The term Deep Sky Astrophotography refers to image acquisition of objects (usually nebulae and galaxies) that are barely visible, if not completely invisible to the naked eye.  The further away an object is, the fainter it usually is, and the “deeper” the corresponding image will have to be to make it visible.  This often requires very many hours of image acquisition with highly sensitive precision equipment, in order to reveal, through careful post production, the majesty and beauty of the chosen target.   For this reason, along with the vagaries of the weather in Europe, completed images are collected slowly and several months may pass before a new image is added to this website.

In all of our work, it is the emotional response to the subject at hand which is most important to us. We aim to capture and show the inherent beauty of a particular motif. As such, the Deep Sky Objects displayed here, particularly nebulae, are often colour mapped to enhance and make visible structures and nuances that otherwise would be lost, or that are otherwise not visible to the naked eye.  Whilst remaining faithful to the subject at hand, to further enhance the view of a particular Deep Sky Object, stars may be reduced or removed completely.

Workshops and tutorials regarding astrophotography and/or post production (esp. Adobe Photoshop) (as well as for macro photography) can be arranged for both individuals and groups.  These are highly tailored to the specific needs of the recipients and as such may be held by Mark, Ines or both of us together.

Dark sky workshops can be arranged on location in Croatia.

Contact us for further details.

Pictures are available to purchase directly from the shop as a strictly limited, single copy edition. These gallery quality, true photographs are mounted on matt (non-reflecting) acrylic, with a thin bounding frame and an aluminium hanging frame added behind the picture (see shop for more details). Images are shipped world-wide.

Pictures are routinely licensed for third party use in magazines or books, contact us for further details.

We are both prize winning nature photographers, with many publications in books and magazines to our name. More information regarding this aspect of our photography can be found here: Ines (German), Mark

Ines also specialises in family photography – Her work has been documented here (German).

As long time users of both SIGMA cameras and lenses and as recognised photographers within our fields, we are both Brand Ambassadors for SIGMA Germany.  We use native and modified SIGMA cameras for our astrophotography. More information can be found in the articles section of this website. 

As an extension to images we have acquired ourselves, we are proud to introduce images derived from RAW data captured in remote hosting facilities in Chile and the US. This expands not just the targets available to us in terms of location but also to targets more suited to considerably longer focal length telescopes.  The telescopes are specifically a Planewave CDK17 (2939mm) and a Planewave CDK24 (3969mm), with data provided by Martin Pugh. Of course, the final images retain our own special touch.