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Conceived by the authors of
best selling ‘Essential Guide to
Digital Photography', the New
Digital Underwater Photography &
Writer Workshop has been
developed for divers who want to
take their underwater photographic
skills to the next level. With a
modular course structure,
participants will be able to achieve
certification and acquire skills
that are far beyond just taking a
technically correct photograph. The
emphasis is to help aspiring
photographers to compose and paint’
a picture with a camera, using both
natural and artificial lighting.
Catering for both Novice and
Advanced shooters (Prosumer and DSLR),
there are two course syllabuses to
choose from: the Absolute Essentials
and Advanced Essentials. |
RAVES
My
involvement in the Essential Photography Workshop at Scuba Seraya Resort
was a turning point for my Underwater Photography. For some years I have
fumbled on my own. Your guidance and expertise has allowed me to shoot
a nice shot, not just by mistake or because the conditions were good.
I now
believe I will achieve some consistency which will allow me to
concentrate on framing and the art of photography. Although I am a long
way from the talents of my mentors – I now enter the water confident
that I will return having made some nice photos!
Thanks again
– I hope to join you again for some of your Advanced Workshops – soon!
Dr
Rodney Willett MBBS FRACGP
The old
expression ‘you can never stop learning’ comes to mind when I think of
this course. Although I am my own toughest critic when looking at my
images – it is hard to know why I don’t like a certain shot or how it
could be better. The course taught so much I can now think – I should
have done it that way or used that lens. The course format is
comprehensive and covers all aspects of underwater photography.
Lighting, lenses, macro, and wide-angle, natural light, position – the
list is endless. It follows the very successful “Essential Guide to
Underwater Photography’.
Also diving
with other photographers for a week pushes you to concentrate solely on
your underwater photography, you become very competitive.
Michael and
Mathieu apart from lectures and diving give so much during the course.
They support and help in so many ways. I have done underwater
photography courses many years ago (pre digital) but I have never
experienced the instructors lending their gear and diving without camera
to help the students. Encouragement is given throughout with
constructive criticism and how to fix information is always on hand. I
would recommend any budding underwater photographer complete this course
(or at least buy the book) as after the course my images were vastly
improved.
Jayne Jenkins
Sydney
I had the pleasure to
attend the Essential Workshop run by Michael and Mathieu at Seraya
Resort. I am a novice underwater photographer shooting a Canon G11. I
walked in to a group of highly skilled divers and photographers using
SLR equipment (Very jealous). The first and main rule I followed was too
always shoot in manual mode. Starting at 7am and finishing at 10pm some
nights, all I could do was learn, dive, learn, dive, learn, and
occasionally time for eating as well. By the end of the course I was
shooting shots that my friends call fantastic and understanding the
functions on the my camera. As a raw photographer this course took me a
long way to my dream of publishing underwater photos in a magazine.
Looking at the rest of the participants I was watching them produce
photos that could be on the dive magazine covers. The course allowed
both the novice and advanced photographers to work on shooting and photo
manipulation to gain tremendous knowledge and experience and to that I
give many thanks to both Michael, Mathieu and my fellow participants.
The dive sites were perfect for the course with the macro training being
done off the shore at the resort. (Who can complain of a 100 meter walk
comprising of getting up, walking to the restaurant for food, then to
the gearing up station, and finally into the water at the dive site.)
The second dive site 10 minutes away by boat for wreck diving and model
photography. The staff at Seraya Resort look after us like we were Bali
princes and princesses, the food just keep coming out like clock work
and it was hard to fit it all in, but I just could not stop myself as it
was so good. In short I want to come back with an SLR and work on the
advanced photography and who knows maybe then able to publish a photo or
two.
Ian Wallace
Applications Consultant
Asia Pacific Regional Office |
