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PHOTOGRAPHY
INSTRUCTION
The PADI Underwater Photography specialty
course can be completed in one day. I’ve found that to be satisfactory to
some who just wants to 'try it and see'. Yet I've found that most of my photo students want a little more
content and time and they find a second day of value. So I’ve developed a multi-day sequential course structure to meet that want.
As such the 'one day' course actually runs into the morning of the second day, and so on.
See the matrix below for a
description, schedule, content, materials and costs.
As always, feel free to contact me for
additional information or clarification or if you have a specific learning
objective. Some of my photographic kudos are:
- Graduate of the Nikon Photo Pro Course
offered by Stephen Frink
- Provided technical assistance to
Vogue/Fitness Magazine
- Grand prize winner of Stingray City
shoot-out in Grand Cayman
- Published in Skin Diver Magazine
- Published in Florida Scuba News
- Many images published on the world wide
web
- Published in “Canaries of the Reef”, a
television documentary
- Provided technical support to NHK
Productions (video) Tokyo
- Assisted a CBS film crew in obtaining footage for a television pilot program
- Provided safety and support diving
services to Paramount Pictures in Maui
I work with you in getting you started with or improving your underwater photography. Whether film or digital. And help you make the move from 'picture taker' to 'image maker'!
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DAY |
SCHEDULE |
MATERIALS/EQUIPMENT |
| DAY One
This course
is the same as the Underwater Photographer course listed on the
Specialty page. Tuition is $240 |
AM: Class
PM: Photo Dives
Review/critique/edit images the following morning |
My Materials/PADI
Nikonos w/35 mm lens/strobe
Digital Camera w/standard lens |
| TWO DAY (continuation of day one)
Tuition is $160 |
AM: Class: critique and process images PM: Photo Dives
Debrief/review the following morning |
Our images/Books by Church and Hall
Wide Angle or Std lens
35mm or Digital |
| THREE DAY (continuation of day two)
Tuition is $160 |
AM: Class: post capture process images
PM: Photo Dives
Review and critique the next morning |
Our own Images Digital or Film
Dive 1 Macro or Std lens
Dive 2 Digital or Film |
| FOUR DAY (continuation of day three)
Tuition is $160 |
AM: Class: review and process images
PM: Photo Dives and meet the following morning |
Student’s
images
Dive 1: Student's choice
Dive 2: Student’s choice
Film or Digital
Film or Digital |
| NOTES ON
THESE COURSES: The course's additional costs will be boat dive trips (2
dives conducted on one boat trip each day-tanks and weights included @
$80). Camera rental if needed (Digital camera, lens and strobe) @ $65 p/day.
Film, development and camera/strobe batteries, and any other dive gear
you may need to rent. If using a digital camera time will be spent in the 'digital darkroom'.If you're already an underwater
photographer and wanting to improve or have a photographic goal, I offer a seminar
format and the daily rate (includes morning session, afternoon dives and evening or following morning session) for the seminar is $235.
If you review the above info you should
see that these courses cover a range from basic beginners to
your learning about the various cameras,lenses; film or digital to shoot just
about any type of imagery you had in mind before signing up. When we
dive or when we class and on what day we use which equipment and what
materials and whether we shoot film or digital can all be adjusted
toward meeting your needs, within certain logistical considerations.
Weather permitting my class sessions are conducted outdoors and are casual and informal. I enjoy my own underwater photography and teaching it. I want my students to enjoy their time learning or improving theirs! Underwater Photography is fun. So it should also be fun and relaxing to learn it or improve it. Email me about any questions you may have.
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