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The first thing you do when you start off a dive trip is set up your camera system, right? Well that’s the first thing we do too. At the Digital Shootout we’ll start you off right with a gear prep workshop to help you put your rig together.
• Camera settings
• Housing set up
• O-ring maintenance
• Strobe set up
• Lens and port choices
• Complete system check
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Focus and Exposure...digital bread and water
Presented by: Berkley White
Great images happen when everything comes together at that magical moment. Sometimes you get lucky... but when the action is happening, it's nice to rely on practiced method. Berkley will share his pre-dive and in-water techniques to insure that you're well fed and prepared when luck comes your way. |
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Seminar One - Focus:
• Correcting your underwater vision for LCD's and viewfinders
• Training your eye for accurate focus with compact and SLR cameras
• Successful macro focus in surge and currents
• Using focus to isolate your macro subject
• Focus techniques for fast action and wide angle subjects
Seminar Two - Exposure:
• Strobe positioning to minimize backscatter
• Strobe arm simplification and consistency
• Diving two strobes, but only using one
• Pre-dive strobe calibration
• Quick exposure adjustments for macro action
• Quick exposure adjustments for wide angle action |
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The Art of Composition: The Perfect Image
Presented by: Jim Watt
Professional photographer Jim Watt is one of the most highly published underwater photographers in the world. His photos have appeared in over 600 magazines and books. Not only a cutting edge digital pro, Jim has a masters eye for the art. He will share his secrets for turning an ordinary photo into an extraordinary image. You will not want to miss this one! |
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Photoshop CS for Underwater Photographers
Presented by: Berkley White
Unlike its fabled reputation, Photoshop can only work magic on images with reasonable exposures and focus. In two sessions, Berkley White of Backscatter will discuss the essential Photoshop techniques for underwater shooters and will draw the dotted line between good underwater exposures and Photoshop's ability to enhance images. |
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Seminar One - Basic Image Mechanics
• Shooting in RAW, JPEG, TIFF
• Downloading, renaming, and filing image files
• Selecting and organizing your favorite images
• Creating and preserving digital negatives
• Playing safe, but going crazy
• Adjustment layer image corrections (levels & hue/saturation)
• Resizing images for print and email
• Safe image cropping
• Sharpening
• Saving and organizing output files
Seminar Two - Deeper Water
• Quick review of session one
• RAW file conversion techniques
• Dodging and burning with adjustment layers
• Selective focus masking
• Selective sharpening masking
• Making water blue... but true
• Creating actions for automated processing |
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Sharing and Printing Digital Images
Presented by: Eric Cheng
Digital underwater photographer Eric Cheng of Wetpixel.com will give a two-part talk about sharing and printing digital images. Don’t let your images just hide out in your hard drive. Learn some fun and easy ways to share them with the rest of the world. |
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Seminar One - Sharing Images
• Efficient methods of creating computer, VCD, and DVD slideshows
• Making and sharing image galleries on the web
• Using metadata and custom templates
• Optimal image processing for the screen
• Portable media players
Seminar Two - Pixels to Print
• Full printing workflow
• Pixels and resolution
• Preparing images for output
• Color management and proofing
• Printer types and examples
• Online printing services |
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