Digital Demo Days: dive into digital

Regardless of your photo experience, making the move to digital can be easy with a few tips and tricks. Digital expert Dan Baldocchi from Light & Motion will provide you with a complete underwater digital system and teach you how to take control of your camera and make exposure corrections while still underwater. After a morning lecture,our staff help you assemble your loaner equipment and spend the afternoon diving with you. Post dive briefings and image reviews will help refine your technique and turn you on to the magic world of instant feedback. This course will rotate daily between resorts and has a limited enrollment. Contact us today to reserve your spot.
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Adobe Photoshop: Empower yourself

No single tool has revolutionized digital imaging as the world renowned Photoshop software from Adobe. We are again blessed to feature Adobe staffer and Photoshop Evangelist Julieanne Kost. Julieanne is a true master at presenting sophisticated principles with a lightness of mind and a sharpened wit. In the seven year history of the Monterey Shootout, no other presenter has been so highly requested and praised. At our Indonesia Digital Shootout, everyone skipped their afternoon dives and showed up early for her sessions. Julieanne will present two Photoshop sessions at each resort. These sessions will build on themselves and take you step by step through the process of optimizing your image potential. From the basics of adjusting levels, curves, and sharpness to the advanced tricks of spotting and compositing, Julieanne leaves the techno babble behind and will certainly get your creative mind into high gear.
Stick around, Julieanne will also be available for questions after each session.
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Adobe Premiere: Fluid action

Only a few years ago, digital video editing systems with any power would run you tens of thousands of dollars. Now an investment of two thousand will build a powerful editing studio in your own home. Screenwriter, techno guru, and Adobe staffer Daniel Brown will introduce you to the power of filmmaking. From connecting the camera to correcting the color, Daniel will walk you through the steps of creating your own movie masterpiece. With an amazing ability to keep you laughing all the way, Daniel will also cut out the tech and plop the basics of video editing right into your lap. A session will be offered at each resort and videoheads might wish to hop in a taxi and attend each. Daniel will also be available for questions after each session.
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Photography Demystified: Become one with your camera.

Eventually you'll find that you've given up diving and taken up underwater photography. Once you've achieved this realization, you're ready for the message. Owner of Backscatter Underwater Video & Photo and self acclaimed gear junky Berkley White has a message.... it's a simple message... "underwater photography is simple!." Don't let your camera come between you and a good photo, take control with a few simple techniques. Learn the essential skills of composition, exposure bracketing, background metering, and strobe placement. Regardless of your persuasion, film or digital, these are the fundamental principals of creating beautiful images. Berkley will also be available throughout the week for questions and personal critiques.
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Brave new worlds:

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. Jim has been leading the way in the advancement of digital underwater photography on a professional level. Jim is now using digital for 75% of his work and will give insights into how digital fits into the real world of editors and publishers. Jim will be giving a lecture on the advancements made to date and the future of digital photography in a lecture "Brave new worlds" He will also be on hand all week to dive with the participants and lend hi expertise.
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