Greylock After Dark

  • Limited to 7 participants.

  • Four Hour Field Shoot.

  • Two Hours of Instructional Videos.

  • All skill levels welcome.

  • Physical activity : Moderate.

  • $225 per person.

Have you ever spent a summer evening high atop a Berkshire Summit?

Join a group of like minded, night sky loving, photographic artists for a workshop under the stars and above nearby towns!

Enjoy expansive views in nearly every direction as the Milky Way stretches over head. Due to its location, the summit of Mount Greylock promises an eerily quiet experience in which you might feel as though you can reach out and touch the stars.

Our session is expected to coincide with the shutting off of the monument's new LED lighting system (which now makes the summit too bright to shoot the rest of the year.)

Starry skies or wispy clouds, the show will go on!

Attendees will receive access to workshop video modules one month before our event and printed course materials upon completion of the workshop.
During this workshop presentation, you'll learn this and more:

1) The ideal camera settings for high ISO photography.

2) Light painting - Using light to allow for single exposure shooting in dark conditions.

3) Basic astronomy, the seasonality of the night sky and how to incorporate the night sky into your composition.

4) Focusing in the dark.

5) Tracking vs. stacking and noise reduction techniques and ideas.

6) The best cameras and lenses for astro-landscape photography.

7) Post production tips and ideas to think about as you create your shots.

8) Understanding how atmospheric conditions can affect your shoot, even on what looks like a clear night.

9) Recording aurora and meteor events.

Gear Considerations
Workshop Gear Requirements

1) A DSLR or Mirrorless camera that has the ability to shoot at ISO settings of 3200 and higher.

2) A shutter release cable with intervalometer capability for longer exposures and star trails.

3) A very sturdy tripod. VERY STURDY. Chain store tripods, amateur video tripods and cheap kit tripods are not permitted in this workshop.

4) A wide angle lens (near the 12mm-24mm range) with a required aperture ability of at least f/2.8.

5) One or more flashlights. Preferably, one with a very low power setting for seeing the back of your camera and a brighter one for walking.

6) Two fully charged batteries.

7) Two memory cards.

8) Bug spray. Should you need to rent a lens or camera, I recommend Borrow Lenses.

Please note that camera-specific hardware instruction is not offered. You should be comfortable operating the manual controls on your camera, specifically when adjusting ISO, aperture and exposure time. It's okay if you don't know when and why to make the adjustments (that's what I'm for) but please be able to navigate your camera settings.

This event is limited to 7 participants.

Hi, I'm Tim! I grew up in Lanesboro and now live on Cape Cod. Mount Greylock was one of my favorite places to visit when living in the Berkshires. If you've been there, you know how amazing the view is from there. I'm thrilled to be able to bring night photography eduction to the area.

I offer these events so you can have a unique and memorable experience and learn something along the way while getting great images! You'll meet some like-minded people in a safe and fun environment.

I've lead over one hundred workshop adventures and four hundred guided night photography tours, hosting thousands of photographers. Hope to see you out there, after dark!