Roger Groom from Astro Photography Australia will explain wide-field astrophotography using your existing camera and wide-angle lens. Learn about how to get the most from your existing photographic equipment, what direction you might take, and what purchases you might make down the line if you want to delve deeper into the world of Astrophotography.

Bookings are essential for this free event via Eventbrite. Please advise if you have any access requirements. Light refreshments will be available. We encourage you to bring your own keep cup for tea/coffee or water.

About Roger Groom: Roger Groom of Western Australia is a software developer/consultant by day, astrophotographer and amateur astronomy researcher by night, landscape and nature photographer by weekend. Roger’s photographic and astronomy experience started in the late 1990’s with the purchase of his first camera (a secondhand Pentax SP1000) and first telescope (114mm Newtonian). Roger is heavily involved in the astronomy community within Perth and internationally. A member of the Perth Observatory Volunteer Group (POVG) since 2011 Roger has been Vice Chairperson, Chairperson. Internationally, Roger has worked on various research projects including Pluto and other trans-Neptunian occultations, comet nuclei behaviour and composition studies, minor planet photometry, supernova discovery and follow-up. You can read more about Roger at https://www.rogergroom.com.