Tenerife Astrophotography Workshop

Come shoot and stare at the stars
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10th-13th June 2023

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What to Expect

The plan for this tour will be to shoot the Galactic Core of the Milky Way from 10.30pm until 4/5am each night, this will give us 15-18 hours astro shooting over the three nights. Basically, we can easily get more astrophotography done here, in Tenerife in 3 nights than possibly 3 years in ireland. When we get in from shooting, we can have breakfast at the hotel, before breaking away to get some well earned sleep in our rooms. There is also scope to shoot some sunsets also on this trip should people want to. There will be loads of time to unwind at the hotel pool also, and enjoy the free bar and free food at the restaurant.

During the day, approx 7am-7pm there will be some down time to do as you wish, obviously the hotel has all the facilites I have listed above but close by (within driving distance), as a group if we/you would like to do things e.g. go karting, go to the water parks etc. this can be arranged.

We will spend our entire stay at the 4* Allegro Isora Hotel, Tenerife. Each participant will have their own single occupancy superior apartment for the entire duration of the trip. The hotel is located on the amazing west coast of Tenerife, only 30 minutes from Tenerife South airport & 20 minutes from the big town of Play de Las Americas. All rooms are fully air conditioned.

During our stay in this hotel we have an ALL INCLUSIVE deal so while in the hotel ALL food & SELECTED beer and minerals are FREE OF CHARGE.

The hotel also consists of three swimming pools, which are free to use at your leisure. Other facilites within the hotel include a gym, sauna, tennis court, billards & table tennis.

MY FLIGHT INFO:

Dublin – Tenerife South, June 10th, Ryanair 12.pm-4.55pm

Tenerife South – Dublin, June 13th, Ryanair 8.45pm-11.59pm

Transportation

You will be transported throughout the tour in a comfortable, spacious 9 seater bus starting and finishing at Tenerife South airport.

Please be at Tenerife South airport no later than 5pm on June 10th. We will finish the workshop at 5pm on the 13th at Tenerife South airport.

Should you arrive well before or after the deadline, the hotel is only 25 minutes from the airport and a taxi can be got for a reasonable fee.

Weather

Although during the days & evenings the weather can be quite pleasent and warm, at night shooting the stars in the National Park it can get quite cold so bringing warm clothes is essential! My advice would be to pack both shorts and t-shirts & thermals. This tour is suitable for every fitness level.

After spending three trips and twenty days in Tenerife recently around the March/April/May time, every single night we had clear skies for Astrophotography. Even when we may have cloud above us while at sea level, Generally when we drive to the National Park which is over 2,000m above sea level we drive through and then above the cloud to give us crystal clear skies.

Locations

Teide National Park
Roques de Garcia
Masca Valley
Punta de Teno Lighthouse
Punta del Fronton
Zapato de la Reina

And some hidden gems I’ve found on my travels in Tenerife…

Learnings

You will learn about shooting in manual mode, slow shutter speed, ISO settings, Aperture priority, the use of filters, why the polariser filter is so important and learning to get the best compositions (thinking outside the box)

You will also learn the use of sunrise, sunset & astro planning apps.

Equipment

You will need a DSLR with manual mode, a sturdy tripod & a night filter if you have one

I would strongly recommend a wide angle, f2.8 at least and a zoom lens (24-105 and/or 70-200) lens for this workshop.

Full frame Wide Angle: 12-24mm or 16-35mm etc…

Crop sensor Wide Angle: 10-20mm or 11-16mm etc…

You will also need good walking shoes, warm clothes, waterproof clothes and thermals (wooly hat, gloves, extra layers etc)

If you need some loan filters for the workshop please let me know well in advance of the trip here

Included/Not Included

We include 3 nights with your own superior apartment in a 4 star hotel ALL INCLUSIVE (All food & selected beer and minerals), transportation throughout the workshop, full tuition, amazing locations and great craic.

We do not include, flights, travel insurance, food and drink.

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NOTE: Use code BERN10 for a 10% camera filters discount at www.formatt-hitech.com

Camera equipment: Whelan cameras, Limerick city.

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