Photography Course – 28th November
Posted by Neil on October 4th, 2009
| November 28, 2009 |
Underwater Photography Stage
Well, Alan and I went along to see Ocean Optics’ Underwater Photo Stage yesterday, and I loved it! It’s clear that Steve and Mark have spent a lot of time and thought putting this together.
The set is made up of a number of artificial “coral outcrops”, with all sorts of sponges, fans, and hard and soft corals. In and around these have been placed various “critters” – crabs, hawkfish, starfish, cowries, clownfish, etc. In one corner, they’ve created a wreck using a small boat, and placed fish in and around it. There are a couple of jellyfish floating mid-water, a Hammerhead (with a very friendly smile!), and even a diver floating mid-water. There was plenty to keep Alan and me occupied for a couple of hours underwater.
It’s perfect for practising UW Photography – no Dive Guides to hurry you along, no queue of other divers waiting to take photos of the critter you’ve found, and since the pool’s only 6m deep, you can do a 2-hour dive on a single tank!
Ocean Optics are also running Underwater Photography Courses with a difference. To get the best out of most courses, you need to have already bought not just the Camera, but different lenses for it, and a strobe. Ocean Optics will lend you a compact Fuji camera, with Macro and Wide Angle underwater lenses, as well as a strobe. You’ll also have an underwater earpiece, and the instructor will have an underwater microphone in his mask, so that you can get detailed feedback and advice on your photos without spending hours scribbling on a slate.
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