Asia Divers Pro Digital Photo Workshop |
Mike Veitch , Simon Buxton, and Tim Rock along with the El Galleon/Asia Divers family, are pleased to announce the first annual Asia Divers Pro Digital Photo Fest. At the Asia Divers/El Galleon Pro Digital Photo Fest, have fun and learn a lot while diving sites so full of subjects, that you may actually run out of memory space during a dive!
What: Learn How To Photograph Reefs, Macro and More Where and When: From June 3 thru 10 for an informative, fun and rewarding photo course is being held at the beautiful El Galleon resort in Puerto Galera, Oriental Mindoro, Philippines. Why: Because you want to improve your underwater skills and have fun doing it. PG is the perfect undersea studio. Who: Simon Buxton, Tim Rock and Mike Veitch. Underwater workshops work best when lead by more than one person, its not like on land where we can talk whilst taking pictures, we will be there to find you subjects, demonstrate techniques and help with those little problems such as strobe positioning and fault finding. Oriental Mindoro is one of the most diverse areas in our oceans. Other areas of South East Asia have in recent years stolen the limelight for newly discovered species, but for sheer volume of species the Philippines is in pole position: “Analysis of distribution data for 2983 species reveals a pattern of richness on a finer scale and identifies a peak of marine biodiversity in the central Philippine Islands and a secondary peak between peninsular Malaysia and Sumatra…. Our study indicates, however, that there is a higher concentration of species per unit area in the Philippines than anywhere in Indonesia, including Wallacea.” (Environmental Biology of Fishes (2005). The center of the center of marine shore fish biodiversity: the Philippine Islands, Kent E. Carpenter & Victor G. Springer) Other Data has shown that the Tablas Straight (East of Oriental Mindoro) is one of the most diverse areas in the Philippines, making this an ideal underwater studio for photography and a workshop. Just remember to bring big memory cards for your dives! It will be held at the Asia Divers/El Galleon Resort, offering a chance to have some fun, learn a lot, and develop your skills. Diving sites so full of subjects that you may actually run out of memory card space during a dive! This inaugural event will take place from June 3-10, 2007 at the beautiful El Galleon resort in Puerto Galera, Mindoro in the Philippines. The Philippines is known for amazing macro critters and exciting wide angle drift dives. Puerto Galera is the hotspot of local diving and features several wrecks just offshore as well as amazing muck diving off Sabang Beach. Stargazers, blue ribbon eels, frogfish, banded seasnakes, pygmy seahorses, and coleman shrimp are a small sampling of the critters that can be found just minutes from the resort. High voltage drift diving with schools of jacks, snappers, and reefs covered with barrel sponges, crinoids of every colour, soft corals, sea fans and clouds of anthias help make this area the premier dive location in the world’s most biodiverse region! Daily Schedule The Asia Divers Digital Photo Workshop will include daily presentations on the “ins and outs” of Underwater Photography, from the basics of lighting, to advanced composition and, of course, how to use Photoshop and create multi-media presentations. The seminar program is organized to allow participants maximum time underwater in which to put new skills to use. The typical day in one of our seminars includes the following:
After dinner activities will be conducted in El Galleon’s world famous Point Bar, with a unique range of t-shirts available to those with an appetite for cocktails! PADI Diving Society members special: Not a PADI Diving Society member yet? Visit www.scubadiveraustralasia.com to find out more.
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