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Luke Tscharke is a very passionate professional landscape photographer based in Hobart, Tasmania. He specialises in nightscape imagery, particularly images featuring the galactic core of the milky way. Luke has won awards and accolades for his astrophotography including being shortlisted in the 2017 Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition, and winning editors choice at the 2017 David Malin Astrophotography awards. He has had several astrophotographs published in Australian Geographic, including the magazine cover of issue 126. He has also written articles for Australian Photography Magazine and Australian Geographic on photographing the Milky Way. Luke is an Accredited Professional Photographer with the Australian Institute of Professional Photography, and would love to help you learn how to capture and process better night images.
Jay Evans is an avid Landscape and Nightscape Photographer based in the Blue Mountains. With a passion for Milky Way, Star Trail and Night Sky Timelapse photography, and a love of capturing the natural beauty of Landscape, seascape, sunrise, sunset, Jay is also a keen guide, educator and conservationist. He is an accredited Uluru–Kata Tjuta National Park (UKTNP) and Watarrka (Kings Canyon) National Park tour guide and preserves special permissions for after-hours access into the park to capture the night sky over some of Australia’s most iconic landmarks. Jay also administers the Night & Astrophotography group on Facebook, organising group astro tours at easy to reach locations around Sydney, South Coast, and the Blue Mountains and is also a moderator on the ig_australia Instagram account.