Chris Woodhouse

Chris Woodhouse was born in England and during his teenage years was a keen amateur artist. Around this time, he was given his first camera, a Zenith B, which sparked his interest in monochrome. After graduating with a Masters Degree in Electronic Engineering and after a period of designing communication and optical gauging equipment, he switched to automotive development. As a member of the Royal Photographic Society, he gained an Associate distinction in 2002. All this time, he has pursued his passion for all forms of photography, including landscape, infrared, as well as portraiture, still life and architectural photography, mostly in monochrome. This passion, coupled with his design experience, led him to invent and patent several unique darkroom timers and meters, which are sold throughout the world. His first book was born from early successes writing informative magazine articles. Digital imaging soured the experience of darkroom printing and the false promise of several successive inkjet printers discouraged a move to digital monochrome imaging. Digital imaging is, however, spectacularly good at imaging exceedingly faint objects and, since 2010, Chris has immersed himself into all aspects of amateur digital astrophotography. His early and ongoing experiences triggered the publication of several editions of The Astrophotography Manual, designed for advanced amateurs, and Capturing the Universe for those starting out. The technology continues to evolve and the third edition covers most, of those that are reliable enough for unattended imaging.