Up Next: National Parks at Night on YouTube

If you’re reading this, then you’re familiar with our blog and all the different kinds of information and instruction we try to offer every week of the year. It’s part of our mission—to spread knowledge of night photography and of the beautiful places in our national parks to practice it.

That mission doesn’t stop at this blog. We of course offer that same sort of information on our workshops, in our CreativeLive course and at our speaking engagements.

But there’s yet another place where we talk about these topics. On our YouTube channel!

We’ve so far produced and uploaded almost 30 videos. The topics include how-to guides for working in the field and in the digital darkroom, slide shows of our workshop students’ photography, information about the places we travel to, tips for journeying to dark landscapes, equipment reviews, night time-lapses and more.

Although we’ve been producing such content for nearly the entire time National Parks at Night has existed, we’re barely out of our video infancy. We have plans to grow in this area, to provide more and more educational and informational offerings in the months and years to come.

In the meantime, we invite you to check out below what we’re offering so far.

What do we do?

We made a short video explaining why we do what we do, why we love doing it in national parks, and what to expect on a workshop.

Learn more: http://www.nationalparksatnight.com/new-workshops-2018/ Jan 29-Feb 3 Biscayne National Park March 1-9 Iceland South Coast March 12-20 Iceland South Coast April 27-29 Catskills Night Portraiture May 13-23 Scotland: The Hebrides (Sold Out) June 17-22 Capitol Reef National Park (Sold Out) June 25-30 Redwood National Park July 29-Aug 4 Blue Ridge Parkway August 26-31 Glacier National Park September 15-20 Rocky Mountain National Park September 23-26 Chaco Culture Advanced Light Painting October 12-14 Catskills Night Portraiture November 15-18 Sloss Furnaces

Education

Deep dives into specific topics on night photography, before and after pressing the shutter release.

With every update from Adobe, exciting and powerful options for post-processing your night images are unlocked. Join National Parks at Night partner and instructor Tim Cooper as he walks you through some new options to finish your photos in Lightroom Classic CC 7.3. Read the whole blog post at http://npan.com/blogLR73
Join National Parks at Night's Tim Cooper to start learning how to use Lightroom's local adjustment tools to improve your night images.
Join Tim Cooper for this post-processing tutorial for night photographers focused on exploring the strengths and weaknesses of Lightroom's powerful Dehaze tool.
Learn more: http://www.nationalparksatnight.com/blog/how-the-new-lightroom-range-mask-feature-helps-night-photographers As you may have heard, last week Adobe made some big changes to its suite of photo-editing software, the biggest component of which was announcing the successor to Lightroom CC 2015/16. That software's new name is Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic CC. For short we're calling it Classic.
Making portraits at night is one of the most creative and challenging applications of night photography. In this Vlog, Matt Hill reveals some of the hardest-won lessons he has learned while honing the craft.
Read the blog post: http://bit.ly/REeditNPy I made a screencast for you, dear readers and passionate night photographers. I'm about to join Tim Cooper in Arches National Park next week for one of our final workshops for 2016, and I thought I'd reveal some of my creative process.
Chris Nicholson shares ten helpful tips for maximizing your photo planning within a national park.

Student Slideshows

The final slideshows from all of our wonderful workshop students. What an amazing body of work.

