The night sky year, September to August

I have photographed the night sky for nine years, in the valleys and fields of Cappadocia, where the lights of the villages go out early. I started with a second-hand camera, a plastic tripod and a lot of blurry stars. I learned the rest by going out on every clear night and writing down what worked.

Now I teach it. The videos are filmed in the field, with a camera, a tripod, a red torch and a flask of tea, in plain words. What I sell are the things I wished I had when I started: a checklist for the bag, a planner for the dark nights of the year, cheat sheets for the settings, guides to the moon and to star trails, and two video courses, one for shooting and one for editing. I do not sell cameras or lenses. I teach you to get more out of the ones you own.