Stumbling around in the Dark
Digital photography enables us to capture the beauty of the night sky in unprecedented detail. In this evening of landscape astrophotography, I show how to use an ordinary digital single lens reflex camera to make stunning images of stars, planets, the Moon and the Milky Way, as well as elusive astronomical phenomena such as meteors and comets. In the second half, I recount travels in the arctic in search of the aurora borealis and across four continents to photograph total solar eclipses.
Each talk comprises approximately 150 high definition images and comfortably fills a two hour programme (inclusive of a 20 minute break midway).
I bring my own high definition digital projector. All my talks focus on showing great images as well as explaining the thinking and planning that went into them.
The fee per talk is £120, plus travel charged from Avebury at 45p/mile. All my presentations are also available by video link using Zoom, at the same fee with no travel cost.
To book please contact me.
Robert Harvey BA ARPS EFIAP CEnv CSci MCIWEM
What People Are Saying
"On behalf of everyone at the talk last night - very many thanks. I’ve had some excellent feedback. People (myself included) thought your images were stunning, that you had some very entertaining stories around the images and how you made them, and really enjoyed your overall presentation style. A few members have said things like “I didn’t realise I could try that with my camera” so I’m hoping we’re going to be getting some night sky images in our next competitions!"
— Richard Watson-Hoy, President, Bury Photographic Society
"Thank you for another great evening on Thursday. A wonderful selection of images with plenty of technical detail to accompany them and a lot of planning required. Two that stick out in my mind is the ISS in the sky over the bridge and the panoramic with the four planets visible.... [Members'] comments such as ‘One of the best speakers all year’. ‘Great photography’, ‘That was brilliant’. All in all your presentation was enjoyed by everyone."
— Steve Cann, Penwith Photographic Group
"Your talk last night was inspirational. Packed with knowledge, expertise, wisdom, and your generosity to share all of this with us ."
— TL, somerset
"On behalf of Kilkenny Photographic Society I would like to thank you for a wonderful evening of astrophotography. A brilliant informative presentation thoroughly enjoyed by all club members. Your images were both superb and inspirational. Your knowledge of the subject was truly impressive. Congratulations on your first "international" presentation which, may I say, was a resounding success."
— Bernadette Kelly, Programme Secretary, Kilkenny Photographic Society
"Your images were simply stunning and your detailed knowledge of the stars/planets etc very, very impressive. I think you will have whetted members appetites regarding astrophotography. Thank you very much for all the hard work you put into this presentation."
— Hilary Bailey LRPS, CPAGB, Chairman, Amersham Photographic Society
"Thank you for the talk last night. Certainly opened my eyes as to what one could do with standard kit and accessible locations. Wonderful pictures too: I’ve had a lot of comments on them. A lot of the locations you showed are standard fare for us here, so once we can get around, we can do a bit of stumbling ourselves. Brilliant and I have had a lot of emails back from others assaying how much they enjoyed it too. Zoom doesn’t really do rounds of applause, but please accept one virtually."
— Meyrick Griffith-Jones, Programme Secretary, Wincanton Camera Club
"Thank you also for a really enjoyable evening. Some great images with amazing detail. I thought the eclipse was amazing as were some of the space station! It is very obvious that you are very knowledgeable on your subject and spend a long time planning and researching, this really pays off in the quality of the images! Brilliant!"