Special Guest Host & Photo Expert
SPECIAL EXPEDITIONS
We are excited to announce two digital workshops with megapixel master Rod Klein in 2007:
- Feb 3-10, 2007 - Fiji
(7 nights / 6.5 dive days) - Feb 10-20, 2007 - Fiji
(10 nights / 9.5 dive days)
Unless you live under a rock, you know that digital is in. Film is dead. I have a much-cherished old Nik V with a battered 15mm lens, and it cost me too much and takes pictures too perfect to throw away just yet, but when I heard that Nikon stopped making film cameras, I knew the jig was up. Better go digital.
But there's digital and there's digital . The cheap little point-and-shoots are pretty impressive and I have eight thousand, six hundred and seventy three glorious pictures of my little girls to prove it, but the little cameras don't support the lenses and strobe configurations you need to get the photos that old farts like me think had to be shot on film. Despite the digital revolution, there is still a lot of art and knowledge involved in shooting awesome underwater photos.
Why not combine another great dive trip with a chance to learn proper digital photography from one of the masters of this new medium?
We knew Rod before he was famous – back when he was merely an outstanding videographer, video editor and dive instructor. But as digital cameras and housings have matured, Rod has evolved with them into a well-respected digital photographer, teacher, and commentator. Formerly the digital editor for Fathoms Magazine , Rod is currently the contributing editor for Scuba Diving Australasia and a regular presenter at dive and photo festivals.
Five Reasons to go digital:
1) Instant Feedback. See what you shoot right away. Adjust your composition and exposure and keep at it until you get the perfect picture.
2) Instant Gratification. No more waiting for the boat crew to process your film or for Kodak to send back those little yellow boxes.
3) No film. Never miss a great shot because you ran out of film on your dive. View and delete inferior images underwater so you have an almost unlimited number of shots.
4) No film processing. Share your pictures with your friends and family. See your images on your camera or laptop right after your dive. Never spend a cent on film processing.
5) Change lenses underwater: Many of the digital camera housings allow you to change lenses underwater so you never have to decide what lens to take with you.
These special workshops will be held on back-to-back charters so you can join us for either one or both. Each workshop will be geared to participants' individual needs. There will be sessions for beginning, intermediate and advanced shooters. Whether you are using a fixed lens digital camera or a digital SLR the workshop will attend to your special needs. Want to know more about Photoshop CS2? We'll teach you some great tips and tricks. Scared of using RAW files...no problem, we'll get you shooting and processing raw the first day. Good at macro but having problems with wide angle....we'll fix that!
Other subjects Rod will cover include: color management, monitor calibration, special Photoshop techniques using adjustment layers & layer masks, image upsizing for large prints, and special sharpening techniques using Photo Kit Sharpener.
These two charters are not exclusive to the workshops; they are open to anyone even if you don't participate in the workshops (which cost an additional $250).
