Stars aligning for his or her second at weekend’s Milky Way photograph workshop

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Hands-on seminar can stroll even essentially the most novice photographer via the fundamentals.

Looking for one thing out of this world? The Milky Way Photography Workshop at Fort Griffin State Historic Site this weekend is likely to be the area odyssey you want.

Lynn Cromer returns together with his crew of astrophotographers to guide a two-day workshop on the historic fort about 13 miles north of Albany starting Friday night.

The late summer time can be known as “galaxy season,” due to the Earth’s glorious place presently of yr for viewing galaxies and particularly our personal Milky Way.

Fort Griffin’s location has granted it a popularity as top-of-the-line dark-sky areas within the area. In Texas, solely Big Bend is darker. The historic 1867 fort is simply far sufficient from surrounding communities to forestall the glow of their lights from being greater than low domes on the horizon.

The workshop begins 6 p.m. Friday with classes on important gear and software program, planning and composition, publicity methods and utilizing software program for stacking particular person photos for higher readability and determination. And after all as soon as the solar goes down, then it is time to apply all of it within the area.

Instructors are on-site all the time, giving ideas and serving to college students with fixing issues. Various excursions are made to the fort’s surviving buildings the place college students be taught concerning the placement of supplemental illumination and the right way to paint with mild.

You will want a digital digital camera, tripod and really low-powered flashlight. The workshop charge is $100 per individual and extra data will be discovered on the fort’s website, via their Facebook occasion web page or by calling 325-762-3592.

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