Royce Bair's 2016 Photography Workshop Schedule

Photographers at our 2013 Bryce "NightScape" Workshop
shooting a midnight moonrise next to the light painted "Fortress" formation. 

Milky Way above the Grand Canyon (this workshop location is offered in Sept. 2016).

2016 NightScape Photography Workshop Schedule  is available here.

2015 Lecture and Seminar Tour: My free NightScape lectures (12 cities) and half-day advanced seminars (3 cities) can be found on Meetup.com.

2015 Workshop Schedule: All of my workshops are being produced and co-sponsored by IMAGE10 Photography Workshops. Some of my workshop attendees have returned multiple times and their testimonials speak for themselves. Click on the dates for more details about each workshop:

• Arches National Park: April 21-24  SOLD OUT and Aug 11-14 SOLD OUT
• Escalante: May 19-22 (Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument) SOLD OUT
• Grand Teton National Park: July 14-17 SOLD OUT and July 20-23 SOLD OUT
• Bryce Canyon National Park: Aug 17-21 SOLD OUT

NEW eBook: You can review and purchase a copy of my new Milky Way NightScapes ebook, "A Guide to Photographing Starry Night Skies".

Podcast interview with Royce Bair: You can listen to a podcast interview with Royce and BlackRapid founder, Ron Henry, starting February 27th.


2014 Workshop History: My NightScape workshops will teach you how to photograph the starry night sky with stunning landscape features. Click on each workshop title for more information:

 Milky Way over 3 Sisters and Moonrise between the Mittens in Monument Valley ~ © Royce Bair

Starry Nights in Monument Valley Workshop

Produced by IMAGE10 - Instructed/Directed by Royce Bair
4 Day Workshop ~ March 26-29, 2014 ~ $1,195 COMPLETED

FREE NightScape Technical Workshop - hosted by the
Wasatch Camera Club - Register HERE
2-Hour Workshop ~ April 8, 2014 ~ FREE COMPLETED

Light painting Cyclops Arch with the Milky Way - Alabama Hills ~ © Royce Bair

Milky Way Over Alabama Hills and Eastern Sierras Workshop
3 Day Workshop ~ April 22-25, 2014 ~ $899 COMPLETED

Milky Way over The Watchman - Zion N.P. ~ © Royce Bair

Milky Way Zion Workshop (Zion National Park)
2 Day Workshop ~ May 27-29, 2014 ~ $599 COMPLETED

Milky Way over the light-painted John Moulton homestead - Grand Teton N.P.  ~ © Royce Bair

Milky Way Tetons Workshop #1 (Grand Teton National Park)
NOTE: All four Teton workshops have a similar venue of locations and instruction.
3 Day Workshop ~ June 24-27, 2014 ~ $899 COMPLETED

Milky Way over Teton Range from Cascade Canyon Overlook ~ © Royce Bair

Milky Way Tetons Workshop #2 (Grand Teton National Park)
3 Day Workshop ~ July 22-25, 2014 ~ $899 COMPLETED

 Milky Way views over Teton Range, Jenny Lake and String Lake ~ © Royce Bair

Milky Way Tetons Workshop #3 (Grand Teton National Park)
3 Day Workshop ~ July 28-31, 2014 ~ $899 COMPLETED

Milky Way over "Wall Street" in Bryce Canyon N.P. ~ © Royce Bair

Milky Way Bryce Workshop #1 (Bryce Canyon National Park)
3 Day Workshop ~ August 19-22, 2014 ~ $899 COMPLETED

Stars over light painted Thor's Hammer - Bryce Canyon N.P. ~ © Royce Bair

Milky Way Bryce Workshop #2 (Bryce Canyon National Park)
3 Day Workshop ~ August 25-28, 2014 ~ $899 COMPLETED

Milky Way behind light painted Delicate Arch - Arches N.P. ~ © Royce Bair

Milky Way Arches Workshop (Arches National Park)
3 Day Workshop ~ September 16-19, 2014 ~ $899 1 SPOT LEFT

Sparkling Eiffel Tower, Paris, from opposite bank of Seine River ~ © Moyan Brenn

Two Nights in Paris (France)
Produced by Italy Workshops - Instructed by Drake Busath & Royce Bair
2 Day Workshop ~ September 25-27, 2014 ~ $675 SOLD OUT

Château de Chambord, Chambord, Loir-et-Cher, France

Loire Valley (France)
Produced by Italy Workshops - Instructed by Drake Busath & Royce Bair
7 Days, 6 Nights Workshop ~ September 28 - October 3, 2014 ~ $3250 SOLD OUT

The Italian Lakes Como, Lugano, Orta S.Giulio

The Italian Lakes (Italy)
Produced by Italy Workshops - Instructed by Drake Busath & Royce Bair
7 Days, 6 Nights Workshop ~ October 5-11, 2014 ~ $3250 SOLD OUT

Join my NightScape Photography Meetup Group and you'll automatically be notified of all my NightScape events, i.e. free lectures, free photo walks, video conferences, ebooks, and new workshops.

Photographers from our 2013 Arches Workshop,
waiting for the moon to set and the Milky Way to be revealed.

Photographers from the July 2013 Teton Workshop gathered at the John Moulton homestead outhouse.

Questions? Email Royce: orida70 [AT] gmail [DOT] com

Night Photography Challenges in Monument Valley

Milky Way over Three Sisters, Monument Valley ~ © Royce Bair
Canon 5DMk3 • Rokinon 24mm f/1.4 • f/2.0, 13 sec, ISO 5000

The biggest challenge to night photography in the Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park is access. Once you leave the park, you need to have a registered guide to re-enter the park after sunset. The average guide fee was $100 to $150 per hour. Most required a three-hour minimum.

The best way to photograph the popular Mittens (East and West Mitten) without a guide, is to stay at the tribal owned and operated The View hotel. The rooms are first-class and you can even get a great shot right from your terrace! You'll want to book early, though. More than 80% of the guests are from outside the United States, and they come at all seasons of the year.

The accommodations and view from The View are first-class. This sunrise was taken
only a few hundred feet from my room. The top, right photo was from my terrace.

Light Pollution and Light Painting: Although there is very little light pollution in this remote region, you will need to walk a few hundred feet away from the hotel to avoid the light from the hotel's outdoor parking lights. Light painting is limited in some areas of the valley below the hotel because there are actually native people who live there; and this can be disturbing to them, unless they are notified ahead of time, permission is granted, and a gratuity is paid.

Not-so-bright Milky Way: You'll notice that the Milky Way in the above photo is not as bright as you may have seen in many of my photos. That's because the brightest portion, the Central Bulge, dips below the horizon from mid to late Fall, and doesn't return until mid to late Spring (the "Bulge" is currently on display in the Southern Hemisphere).


Royce's 2014 Workshop, Lecture & Video Conference Schedule: NightScapeEvents.com
Featured Post: Shooting Stars eBook Review — How to Photograph the Stars and the Moon

Moonrise Behind East Mitten

Moonglow behind East Mitten ~ © Royce Bair
Canon 5D MK3 • 70-200mm lens @f/4.0 • 4 sec • ISO 320

I just returned last night from a two-day pre-workshop scouting trip in the Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park. As the rising of the moon overpowers the stars, this was my last photo of the evening (not to mention the increasing cloud cover).

"Blue" moonlight hue conversion

A rising moon adds a dramatic touch to astro-landscape photos. Although moonlight is about 135 times brighter than starlight, and quickly subdues all but the brightest stars, capturing its early advent mixes nicely with the stars. I can't wait to show these NightScapes and others to you in future posts.

Note: This really was the color of the sky, as the moon rose that night. At some point, I'm going to process this image through the raw converter (ARC) and produce a more traditional, "blue" moonlight image. Until then, here's a quick 'n' dirty hue conversion.

Royce's 2014 Workshop, Lecture & Video Conference Schedule: NightScapeEvents.com
Featured Post: Shooting Stars eBook Review — How to Photograph the Stars and the Moon