Perseid Meteor Shower Workshop
Shoot a prolific meteor shower from the darkest skies in the United States, the Texas Big Bend.
Perseid Meteor Shower Workshop
Shoot a prolific meteor shower from the darkest skies in the United States, the Texas Big Bend.
Perseid Meteor Shower Photography Workshop
Terlingua, Tx.
$199.99 Reserves Your Spot
Total Cost $799.99
Perseid Meteor
Shower Workshop
ALPINE, Texas
August 10-12, 2024
The Perseid Meteor Shower is hands down one of the most anticipated meteor showers of 2024. This year, the moon sets fairly early and will be in a waxing crescent stage. This means there will be almost zero light to interfere with viewing meteors, which peak on the nights of August 11-12.
The skies in the Texas Big Bend are so dark, that fireballs light the ground a brilliant turquoise-green when large chunks of cosmic dust burn up in the atmosphere above. Smoke trails left behind glow brilliantly for several seconds.
When you read articles stating 150 meteors per hour could be visible, they aren't talking about near your city, they're talking about dark sky spots like Big Bend.
Lodging
The cost of lodging is not included in the workshop. We will depart from Holiday Inn Alpine -2004 East Hwy 90, Alpine, TX 79830. You can contact them to make your reservation at any time online or by calling (432) 837-9597.
There are other options in the area. If you need help finding lodging, let us know.
WORKSHOP SCHEDULE
We will shoot at a different location each night. Shooting will last until the Milky Way sets at about 3am.
August 10th
-5:00pm Meet and Greet at Holiday Inn Alpine, TX
-6:30pm Class on Setting Up Your Camera at Night
-7:30pm Depart for Shooting Location 1
-8:30pm Setup for Perseids Meteor Shower
August 11th
-3:00pm Editing Astrophotography Images Class
-6:00pm Dinner Break
-8:30pm Depart for Shooting Location 2
-9:00pm Setup for Perseid Meteor Shower
August 12th
-3:00pm Timelapse Class
-6:00pm Dinner Break
-7:30pm Depart for Shooting Location 3
-10:00pm Setup for Perseids Meteor Shower
What you will learn at your workshop
What you will learn at your workshop
Perseid meteor in Monument Valley captured at our 2018 Monument Valley Workshop. Photo by Andrew Holmes.
You will leave this workshop with a thorough understanding of what it takes to create breathtaking images of the Perseid Meteor Shower. Jason will teach you everything you need to know, from planning your shoots, to successfully capturing your images, and how to bring the images to life with post processing software.
The Perseid Meteor Shower workshop will give you the foundation you need to go out, setup a camera, and take dramatic pictures of the heavens above. We will then build on that knowledge and teach you some of the finer nuances of night sky photography. You will learn years of knowledge in a matter of days, all during one of the most prolific meteor showers of 2018.
THE PERSEID METEOR SHOWER WORKSHOP WILL HELP YOU
Understand the night sky
Know how to locate stars and constellations
Plan out your shots by utilizing star charts and light pollution maps
Learn how to properly setup for shooting the night sky
Learn how to focus your lens in total darkness.
Learn how to shoot the night sky and meteors.
Learn how to light your foreground with a Speedlight
Learn how to reduce noise in your images
Learn how to paint with light
Learn how to use gels to add color to your images
Create star trail images
Create zoom images
Create stunning timelapses
Create panoramas of the night sky
What you bring for your workshop
What you bring for your workshop
HERE IS A LIST OF RECOMMENDED ITEMS
- A sturdy tripod
- A DSLR camera with capability to shoot at least ISO 1000 with moderate to little noise.
- At least 2 batteries for your camera and a charger
- A wide angle lens of at least 24mm with an aperture of f/4.0 or less.
- Memory cards totaling at least 64 gigabytes
- Camera bag that can be easily carried
- Laptop with access to Adobe Creative Cloud (30 day free trial at Adobe.com)
- Card Reader and/or USB cable
- An intervalometer
- Flashlight (recommend a Maglite or similar with high luminescence)
- Hiking Boots
- A Warm Coat (it will most likely be chilly, as it is the desert)
- Snacks
- Folding chair
* Please no red headlamps or red lights