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
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.
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
   

Essentials of Composition
The difference between a good image and a great image is usually obvious to our instincts, but difficult to execute or even describe. Professional photographer David Fleetham will share his essential techniques on composition and help train your eye to see beyond the obvious and turn what might be a good image to a great image.

Wide Angle Techniques
Most underwater photographers describe wide angle as the most difficult to master and their most desired skill to learn. With a few tips and tricks most quickly find wide angle to be the most rewarding photography in their portfolio. David Fleetham will share his essential techniques for shooting wide angle for new and experienced shooters and help you move off the warm fuzzy blanket of the macro lens.

Lightroom
Digital photography is all about image organization and file optimization. Adobe Lightroom is a multiplatform solution that performs essential image enhancement tricks and keeps you organized at the same time. Daniel Brown, previously an Adobe staffer and now an independent educator and diver, will share his insider secrets on how to make Lightroom your primary application for browsing, editing, and enhancing your underwater images.

Photoshop
The best aspect of underwater photography is shooting, not sitting in front of Photoshop. However, you’ll need some basic skills to maximize image quality and correct minor shooting mistakes. Berkley White will share his top 10 Photoshop techniques to make your images pop without getting bogged down in the details.
 
 
Contact us at:

Email: info@thedigitalshootout.com

or

Phone: 773-564-9579