situated in the beautiful Cuckmere Valley, part of the South Downs National Park, and Dark Sky Reserve.
Boasting some of the darkest skies in Southeast England, this is an ideal location to explore night photography for the first time.

Schedule

The first workshops are scheduled to run on Friday 2nd and Saturday 3rd August.
9.00pm - Meet me at the Saltmarsh Farmhouse where I will give a short informative presentation.
10pm – We will be driven to a selected location, then a brief 5 minute walk on some uneven terrain to reach the beach. We will then spend the next 3 hours learning the essential skills in astrophotography.
1am - We will be picked up and returned to Saltmarsh Farm.
**Please note that the schedule will change in the autumn and winter months with an anticipated earlier start time (i.e. 8pm to 11pm).

Your own camera, which would ideally be a DSLR or mirrorless. Please get in touch if you have any questions as to the suitability of your camera for this type of photography.
A tripod is essential for this workshop as we will be taking long exposures. **Please note spare tripods cannot be provided.
Your widest and fastest lens, which will maximise the exposure time needed to capture the detail in the sky and foreground. This can be a zoom or prime lens but ideally has a maximum aperture of f/2.8 or wider and a focal length of 24mm or wider (full frame equivalent). Again, please do get in touch if you have any queries on this.
Warm clothes – it can get quite chilly late at night even in late summer and early autumn!
Good sturdy walking shoes or boots – the terrain, particularly on the beach, can be uneven and it can get wet and muddy along the path leading to and from the beach.

Unfortunately, due to the terrain and uneven surfaces this workshop may be unsuitable for those with mobility issues. Please contact me if you have any questions.
The workshop does not cover advanced astrophotography techniques such as using star trackers or imaging telescopes.
A full refund will be provided in the event of adverse weather conditions (we don’t want cloud!).

If you would like further guidance on how to edit your images after the workshop, then I also offer an additional 90-minute online tuition session. Here I will guide you in how to make the most of the images that you have captured from your session and make them pop!
The cost for attending the online editing session is £50 per person.