Astrophotography Course Cornwall
MAY 2027 – full details coming soon: Night photography course focusing on beginner to intermediate fieldwork techniques shooting the Milky Way and other night sky elements, location planning, and post-production.
Description
Cornwall Photography Workshops AND TOURS
Astrophotography Tours in Cornwall
May 2027
2027 CORNWALL ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP INFORMATION
This takes in some of the best locations on the beautiful Lizard and Penwith Peninsulas in the south of Cornwall with full structured tuition both in the field and post-production and nightscape planning classroom.
Tutor: Simon Waldram
PRICE
TBC
Full details coming soon…
DATES & AVAILABILITY
PARTICIPANTS
Max 6 Photographers
Tutor: Simon Waldram
EXERTION LEVEL
LOCATION
Cornwall
United Kingdom
ACCOMMODATION
Accommodation is provided in the Penzance region.
Single occupancy rooms in large holiday retreat.
Landscape Photography Tuition
This workshop includes sunsets/blue hour for traditional landscape photography.
Nightscape Photography Tuition
This workshop includes innovative night sky photography planning, shoots and fieldwork tuition.
Expertise
The Cornwall Astrophotography Workshop is aimed at photographers at amateur level and upwards; participants will need a good understanding of their camera’s ISO, manual mode, and aperture.
PACKAGE Includes
Single occupancy room en-suite accommodation
Professional landscape photography & astrophotography tuition and advice throughout the tour
Digital darkroom sessions on Lightroom and Photoshop
In-depth follow up digital darkroom image to print tuition if required*
Help with onward travel if required*
PACKAGE Excludes
Travel to the workshop location; though travel can be arranged from trainstations or Newquay airport
Personal travel and equipment insurance
Meals and snacks
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CORNWALL PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP
Learn landscape astrophotography or advance your existing skills with this structured astrophotography course in Cornwall.
This Cornwall Astrophotography Workshop will deliver a structured step-by-step nightscape workflow that delivers results every time, and provide tuition on exactly how to plan locations and shoot times. Learn to process your own images taken on the workshop as the team follows Ollie’s on-screen demonstration, using your own images, on your own machines, as he guides you through a well-refined editing workflow. Handouts are also provided bullet-pointing fieldwork and providing all the post-production information covered.
No previous night photography experience is required, nor is landscape photography experience, though previous landscape photography experience is advantageous. The course mainly focuses on astro and nightscape photography, sunsets and blue hour will also be covered, complete with tuition where required.
CORNWALL PHOTOGRAPHY TOUR – INFORMATION
Locations are planned out to the weather as best as possible and evenings are generally long, usually arriving on location during golden hour, working through the sunset and twilight before commencing with night photography; editing sessions are undertaken on two afternoons on Lightroom and Photoshop. Nightscape planning sessions are also included and multiple apps are explained and demonstrated.
Transportation is provided from the accommodation to all fieldwork locations, train station transfers to the accommodation can also be arranged at the beginning and end of the workshop.
Please contact Ollie for further information any other questions about this workshop.
FURTHER INFORMATION
CORNWALL Photography Workshops FAQs
Cornwall Astrophotography Workshops were one of Ollie’s original workshops being drafted up in 2012 alongside Dorset (also England) and parts of the Scottish Highlands. They were amongst the first astrophotography workshops ever advertised in Europe (alongside Ollie’s other astrophotography workshops). There isn’t a significant nightscape location Ollie has not photographed in Cornwall, knowing the county like the back of his hand, and currently residing there on his short stints back home in the UK. Read more about the tutor and workshops here.
The Cornwall Astrophotography workshop predominantly works on nightscape photography techniques, though the group undertakes golden hour, sunset, and blue hour shoots. The group will learn a structured beginner to intermediate astrophotography workflow to include layer blending, stacking, and essential nightscape planning.
EU, EEA, and Swiss nationals can stay in England and the wider UK for up to six months without a visa, Irish citizens have complete freedom of movement within the UK, and many other countries can travel on an easy to obtain tourist visitor visa.
Cornwall workshops run on different months, predominantly May or September, days are mild, and nights can be mild to cold.
- Comfortable light hiking pants or shorts
- Windproof hiking pants
- Light summer tops
- Coat/jacket (windproof, lightweight thermal ideally)
- Hoodie, jumper, or thermal mid-layers
- Base layers if you feel the cold
- Hiking trainers or good grip trainers
- Sandals/crocs/flip flops (chilling around the accommodation in the early afternoons)
- Scarf/snood/gloves
- Sunscreen
Nice to haves!
- Lightweight neck scarf (dust protection)
- Handwarmers
Only light fitness is required for the Cornwall Photo Tour, though the days can be long and there may be up to five/six hours on your feet with the camera equipment for long astrophotography shoots. Some coast path walks are around 30 minutes, uneven, and can have 20/40 metre gradual inclines.
The Cornwall Photo Tour is self-catered with the group collecting their own supplies en route unless a lift/transfer has been arranged prior with Ollie. The group also uses local eateries on occasion.
CORNWALL Photography TOUR ACCOMMODATION
The accommodation used for Cornwall Astrophotography Workshops has changed several times over the years and is currently a large house, tucked away on one of the most spectacular peninsulas and newly established dark sky area, Penwith Peninsula.
Accommodation
The Cornwall Photo Tour accommodation is located near the beautiful Sennen Cove consisting of six bedrooms and three bathrooms, two sitting rooms with log burners and streaming available on the TVs. Fully loaded kitchen and huge dining room for post-production sessions.
Cornish Landscape
Cornwall is famed for its coastal ruggedness, picturesque coastal villages and towns and azure coves and beaches. It boasts some of the most beautiful seascape locations in Europe which also double up as great astrophotography locations. Trails are usually well kept, slightly loose underfoot and can have large inclines and declines as the coast path follows the high cliffs. Be prepared to walk on sandy and shingle beaches.
REGISTER YOUR INTEREST
BOOK YOUR PLACE
If there are spaces left, you can book your place on this photography tour below.
If you have any questions please click here to contact Ollie Taylor.
Additional information
| Group Courses | Deposit (Shared), Deposit (Single Occupancy), Shared, Single Occupancy |
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