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Land photography, with or
without flash units is very similar to underwater photography. But underwater photography,
both with and without flash units is quite different to land photography.
For underwater
photographers there are some very basic techniques, part of which includes a
good range of land photography skills. These workshops are designed to elevate
your land and underwater photography results. Techno-photography-jargon is kept
to a minimum and explanations are easy for anyone to understand.
With an emphasis on
hands-on training during the workshop and small groups so that you have as much
assistance and attention as possible, you will see your results improve even
before you've finished a workshop module!
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Module I: Magnificent Pictures Made Easy Module II: Strobe Lighting Underwater Module III: Sophisticated Strobe Techniques Module IV: Easy Photo
Management on your Computer Module V: Get Professional in Photoshop & Lightroom |
Shooting with an underwater compact camera is
becoming very common, but many divers are still mislead to believe that compact
cameras do not produce good results. In proof against this, ALL of Alex's
underwater photos in this site, including his internationally
awarded photos, are taken with
ONLY compact cameras! Take a look at his gallery of
strobeless photography - these
galleries show what can be achieved with no expensive strobes and shooting only
ambient light.
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Module I: Magnificent Pictures Made Easy
Looking to improve your underwater photos?
Confused about ISO or many of the settings on your camera? Shutter speed,
aperture, f-stop, white balance? Don’t have underwater strobes?
Don’t believe that you need a chunky, expensive
SLR-type camera and underwater strobes just to take better photos. Alex’s
winning underwater photos are all taken with digital compact cameras and he has
developed this workshop to show you how to get the most of your compact camera* without strobes.
Checkout Alex’s strobeless photography gallery
Whether you shoot just for fun or take your
photography seriously, Module I’s six (6) hours of workshop cuts down to the
guts of 
how to improve your photography in simple
language (no technical photo-jargon) to get you working with fundamental
techniques that the photography pros use.
* SLR users welcome to
all Modules
Workshop
Outline:
~ Techniques
to improve your image composition
~ Getting
the correct lighting
~ Getting
great photos without strobes
~ Understanding
your camera settings
~ Essential
principals in photography
~ Turning
your greenish and bluish photos to colorful ones
~ Underwater
photography techniques
~ Keeping
your underwater equipment healthy and safe
~ Tips on
your equipment setup and diving with a camera
~ Answering
your questions on upgrades, options and anything related
PREREQUISITES: NONE
DURING THE WORKSHOP: You’ll be taking
photos so bring your camera, charge your batteries and free up your memory
cards! All camera brands accepted: Fuji, Canon, Olympus, Sony, Nikon, Ricoh,
Panasonic, Intova, Sea & Sea, etc...
Workshops can be arranged
for 1 person or more of any age.
After completing Module I, check out the next workshop:
Module II: Strobe
Lighting Underwater
Module IV: Easy Photo Management on your Computer
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Module II: sTROBE lIGHTING UNDERWATER
Not quite sure what settings to use for your
underwater strobes? Are your strobed photos too bright or too dark? A little
confused with all the buttons and dials?
This hands-on workshop for digital shooters
gets you in-control and comfortable with your external strobes together with
your camera settings. You’ll learn the difference between strobe lighting in
macro and wide angle photography to expand on your image compositions with
external lighting.
For the keen underwater shooter wanting more
from his dive photography, Module II’s five (5) hours of workshop will get
anyone comfortable using their camera and strobes together.
Workshop
Outline:
~ External
lighting and its effects on your image
~ Fundamental
principles of light
~ Lighting
your photos with color
~ Your
camera modes and settings
~ Strobe
lighting with no backscatter
~ Finding
and shooting underwater species
~ Strobe configurations
for your setup
~ Keeping
your strobe setup healthy and safe
~ Answering
your questions on techniques, tips and anything related
PREREQUISITES: Understanding of Module I topics.
DURING THE WORKSHOP: Digital cameras with
Manual mode are ideal for working with strobes. So bring your whole underwater
camera setup with your strobe(s), arms and sync cable(s). Remember to charge
your batteries and free up your memory cards!
