Sky-Watcher Australia Ambassadors


Blntpencil

Photographer, graphic designer and educator based in Adelaide, South Australia.

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Steven Morris

With every photo captured he is trying to push the boundaries of his photography.

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John Rutter

Award winning landscape astrophotographer from the Hunter Valley.

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Paul Wilson

Creating epic high quality images for excellent prints is a true passion of mine,

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Astrophotobear

Perth photographer-astrophotographer, timelapse, commercial, events and more.

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Phil Hart

Astronomy and Night Sky Photography. Engineer by day, astronomer and photographer by night.

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Paul Wilson

Paul Wilson is a leading astrophotographer based in New Zealand. He is known for his bright vibrant nightscapes and a pioneer for multi row high resolution panoramas. Constantly pushing creative boundaries and planning new projects keeps Paul’s work fresh and unique.

Paul uses Sky-Watcher products under some of the clearest and darkest skies in the world. He is also a keen 4x4 enthusiast which takes him to New Zealand alpine mountain ranges and back country rivers.

When Paul is not shooting astro and landscapes he is a professional wedding photographer.

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Astrophotobear

Michael Goh is a full-time photographer located in Western Australia primarily capturing astrophotography, commercial, portrait, time-lapse, photospheres, event, video and aerial work.

He received the international Photo Nightscape award 2015, Western Australian Astrofest 2014 and achieved an APOD in February 2016. He has appeared in numerous publications including photography magazines and science books and periodicals. Michael also runs photography workshops.

One of Michael’s current focuses is improving night sky appreciation and awareness and one of the projects he is working on is part of a documentary team on the night sky in Western Australia.

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Phil Hart has been enjoying and photographing the night sky for nearly twenty years. His award winning photos have been published in books, magazines and popular websites around the world.

Phil Hart

Growing up in Melbourne, Australia, he developed a strong interest in astronomy and photography. On a student budget through school and university, he built his own Newtonian telescope which remains one of his more successful DIY projects.

As an engineer, he naturally has a strong technical approach to astrophotography and night sky photography but enjoys exploring the artistic side of the hobby as well.

Astronomy and his love of mountains and snow has significantly shaped the course of his life; a solar eclipse in Zimbabwe in 2001 became the trigger for five years living in Scotland enjoying the northern skies and an occasional aurora. Since then, aurora and eclipses have led him to capture the 'Great American Eclipse' over the Grand Tetons in Wyoming and a winter in Canada's frozen Yukon Territory among other adventures.

The same passion also underlies his move to the dark skies of central Victoria near Talbot with his partner Karen. He has one automated observatory there and is 'agisting' another for ASV colleagues.

The ephemeral nature of comets, eclipses and aurora and pushing the boundaries of their photography continues to draw Phil into new adventures, and has resulted in dramatic and widely acclaimed and admired images and videos.

Alyn Wallace

An award-winning landscape astrophotographer and YouTuber from the Brecon Beacons National Park.

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Larryn Rae

known for his dedication for capturing landscapes and nightscapes around New Zealand.

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Space Gandalf

Greg Quicke is a self taught astronomer who started an astronomy business in 1995.

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Alyn Wallace

Alyn Wallace is an award-winning landscape astrophotographer and YouTuber from the Brecon Beacons National Park in South Wales. His work has been featured by the likes of National Geographic, NASA and BBC Earth and he was recently announced as the winner of the 'Landscapes at Night' category in Landscape Photographer of the Year 2020. Now a full-time professional, Wallace travels the world on his quest to capture the darkest skies and most otherworldly landscapes to share with his online following.

The ultimate goal is to inspire as many people as possible to fall in love with the night sky through stunning imagery and inspiring educational content. This in turn will raise awareness and bring more attention to the importance of dark skies for nature, humans and the planet; the subject of discussion in his recent TedX talk, 'The Devastating Impact of Light Pollution'.

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Larryn Rae

Larryn is a full-time freelance photographer and filmmaker based in Auckland, New Zealand.

