Wading Into Underwater Photography

You've climbed mountains to get the perfect shot. Trudged through forests and valleys. Traveled miles and braved the elements. Now get your feet wet and discover the wondrous world of underwater photography. Digital technology has put it within reach of everyone.

Experienced diver and award-winning underwater photographer Steve De Neef will amaze you with what you can do with a point-and-shoot camera, or the videos you can shoot with an SLR. He'll explain what you need to know about lighting, white balance, exposure, magnification, focal lengths, and photo ops underwater.

What will be covered in the seminar

• Choosing and using an underwater housing for a point-and-shoot or SLR

• Understanding camera settings and light underwater at different depths

• Best focal lengths for underwater photography

• Using flash underwater

• Working with natural light underwater

• Working with "uncooperative" subjects, having the right mindset

• Composition and getting creative

• Workflow and editing

• Underwater video

• Ideal dive sites for underwater photography

• Safety underwater
  

Who should attend

• Photographers who want to expand their repertoire of shots

• Researchers and students of sea life and underwater biosphere

• Magazine and newspaper photographers, television and movie videographers

• Photographers who are also certified divers, to combine both interests and make more productive use of their time underwater
  

Lecturer

Steve De Neef is a Belgian who has found a second home in the Philippines. He is as much familiar with diving as he is with the diving sites around the archipelago. He has won awards for his underwater photography, and has created underwater videos for nature shows in the U.S.