Hi, I’m Wade.

My interest in astrophotography started with a telescope, a look at the Moon, and the desire to share what I was seeing. It led to long nights, plenty of mistakes, and a lasting fascination with photographing the sky.

OvertheSunASTRO is where I share those images and help others take their next steps, from setting up equipment to processing the final result.

Remote or
under Texas skies.

Remote one-on-one help

Discuss your setup or work through image processing together. Tell me what equipment and software you use, and what you want to accomplish.

In-person help in East Texas

Ask about hands-on equipment setup and acquisition help. Location, timing, and the scope of the session are arranged individually.

I know what it’s like to buy an ambitious setup and spend months learning how to get a result. Other photographers helped me through that process. I want to offer that same practical help to you.

A session built
around you.

1. Tell me where you are.

   Share your experience, equipment, software, and the problem or goal you have in mind.

2. We agree on a plan.

   We’ll discuss the format, scope, availability, and pricing before scheduling.

3. Work through it together.

   Focus on practical steps you can apply to your own setup and images.

What capture
looks like.

Before the finished photograph comes a night of collecting light. This is a real look at my ASIAIR Pro capture session on an iPad, with the Lagoon and Trifid nebulae in the field.

The screen shows the image preview, exposure progress, and a histogram. These are some of the tools we can work through together as you learn to understand what your setup is recording.

This is the acquisition stage. The frames collected during a session still need calibration, stacking, and processing to become a finished image.

From a July 2022 session after my move to East Texas. Nearby lights and high clouds were part of the challenge that night.

It started with
a Christmas gift.

My first telescope was a Sky-Watcher 8-inch Flextube Dobsonian. I didn’t know much about astronomy, and my first cloudy, hazy night outside did not go as planned. I saw absolutely nothing. But I wanted to learn how to use it.

After learning to collimate the mirrors and choose an eyepiece, I pointed it at the Moon again. Seeing that detail with my own eyes changed everything. The next thing I wanted to do was photograph it and share the experience.

In 2019 I bought my first setup designed around astrophotography. The long nights and mistakes came with enough success to keep me going. My first deep-sky image followed in early 2020.

I bought more telescope and mount than I was ready for as a beginner. It took about a year of learning before I could take my first deep-sky photo with that setup. I know how frustrating it can be to have the equipment and still struggle to get an image.

The Eagle Nebula became a favorite. After seeing Hubble’s image of the Pillars of Creation, I wanted to photograph them myself using narrowband imaging. In July 2020, I shared my first narrowband photograph that I had captured and processed myself.

I didn’t learn all of this alone. Astrophotographers sharing their knowledge on Twitch, along with long nights of equipment discussion and testing, helped me move forward. That experience is part of why I want to help others learn.

Today, this collection brings together images made under very different Texas skies, from Bortle 9 conditions in DFW to my Bortle 3 backyard in East Texas. I share the equipment and integration behind the images because the process matters as much as the finished result.

I also offer remote one-on-one instruction and in-person help in East Texas with equipment, acquisition, and processing.

Send an inquiry.

Remote sessions
and East Texas in-person help

Availability and pricing are arranged individually.