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Special Interest Diving Holidays
Departures : 1st – 8th October
South Safari
5 spaces left with flights from Manchester or London price is from 899 UK Pounds
Workshop fee 100 pounds extra
(Depending on flight
costs /departure airport at time of booking)
Mark Webster's Photographic Workshops are open to anyone who owns an underwater camera and has a desire to improve the quality of the picture they are taking. You don't need to own thousands of pounds worth of lenses and strobes to benefit from Mark's years of professional underwater photography.
Photo Workshops in detail
Mark
Webster is a world class underwater photographer and an established
Photo-Journalist who writes regularly for the major diving magazines. He has
enjoyed great success in competitions and has been selected four times to
represent Great Britain at The CMAS World Championships of Underwater
Photography winning silver and bronze medals. Numerous other successes include
the BBC/British Gas Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition and in the
Agfa Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition.
Mark's own books include "The Art and Technique of Underwater
Photography" (Fountain Press) and “Diving and Snorkelling Belize”
(Lonely Planet) and he has made major contributions to numerous other titles.
Mark has been hosting liveaboard-based underwater photography workshops in the
North and the South of the Red Sea for the past fourteen years.
The digital day has finally dawned for most of us. It has also become increasing difficult to get E6 chemicals reliably in Egypt and these combined facts sadly will now exclude the processing of films on board. This of course does not preclude film users at all and the same level of attention and advice will be available to users of both media. The techniques for both film and digital vary very little, the big difference is what you do with the image after the dive. The themed presentations will be suitable for you no matter what your media choice.
The October Workshop will be exploring the South red sea on board M.Y. Blue Planet 1. This smaller intimate vessel gives the ideal surroundings for the workshop. She is spacious with 7 twin cabins all with en-suite facilities, air conditioning and 240 volt power in all cabins 24 hours a day. She is stable and quiet, has a well laid out dive deck, a 4.8m RIB tender and all navigational & safety aids. All this makes for very easy and comfortable diving with plenty of space for photographers to spread out – the maximum group size is ten.
Joining an underwater photography course or workshop with Mark will give you the
opportunity of working with one of the UK's foremost photographers in a relaxed
atmosphere and amongst a group who all have the common interest of taking
pictures underwater. Groups are small to allow individual needs to be covered on
a one to one basis and the aim is to achieve an improvement in your photography
during the week and maybe even produce a competition-winning picture!
The workshops are designed to be informal with the emphasis on individual development at your own pace assisted by presentations on key topics. Ask as many questions as you like or do your own thing if you prefer - there will be no pressure and the whole group is dedicated to the common goal of photography.
You will need to bring all your own camera equipment. If there are techniques that you wish to experiment with but lack equipment then consider hiring before we depart. Look at the classifieds in Diver magazine or contact the suppliers in Mark’s departure notes.
You will need to bring all your own diving equipment with you. Tanks and lead are on the boat. Clothing on the boat is very informal - T-shirts and shorts during the day and as we are in the south these are also suitable for the evenings.
8 day tour includes direct flights to Marsa Alam, transfers to join the boat, 7 nights full board including soft drinks, 6 days diving and the workshop (price is 100 UK sterling pounds) and fast track entry visa.
A comment by Bartosz Stróżyński
Early 2006 I decided to participate in underwater photo workshop with intention to benchmark and develop my underwater photography skills. I scanned internet and I selected Mark Webster Red Sea workshop as the best option form me. It was a really big step for me, first time on Red Sea and in addition, a trip organized by a foreign company. Now, I can say, it was perfect choice. Great service, friendly people and plenty of nice pictures with this very special one, called “Strong Impression”, being awarded the second place in the workshop competition making this trip very special for me. All my pictures ware made with Canon Ds1 Mark II housed with Seacam.
I strongly recommend this workshop for all of you
.
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