A New Mexico Badlands Astro/landscape Photography Workshop
One Night in New Mexico
A One night, All night experience Deep into the Wild and Remote Badlands of New Mexico and its Otherworldly Landscape
Mission
Mission: One Night in New Mexico
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Where: This workshop will be based out of Farmington, New Mexico
When: May 16th, 2026 @3pm - May 7th @7am
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Limited to only 6 Students
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Total Cost: $599.99
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This will be be a long night, and we will take full advantage of it! From Golden hour on Saturday through sunrise on Sunday we will capture the setting sun, stars, and Milky Way!
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•Meet at 3pm in the conference parking lot and depart for our target location. It is approximately a 1 hour and 18 minute drive to the trailhead, followed by a short, easy 1.3 mile hike.
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•Upon arrival we will set out for the first of two areas we will be photographing throughout the night before we move onto the second. we will return to the first area before dawn. You'll want to bring a wide angle lens. If youre into wild horses, they sometimes make an appearance in which case you may want a long lens.
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•Hiking poles may be helpful. You'll also want to make sure you have head lamps with extra batteries, extra camera batteries, tripods, remotes, your trackers if you choose to bring them, snacks and drinks.
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•You'll want to eat before hand or bring a picnic meal to eat in the field.
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•Since we will be out all night you may want to bring a cushion, or a stool, again the hike is les than 1.5 miles each way.
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•You'll also to dress in warm layers as it gets chilly out there even in May. ​​​​
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Group, Terrain & Weather
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Desert
Mild/Chilly
Vision & Focus
Capturing the endlessly barren beauty of this epic place
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This workshop is aimed at capturing the desert in its many forms, and in its diverse Light by Day and Night
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Our focus will be:
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Panoramic images of the late winter Milky Way and the rising summer milky ways
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Capturing Blue Hour images for Blending, for the BEST Astro Results
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Discovering Composition, Learning how to master visual flow with little to work with
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Creating and crafting a visual narrative, Telling a story with your image
Choosing the most engaging and thought provoking compositions to enhance that story -
Learning what technique or process best captures those elements
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Stacking images for focus, How, When, and Why!
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When and How to Properly Bracket and Exposure Blend
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How to put it all together in Adobe Lightroom, Helicon Focus, Starry landscape Stacker and Adobe Photoshop
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Various Techniques for Dodging & Burning, and Shaping the Light
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Color theory and its Immense power in Post Processing
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~In-depth post processing
Entirely Screen recorded Via Zoom After the Workshop
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Total Cost ~ $599.99
