-Enjoy a private, personalized, and instructional night sky photography tour with Acadia’s night sky master, Nathaniel Child.
These tours are customized to fit your needs and provide as much or as little instruction as you’re looking for, that said, we fully expect this to be an instructional tour. If this is your first time trying night sky photography we will show you the basics but we also plan on teaching you advanced techniques for creating high-quality images of the night sky. Included with this tour is a video tutorial demonstrating how to develop your night sky image files using Adobe Photoshop.
Night sky private tours cost $375 for one person, $550 for two, $625 for three, and $700 for four people. This workshop lasts approximately 4 hours. Have more than four people? Contact us HERE for details.
What You’ll Need:
- Digital SLR or mirrorless camera
- Fast, wide-angle prime or zoom lens
- Sturdy tripod and head
- Headlamp with red beam
Not sure if you have the right gear? Ask us!
Private night sky tours are offered daily throughout the year.
*Cancellations of Private Tours & Workshops: We understand how much this type of photography relies on clear skies. We will make every effort to communicate with you how clear or cloudy we expect the skies to be. If conditions do not look favorable we will work with you to reschedule, if rescheduling is not possible and we decide conditions will not allow for successful night sky photography, you will be refunded in full. We also provide full refunds for any cancellations you make more than 48 hours in advance.
Questions? Contact us HERE, or register below.
Meet Your Guide:
Nathaniel Child is a nature and landscape photographer based in coastal Maine. His journey into the exciting (and sometimes sleep-deprived) world of night sky photography began in the summer of 2010 when he spent five nights a week under the amazingly dark night skies of northern California working as a spotted owl research technician. It wasn’t long before Nathaniel pointed his camera at the sky to see what he could capture. As soon as the clouds of interstellar dust and countless stars of the Milky Way appeared on the camera’s LCD screen, he knew he was hooked.
Ever since those long nights under the stars chasing owls, Nathaniel has spent countless nights photographing not only the Milky Way, but also nocturnal wonders like bioluminescent plankton, fields of fireflies, glowing mushrooms, lunar eclipses, distant nebulae, and the most awe-inspiring of all: the northern lights. Nathaniel moved to Maine in 2017, and since then has been exploring the coasts and mountains of Acadia in search of the best places to photograph the night sky. He loves helping people of all skill levels photograph Acadia by starlight, and uses his knowledge of the park to bring them to locations that help create the images they’re looking for.
Nathaniel’s work can be viewed online at www.nathanielchild.com.
Images by Nathaniel Child:
