I've just uploaded a tutorial video to YouTube. It's a quick run-through of how to take an astrolandscape image on location and use some simple techniques in Adobe Lightroom to get the most out of the RAW file. It's pretty self-explanatory, so if you're looking for some tips or advice on shooting a nightscape image, hit the video below! The image I work with in the video is a simple composition taken at Cave Dale, Castleton, in the English Peak District. I'd not shot there be

You might notice there's a slight change to my website, a new box that wasn't there before... We'll come to that in a sec. I've written a brief e-book called Introduction to Photography at Night. It's aimed at those new to photography, as well as photographers with a little more experience who want to try nightscape shooting and astro landscapes. I've tied to keep the guide short and sweet and leave some room for the photographer's own experimentation and exploration, whilst

In this episode of the vlog I do some location scouting in The Burbage Valley while looking for a particular spot. Local artist and photographer Ladoza inspired me with an Instagram post of his showing a rock formation full of water with Higger Tor in the background at sunrise. I thought this would make a great nightscape composition so set out to find the exact spot... I'll leave the vlog to explain the rest of it. Needless to say, I got wet. Here are the images I took that

In my most recent nightscape photography shoot I do some location scouting in the Peak District and make a few attempts at capturing the night sky before nailing my composition. Astro landscape photography can be seriously frustrating at times! Check out the video below: Eventually I came away with a couple of astro landscape images I was happy with: The second image I intentionally went with a shallow depth of field for the foreground and added a bit of light painting too to

I finally managed to put together a trailer for my YouTube Channel. I'd been struggling with the pacing and actually putting the appropriate content together and just couldn't produce anything that I was happy with. After about a year I've finally produced one I'm happy with though! Have a look and let me know what you think! #astrophotographytips #nightscapephotography #sheffieldphotographer #youtube #photographyvlog

With the vague challenge of doing some night photography in my local area and trying to focus on a small number of compositions, I set out one cold and misty winter night near Charnock - an area that's cropped up in my vlogs before. I didn't really manage to keep the number of shots I took down as I'd intended, but I did get a few shots I was really pleased with. The sky was nice and clear at first but some cirrus cloud was occasionally rolling over which I always love photog

I took advantage of 2 weeks in Florida to tackle some night time photography and make a vlog. The skies above rural Florida were so much better for seeing the stars than I imagined they would be and I was privileged to be able to shoot the Milky Way whilst there. Check out the video below to see how I got on: I took some of my favourite shots from 2017 on this trip! It seemed every location I found had more and more potential for great night time photographs and astrophotogra

I travelled to Saltburn-by-the-Sea on the North Yorkshire coast for some astrophotography and seascape photography in this episode of the vlog. The beach and particularly Saltburn pier are great locations for photographing the stars and I was really pleased with what I came away with. Check out the vlog here: One of my favourite images from the shoot, and actually one of my favourite photographs from 2017 is this one looking down the pier: But also looking back down the pier

In this photography vlog I finally get my confidence back and take some great night time landscape images up in the Peak District too. After last week's lack of confidence when it comes to vlogging and photography, I think I'm back on track now! Watch till the end for a bonus astrophotography shot that was so unexpected that I was too excited about it to remember to vlog! Check out the video: And some of the images I took that night: #photographytutorial #peakdistrictphotogra