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- 2021 Nightscaper Conference Workshop
Madagascar, Africa Landscape Astrophotography Trip
Sept 19, 2019 to Sept 30, 2019
To reserve a spot contact me by using the Contact Me button above, or email me at landscapeastrophotography@gmail.com.
WorldPix:
The Madagascar Landscape Astrophotography Trip is given in association with WorldPix. WorldPix is a charity organization that promotes and uses photography as a way to help communities in need. Profits from the workshops will be donated to a local charity through WorldPix. WorldPix is coordinating all logistical operations including accommodations and travel. A big thank you to Ryan Plakonouris for doing all the hard work!
Sept. 19 -- 30, 2019 - 12 days and 11 nights
5 participants - Cost $5600 per participant.
Participants include family members. Single participants may be asked to share accommodations or pay a single supplement.
I will be taking a very small group of people to do night photography in Madagascar in Sept 2019.
The dates in Madagascar are:
Arrive: Antananarivo, Madagascar Sept 19 (before 1:40 pm), 2019
Depart: Antananarivo, Madagascar Sept 30, 2019
The trip will be focused on night photography. There will be some sightseeing, but the goal is to do photography.
There will be some minor changes in the attached itinerary. For example, we will not be having formal afternoon lectures and dinner may get moved up each night. Best shooting times will be about 8 pm to 12:00 - 12:30 am each night.
Just to let you know, this is going to be a shooting and scouting trip to set up future workshops. That is actually more exciting for me because it will be less structured. We will go scouting on most days to find compositions and then shooting them at night will be a first.
We will shoot most nights, hopefully every night unless we are traveling or there is bad weather. My goal is to get great photos to promote the workshop for next year and show people what to expect. The area is untapped for night photography. It should be a great night location and few people have gone there for this purpose. It will be like opening up a new destination for night photography.
The inhabitants are not used to having people roaming around at night. This will be unusual for them, and there may be curious people hanging around. Because there is no prior history for this kind of activity in Madagascar we will be accompanied by a police person for safety reasons.
There will be no afternoon lectures as scheduled on the itinerary. This is purely a scouting and shooting trip. That might appeal to you. I will assist in shooting in the field for whoever needs it, but I will be shooting as well.
The price is about $5600 per person for the first 2 people.The price will drop somewhat if more people sign up. I would like to have a group of about 4-6 people including myself. The group will be small. I would like to have somewhat experienced outdoor photographers for this initial scouting trip, and not someone completely new to photography.
The price does not include airfare to Antananarivo, Madagascar. I am investigating that now. I did a preliminary check and it looked like the best choice to get there was through Paris or Cape Town, South Africa, and both are good places to do a stop over. Right now the prices from Cape Town, South Africa, or Paris, France to Antananarivo, Madagascar are in the range of $600-700 USD. Add in the airfare cost from your location to Cape Town or Paris to get an idea of your air ravel costs. I have seen current airfare costs in the range of $400 -700 from various locations in the USA to Cape Town or Paris.
I have included links below to many of the locations we will see during the visit. Please contact me using the "Contact Me" button above if you are interested. It would be a super adventure! Wayne
Price includes accommodations in Madagascar and in-country transportation. Airfare to Madagascar is not included.
