Kerry-Ann Hepburn
Kerry-Ann’s interest in astronomy started from a young age when she heard in the news that Halley’s Comet would be making a close approach to Earth. After getting her first telescope at the age of 11 and then her first SLR film camera as a teenager, she began to think of the possibilities of astrophotography.
As a space science undergraduate student at York University in Toronto she was a volunteer at the observatory where she aided in tours, observing sessions and research. Over the course of more than 15 years, she dabbled in astrophotography but it wasn't until the beginning of 2007 that she started to make big strides in the hobby.
She worked hard to improve her post-processing skills while dealing with light pollution and equipment shortfalls. Her work has ended up winning awards and has been featured in science textbooks, astronomy-related calendars, magazines and online publications such as Sky & Telescope, Sky News and NASA APOD. She shares her knowledge by doing speaking engagements and workshops for star parties, astronomy and camera clubs, and the general public.
While enjoying this intensive hobby, Kerry-Ann lives in the Niagara region of Ontario Canada with her family. She works for The Weather Network ( a Canadian National TV station) as a senior meteorologist and in her spare time flies small aeroplanes and travels around the world to capture unique nightscapes.
To see Kerry-Ann’s deep-sky astrophotos and nightscapes visit her Instagram page at http://www.instagram.com/weatherandsky
Classes
Adventures in Nightscaping
Go on a trip around the world with Kerry-Ann as she describes behind the scenes of some of her top Milky Way and nightscape images. She will share her camera setup and settings, lessons learned, and her best techniques used to produce images that have been published in magazines, books and on the NASA site.
Producing Your Best Milkyway Image: A Masterclass in Post Processing
Kerry-Ann will share her best tips and techniques in post-processing nightscape and Milky Way images. You will learn how to bring the most out of your starry photos no matter what light pollution you have using novice to advanced methods in Lightroom and Photoshop CC. Some of these techniques will also prove valuable in your day-time photography processing and can help you define or refine your personal style.
A guide to talking Night Sky Images
All the basics that you will need to know for taking images of the Milkyway and many night sky objects. You will learn about the photography equipment needed, basic camera settings, focussing and different techniques commonly used eg. Single exposure, stacking, tracking and panoramas. Following that, we will look into how to prepare for an imaging session. You will also get some essential steps in lightroom and photoshop that will help you produce your best first image.