Curriculum Overview

Workshop Calendar
Workshop Descriptions

Essentials of Underwater Photography
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Highly recommended for anyone unfamiliar with concepts such as aperture, shutter, ISO, focal length, and magnification
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Topics Covered
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The exposure triangle
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Aperture and depth of field
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Shutter and motion blur
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ISO and digital noise
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Fundamentals of strobes and balancing light
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Fundamentals of composition
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5 tips for better underwater photography
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1 day course with 2 hr lecture, 1-2 dives, and 1-2hr debrief
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Course Requirements
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Personal dive gear and 2 full tanks
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Camera and underwater housing (recommended: camera with adjustable aperture/shutter)

Composition Workshop
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Recommended for photographers looking to improve their theoretical/practical knowledge of composing a photo
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Topics Covered
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Composition: putting a picture together
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Portrait vs. landscape:
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Traditional composition rules
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Rule of thirds
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Converging lines
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Parallel lines
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S-curves
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The importance of negative space
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Filling the frame
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Practical tips to improving composition
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1 day course with 2 hr lecture, 2 dives, and 1-2hr debrief
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Course Requirements
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Personal dive gear and 2 full tanks
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Camera and underwater housing (recommended: camera with adjustable aperture/shutter)
Worlds Collide
Lighting Workshop
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Recommended for divers interested in learning more about strobes for underwater photography
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Topics Covered
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Exposure review
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Underwater strobes: cutting through the mumbo jumbo
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Single strobe techniques
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Double strobe techniques
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Macro photography with strobe
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Wide angle photography with strobes
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Balancing exposure
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Limiting backscatter
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5 tips for smarter strobe use
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1 day course with 2 hr lecture, 1-2 dives, and 1-2hr debrief
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Course Requirements
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Personal dive gear and 2 full tanks
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Camera and underwater housing
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1+ Underwater strobe
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Digital Darkroom (Lightroom) Workshop
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Recommended for photographers interested in learning how to use Adobe Lightroom to import, edit, organize, and archive photos
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Topics Covered
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Photo editing software packages
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Adobe Lightroom
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Importing photos and the DNG file format
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Keywords, flags, ratings, and colors
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The library module
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The develop module
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Global image adjustments
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Local image adjustments
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Underwater photography pearls of wisdom
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The slideshow and print modules
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Digitally sharing your images
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1 day course
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Course Requirements
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Adobe Lightroom 3 or 4
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Laptop computer preferred but not required
Advanced Topics in Underwater Photography
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Recommended for photographers looking to push the underwater photography envelope
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Taught in a mentorship style
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Potential Topics
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Close focus wide angle photography
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Snoot photography
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Fluorescence photography
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Supermacro photography
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Over-unders
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Please inquire for more details