Advanced Night Landscape Photography II with Jürgen Lobert

This is a second level advanced astro-landscape photography workshop to photograph the Milky Way, along with panoramas, star points, star trails and foreground light painting in a dark, natural location.

This two day, 9-hour weekend workshop starts with a Friday afternoon Zoom session to discuss concepts and strategy for this advanced night landscape photo shoot. Content includes the basics of astro-landscape photography and some light painting.

Under the creative and technical direction of the instructor, students will then meet on location and spend an evening creating astro-landscape photos. The class will reconvene on Sunday morning at the Griffin Museum to process files produced from the shoot.

This workshop is heavily dependent on weather, the photo shoot cannot be done when it rains or it is cloudy, hence, availability for an alternative date on Saturday or Sunday evenings, or even the following week, is needed. An alternate date will be selected with involvement of the registrants.

Pre-requisites Students enrolling in this course should have already completed an Introduction to Night Photography course or compatible experience, as well as a strong understanding of camera functions and the ability to make manual exposures in RAW shooting mode in darkness. 

Required Gear: a camera capable of fully manual settings, where exposure time, aperture, BULB mode, white balance and ISO sensitivity can be manually set. An intervalometer (or built-in times longer than 30s) is recommended. A sturdy tripod, lenses and flashlights are needed. A nodal slide and leveling ball head for panoramas are useful. Equipment will be discussed prior to the workshop.

Schedule Breakdown:

Zoom Introduction and Q&A:

Friday, June 28, 2024, 2pm to 5pm EST:

Zoom Presentation about astro-landscape photography and light painting followed by a location discussion and Q&A.

A preparation eBook and suggestions for equipment will be distributed to attendees prior to the workshop beginning.

Photoshoot

Friday, June 28, 2024, EST (rain date: June 29th or 30th)

5pm to 9pm: Transfer to the offsite location, and dinner on your own.

9pm to 12 Midnight: Photo shoot on location within 90 minute driving radius from Boston.

Sunset is at 8:30 p.m., we will meet after civil twilight to ensure dark skies, and to create astro-landscape photos with Milky Way, star points, panoramas, star trails and foreground light painting.

Editing and review session

Sunday, June 30, 2024, 9am to 12 noon (rain date: following week) 

In person editing session at the Griffin Museum.

You will need a laptop with your photos taken during the photo shoot, as well as Lightroom and Photoshop installed. You can use other software, but the instructions and demos will be done using LR/PS. The instructor will demonstrate concepts such as the creation of panoramas and star trails, and rotate between attendees for individual supervision.

Dates & Times: June 28 & 30, 2024, In Person (Hybrid) Class at the Griffin Museum, Zoom and Offsite to Shoot

Price: Member Price, $250.00 / Non-member Price, $300.00 (Non-member price includes a one year membership to the Griffin Museum, a $75 value).

About the Instructor

Jürgen Lobert is a Massachusetts-based fine art photographer and educator, born and raised in Germany. He specializes in night photography, daytime long exposures, urban exploration and infrared imagery.

Jürgen has curated photography exhibits and his artwork is in the permanent collection of the Art Complex Museum, Duxbury MA and private collectors.

Jürgen also organizes photo excursions, workshops and tours, and he is an international lecturer, instructor and competition judge and teaches photography at the Griffin Museum of Photography. He is a Master Member of the New England Camera Club Council (MNEC) and the founder and organizer of the Greater Boston Night Photographers Meetup group.

Jürgen can be found online at: https://linktr.ee/jmlobert/