At the end of this past week, fall faded and winter began.
Well, that happened in the Northern Hemisphere, anyway. In the Southern, tans are starting. But regardless of your orientation to the equator, we’re all soon heading into a new year. With that new year will come a fresh slate of night photography experiences, including opportunities to interact with like-minded photographers.
For exactly that purpose, we run two annual events: the Night Photo Summit and the Nightscaper Photo Conference. Each are unique in the ways you can be inspired and engaged, and we’ll soon be officially launching both of their 2024 iterations.
For now, as the year wanes, we want to give you a sneak peak about what’s coming up.
The 2024 Night Photo Summit
The Night Photo Summit is an engaging winter conference run completely online, dedicated to inspiration, education and fun, highlighted by about 30 speakers from the U.S. and around the world.
The summit features over 40 presentations and panel discussions showcasing all aspects of night photography, dark skies and national parks. You can network with the speakers and fellow viewers in the classroom, as well as in the popular break-out sessions and virtual parties. You won’t want to miss our closing party that features over 75 giveaways—many prizes are worth more than the conference ticket! And don't forget, you can rewatch or catch the classes you missed—over 45 hours of content—for a full year.
This year’s Night Photo Summit will run from Friday, February 2 through Sunday, February 4. On January 6 we’ll announce all the details, including the names of the speakers—some returning from past years and some brand new to the event.
If you subscribe to this blog, you’ll receive that announcement. But if you want more news and info about the Night Photo Summit, be sure to subscribe to the conference email list. Throughout January we’ll send a weekly newsletter with updates and news about everything going on with the summit.
(Note that if you attended last year, you still have access to the replays for another few weeks. So if you want to review Royce Bair teaching starlight blends, or Rachel Jones Ross discussing auroras, or Alyn Wallace talking about wonders of the night sky—now’s the time!)
Night Photo Summit In Review
Dates: February 2-4, 2024
Tickets on sale: January 6, 2024
More info: nightphotosummit.com
The 2024 Nightscaper Photo Conference
The Nightscaper Photo Conference is held in-person in Kanab, Utah—this year in the fall! It features a speaker mix of night photographers and astronomers, with topics that focus on dark-sky, Milky Way and deep space photography, as well as astronomy and the science behind the night skies we photograph. The nights are filled with people shooting together, as well as dark-sky walks and star parties.
The 2024 Nightscaper Conference will run from September 26 through September 29, hosted at the Kanab Center. We couldn’t be more excited about the lineup of speakers we’ve been honored to put together. Confirmed so far are Katrina Brown, Michael Frye, Alyssa Pagan, Kristine Rose, Bryony Richards, Jess Santos, Mike Shaw, Alyn Wallace, Royce Bair and Jack Fusco, as well as all five National Parks at Night instructors. And we’ll be announcing more soon!
Like with its sister event, Nightscaper attendees will receive professionally produced video recordings of all the conference presentations. If you can’t attend in person but know you can’t miss out on everything that happens, you will also be able to watch the presentation videos with a Replays Only ticket.
(Reminder to 2023 attendees: You still have a few months to watch those replays! Your access will expire on May 27. If you did not attend the 2023 conference, you can still purchase a Replays Only ticket to access recordings of all the amazing presentations from this year—presentations such as “Photographing Aurora Borealis” by Dr. Kah-Wai Lin, “Tracked Milky Way Panoramas” by Dan Zafra and “Color Theory for Night Photographers” by Jess Santos.)
Tickets for Nightscaper 2024 will go on sale February 29, starting with a special early-bird deal. Everything you need to know will be announced then, so keep your eye on this blog. We also suggest subscribing to the Nightscaper email list, as we’ll send periodic newsletter updates throughout the spring and summer.
Nightscaper Photo Conference In Review
Dates: September 26-29, 2024
Tickets on sale: February 29, 2024
More info: nightscaper.com
Seizing the Night—Together
We hope you can join us at Night Photo Summit or Nightscaper Conference—or both! We’ve learned so much from so many of the speakers and attendees at these events. And bonus: We’ve also made a ton of new friends who share our passion for seizing the night.
Stay tuned over the coming weeks for more information about all of this and more. We’re delighted and excited, elated and enthused, to share this love of the night with so many wonderful photographers just like you.
