I was standing on a mountain in Utah, looking out over Provo Canyon and the Wasatch Range in peak autumn colour
Coming from Australia, it felt enormous. I tried to capture it on my phone and couldn't. What I was seeing just wasn't translating.
That frustration lit something in me. I bought a Nikon D3400 and started shooting constantly. Later I fell into astrophotography when good information was hard to find. One night I pointed my camera at a faint band of stars and captured what I thought was the Milky Way. The image was awful, but it was real.
I don't regret learning the hard way—it made me better. But most of what took me years to figure out can be explained clearly in a weekend. And there's no better feeling than watching someone's face light up when the Milky Way appears sharp on their LCD for the first time.
Dylan Knight is a Sunshine Coast (QLD) landscape, seascape and astrophotography photographer running small-group workshops across Australia and New Zealand (typically 3–4 participants). Each workshop is pre-planned for the specific location and season, built around Milky Way alignment, tides, light direction and practical access windows. You'll get hands-on field coaching plus daily editing sessions to help you finish cleaner files with a repeatable approach you can take home.
* Astro sessions depend on weather, sky clarity, moon phase, practical access and any site restrictions. Drones aren't part of workshops. If you fly independently, check current CASA rules and local site restrictions.
Why I teach this way
Small groups aren't a constraint—they're the point.
No gatekeeping
When I started, good astrophotography information was hard to find and people were secretive about techniques. I won't do that to you. If I know it, I'll teach it.
Small groups matter
Max 4 photographers means everyone gets real coaching, not crowd management. When conditions change, we can make safer, smarter decisions together instead of managing a herd.
Repeatable process
You're not paying for secret sauce—you're learning a system you can use anywhere. Planning, shooting, editing. No mystery, no hype, just field craft that works.
Peace of mind in the field
Workshops are run with conservative decisions around access, conditions and group safety.
I keep groups small so everyone gets coaching and we can make safer choices when conditions change. We operate with permits/permissions where required, brief safe positioning on rock platforms and headlands, and adjust timing or locations if conditions aren't suitable.
If weather makes a session unsafe or unproductive, we adapt by shifting timings, changing locations, or running an editing and critique lab instead. The goal is simple: real learning, real progress, and no wasted days.
Dylan Knight Photography holds $20M public liability insurance.
Recognition
My work has been recognised internationally in landscape and astrophotography competitions.
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