What we’re about
This is a collective of people who share a passion for night and long exposure photography.
This Meetup is about gathering in groups, small or large, to capture the night and share the outcome with each other. Online events for image studies, goals review, training, as well as self-assigned challenges round out the program. Education, respectful and constructive feedback, exhibition of images and socializing during and after our gatherings are all part of our activities.
We explore old, new, popular and exotic places in the greater Boston area, southern New Hampshire and Maine, Rhode Island, northern Connecticut and central Massachusetts and there are occasional field trips to places such as New York or Maine. Inner city nightscapes are as much part of our portfolio, as will be dark sky star, astro-landscape and Milky Way shoots or light painting opportunities.
The group was founded in 2013 and has been active continuously. We average roughly one event every week, and we even keep it alive throughout the winter. Photo shoots are most frequent, but we also have online lectures, individual challenges, conferences and public events and paid excursions. Browse our hundreds of "past meetups" to see what we have been doing.
Most standard meetups are free, membership dues will cover Meetup.com costs, minor group expenses and promotional means, invited lectures and trip organization expenses. There are also some paid events, as announced in those meetups, to provide services to learn from professionals in smaller groups with formal instructions, or to cover venue costs. You can sign up for this group for free and see if this is for you during the one month trial. If you pay right away, you still get 13 months of membership.
Night photography is exciting, presents the world in a truly different light and is serene and calming in many ways. However, it is also very different from daytime shooting, sometimes physically taxing and requires to watch out for yourself and others. All our meetups are conducted with adult and mature members, who provide safety through numbers, but you will always be responsible for your own safety.
We are looking forward to seizing the night with you!
Jürgen, GBNP Organizer
Find me online at https://LinkTr.ee/JMLobert/
Upcoming events
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Comet C/2025 A6 Lemmon & Crescent moonset
Wachusett Reservoir Dam, Boylston St, Clinton, MA, USComet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) is a non-periodic comet approaching our solar system and making its closest approach to Earth on October 21, when it will be most visible. The moon gets in the way after the 25th, I am waiting for clear skies and may move the event to an earlier day.
Above image credit goes to Victor Sabet & Julien De Winter.
The magnitude of the comet is already 5, visible with the eye. The comet will be in the west, about 20 degrees above the horizon, and it sets around 9pm at 298 degrees azimuth (west-north-west).
If you come a bit earlier (as I plan to), you can record a 10% crescent moon setting at 7:05pm and azimuth of 232 degrees (south west).
Use the longest lens you got for this, the comet will be small and faint. Take as many photos as you can with the comet centered. Settings: follow the rule of 600: 600 divided by your focal length. If you use a 600mm lens, your exposure time would be 1 second. Open aperture as wide as you can (likely 5.6-6.7) and adjust ISO accordingly (likely 12800).
In post processing, stack the photos using Sequator or Deep Sky Stacker in comet mode (keeps the comet still and creates star trails as it moves from right to left).
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