🌌 Astrophotography Editing Workshop — Milky Way, Star Trails & Advanced Techniques
Learn to take your astrophotography beyond capture and into the editing stage with this focused online workshop series designed to help you process, refine, and strengthen your night sky images.
This session is built for photographers wanting to better understand how to edit astrophotography files across a range of subjects — from Milky Way landscapes and star trail sequences to advanced techniques with Panoramas, Noise reduction and low-light night scenes.
Using real image examples, we will work through practical editing approaches step by step, explaining not only how to process an image, but also why particular adjustments matter for different night sky subjects.
The goal is to help you develop a more confident and repeatable workflow that improves image quality while retaining a natural result.
⭐ What You’ll Learn
🌌 Milky Way Editing Workflows — Balancing structure, contrast and depth in night skies to produce natural Night sky images
🎨 Colour & Tonal Control — White balance, colour correction and tonal refinement for night scenes
✨ Noise Management & Detail Recovery — Reducing noise while preserving clean stars and fine image detail
🌠 Star Trail Processing — Stacking and blending star trail sequences for smooth, consistent results, while learning from your capture mistakes.
🌠 Panoramas — Preparing and stitching your Milky Way panoramas
📱 Output for Web & Social Media — Preparing files for sharing on social media, website, screen display and presentation
⚙️ Advanced Astro Techniques — Median stacking, selective noise reduction, and Sony camera specific techniques
📍 Location-Based Editing Examples — Working through files from well known Blue Mountains and Sydney astro locations
💬 Live Q&A + Personal Guidance — Bring your editing questions, challenges, or files for discussion during the session
📍 Event Details
🗓 Date: Monday 30th & Tuesday 31st March
⏰ Time: 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
💻 Location: Online — Microsoft Teams
📎 A secure access link will be sent to registered participants prior to the session
🎒 What to Have Ready
This is designed as a practical, hands-on workshop, so having your own setup nearby will help you follow along.
🎥 How the Online Session Works
🖥 Software
Editing demonstrations will primarily use Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop, with techniques that can also be adapted to similar editing platforms.
A basic familiarity with your editing software is helpful, though the workshop remains accessible for both developing and experienced photographers.
🎁 Extras & Ongoing Learning
Discounts on Future Astro Events
All attendees will receive discounts valid across upcoming 2026 Astromeets, with opportunities to join field events across Sydney, Central Coast, South Coast and the Blue Mountains.
Book an Astrophotography 1:1
Attendees will also receive access to discounted booking opportunities for a limited number of Signature Astrophotography 1:1 sessions available in May, June and July.
⭐ Why Join
🌌 Join Us Online
Whether you are refining a single Milky Way frame, building cleaner star trails, or improving the way you process night sky files overall, this workshop is designed to help you develop stronger editing confidence and more consistent results.
🔗 Book now — two sessions available, with places limited.