He is known for his dedication for capturing landscapes and nightscapes around New Zealand and has built a solid reputation for his unique nightscapes in some of the wildest and remotest parts of the country.

After being one of very few people to ever see and capture the Aurora Australis from Auckland, he has dedicated much of his photographic life to chasing the Southern Lights all around New Zealand and then has seen him travel several times to Iceland to capture the Northern Lights.

Larryn has a passion for the natural world that has seen him partner with leading brands and organizations to help promote environmental issues and conservation awareness.

His goal is to reveal and showcase the incredible wonders of the night sky landscape to those who may never have the opportunity to otherwise do so. He runs workshops and small tours for this purpose as well as selling his prints nationally and internationally.

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Space Gandalf

I’ve had a few “ahaaa” moments about lots of things in my life, just as I’m sure you have. I’ve been sharing a few of mine about our place in the universe with groups of people for a few years now.

I bought a telescope. It was big. Everyone wanted to look in it. I started talking, thinking that I was saying things that everyone already knew. “keep talking” was the response, so after a few years of encouragement from friends, fellow business colleagues and interested corporate and individual customers, I started Astro Tours in July of 1995.

The rest is history and Astro Tours continues to delight me in its ability to reach people in powerful yet simple ways while providing me with the means to continue sharing the simple insights that still pour quite regularly into the top of my head. I’m writing a book on a life spent amongst the stars, I’m running star shows, I’m presenting to school groups, corporate groups and to amazingly switched on groups of people who come together seemingly at random to join my regular shows.

Joel Stafford

Joel Stafford got serious with Astro Nightscape Photography in 2018.

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Sarah Longcor

Sarah is a passionate astrophotographer and telescope specialist.

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Katherine Miller

Kat is an award-winning photographer and backyard astrophotographer from Brisbane, QLD.

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Joel Stafford

Joel Stafford started his photographic journey back in 2009, but only got serious with Astro Nightscape Photography in 2018 when he realised that finding time to capture photos in the daylight hours was getting quite hard when you’re a busy father of two kids.

Joel made the hard decision to sell his camera gear that he wouldn’t need anymore and poured all the money back into gear that was needed to create captivating nightscape images, which is where his first Skywatcher Star Adventurer came into the picture.

For the next couple of years learning the craft Joel entered into his first Astro Photo competition in 2020 (David Malin Awards), where he was quite fortunate to have walked away with two awards, and his images shared through newspapers all over the country, including a “Heart Of The Nation” feature in The Australian Newspaper for his cloud inversion image from Mt Coot-tha in Brisbane. Joel also likes to share his passion for the night sky with others by running Astrophotography workshops for beginners and sharing his knowledge through his YouTube Channel.

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Sarah Longcor

Introducing our first female Skywatcher Australia Ambassador Sarah Longcor.

Sarah brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to the team with a passion for outreach astronomy.

She is the co founder of @we.are.stela, a digital group striving to engage ladies in astrophotography.

Sarah is a passionate astrophotographer and telescope specialist, bringing several years of hands on experience to the TSA Optical Team. Specialising in Deep Sky and wide field imaging.

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Katherine Miller

Kat is an award-winning photographer and backyard astrophotographer from Brisbane, QLD. Her love of space began as a child with a field trip to the Mt Cootha planetarium.

"I recall looking up as the ceiling transformed. I was taken for a ride through the cosmos. I was in awe. It was the very essence of magic. This experience sparked a lifelong fascination with the mysteries of the universe."

Kat merged her twenty-year-long passion for photography and space in 2020 with the purchase of her first telescope, a Sky-Watcher 150|750 Black Diamond.

Kat writes a monthly astrophotography and astronomy article for her local free community magazine. She also publishes regular blog content on her website such as reviews, night sky guides and fun facts, for beginners, amateur astrophotographers, and lovers of space.

In her spare time, Kat enjoys hiking and fishing. She loves to travel, often going camping with her partner Mat, two border collies, Kingsley and Evie, and cat, Bugsy.

She hopes her astrophotography inspires others to follow their passions and dreams.