This is the art of capturing the night sky, which offers its own specific challenges over other forms of photography. My main interest was capturing the Milky Way, and more specifically the interesting and varied features offered by its Galactic Core. I also wanted to photograph the Milky Way with a variety of interesting foregrounds, but this had to be in a place where little or no light pollution existed. Research therefore became an essential part of my hobby, whether it was planning composition, moon phases, time of year (for the correct positioning of the stars), and of course weather (clear skies required!). Photography has therefore taken me to places I would otherwise never have visited, and also given me a greater appreciation of the natural world and heavens above us. As an outdoors person harbouring a passion for space, I hope my work inspires people to go out, explore, and really look at the natural world, whether it be on our own planet, or up in the vastness and beauty of the night sky.