2016 Lonely Speck Astrophotography Post-Processing Workshop

This is the full screen capture recording of our old 2016 Lonely Speck Post-Processing Workshop including the Q&A section. This was once a private video that we've now decided to make public!

Thanks so much to our supporters for making the meetup at Trona Pinnacles possible and thanks for attending the workshop. This video will remain here for all of you to refer back to and share with your friends.

Here's the original email sent to purchasers of the tickets:

Thanks for signing up for the Lonely Speck Post-Processing Workshop! Please share this email with all of the guests on your ticket.

Get Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop

We will be editing photos together in Adobe Lightroom and Adobe Photoshop.

If you do not have Adobe Lightroom and Adobe Photoshop, please at least download and install the CC trials before arriving to the workshop: http://www.adobe.com/downloads.html

Pre-Download RAW Files

If you would like to follow along exactly with the presentation, download all of the RAW files we will be using in the demonstration portion of the workshop here:

https://s3.amazonaws.com/lonelyspeck/...

The file for this download is VERY LARGE at about 441 MB. Please download it to your computer prior to the workshop as internet may not be available during the workshop. Even if it is, having a ton of participants trying to download huge files all at once may prove... problematic.

Optional Meetup Assignment:

Since most of you will be attending the meetup the night before, here's an assignment to try shooting. These two "projects" will give you the necessary photos to post-process your own shots in the same manner as demonstrated for the workshop.

Shoot an exposure stack of 8-16 exposures. When you've found a great composition, keep your camera in the same exact spot and shoot a bunch of consecutive exposures of the same composition. Include both the night sky and the landscape in your frame. Shoot 8-16 exposures. (http://www.lonelyspeck.com/milky-way-...)

Shoot a 10 frame two-row panorama (5 frames on top and 5 on bottom) with minimum 50% overlap of each frame. Optional, but I recommend a standard prime similar to a 35mm/1.8 or 50mm/1.8 for this panorama, stopped down to f/2.8. (http://www.lonelyspeck.com/medium-for...)