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Central Coast with the Lights Off

A lot of where I have ended up in my photography stems from circumstance. I started off shooting surf and landscapes and quickly transitioned to shooting people, when we moved away from the coast. Since we have been back on the coast and our family is grown; if the sun is up and my kids are awake, I want to be engaged with them. I like to take our 5 year-old son with me to photograph the sunset as much as possible, but a lot of locations are simply too dangerous to take him along. Out of this scarcity for landscape photography time, came a discovery and then obsession with astrophotography.

When you are tucked away snug in your bed, I am rock-hopping the Central Coast, tripod over my shoulder and head-lamp shining through the sea mist.

The photographs in this post were captured around the Central Coast in Shell Beach, Avila, Pismo, Morro Bay, Cayucos and the list goes on. There are a variety of techniques seen in these photographs from single exposures to light painting to compositing to star stacking multiple exposures.

Astrophotography Workshops

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The workshops are perfect for anyone interested in astrophotography, with a desire to learn more about the craft in a hands-on environment. Workshops typically include time in the field capturing photos of the night sky, as well as in-class instruction to discuss and practice post-processing techniques.

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