Spend a night capturing mesmerising star trails for you to create a star trail and a star trail time-lapse! This Masterclass teaching you how to set up your camera, plan your photoshoot, how star trails work, stacking your photographs and editing from start to finish.
Join Australia’s leading astrophotographer for the first complete online Milky Way Academy. A step-by-step journey that transforms how you plan, capture, and edit the night sky across every kind of landscape.
The Milky Way Masterclass Academy is a full online program guiding you from the first moment of planning your night to producing refined, professional-quality images.
Learn how to plan with precision, capture with confidence, and process with clarity — using David Magro’s proven system honed over 12 years of teaching astrophotographers around the world.
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You’re Not Alone — Every Astrophotographer Starts Here
You’ve watched countless tutorials — yet every instructor teaches a different method, and none deliver a process you can actually repeat.
Reliable Southern-Hemisphere guidance is almost impossible to find — leaving you piecing together advice that never quite fits your skies.
Editing drains hours, colours shift unpredictably, and the final result never feels natural.
You plan the perfect night, only to find the Milky Way doesn’t align the way you envisioned.
Your frames look soft, noisy, or flat no matter how carefully you expose.
Designed around real Australian skies, this Academy delivers the most complete Milky Way system ever created — a simple, repeatable process for planning, capturing, and editing stunning night sky images.
WHAT MAKES THIS ACADEMY DIFFERENT:
Finally, a complete Milky Way course centred on Australian skies — showing you how to plan by season, moon phase, and location for reliable results every time.
No more guessing in the field. Learn the same exposure and stacking methods David teaches in person across his national Masterclasses, refined for all skill levels.
Master polished Lightroom and Photoshop workflows designed for every environment — beaches, lakes, rocks, lighthouses, and cities — so you can bring natural balance and atmosphere to each scene.
Stacking, blending, and stitching become second nature through step-by-step lessons that simplify complex techniques and make them repeatable in your own workflow.
Learn at your own pace, revisit lessons anytime, and grow with each update as the Academy expands with new modules and resources.
Receive downloadable RAW files, detailed notes, and real-world examples that let you follow along and build your skills with the same images used in the lessons.
Imagine your transformation:
Turn challenging locations into your best compositions
Capture clean, detailed Milky Way cores without tracking
Develop a polished, professional editing workflow you can repeat effortlessly
Understand how to manage light pollution and colour balance in any scene
Produce images worthy of printing, exhibiting, or licensing
HEAR WHAT OTHERS SAY
David’s enthusiasm and passion for astro photography is awesome.
Great course, caters for beginners as well as the more advanced photographer
Thanks for sharing your wealth of knowledge.
— Alison Robinson
Inside the Masterclass Academy:
Lifetime Access - $297
All 11 in-depth modules — filmed in the field and in the studio
Step-by-step editing tutorials for every landscape and Bortle sky
Downloadable RAW practice files for real-world application
Written notes and checklists for planning, capture, and editing
Lifetime access + free future updates as the Academy expands
This isn’t a single-day workshop — it’s a permanent library of David’s most comprehensive Milky Way education ever released.
THE COMPLETE MILKY WAY MASTERCLASS ACADEMY
A structured journey through every stage of astrophotography — from planning and capture to David’s Signature Editing Workflows across all landscapes and lighting conditions.
MODULE 1 — INTRODUCTION & FOUNDATIONS
Understand how the Milky Way moves across the Southern Hemisphere. Learn seasonal visibility, moon-phase strategy, and planning fundamentals using apps and resources.
MODULE 2 — PLANNING LOCATIONS
Discover how to choose and prepare your scenes: reading light-pollution maps, finding composition, and timing your core alignment.
Includes David’s Australian Milky Way Location Map with over 100 locations.
MODULE 3 — CAPTURING THE MILKY WAY
David’s complete on-site workflow. From exposure settings and focus techniques to image stacking for cleaner results. Learn how to capture consistently low-noise images in any environment.
MODULE 4 — DAVID MAGRO SIGNATURE EDITING MASTERCLASS WORKFLOW
David’s Signature Editing Workflow is unlike anything else in astrophotography education. It's a structured, start-to-finish process refined from years of teaching and thousands of real student images.
You’ll learn his exact sequence for stacking, global adjustments, colour balance, contrast structure, and polishing all designed to deliver clean, professional results without trial and error.
It’s a proven, repeatable system that takes the uncertainty out of editing and produces stunning results every single time.
MODULE 5 — PANORAMAS
Create captivating star trails and smooth Milky Way motion sequences using efficient stacking and sequencing methods.
MODULE 6 — STAR TRAILS
Create dramatic static and accumulation star trails. Learn the complete capture and post-processing sequence to build smooth, noise-free rotations.
MODULE 7 — TIMELAPSES
Plan and capture breathtaking Milky Way timelapses. Learn sequence design, interval planning, and how to assemble fluid motion in post-production.
MODULE 8 — SIGNATURE EDITING MASTERCLASS IN DIFFERENT LANDSCAPES
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Beaches: Managing horizon glow and coastal light
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Reflections/Lakes: Achieving mirror reflections and colour purity
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Rock Formations: Balancing texture and contrast
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Buildings & Lighthouses: Integrating artificial light naturally
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Light-Polluted Horizons: Recover natural tones and star colour without losing realism.
MODULE 9 — SIGNATURE EDITING MASTERCLASS IN DIFFERENT BORTLE SKIES
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Bortle 1-2: Preserve subtle tonal gradients and maximise dynamic range.
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Bortle 3 - 4: Reveal structure in mid-dark skies while maintaining natural colour.
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Bortle 5 - 6: Advanced noise reduction and contrast balancing for suburban conditions.
MODULE 10 — EXPOSURE BLENDS
Combine separate sky and foreground exposures seamlessly. Learn accurate masking, luminosity balance, and gradient management for realistic composites.
MODULE 11 — EXTRA NIGHT SKY WONDERS
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Meteor Shower: Capture multi-streak composites with dynamic framing.
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Comets: Balance faint tails with Milky Way detail.
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Aurora: Correct colour casts and manage exposure transitions for natural greens and magentas.
Total Value: $1,255
If purchased individually, the combined training, resources, and editing tutorials would exceed $1,255.
Your investment: $497 Lifetime Access.
These comprehensive modules and resources alone make the Milky Way Masterclass Academy one of the most valuable astrophotography programs ever released — delivering more than double its price in real-world value.
HOW TO BOOK YOUR SPOT
Book Your Spot Below
Bookings can be made through Stripe, PayPal or via card by checking out as a guest using the booking form above. Alternatively, David can send a booking invoice with bank transfer details to secure your spot. Please email David at workshops@davidmagro.com to arrange this.
FAQ
How is the day structured?
The Milky Way Editing Masterclass runs for 7 hours, including a 30 minutes lunch break. Download a breakdown for your preferred city:
What will I get from this masterclass? Is it worth it?
Absolutely! You’ll get 7 hours of hands-on training with a leading astrophotographer, mastering skills that elevate your night sky photography forever.
Do you have payment plans available?
Yes, please email workshops@davidmagro.com and we can organise this for you.
When will you visit my town or city? What if I can’t make it to this date?
Sign up for all Milky Way events.
Is it made for beginners or experts?
The Editing Masterclass is for all skill levels.
What if I need to cancel and cannot make it?
Full refunds minus 10% booking fee can be made with 14 days notice via email.
