Photography workshops 2010

Worldwide Dive and Sail have always been keen supporters of underwater photographers and design our yachts to accommodate photographer’s needs. We continue to sponsor underwater photography competitions including the Epson Red Sea World of Underwater Images.

We have had the pleasure of having some renowned names on our yachts from the world of underwater photography including Eric Cheng, Michael Aw, Aaron Wong and Todd Essick.

For the year 2010 we have more workshops than ever before and we would love for you to join us on one of them and see how easy and fun it can be to improve your photography. We welcome users of both compact digital cameras and digital SLR's.

Our yachts have dedicated preparation areas, plenty of charge points, storage areas, dedicated rinse tanks, computers in every cabin to allow you to download and edit your days work and a large plasma screen in the saloon to view and share your days pictures with your fellow guests.

If you would like to join one of the workshops, please contact us.

Gerald Nowak Photo Workshop

7th – 17th September 2010

SY Philippine Siren – South Visayas

Price 2,750 Euro pp Book by 31st August and receive a 20% discount!!!

Gerald Nowak works regurlarly as a professional Photographer for many different Travel and Special Interest Magazines as well as Internet Portals and online Travel Agents.

Gerald began diving in 1980 and and in 1990 with Underwater Photography. He is a CMAS Diving Instructor (Instructor Trainer, Nitrox Instructor) Trimix and Rebreather diver. He has dived on an uncountable number of wrecks and his main passions are rarely encountered sea creatures, free diving and ice diving.

During his tenure as photographer for the German underwater magazines TAUCHEN, SILENT WORLD, ATLANTIS and other German and also International magazines (e.g. Asian Diver, Scuba Diver) Gerald has conducted many regular photography workshops. He specialises in teaching the practical application of Lighting technology, super wide angle and also super macro photography techniques for beginners up to professional level. The course is conducted in a friendly and comfortable atmosphere and includes a high level of personal mentoring and support. During the cruise each participant will have the opportunity to dive with Gerald 1:1 thereby recieving tips and assistance during the dive. There are no longwinded theory lectures, instead you will recieve one on one and personalized instruction dependant on your level and goals.

To aks specific questions you can contact Gerald Nowak at the following web address: www.unterwasser-bild.de

Gerald Rambert & Kitty Jempson Photography Workshop

29th September – 9th October 2010

SY Philippine Siren – South Visayas

Limited to 12 spaces

Price 2,750 Euro pp 

Kitty and Gerald have run very successful workshops with us for the past two years in Komodo and we are very happy to have them running a third in 2010 in the Philippines. Their workshops are relaxed, fun and informal and open to novices or those with more experience. Whether you have a digital compact camera or a dSLR, you will return having learnt and improved your underwater photography.

Kitty (http://www.underseaimages.co.uk/Site/Home.html) started diving in 1997 and did an Art Foundation course in Manchester soon after learning to dive and has always been a passionate amateur photographer. It took Kitty about 5 years of research (and savings) to buy her first camera housing - a Subal housing for a Nikon F801s. Kitty absolutely loved it from the word go. It was a steep learning curve however - with diving limited to only one, perhaps two holidays a year, and no results until she returned home. In 2005 Kitty finally went digital and bought a Nikon D200 and a Subal housing. For many years Kitty owned and ran a dive shop in London.

Gerald (http:// This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) from Mauritius spent his youth in the north part of the island surrounded by nature and sugar cane field. Gerald had always been passionate about the underwater world and soon he started to build aquariums and became an active free-diver. Gerald started working for a diving centre, where he met Mathieu Meur, a respected underwater photographer, who he bought his first camera from, a Canon Powershot A20. Since then Gerald has won World CMAS Championship, Silver Medal (Macro), ADEX Photographer of the Year, Silver Medal (Best Behaviour) and Mauritian National champion 2007/08/09. Gerald has also published his own book, Mauritius Underwater and has been published in a number of magazines worldwide. Gerald now uses a Nikon D300.

Kees Opstal Photo Workshop

21st to 31st December 2010

SY Philippine Siren – Boracay to Coron

Price 2,750 Euro pp

Kees (35), began diving in 1999, and as an amateur photographer, he took his first camera underwater the year after. After 3 analogue years, he fully embraced the digital area as of 2004. Capturing the light underwater and the record the feeling of diving, is what Kees drives underwater.

His test grounds are the Dutch murky waters were visibility is more rare than usual, so it is the ideal place to push lighting scenarios to the limit. In his homewaters Kees is always exploring and testing new ideas and gear to refine his skills.

In 2006 and 2007 Kees won the official Dutch Underwater Photography Championship. Ever since he writes articles about underwater photography and travelling for the Dutch magazine “Duiken” and is a freelance photographer for several travel magazines, websites and stockagencies.

Kees runs workshops in underwater photography for those wishing to explore the possibilities of underwater photography and create own ideas and inspiration. Like no other, Kees knows how to let people find their own rhythm in photography. Underwater photography should be like breathing; you should not think about f-stops and settings underwater. You just know your configurations for the desired results. Only then you will have your mind free to become creative.

In his workshops Kees will let you use the possibilities. The emphasis lies on capturing the light and creating and discovering your own style.

www.kopstal.nl