Acadia Park Night Photography Workshop Student Slideshow ** This slideshow showcases the work of 9 out of 14 students with a wide range of experience in night photography as they learned more about shooting the night sky and stunning landscapes of Acadia National Park in Maine.
Arches National Park Night Photography Workshop Student Slideshow ** This slideshow showcases the work of 15 students with a wide range of experience in night photography as they learned more about shooting the night sky and stunning landscapes of Arches National Park in Utah.
Cape Cod National Seashore Night Photography Workshop Student Slideshow ** This slideshow showcases the work of 11 students with a wide range of experience in night photography as they learned more about shooting the night sky and lighthouses of Cape Cod National Seashore in Massachusetts.
Biscayne National Park Night Photography Workshop Student Slideshow ** This slideshow showcases the work of 8 students with a wide range of experience in night photography as they learned more about shooting the night sky and sea of Biscayne National Park in Florida.
Catskills Spring Night Portraiture Night Photography Workshop Student Slideshow ** This slideshow showcases the work of 2 students with advanced experience in night photography as they learned more about making long exposure portraits at night in the Catskills. The workshop was April 27 - 29, 2018 and led by National Parks at Night instructor Matt Hill.
Cuyahoga Valley Park Night Photography Workshop Student Slideshow ** This slideshow showcases the work of 11 students with a wide range of experience in night photography as they learned more about shooting the night sky and stunning landscapes of Cuyahoga Valley National Park in Ohio.
Death Valley National Park Night Photography Workshop Student Slideshow ** This slideshow showcases the work of 15 students with a wide range of experience in night photography as they learned more about shooting the night sky and stunning landscapes of Arches National Park in Utah.
Dry Tortugas National Park Night Photography Workshop Student Slideshow ** This slideshow showcases the work of 8 students with a wide range of experience in night photography as they learned more about shooting the night sky and sea of Dry Tortugas National Park in Florida.
Eastern Sierra Night Photography Workshop Student Slideshow ** This slideshow showcases the work of 14 students with a wide range of experience in night photography as they learned more about shooting the night sky of the Eastern Sireea, namely the Alabama Hills in California's Eastern Sierra, one night at the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest in the White Mountains, and one night at the Very Large Array (VLA).
Great Sand Dunes National Park Night Photography Workshop Student Slideshow ** This slideshow showcases the work of 15 students with a wide range of experience in night photography as they learned more about shooting the night sky and sand of Great Sand Dunes National Park in Colorado.
Joshua National Park Night Photography Workshop Student Slideshow ** This slideshow showcases the work of 15 students with a wide range of experience in night photography as they learned more about shooting the night sky and stunning landscapes of Joshua Tree National Park in California.
Joshua National Park Night Photography Workshop Student Slideshow ** This slideshow showcases the work of 9 students with a wide range of experience in night photography as they learned more about shooting the night sky and stunning landscapes of Joshua Tree National Park in California.
Olympic National Park Night Photography Workshop Student Slideshow ** This slideshow showcases the work of 20 students with a wide range of experience in night photography as they learned more about shooting the night sky and sea of Olympic National Park in Washington.

In-Depth Gear Reviews

We can’t make photos at night without gear! So we make videos about things we find particularly useful or helpful.

Full blog story: http://npan.co/bgpack [Product Links below! ] A common question we get at National Parks at Night is, "What should I bring on one of your photo adventures?" It's a question that applies to any trip where the purpose is night photography.
Join Gabriel Biderman in the Galapagos Islands for his thoughts on how well the Peak Design Everyday Sling 10L performed for him. Want one? Charcoal: https://bhpho.to/2hIQxzW Ash: https://bhpho.to/2ASulY9 Black: https://bhpho.to/2hIyZ70 If you click on the links above, National Parks at Night does get a small commission, which we use to further grow our business.
Wanna rock long exposures at night? Join Gabriel Biderman on historic Bannerman Island on the Hudson River as he puts the Tether Tools Case Relay System to task for over five-and-a-half hours of rigorous and demanding photography.

Fun Vignettes

Night photography is about more than just learning. It’s also about fun!

National Parks at Night hosted a 1.5 hour light painting party with campers at Atlas Obscura's eclipse event. We're grateful for the support from B&H, and generous volunteers like R. Jay Flaming (photographer and educator) and Scott Frey of Science on Tap.
Instructor Gabriel Biderman photographed this stunning time-lapse during a night photography workshop in the Westfjords of Iceland for National Parks at Night in August of 2017.
Fuji X-T1 with 7artisans 7.5mm Fisheye lens on a Pakpod tripod set lo and angled high. Triggered with Vello Shutterboss II at 15 second intevrals leading up to the eclipse, then 1-second intervals during the totality. #atlastotaleclipse

Events & Lectures (playlist)

We do a lot of public speaking at shows, events and local camera clubs. Here is a fantastic playlist chock full of unique presentations crafted just for you.

Ever wanted to come away from an experience in a National Park with outstanding and unique images? The NPAN teams takes to the OPTIC stage at once; Gabriel Biderman, Tim Cooper, Matt Hill, Lance Keimig, and Chris Nicholson, all diverse night photographers and educators, as they explore options for finding your clearest and most creative voice in America's natural wilderness....

Want to see playlists featuring a particular National Parks at Night instructor? The links below include videos from other channels on YouTube (such as B&H) where you’ll find even more free ways to learn from us. 

What else?

What’s on your YouTube watchlist? How-to videos? Your next dream park? Adorable cats? We work hard to bring you quality video content in addition to what we write here on the blog. So why not drop by our National Parks at Night YouTube channel and see what we have to offer? 

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Matt Hill is a partner and workshop leader with National Parks at Night. See more about his photography, art, workshops and writing at MattHillArt.com. Follow Matt on Twitter Instagram Facebook.

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