Olympic National Park · Proposed · Pending approval
Nightscape & Timelapse Workshop
September 3–5, 2027
3 days / 2 nights · Beginner–Intermediate · 6 photographers
Planned price: $1,195 per person
A photography and filmmaking crossover workshop exploring movement, changing light, dramatic coastal landscapes and the night sky.
Follow the process of creating cinematic timelapse sequences, from planning and capture in the field to building and finishing the sequence in post-production.
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Planned inclusions & learning topics
- Two evenings and nights of field instruction
- Coastal landscape composition
- Sunset and blue-hour photography
- Day-to-night timelapse techniques
- Astro and Milky Way timelapses
- Choosing shutter speed, interval, and sequence length
- Exposure transitions and holy-grail timelapses
- Techniques for reducing and correcting flicker
- Battery and storage management for long sequences
- RAW timelapse workflow
- Camera movement and digital motion techniques
- Introduction to motion-control and slider workflows
- Lightroom image-sequence processing
- Building image sequences in DaVinci Resolve
- Stabilization, color grading, motion, and final export
- In-person editing and post-production session
- Individual troubleshooting and instruction
- Small 6-person maximum
- Pre-workshop planning guide
- Private workshop group for questions and sharing finished work
The goal is to leave with the knowledge and workflow needed to create a finished cinematic nightscape timelapse—not simply hundreds of individual frames.
Subject to final permitting and land-manager approval. Booking is not open.
Before you plan your trip
Equipment & preparation
A workshop-specific equipment list, preparation guidance and travel information will be published before registration opens.
Itinerary & access
Meeting points, field locations, walking requirements and the detailed schedule will be confirmed after permitting and land-manager approval.
Important information
Transportation to and from workshop locations, lodging, meals, park entrance fees and personal photography equipment are not included unless otherwise stated.
Nightscape photography depends on weather and natural conditions. Workshops are planned around favorable moon phases and seasonal conditions, but specific astronomical or weather conditions cannot be guaranteed.
2027 dates, locations, group sizes, pricing and availability are subject to final commercial-use permitting and land-manager approval.
Peak-hosted workshops remain pending approval and unavailable to book. Partner registration and terms are handled by Matt Dieterich Photography.