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Conceived by
the authors of best selling ‘Essential Guide to Digital Photography', &
Advanced Digital Photography Guide, this workshop is created for you to
take your underwater photographic skills to an advanced level. With a
modular course structure, you will be able to achieve certification and
acquire skills that are far beyond just taking a technically correct
photograph. The emphasis is to help you compose and paint a picture
instead of just shooting a photograph. Catering for both Novice and
Advanced shooters (Prosumer and DSLR), the two course syllabuses,
Absolute Essentials and Advanced Essentials incorporate a new Photoshop
modules. Principal modules includes Photographic Etiquette &
Conservation issues; Exposure Techniques; Beyond Basic Techniques; Macro
/ Wide Angle Techniques; Elements of Successful Composition; How to
Shoot for Competitions; How to Shoot with Models; How to get Published;
Advanced Lighting Techniques; How to Work with Raw and Asset Management
The workshop
modules also include the essentials of post editing with application of
Advanced Photoshop skills and techniques use by professional
photographers. The program schedule allows for maximum shooting time.
The lesson modules, plus the formal and informal critique sessions will
ensure that you develop the essential techniques to produce publishable
images. While the Digital Underwater Photography modules are designed
to help you become accomplished underwater photographers, we have
included a brand new segment on conservation photography technique and
reporting. This course extension will teach you how to use your images
to support environment issues and writing a news piece for the media.
Our workshop is conducted by highly accomplished experts comprising of
established publishers, editors, photographers, professional coaches
and educators. The quality and standard of this workshop is not found
anywhere else in the world. You will be learning from the best.
We will help you
to achieve a competitive edge
with your pictures and at the same time yield a return on your
investment. Our Digital Underwater Photography & Writer Workshop is
taught by accomplished experts comprising of established publishers,
editors, photographers, professional coaches and educators. The quality
and standard of this workshop is not found anywhere else in the world.
You will be learning from the best.
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The STUDIO:
Right at the door step of Minahasa Lagoon is one of the world’s
richest reef; Bethlehem, new house, Bunaken Marine Park are the
perfect environment to learn and master your photographic
skills. Spectacular walls adorned with sea fans, soft corals,
wrecks, frogfishes, mandarinfish, Blue ring octopus, nudibranch
galore, coral meadows, boxer crabs, schooling jacks & barracudas
– anything is possible! Sites are researched thoroughly to
ensure dives are conducted at the best time. |
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GATEWAY: Manado, North
Sulawesi; best to fly from Singapore |
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The Workshop Package: up
to 18 boat dives, the classroom based workshops, practical &
critique sessions, 8 day / 7 night Dlx twin share cottage, with
all meals, transfers, event T-shirt, Essential Digital
Underwater photography book, course notes, free one year
subscription to Ocean Geographic
Awards and dive holiday prizes for Best Portfolio and Best
Picture candidates.
 1000
EURO voucher and invitation to participate as team member for
the ElySium
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Dive
platform
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Minahasa Lagoon Resort, a boutique resort that caters
fine wine and exquisite dining
more than most luxurious brand. The quaint little retreat
offers
the feeling of intimacy and elitism of a boutique property. Encapsulated
in a secluded lagoon, the property blends in subliminal harmony within a
lush milieu. For the duration of our workshop, we have reserved all the
beach cottages with view to the sea featuring outdoor en-suite
amenities.
Deluxe
room twin sharing cottage: USD $1980 p/p
Special
offer to participants Ikelite, Hugyfot, Seacam housing packages DEPOSIT
IS USD $500
Options:
Nitrox for all dives, Lembeh Strait
Email
download@underwaterartists.com for an application form
Biography -
Workshop Instructors:
this is your chance to learn from
the PRO with proven track records
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Michael AW :
author Essential Guide to Digital Underwater
Photography, 2 times winner BBC Natural History
Museum Wildlife Photographer, 3 times winner
Antibes World Festival of Underwater Pictures, 3
times winner Nikon International Photographic
competition.
Michael AW
Pursuing the art of underwater photography, Michael AW is
best known for his saturated colour imagery. His photographs and
editorials on environmental issues, natural history and dive travel have
been featured in Asian Geographic, BBC Wildlife, National Geographic
Travel, Asian Geographic, GEO, Nature Focus, Sport Diving, Scuba Diver,
Smithsonian, Islands, FHM, Times, to name but a few. He was the
co-founder and publisher for Asian Geographic and Scuba Diver
Australasia for seven years. Michael AW is also the founding director of
OceanNEnvironment, a charity organization registered with
Environment Australia. In 2002, Michael AW initiated the Celebrate
the Sea Festival in Singapore; the festival was subsequently staged in
Kuala Lumpur 2003 and 2004, Singapore 2005 and 2006 and 2007 in Manila,
Philippines – it has evolved to be the one of the most important
international events of the sea.
His
images have won the Nikon International Photo Contest on three
occasions. Michael is also a three-time winner at the World Festival of
Underwater Pictures, Antibes. In 2002 he won Best Music Adaptation for
Video, the Gold Diver statue for Best Black & White print in 2005 and
the Bronze statue for Portfolio, the most prestigious category of the
festival in 2006. He is also a recipient of two awards from the Natural
History Museum BBC Photographer of the Year Wildlife Competition in
2000. In 2006 he won the Best award in the underwater category.
Over
25,000 of his images have appeared in various publications and
exhibitions worldwide including the Australian Museum and Queensland
Tropical Museum. Michael has presented lectures and slide presentations
on marine life and underwater photography to the Australian Museum
Society, aquariums and private organizations in the pacific-rim
countries including the world renown Monterey Bay Aquarium in
California. He has produced and directed two 24-hour photographic
documentaries of corals reefs in the Australian Great Barrier Reef and
the Maldives in 1995 and 1999 respectively. These extended sojourns have
been encapsulated in books and a broadcast video documentary for
National Geographic. In 2003 he completed “Richest Reefs – Indonesia”, a
visual extravaganza from some of the most beautiful reefs in the world –
this book is adopted by the Indonesian government as an official gift of
state. A feature documentary of the same title was also produced
in 2003 and a revised edition of the book was published in 2006.
Beneath Bunaken (1993)
was his first and
Beneath SulaweSea is his 25th book of the sea. His
most recent project is the launch of Ocean Geographic – the official
journal of Ocean Geographic Society.
www.MichaelAW.com;
www.SeacamAsiapac.com;
www.OceanEnvironment.org;
www.Oneocean.com:
www.OceanGeographic.org
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Mathieu Meur: author Essential Guide
to Digital Underwater Photography,
author of PADI Digital Underwater
Photographer distinctive specialty,
jury member - CMAS World
Championship of Underwater
Photography,
Growing up by
the sea in Mauritius, Mathieu could literally swim before he could walk.
Mathieu started taking photos at a young age while snorkelling and free
diving, over time using various film cameras. Many years later, after
becoming a dive instructor, Mathieu switched over to digital technology
using different setups before settling for his current Nikon digital SLR
cameras housed in Seacam housings, and complemented by Ikelite and Inon
strobes.
Mathieu
authored a PADI Underwater Digital Photographer Distinctive Specialty in
2001, and co-authored An Essential Guide to Digital Underwater
Photography in 2004. Mathieu is a regular contributor to regional and
international diving publications, and has been a speaker or judge at a
number of international underwater photography events. Mathieu is always
happy in the water, be it capturing the beauty of large reef denizens,
majestic wrecks, or the tiniest of subjects.
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