Friday or Saturday July 22 (based on best day clear sky wise) I will be holding a special Milky Way workshop in the Wachapregue area on the Eastern Shore of Virginia.
Fee is $425 per photographer; limit is a total of six (6) photographers. A guest can accompany each photographer but please limit it to only one guest. There is no fee for the attending guest.
Instruction includes: How to film the Milky Way from single
exposure to trackers, timelapse, and Shadowpainting foregrounds for Nightscapes,
and post processing.
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Time:
Meet at 7:30pm June 16 or 17 (will notify) at the Wachapregue Inn,
departure is 7:30 sharp, so be a little early.
Payment:
There is no deposit required, simply email jbotv@outlook.com and we will reserve and
confirm your reservation. Please include your contact info in the email including cell phone. Payment must be made by physical check at time of
arrival in Wachapregue.
Weather:
The reason there is no deposit is because there is always a
good chance clear skies will not be available. If this is the case, and the other
window dates are also cloudy, then this workshop will be rescheduled for the
following new moon month of June. The week of June10th we will be
monitoring the weather charts and will notify everyone if the workshop has
clear enough predicted skies for the event.
Participants knowledge of photographic gear:
Each participant must have a full knowledge and
understanding of the exposure triangle (ISO, Aperture Shutter). This is not a
workshop of how to teach basic understandings of photography. Participants
should be very familiar with their own gear.
Below are some tips and links that would be good to review.
Accommodation: If you are traveling a good distance I
suggest booking a room at the Wachapregue Inn. We will be filming in a 10 mile
surrounding area. If coming from Virginia Beach and looking for a good central
place on the Shore and may want to try a couple of dark sky sites a good location
would be the Oyster Farm in Cape Charles. This puts you at a good mid-point for
Red Bank and Magothy Bay.
Gear:
Bring your camera, and it should be capable of ISO ranging
from at least 100 to 12,000 ISO. Tripod, tracker if you have it if not, camera
lens and tripod and your good. If you don’t have some sort of red light for
night vision, you should get one. Also suggest some sort of heat pack for the
lens to help combat condensation. I use 3 hand warmers wrapped around the lens.
An intervalometer is a good thing to have if you are
planning a timelapse. I use a remote on one camera and internal on the 6d Mark
2.
For Shadowing painting / light painting. You should have an
infield GRB light with about a 8 foot or longer nightstand. Participants don’t have
to film the foreground section of the class, this will occur after filming the
Milky Way, somewhere between 2 and 4 in the am. This technique of multi
exposure foreground imaging is a highly powerful tool to have in your arsenal.
Remote triggering is a must for Shadowpainting. I use a Wi-Fi
network connection and control the camera through the cannon smartphone app. It
you don’t have a Wi-Fi camera you can use a wireless intervalometer, however it
is limiting compared to Wi-Fi. If you have questions about this just email
jbotv@outlook.com
Suggested focal length for wide field. 11 to 24 mm. I use a
11 to 16 and a 17 to 35.
You will also want to adjust brightness way down on your
monitor once night sets.
Tips:
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Wear dark clothing and be fully covered. This
will aid in post processing while masking the foreground exposures.
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Bring water and insect repellent.
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For dining, the Island house is right there by
the Inn, excellent food. Just make sure you are done dinner and ready to roll
at 7:30pm
To confirm your spot just email jbotv@outlook.com For further questions
just send an email and if you would like to chat just include your phone number
and we will contact you.
Links:
Shaddowing Painting Nightscapes
Milky Way Galaxy our home award winning short film
Jim Baugh
JBOTV
jbotv@outlook.com
*Participants are respoonsible for their own accommodations, lodging and transportation and responsible for their own gear.
