Broome Astrophotography and Half Day Photography Tours

Hugh Brown has been pho­tograph­ing the night skies of the Kim­ber­ley and Pil­bara for almost 30 years. Over that time, he has pub­lished nine best­selling cof­fee table books and spent much of the past two decades of expe­ri­ence, work­ing on projects in some of the world’s most remote and chal­leng­ing loca­tions, across more than 30 countries.

The Kim­ber­ley remains both his home and his pas­sion, and he is excit­ed to offer unique pho­tog­ra­phy expe­ri­ences in Broome, West­ern Aus­tralia.

Hugh offers Broome Astropho­tog­ra­phy Tours which he sched­ules around lunar con­di­tions. When the moon and stars align, the Astropho­tog­ra­phy Tours oper­ate, begin­ning before sun­set and con­tin­u­ing into the night, as guests pho­to­graph dusk skies and the Milky Way as it ris­es. This tour caters to a max­i­mum of 10 guests, with a min­i­mum of six required to run. Plus, after your tour, Hugh will email a pho­to of your evening’s night sky to keep as a beau­ti­ful memory.

Pho­tog­ra­phers of all skill lev­els are wel­come, from com­plete begin­ners through to expe­ri­enced pro­fes­sion­als. Hugh’s goal is to share his exten­sive knowl­edge, tech­niques, and pho­tog­ra­phy process­es with guests, includ­ing the cheat sheets and prac­ti­cal hacks he uses in his own work. Guests are encour­aged to pho­to­graph along­side him, learn through obser­va­tion, or sim­ply enjoy the expe­ri­ence of being under the Kim­ber­ley night sky.

When con­di­tions are less suit­able for astropho­tog­ra­phy, Hugh runs his Broome Half Day Pho­tog­ra­phy Tours. Begin­ning at 2.30pm, this 4‑hour tour takes guests to some of Broome’s most pho­to­genic and less­er-known loca­tions, before fin­ish­ing at care­ful­ly select­ed sun­set and dusk van­tage points that vis­i­tors would be unlike­ly to dis­cov­er on their own. 

With a max­i­mum of four par­tic­i­pants on the half day tour, you will receive gen­uine indi­vid­ual atten­tion, time to ask ques­tions, to exper­i­ment and to absorb. There may even be the oppor­tu­ni­ty to meet and pho­to­graph Broome’s remark­able char­ac­ters along the way.

Por­traits Under the Stars is a pre­mi­um por­trait ses­sion beneath Broome’s spec­tac­u­lar night sky. Guests join Hugh for around 90 min­utes while he cap­tures stun­ning por­traits under the stars before con­tin­u­ing his own astropho­tog­ra­phy work into the evening. It’s per­fect for cou­ples, new­ly­weds, fam­i­lies or any­one who wants a por­trait that goes beyond the ordi­nary. Pri­or to our shoot I will con­tact you to dis­cuss cloth­ing and colour choic­es. Trans­fers are includ­ed, and depend­ing on your sched­ule, Hugh can return you to town after­wards, or you’re wel­come to stay while he com­pletes the night sky com­po­nent of your por­trait. Depend­ing on the time of year, this can take any­where between two and four hours.

Guests can choose to enjoy a glass of wine and nib­blies too!

Pho­tog­ra­phers of all abil­i­ties are wel­come on these tours, as well as vis­i­tors who want to expe­ri­ence the raw, ancient beau­ty of Broome’s land­scapes at sun­set, and the breath­tak­ing spec­ta­cle of its night sky once the light fades.