Nightscapes, Astrophotography, Twilight and how to photograph the Milky Way by Kevin Ferrioli
Kevin Ferrioli Night Photography Exhibition in Durlston Country Park Dorset UK
From 30th March to 15 April 2018, Durlston Country Park in Swanange, Dorset-UK, will hold an exhibition about my night photography in Dorset and beyond. The entry is free, experience the magic of the starry nights and learn more about this type of photography.
How to get there:
See the link for full information:
This year 2017, started with big expectations, always trying to be realistic too about what it could be achieved, as the windows of opportunities in the UK are extremely reduced…so every clear night is so precious, to the point that if I miss one window(a clear moonless night ), I feel like I just wasted my time by doing something else. It is a journey, and a great learning experience and it has become a religion.
Shooting the Milky Way talk at Dorset Light Photographic Club
Next Wednesday 15th March 2017 I will be offering a talk about shooting the Milky Way. The venue is Dorset Light Photographic Club.
Details are: 7:30pm to 10:00pm £5 entry fee for non members of the club.
St. Michael’s Church Hamworthy, Blandford Road, BH15 4HR Poole, Dorset UK
http://www.dorsetlightphotoclub.co.uk/programme.html
Photographing Super Moon experience Moon Photography Workshop Bournemouth Dorset UK
There is always a fascination for the moon…let alone a Super Moon….photographing the moon is one of the most challenging….
And there is another one coming on the 14th November 2016!!!…and is the biggest and brightest since 1948… 15% bigger and 16% brighter …
If you would like to photograph this moon, you could start your practice from Sunday 13th November as it would be 99% full and only few thousand miles difference compared to the next day.
I will capturing this moon if the weather permits….and if you like to participate in the Moon Workshop on the 13th Nov, please complete the contact form of this site with the reference SuperMoon.
Update:
And the Super Moon showed up!!!! Amazing sunset today followed by a perfect moon rise in Bournemouth, Dorset, UK.
A good group of people attended the workshop to witness the pain of having two stunning views from which it was very difficult to decide….Purple sunset on the west and super moon rise on the east….enjoy !!! 🙂
And it made it into The Sun on 15-11-2016, online and printed in page 17
Hengistbury Head, an outstanding beauty day and night
Hengistbury Head is a headland jutting into the English Channel between Bournemouth and Mudeford in the English county of Dorset. It is a site of international importance in terms of its archaeology and is scheduled as an Ancient Monument.Declared a Local Nature Reserve in 1990, the head and its surroundings form part of the Christchurch Harbour Site of Special Scientific Interest.It is also a Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, an Environmentally Sensitive Area and a Site of Nature Conservation Interest.
The name “Hengistbury Head” refers to the immediate area; the elevated portion is called Warren Hill.
The area enjoy some beautiful dark spots where the Milky Way can be photographed with amazing detail
Enjoy the moon rising, giving the impression of a landscape from mars.
Bournemouth, a city blessed with miles of sandy beaches and inspiring scenery….but there is a face that not many people know…the night sky…
Bournemouth has been my personal testing ground for night photography under extreme light pollution….it was only a dream to see the Milky Way under such conditions…but after several attempts I learned a thing or two, extracting the maximum of the camera sensor (Canon 6D) and also from the lenses.
It took me several attempts due to my learning curve but also due to the lack of windows of opportunity, most of the times when I went to give it a go, a huge cloud gave me little or no chance…but keep trying and you eventually get something… The light pollution coming from the beach is amber type, which is very difficult to deal with so first thing to do is to try it where the lights are not present or when they are switched off, which in Bournemouth Pier is after 1am.
After these shots I though there was more room for improvement and I kept trying different locations. Taking photos of the Milky Way in Bournemouth is most of the time a failure than a success… I have even tried to repeat some of these shots and it has been proven very difficult. But there was one option I didn’t try last year: A panoramic shot. And the morning of the 17th April 2016 was the window…it was not very long due to the moon set at 4:20 am aprox and again not being helped by the approaching clouds, but it was enough for only three attempts and here are the results:
The above attempt was in the dark hour (no moon and no twilight of the dawn, it lasted less than 30 min). Few minutes later(image below), the very first light of dawn started to appear on the left…it was a truly breathtaking view….
The first pano is made of 12 vertical images…the second from 5 horizontal images…
I believe that it could be done even better, these images are just a proof of concept..,during summer time there will be another try…Bournemouth deserve it!!!
Photography by Kevin Ferrioli 
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