The Geminids Meteor Shower
in Big Bend

December 12th - 14th, 2026
The Geminids - King Meteor Shower

Join me in December for two nights in Big Bend

during the peak of the Geminids Meteor Shower.

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This is one of the two best meteor showers of the year!

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Expecting around 120 meteors per hour during the peak.

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Tentative Schedule

Friday

We will meet on Friday - early afternoon.

We will review camera settings and exposure settings.

We will travel out into the park to shoot on Friday night - practicing our settings and shooting.

We will see some meteors on

Friday night into Saturday morning.

Saturday

We will have a post-processing session on Saturday to

review our camera settings and images.

We will head out late into the night on Saturday night and shoot through Sunday morning.

Meteor shower peaks at 4:00 am on Sunday morning.

My workshops are designed for the beginner to understand the art (and technique) of night photography.

I want you to learn how to work with the light and conditions that are given. We will learn how to light paint using low-level-lighting as well as taking blended shots (blending blue hour landscape with night sky) and how to shoot star trails.

Topics covered in the field:

Camera settings for night photography and for capturing meteor showers
How to focus at night
How (and why) to use an intervalometer
Using PhotoPills to plan your night shots
Using Augmented Reality to plan your night photographs
How to light paint foreground objects for landscape photography shots
Exposure and blue hour blending
How to put together the final meteor composite image (with all the bigger meteors from the night)

Post-Processing Videos after the Workshop:

Attendees will have access to post-processing videos after the workshop. Videos include:

Using Lightroom and Photoshop for post-processing night photography pictures
Lightroom: Upload and organization
Lightroom: Basic editing for Milky Way images - global and local edits
Lightroom: Advanced Editing: Luminosity Masking
Lightroom: Editing batches of pictures for import into stacking software or Photoshop
Photoshop: import from Lightroom for advanced editing for Milky Way, including masking, dodge and burning, and luminosity masking.
Photoshop: Layering for Focus Stacking for day or night landscape photography
Photoshop: Layering for exposure blending
Photoshop: Import from Lightroom for stacking (layering) for star trails
Creating and stitching panoramic pictures from Lightroom or Photoshop.
StarStax and Photoshop: Import from Lightroom for stacking for star trails
Stacking for Noise Reduction.

I am also available during the workshop for one-on-one assistance in post-production.

Reserve Your Spot

Total two night costs: $600. Initial $400 deposit to save your spot.
Attendees are responsible for park entrance fees, lodging, and meals
A detailed itinerary will be sent to all attendees one month prior to the workshop (and after the final balance is paid).
Required and recommended equipment can be viewed HERE.
Lodging recommendations can be viewed HERE.
See the BIG BEND WORKSHOP FAQs pages to get answers to some very common questions.