ASTRO PANEL / ONLINE PHOTOGRAPHY COURSE
WITH MARCO BRUGNOLI
From planning your first night out to processing the Milky Way. A practical path through equipment, the shooting setup and the decisions that shape your final image.
A PHOTOGRAPH BEGINS BEFORE THE SHUTTER
A good nightscape starts with choices: what to carry, when to go, where to stand and how to collect enough useful light. Editing works best when those decisions have already created a strong starting file.
Learn the field approach documented by Marco Brugnoli, then follow Milky Way processing with Camera Raw, Photoshop and Astro Panel. Watch in your preferred language and keep the illustrated manuals beside you.
*83 pages of field guidance + 68 pages of Milky Way post-processing in each language. The two additional “Reading” files are alternative editions of the 83-page guide.
THE LEARNING PATH
Three practical modules, available as a complete English path and a complete Italian path.
Choose a coherent kit around the outing rather than a list of specifications. Balance stability, weight and the way you actually work after dark.
Connect preparation with the shooting phase. Use the manuals to explore weather, PhotoPills, positioning and a stable setup for the night sky.
Follow the post-processing video and compare the methods documented in the guide, from a single exposure to stacked, tracked and astro-modified capture.
Total video time: 46:20 in English or 50:37 in Italian. Follow one language or watch both; all six videos are included.
UNDERSTAND THE STARTING FILE
The post-processing manual compares real photographs from Castelluccio. See how capture and processing work together, instead of copying a universal preset.
Understand the limits of a short exposure and the balance between visible detail and noise.
Follow ten short exposures through registration, integration and careful sky refinement.
Explore three tracked exposures with a standard camera, while treating sky and ground separately.
See the workflow of an astro-modified camera and how the starting signal changes the result.
The examples use different capture settings and processing. They illustrate workflows, not a controlled comparison of camera performance.
WATCH IT. THEN KEEP IT BESIDE YOU.
Six downloadable PDFs inside the course, organised by language so you can revisit the method before an outing or during an editing session.
Standard edition + Reading edition, 83 pages each
Milky Way Post-ProcessingIllustrated workflow guide, 68 pages
Edizione standard + Lettura, 83 pagine ciascuna
La Post-Produzione della Via LatteaGuida illustrata al flusso di lavoro, 68 pagine
A FIELD-FIRST PERSPECTIVE
Marco Brugnoli brings his photography and mountain experience into a practical, progressive method. The course connects preparation and shooting with illustrated post-processing examples, keeping the relationship between sky and landscape at the centre.
Course manuals and photographs © Marco Brugnoli
START YOUR NEXT NIGHT WITH A PLAN
For photographers beginning with night landscapes, and for those who want a more considered workflow from the backpack to the finished file.
For the editing demonstrations, you will need Adobe Photoshop, Camera Raw and the Astro Panel tools shown. Software licences, PhotoPills and photographic equipment are separate purchases. You can study the field method with the camera you already own.
BEFORE YOU START
Three video modules in English and the same three topics in Italian: equipment, shooting and post-processing. You also receive six PDFs: the 83-page Night Landscape guide in both languages and both Standard and Reading editions, plus the 68-page post-processing guide in English and Italian.
No specialist camera is needed to start studying the method. The material explains a progression from a standard camera and short exposures to stacking, tracked capture and an astro-modified camera. A MiniTrack is used for the tracker examples; you need that equipment to reproduce those specific exercises.
No. This purchase is for the course and the six PDF files. The post-processing demonstrations use Adobe Photoshop, Camera Raw and Astro Panel; the relevant software licences and equipment are not included.
After payment, your purchase instructions provide the Masteriyo course link and its password. Sign in to your account, open the course and enter the password. Video lessons and the matching downloadable manuals are organised into English and Italian sections.
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