London Outdoor Photography! (walks and workshops)

Grey Seal Pups: Norfolk Coast Wildlife Workshop

Price: £1,295pp (own room, self-catering cottage). En-suite +£200.

Guaranteed Departure!
Photograph newborn Grey Seal pups at the height of pupping season on the Norfolk coast, home to over 40% of the world's grey seal population. Five days across multiple beaches, always at a safe respectful distance from the colony.
It's not just seals. We'll build in sunset sessions at Happisburgh Lighthouse, seascapes using the coast's sea defences as strong long-exposure subjects, and Norfolk's windmills for classic golden-hour landscape shots, so you'll come away with a varied portfolio, not just wildlife frames.

Fitness Level: Easy to Moderate (beach walks generally under a mile, flat or gently rolling terrain)

What's Included:

• Expert Photography Guide (Dion Hitchcock)
• Return Transport from London
• Self-Catering Cottage (own room; en-suite +£200)
• Supplementary Telephoto Lenses & Camera Bodies to try
• Multiple Beach & Landscape Sessions
• Small Tour Size (max 5 participants)
• Full Financial Protection

Grey Seal Pups: Norfolk Coast Wildlife Workshop + Meteor Shower!

We'll be in a dark sky location to photograph the Geminid meteor shower, plus the Milky Way. (and the amazing baby seals, of course)

Price: £1,395pp (own room, self-catering cottage). En-suite +£200.

Guaranteed Departure!
Photograph newborn Grey Seal pups at the height of pupping season on the Norfolk coast, home to over 40% of the world's grey seal population. Five days across multiple beaches, always at a safe respectful distance from the colony.
It's not just seals. We'll build in sunset sessions at Happisburgh Lighthouse, seascapes using the coast's sea defences as strong long-exposure subjects, and Norfolk's windmills for classic golden-hour landscape shots, so you'll come away with a varied portfolio, not just wildlife frames.

Fitness Level: Easy to Moderate (beach walks generally under a mile, flat or gently rolling terrain)

What's Included:

• Expert Photography Guide (Dion Hitchcock)
• Return Transport from London
• Self-Catering Cottage (own room; en-suite +£200)
• Supplementary Telephoto Lenses & Camera Bodies to try
• Multiple Beach & Landscape Sessions
• Small Tour Size (max 5 participants)
• Full Financial Protection

Please note: This is a MAILING LIST ONLY, NOT AN EVENT.

This is for people who wish to be contacted when we run Astro events (as per feedback, as Meetup's email communication has been sketchy at best for years).

We'll announce our multi-day Astro tours and occasional single-night events here first, then via the usual Meetup announcement.

The Milky Way season runs from late February to early September each year.

We're going to be holding several astrophotography events during the year, so we're putting together an email list of those people interested so we can contact you directly (as many people miss the Meetup messages & emails) and offer you early access to book places at the events.

We'll photograph the Milky Way at various locations throughout the year, teach you how to take star trails and capture special events such as meteor showers and supermoons.

How it will work:
We'll likely let you know the prospective date(s) a couple of weeks in advance. Two days before the event, we'll update and confirm once we have the short-term weather forecasts. Due to weather conditions, some events may be scheduled or cancelled at short notice. Weather forecasting just isn't that good yet, I'm afraid!

We'll provide the transport to the chosen location(s) up to 2 hours away. To reduce time stuck in London traffic, the meeting point will be at our studio in West Acton, a 3-5 minute walk from West Acton tube station (Central Line) and North Ealing tube station (Piccadilly Line). Street parking is available.

Equipment:

• With a tripod and cable release, anyone can take star trails and meteor shower photos with a standard camera and lens.
• For single-shot Milky Way photos, we recommend lenses with an aperture f/2.8 or lower, with a focal length of 24mm or lower. (Edit: a 35mm f/1.8 is also a great lens if you're able to use post-processing software to stitch photos together)
• Using either the high ISO technique or a star tracker allows "slower" lenses to be used, ie a minimum aperture of f/4 or f/5.6
• As usual, we'll have a few dedicated setups and lenses to borrow between the group – just bring an extra SD card.

We look forward to exploring the night skies with you!

Note: This listing is not an event in itself (ignore time & date). The £2 payment will put you on our astrophotography list and allow us to email you announcing upcoming astrophotography events prior to them being published on the Meetup group listing. We've done this as people often miss/ignore Meetup announcement emails.

Kind regards,
Dion