Randy Smith Bio

Randy and his wife Christine are in their 10^th year as Saddlebrooke residents in HOA2.  His work career was in corporate accounting and finance for a variety of companies in Oklahoma, Illinois and Michigan.

Soon after moving to Tucson, Randy realized that we live in prime territory for astronomy.  Starting as a visual astronomer, he quickly moved on to include astrophotography. 

His other community activities include playing pool as a member of Pool Player of The Brooke, serving as an officer of Saddlebrooke Freethinkers and attending classes offered by Saddlebrooke Life Long Learning (the ILR) where he also serves on the board.

Most clear, dark nights, he can be found in his backyard with one of his 3 imaging rigs.

Randy's presentation will cover equipement needed for astrophotography, obstacles to overcome, general processing workflow which is different than daytime photography.  He will finish up with some fabulous images to share and then take questions.