Practical Session - The Night Sky - Light Painting and Astrophotography

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Thu 5 Feb 2026 7:45pm

This will be held at Chelveston Church - NN9 6AT

I have spoken with the church and it's ok for those that have difficulty to park in the church car park, the gates will be unlocked, I would say that there is room for 3 cars, the road outside has ample space for parking

You will need
A Camera
Lens - I will be taking my 10-18mm and 24mm F2.8
Tripod
Trigger Release if you have one - I'm on Channel 7
A Torch
Coat and hat as it will probably be cold, I will be taking a flask of tea as well

As you walk down the path towards the Church, it opens up bear left, we will be photographing the front from the left corner, there aren't many trees around at the minute as they've been cut back. 

We will look at light painting the church using settings around ISO 100-400, F5.6-7.1 with a 15-30 second shutter speed

Without moving the tripod we then change the settings for ISO 800-3200, F5.6-7.1 and 30 second shutter speed for the stars

We can then blend a set of photos, have attached an image which I took at Barham Church last year, one for the Church and another for the Sky, I've had to convert the jpg to pdf

Irchester Village Hall, School Road,
Irchester
Northants
NN29 7AW
United Kingdom