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Wetpixel launches surf photography forum
Wetpixel announces the immediately availability of a forum dedicated to surfing and wave photography! Surf photographers are a different breed of underwater photographers, but we hope you will take advantage of the vast amount of underwater photography knowledge here on Wetpixel. Likewise, we will learn from your knowledge, and will bow down before your bronzed figures.
Um… or something like that.
What I mean is… welcome! Share photos! Share techniques! The forum can always be found at http://wetpixel.com/surf, or you can navigate there through our general forums (near the bottom, Other Underwater Photography -> Surf Photography). Special thanks to Norbert Wu for encouraging us to start a surf photography area.
Moscow Golden Dolphin 2008 winners announced
The results of the 2008 Golden Dolphin International Photo and Film Festival have been posted, and we can see a few Wetpixel members who have been honored. The grand prize was awarded to Olga Kamenskaya for a photograph of sea lions, and to Danny Van Belle for the video The window of life.
Congratulate the winners on their placings in the Members in Media forum, or continue reading for the full press release from the festival…
London International Dive Show 2008 digital photo clinic
Wetpixel Associate Editor Alex Mustard will be co-hosting the Digital Photo Clinic, with Photoshop expert and Wetpixel member Saeed Rashid, at this coming weekend’s London International Dive Show (LIDS) on March 8-9, 2008. The session will run on both days between from 1:45PM-3:00PM and much of this interactive presentation will focus on helping you get better images. Alex will be advising on how to improve your in water photographic techniques and Saeed demonstrating how RAW conversion and Photoshop processing can improve those images you have already taken.
If you are thinking of coming to LIDS and would like direct feedback on how you can improve your shots please email two or three of your images to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) (the address can handle files up to 20mb, so RAW’s or JPEG’s are fine). Alternatively you can bring your pictures to the show and give them directly to Alex on the BSoUP stand at the show.
Wetpixel joins Facebook
Wetpixel finally has a Facebook page! Since underwater photography and videography is, for the most part, a hobby for folks that are a bit further along in life, we didn’t see the need to create a Facebook page for a long time. But now that more and more folks out of college are signing up for Facebook, we need a presence there. Check it out, and become a fan!
If you don’t know what Facebook is, you should go over there and check it out. If it still doesn’t make sense, you probably wouldn’t use it, anyway. :)
Fantasea announces FL-18 and FS-210 housings
Fantasea Line has recently released their FL-18 and FS-210 camera housings for the Nikon Coolpix L15/L16/L18 and S210 digital cameras, respectively. Both housings are rated to 200 ft, and feature access to essential camera functions, an anti-glare hood and built-in diffuser, and a 46mm threaded port ring for accessory lenses or filters.
As with all Fantasea housings, purchase includes a year of pre-paid flood insurance. These new products join a Fantasea lineup of housings for nearly all Nikon Coolpix cameras.
Michael Patrick O’Neill is Pictures of the Year International winner
A photograph taken by Wetpixel member Michael Patrick O’Neill (Michael) was awarded First Place in the Science/Natural History category of the 65th Pictures of the Year International competition, the “largest, oldest and most reputable photo journalism competition in the world.”
The image of an underwater photographer and Goliath grouper, taken in South Florida, will be presented among other winning images during the awards ceremony at National Geographic in Washington, D.C. on April 17 and 18, 2008. Congratulations, Michael!
Book Review: The Marine Life of Bootless Bay: Papua New Guinea
Not only is David Harasti a marine scientist, he is also a superb underwater photographer. Combine the two and you have a great recipe for a book. Dave has spent many hours co-producing this book and the results are fantastic. It is full of amazing images, information and a great aid to help local communities understand the ocean and its importance.
The ‘Marine Life of Bootless Bay - Papua New Guinea’ identification guide by Dr Mark Baine and Dave Harasti is the accumulation of 18 months work and several hundred hours spent underwater photographing and documenting the marine biodiversity of Bootless Bay, located just outside Port Moresby…
Beneath the Sea 2008 contest winners announced
The winning images of the Beneath the Sea 2008 Worldwide Underwater Photography/Video Competition have been announced, with many familiar names in the list of winners. The Best of Show was awarded to Mark Melnick for an image in the cenotes of Mexico.
All winning images will be shown at the Saturday night film festival during the weekend of Beneath the Sea‘s Ocean Adventure and Travel Exposition, March 28th, 29th and 30th, 2008, at the Meadowlands Exposition Center in Secaucus, New Jersey. Congratulations, all!