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Night Photography for Beginners: Shoot the Night Sky

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  • Updated 2/2026
4.7
(204 Ratings)
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Course Information

Registration period
Year-round Recruitment
Course Level
Study Mode
Duration
4 Hour(s) 25 Minute(s)
Language
English
Taught by
Matthew Storer
Rating
4.7
(204 Ratings)

Course Overview

Night Photography for Beginners: Shoot the Night Sky

Night Photography: Camera Gear, Camera Settings, Shooting in the Field and Editing - COMPLETE Guide!

Night Photography for Beginners — From Zero to Your First Night Sky Photo

Have you ever tried night photography and ended up with blurry images, noisy files, or total confusion about camera settings?

Or maybe you’ve always wanted to photograph the night sky, stars, or Milky Way — but you don’t know where to start.

This course is built exactly for you.

In this beginner-friendly Night Photography course, I’ll take you step by step from zero experience to confidently capturing and editing your own night sky photos. No guesswork. No confusing theory. Just clear, practical instruction you can follow in the real world.

You’ll learn:

  • How to set up your camera for night photography

  • The exact camera settings to use for the night sky and stars

  • How to shoot in the field with confidence (not in a classroom)

  • How to compose better night photos

  • How to edit your images from RAW to final result

  • And how to follow a simple, repeatable workflow from start to finish

This is not a slideshow course.

You’ll join me out in the field, where I explain what I’m doing, why I’m doing it, and how you can get the same results yourself. You’ll see real shooting scenarios, real settings, and real decision-making — so you can apply this to your own photography straight away.

To make learning easier, this course also includes:

  • 280+ downloadable RAW files so you can practice editing step by step

  • Full real-world editing case studies

  • Practical assignments to build your confidence

  • Lifetime access and support in the Q&A

By the end of this course, you won’t just “understand” night photography — you’ll be able to go out and actually shoot your own night sky photos with confidence.


About Your Instructor

I’ve been shooting landscape and night photography for over 20 years and I’m an award-winning photographer with a passion for teaching. This course is built from real-world experience and from helping thousands of students move off auto mode and start creating images they’re proud of.

If you want a clear, beginner-friendly path into night photography, this course will show you exactly where to start and how to progress.


Is this course for you?

This course is perfect if you:

  • Want to learn night photography but don’t know where to start

  • Feel overwhelmed by camera settings at night

  • Want to shoot the night sky, stars, or landscapes after dark

  • Want a simple, step-by-step system from shooting to editing

No prior night photography experience is needed.


Ready to start?

Udemy offers a 30-day money-back guarantee, so you can enrol risk-free and see if this course is right for you.

If you’re ready to stop guessing and start capturing night photos you’re proud of — I’ll see you in the course.


Cheers,
Matthew

Course Content

  • 9 section(s)
  • 61 lecture(s)
  • Section 1 Introduction
  • Section 2 Camera Equipment Overview for Night Photography
  • Section 3 ULTIMATE Guide to ALL the Basics of Night Photography
  • Section 4 Learn the ADVANCED In-camera basics for Night Photography
  • Section 5 How to Pre Plan for Night Sky Photography
  • Section 6 In-camera BASICS of Night Photography
  • Section 7 Night Photography Composition Skills
  • Section 8 Learn ADVANCED Capturing techniques to improve your Night Photography
  • Section 9 Image Editing of Night Photography

What You’ll Learn

  • Low-Light Photography, Night Photography, How to capture Stunning Night Sky Photos, Time Lapse + Star Trails of the Milky Way, The COMPLETE basics of Low Light Aperture, Shutter Speed & ISO, The photography equipment required to capture low light photos, Composition in night sky photography (Beginner & Advanced), Learn how to take gorgeous night photographs - like the pros!, Basics of editing your images in post-processing software, Advanced editing of night sky photos (Time Lapse, Star Trails, Exposure Blend & Focus Stack), Understand why pre-planning is EXTREMELY important in Night Photography


Reviews

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    FERNANDA DA SILVA
    5.0

    Very informative, enjoying it, one should be able to download some of the information. Yes I am enjoying the course, like how you explain in lay-mans terms and share your knowledge and experiences and the apps. Much better than the previous course I did on night photography also on Udemy but with another person.

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    James Sirhall
    4.0

    Thorough

  • D
    Dennis Anderson
    4.5

    Yes

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    Jeff Baker
    4.5

    I like this course a lot of good information that's presented well and easy to understand.

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