PHOTEC NEWS
Destinations
2008
We just have completed the first workshop of 2008 on board MY Blue Planet in the Red Sea diving at Hurghada, Abu Nuhas and the Brothers. Some excellent diving was enjoyed by the group and some spectacular images were produced during the week despite some windy conditions. The competition for the best image of the week (judged by the crew) was won by Valerie Reid with a D200 in a Seacam housing.
See some of my images from the workshop here.
The next workshop will be in October in the Southern Red Sea - there are still some spaces left - contact Oonasdivers:
Preliminary dates for Red Sea workshops in 2009 are:
15-22 May Red Sea - Classic sites in the North
2-9 September Red Sea - Fury Shoal, Ras Banas and Sataya
Philippines
We have just returned from a pleasant and productive week in the Philippines based at the Atlantis Resort at Dumaguete on Negros Island. The resort and dive centre are excellent and the mix of diving and photographic subjects will keep your camera busy for a week or more. Look out for the trip report in Underwater Photography Magazine (www.uwpmag.com) and see some pictures in the gallery here.
Ocean Optics Open Day
We held a successful second open day at Ocean Optics on Saturday 12 January. The day included two presentations on wide angle techniques and composition and a picture clinic.
We hope to hold more of these in the future - please e-mail Steve Warren for future dates:
Under the Sea Exhibition
A new exhibition at the National Maritime Museum in Falmouth has recently opened which celebrates and illustrates undersea exploration and diving. The exhibition includes a selection of my underwater photographs together with Alex Mustard and JP Trenque in an exhibit which charts the history of underwater photography. There are some milestone equipment examples on display including a Rolleimarine housing, an original Calypsophot and a Scoones MD600 Olympus housing.
Beneath Cornish Seas
A new book to be published in late 2008 or early 2009. This will be predominantly a pictorial presentation of the colourful and varied marine life to be found below the temperate waters surrounding the south western peninsula of Cornwall in the United Kingdom. The book will be of interest to snorkellers, divers, underwater photographers and anyone with a passion for marine life and natural history. The publication date will be announced later in 2008, but for the moment click here for a few sample images.
Publisher: Alison Hodge Publishers - www.alison-hodge.co.uk
Workshops
For 2008 we have three workshops planned – two in the Red Sea and one at Tulamben in Bali, Indonesia:
13 - 20 June Red Sea
1- 8 October Red Sea
26 November to 3 December Tulamben, Bali
As usual the Red Sea workshops are booked through Oonasdivers but the Bali workshop will be booked directly with me. You can find more details here. If you are interested in Bali please let me know and I will pencil you in early – we expect this workshop to be popular.
2007 was a busy year!
We held a very successful workshop in in March in the Lembeh Straits in North Sulawesi, Indonesia. This area boasts an incredible array of exotic creatures, mostly in the macro range, in very easy diving conditions. We stayed at the Lembeh Resort on Lembeh Island which is very comfortable, has excellent facilities for photographers and a first class dive centre with a team of very skilled spotters/guides. Our group of fifteen included clients from the USA, Germany, Austria and the UK - mix which blended very well and produced some great images and lively discussion. You can see some of my images taken in 2006 and 2007 by clicking on these links.
The second workshop held in May in the Red Sea was on board the MY Blue Waves. The group enjoyed some fantastic diving at the Brothers, Daedalus and Elphinstone. For the shark enthusiasts there were sightings of hammerheads, threshers, silky and grey reef sharks along with some very large tuna and all the regular reef species which kept the cameras busy all week.
The final workshop in September 2007 was in the Red Sea workshop on board the Blue Seas live aboard. Although the weather was unusually windy we still managed to enjoy some excellent diving and make the trip to St. John's Reef.
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