Welcome Speaker Forest Chaput de Saintonge
We are delighted to announce that Forest Chaput de Saintonge will be presenting a recorded session at the Nightscaper Photo Conference!
Rocky Mountain School of Photography, School Director
RMSP.com | IG @fofoastro
IG @rockymountainschoolofphoto | YT fofoastro
Forest Chaput de Saintonge directs Rocky Mountain School of Photography with his wife, Sarah. He has been immersed in photography since he was born. He grew up in Missoula, Montana, and began taking photos with an SLR when he was 7 years old. He started working for Rocky Mountain School of Photography at age 13, and teaching at age 18. During his free time, he likes to become a master at new things, build stuff, hike, photograph and be an astrophotographer.
Forest’s Presentation
Basic Deep Sky Astrophotography Processing in Adobe Photoshop
Note: Forest’s presentation will be released prior to the conference for all registrants (In-Person and Replays Only) as well as during and for a year after the conference.
© Forest Chaput de Saintonge
Have you ever worked hard to capture a deep-sky astrophotography image, stacked it, looked at the result, and been disappointed at the level of detail you were able capture? I felt this way all the time when I first started my journey into astrophotography.
Luckily the solution usually doesn’t involve a re-shoot; it simply involves learning more about editing and how to use advanced software such as Adobe Photoshop or PixInsight to pull more detail out of our images.
In this presentation Forest will walk through the editing process of a deep-sky astrophotography image in Adobe Photoshop and show you how to maximize the contrast, saturation and details you’ve always wanted to see in your images.
He will start by discussing best practices when it comes to stacking, as well as how to maximize the performance of a stacking program to create the best possible stacked file.
Next he will take the final 32-bit stacked image into Adobe Photoshop and run through his basic workflow, which includes:
Curves adjustment layers
Levels adjustment layers
Hue/Saturation adjustment layers
32-bit to 16-bit file conversion
creating a fake flat frame to correct for an uneven background
noise reduction
reducing star size
saving the final file
Note: a basic understanding of Adobe Photoshop is highly recommended.
Rocky Mountain School of Photography frequently hosts online astrophotography workshops. They can be found here: rmsp.com/online-courses.
Have you registered for the Nightscaper Conference yet?
How do you stay involved?
If you haven’t yet, register for the Nightscaper Conference today!
Please share the 2022 Nighscaper Conference with your friends, other astro-landscape photographers and those who want to jump-start their skills. We also encourage you to share it with folks who are just getting into the craft.
follow our Instagram, Facebook, Twitter accounts to stay up to date on all news and happenings
join our Facebook group to share your night photos and to chat all things night photography
