What we’re about
This is a collective of people who share a passion for night and long exposure photography.
This Meetup is about gathering in groups, small or large, to capture the night and share the outcome with each other. Online events for image studies, goals review, training, as well as self-assigned challenges round out the program. Education, respectful and constructive feedback, exhibition of images and socializing during and after our gatherings are all part of our activities.
We explore old, new, popular and exotic places in the greater Boston area, southern New Hampshire and Maine, Rhode Island, northern Connecticut and central Massachusetts and there are occasional field trips to places such as New York or Maine. Inner city nightscapes are as much part of our portfolio, as will be dark sky star, astro-landscape and Milky Way shoots or light painting opportunities.
The group was founded in 2013 and has been active continuously. We average roughly one event every week, and we even keep it alive throughout the winter. Photo shoots are most frequent, but we also have online lectures, individual challenges, conferences and public events and paid excursions. Browse our hundreds of "past meetups" to see what we have been doing.
Most standard meetups are free, membership dues will cover Meetup.com costs, minor group expenses and promotional means, invited lectures and trip organization expenses. There are also some paid events, as announced in those meetups, to provide services to learn from professionals in smaller groups with formal instructions, or to cover venue costs. You can sign up for this group for free and see if this is for you during the one month trial. If you pay right away, you still get 13 months of membership.
Night photography is exciting, presents the world in a truly different light and is serene and calming in many ways. However, it is also very different from daytime shooting, sometimes physically taxing and requires to watch out for yourself and others. All our meetups are conducted with adult and mature members, who provide safety through numbers, but you will always be responsible for your own safety.
We are looking forward to seizing the night with you!
Jürgen, GBNP Organizer
Find me online at https://LinkTr.ee/JMLobert/
Upcoming events
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Total Lunar Eclipse, but only partial in Massachusetts
Location not specified yetThere will be a total lunar eclipse happening in March, but it will only be visible from the western part of the US. In Massachusetts, the full eclipse will only be visible for about 13 minutes before the moon goes below the horizon in the west. That also means you need completely clear skies to see that part.
If you go further west to Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky or Georgia, you can see a full, one hour total eclipse, but not the outgoing partial eclipse.
To see the full event: incoming partial, full, outgoing partial, you need to be at least in New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming or further west.
For now, this is only an event suggestion. We may organize a local event to watch the partial and perhaps a few minutes of totality.
TimeAndDate has more information on the event.1 attendee
93% Lunar Eclipse
Location not specified yetThere will be a partial, almost full lunar eclipse visible from the US. The moon will get 93% eclipsed by Earth's shadow, which makes for an easy but interesting experience. There won't be a blood moon and no struggles to expose for 12 stops less light, but you will experience a very eerie feeling when watching the event and it suddenly gets much darker.
TimeAndDate has more information. I will add a location and more info at a later point in time.1 attendee
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