Workshops can be arranged
for 1 person or more of any age.
After completing Module II check out:
Module III: Sophisticated
Strobe Techniques
Module IV: Easy Photo Management on your Computer
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Module III: Sophisticated Strobe Techniques
Decided that it’s time to take your underwater
photography to the highest level? Feeling that your photos look like so many others?
Want to explore ways to push your originality and creativity? Learn more about
the marine life so you can capture those hard-to-get pictures of them.
Designed for the serious and passionate dive
photographer, this in-depth workshop focuses on very technical usage of strobes
and lighting techniques underwater. Much of the workshop is based in the water
trying the advanced techniques learnt on land.
Get insights on how the professionals spot
animals and capture their incredible behavior and character. Learn tips of the
underwater photographer that usually only come with hundreds of dives and years
of experience working in the underwater environment in just a few hours.
Workshop
Outline:
~ Specialized
strobe techniques of the pros
~ Advanced
strobe work underwater
~ Techniques
of artificial lighting
~ Marine
animal behavior and photography
~ Getting
creative with lighting with subjects
~ Accessory
additions for your strobes
PREREQUISITES: Understanding of Module I and Module
II topics.
DURING THE WORKSHOP: Bring your laptop,
complete underwater camera setup and be prepared to dive lots, photograph lots
and heighten your photography work.
Workshops can be arranged
for 1 person or more of any age.
After completing Module III check out:
Module IV: Easy Photo Management on your Computer
Module V: Get Professional in Photoshop & Lightroom
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Module IV: Easy Photo Management on your Computer
Losing control of your growing photo library?
Wasting lots of time with images that are stored in troublesome external hard
drives? Having difficulties finding an image? Looking for a faster easier way
to fix colors, crop and ‘photoshop’ your images?
Adobe Lightroom is simple, powerful and the
most efficient photo management and photo editing program available that even
Photoshop, Aperture, Picasa and ACDsee users are switching to it. Work with ALL
of your images, even if they are on external hard drives and NOT connected to
your computer! And best of all, cut down on your photoshop files and tasks by
over 90% saving lots of your time and tons of megabytes on your computer.
This three (3) hours of workshop for all
digital camera shooters* will get
you managing your land and underwater photos faster than figuring out a new
phone. Take control over your growing library of photos. Edit them like a pro
without Photoshop and learn to work with the most effective photo program on
the market.
* Suitable for land and
underwater photographers
Workshop Outline:
~ Images
transfers from memory card to Lightroom
~ Quickly
managing your photos
~ Easily
getting photos to emails, prints, Facebook and Flickr
~ Crop,
edit and beautifying your photos
(see
“Before & After” figure)
~ Underwater
image editing tips
~ How to
remove backscatter in photos
~ Questions
and answers all about the program
PREREQUISITES: NONE
DURING THE WORKSHOP: Download and
install a demo version of Lightroom free from Adobe then bring your laptop with some photos
and get ready to be amazed by this program.
Workshops can be arranged
for 1 person or more of any age.
After completing Module IV check out:
Module V: Get Professional in Photoshop & Lightroom
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Module V: Get Professional in Photoshop
& Lightroom
Want to get the very best out of your photos?
Have creative ideas and juices flowing but not sure how to materialize them?
Trying to learn Photoshop basics but finding it is always too time consuming on
your own?
The combination of Photoshop and Lightroom
together gives you the power to control, manipulate and create anything your
imagination can dream of. From editing photos, creating giant wall sized
panoramic prints to creative artwork.
For the dedicated photographer or artistically
inspired and perhaps techno-phobic, this workshop will infuse you with
inspiration to take your creativity and photography to new levels. This
flexibly structured workshop let’s you decide what you want to become skilled
at from Lightroom and Photoshop to realize the results you want.
Suitable for land and underwater photographers
Workshop Outline:
~ Depends
on the objective of the student
~ eMail us
to discuss your options
PREREQUISITES: NONE
DURING THE WORKSHOP: Bring your laptop with
your photos, Lightroom and Photoshop installed and let your creativity go!
Workshops can be arranged
for 1 person or more of any age.
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