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THE WORLD'S BEST LEARNING EVENT
Take it seriously or take it slow, the Digital Shootout is an underwater photography/videography vacation designed to take the shooter in the group to the next level. If you're a new or an intermediate shooter, the Digital Shootout is our fast-track to better underwater imaging. In six days of seminars and diving, the Digital Shootout team will help dial in your underwater system and shooting techniques. Enter your best images in the final contest to win trips, gear, and more from our great sponsors.
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Little Cayman Beach Resort has a total of 40 air-conditioned, spacious rooms situated in two-story ‘palm-tree height’ buildings and surrounded by lush tropical foliage. Each room includes furnishings inspired by tropical colors and textures, Caribbean themed artwork, nicely decorated bathrooms, fixtures and flooring. Spectacular boat diving in the Jackson Point & Bloody Bay Marine Parks offer plentiful opportunities for both macro and wide angle photography.
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Each afternoon we offer professionally produced seminars on basic and advanced photo and video techniques. Just learning how to assemble your camera for the first time? Looking for the secrets of exposure and strobe placement? Our seminars are world renowned for their simple delivery of complex topics and will take you to the next level.
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The workshops and experts assembled at this event will whisk you along the learning curve of underwater photography. By the end of the week you will be shooting well enough to enter our friendly competition. The best images shot during the week will be awarded over $30,000 in prizes.
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Little Cayman is only accessed by small plane, but our logistical experts and our partners at Cayman Airways have you covered. If you're traveling heavy, you'll incur excess bag fees, but our ground crew will make sure your bags arrive on time. The best diving is always on remote locations, and excess bags are just part of the fun. No worries... |
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BERKLEY WHITE - Owner and founder of Backscatter Underwater Video & Photo. Berkley is one of the leading underwater imaging professionals, who's passion for underwater imaging is equalled by his passion for educating others. His images and articles are regularly seen in national and international scuba diving publications, and he leads several educational underwater imaging expeditions each year, such as The Digital Shootout.
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DAN BALDOCCHI - Dan is an underwater video expert and will be leading the video section of the Shootout. He will offer seminars on HD video cameras, housing set-up and use, and shooting techniques.
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MARY-LYNN PRICE - Mary Lynn Price is a video journalist and Apple certified pro in Final Cut Pro 7. She is the executive producer of the iTunes featured podcast, DiveFilm HD Video, and is a founding organizer of the San Diego UnderSea Film Exhibition. She teaches video editing and storytelling on land and at sea. Samples of Mary Lynn's work at marylynnprice.com and WomenInAntarctica.com.
Mary Lynn will be focusing on video editing and storytelling, and sharing video via video sharing websites such as YouTube and Vimeo, as well as social networks like Facebook and Twitter. Whether you are a new videographer wanting to get started creating short videos to share, or an experienced videographer wanting to improve your editing and storytelling, Mary Lynn will help you take your video production skills to the next level through her fast-paced presentations and individualized assistance. |
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STERLING ZUMBRUNN - Sterling Zumbrunn is the Chief Technical Officer for Backscatter and an active professional photographer focusing on marine species and habitats, as well as the threats they face in the twenty-first century. Formerly the Director of Photography for Conservation International, he has been pursuing underwater photography for the last ten years, and has more recently focused on underwater videography with the advent of the video DSLR revolution.
In addition to freelance photography and technology consulting, Sterling is serving as Online Marketing Evangelist for Backscatter, and Associate Editor for Wetpixel.com. He is an Adobe Certified Expert in Photoshop Lightroom, having worked with the software since its early beta releases, and has led workshops on photography and digital workflow to students around the globe. At the Shootout, Sterling will focus on using Lightroom 3 to download, back up, organize and edit your digital assets.
You can see Sterling's work at:
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JIM DECKER - As the CEO of Backscatter, Jim is one of the top experts in the world on underwater photo and video equipment and shooting technique. From SLRs to compacts and handycams to broadcast video, Jim has shot video and photo systems from all the major underwater manufacturers and has been a consultant on many of the designs seen in the water today. Jim has also consulted with many professional photographers, production companies, resorts, and magazines including Mythbusters, Discovery Channel, Sport Diver Magazine, Scuba Diving Magazine, Into The Drink, National Geographic, Freshwaters Illustrated, and many more. |
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ERIN QUIGLEY - THE DIGITAL SHOOTOUT HELP CENTER. - Layer masks weighing you down? Lightroom keeping you in the dark? Erin Quigley, Digital Imaging Consultant specializing in customized workflows and editing strategies, and Award-Winning Underwater Photographer, will help you sort out your processing woes. These one-on-one or small group sessions will be informal and based on participant's interest, so bring Erin your images for tutorials and tips to improve your post production skills. For more information about Erin, please see: http://www.erinbaby.com
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