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News - February 2003
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BSoUP
Newsletter in focus No. 75
www.UnderwaterPhotography.com
2003 photo contest winners
Sea and Sea DX-3000 digital underwater
camera
Underwater Photography - a web based magazine
Gates new video housings
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Shores of
Silence - Whalesharks of India
An exhibition of underwater photographs by Mark
Webster
BSoUP Meeting - Wednesday 19 February
David Chandler, SEA and SEA, offers use of pool
to BSoUP members
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BSoUP Newsletter in
focus No. 75
The winter issue of in focus, delayed by circumstances,
Ken's move, and his computer crash, is back from the printers and
should tumble through member's letter boxes shortly.
This issue includes meetings
reports, an article on the Splash-in 2002 by Andy Clark, an article
by Pat Morrissey on his experiences in Catalina Island, California
photographing garibalbis in kelp forest and blue sharks in the open
ocean, an article by Lesley Maw with a personal account of her
developing underwater photographic skills, a report on the Blue
Dolphin of Malta plus other news, classifieds, programme and
committee contacts list.
If you aren't a member and would
like to receive copies of in
focus, why not join
BSoUP?
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www.UnderwaterPhotography.com 2003 photo contest
winners
The winners of the
www.UnderwaterPhotography.com 2003 photo contest have just been
announced.
Check out the winning entries
at...
www.underwaterphotography.com/
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Winners include BSoUP members:
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Alexander Mustard (Gold -
Macro and Gold - Under/Over)
Len Deeley (Silver - Macro and
Silver - Wrecks).
Congratulations!
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Sea and Sea DX-3000
digital underwater camera
Carlsbad, CA (Feb. 25, 2003) Sea and Sea USA, the global leader in underwater imaging gear, has
released the new DX-3000 digital underwater camera. This
highly-anticipated product combines the convenience and quality of
digital photo technology, with the advanced design features and
dependability underwater photographers have come to expect from Sea
and Sea products.
Further details: www.seaandsea.com/
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Cover photo: © Jurgen
Brauer
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Underwater Photography - a web based
magazine - latest issue free!
Underwater Photography is a web
magazine edited by Peter Rowlands with articles by
BSoUP members and others.
The February/March 2003 issue of
Underwater Photography (UwP no. 11) is now available for download
free at Underwater
Photography.
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Gates new video
housings
San Diego, California February
17, 2003. Gates Underwater Products today announces the new MC200 and
F717 housings, specifically designed for the Canon Optura 200mc/MVX2i
camcorders and Sony F717 camera, respectively. Both new housing
introductions are instilled with Gates legendary reliable
construction, yet contain rich new features appealing to a wide
variety of users.
The MC200 housing is rooted in
the popular PC-series housing from Gates, which allow the camera LCD
to be open as the underwater viewfinder no need to buy extra external
monitors to capture stunning images. A tiny traveler, the MC200
requires little luggage space, yet can accommodate the largest Canon
battery for maximum shooting time. And the MC200 has fingertip
controls for easy, effortless imaging.
Further details: www. GatesHousings.com
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Shores of Silence -
Whalesharks of India
ARKive Theatre, 3rd
Floor, At-Bristol
Thursday 20th February
7:30pm
Another chance to see this
Wildscreen 2000 award-winning film which has never been screened on
UK television, yet has been instrumental in changing the world. Whale
sharks are the largest fish in the ocean, found in warm tropical
waters.
Every year thousands of these
enigmatic giants were being killed for their liver oil and meat.
Indian film makers risked not only all of their equipment in a small
fishing boat but their lives too, to reveal the killing of hundreds
of whale sharks on the western Indian coastline. Setting out to raise
awareness of this carnage, the film helped change Indian law, with
the killing banned and the whale shark now protected in India. We
will be joined by Sarah Fowler, Head of IUCN's Shark Specialist
Group.
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Wildscreenings -
Bristol
An unmissable series of hosted
film screenings from the ARKive library, spanning 60 years of natural
history filmmaking. Each event will last for approx 90 minutes and
will take place in the intimate 80 seat ARKive Theatre, 3rd Floor,
At-Bristol
For further information contact
info@wildscreen.org.uk
or call 0845 345 1235.
URL: http://www.wildscreen.org.uk/wildscreenings.htm
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An exhibition of
underwater photographs by Mark Webster
An exhibition of underwater
photographs by Mark Webster will take place between 11 Janury - 1
March 2003 at the Municipal Buildings, The Moor, Falmouth,
Cornwall.
Mark is a world class underwater
photographer and the author of The Art and Technique of Underwater
Photography. published in 2001 by Fountain Press
Limited.
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BSoUP Meeting -
Wednesday 19 February
Usual venue - Holland
Club
The February meeting of the
Society will take place on the 19th in the usual venue at the
Holland Club, Imperial College,
South Kensington.
This month, we are delighted to
present two extremely highly respected and knowledgeable speakers.
They will address realistic and practical ways in which we can apply
more consideration to our photography to achieve better
and more successful pictures.
Photo
Technique: PAT MORRISSEY - 'Composition in
Close-up'
Pat has historically favoured
wide-angle shots, with considerable success both in competitions and
magazine publications. However, recently his interest in macro
possibilities gained momentum. Pat quickly recognised the mistaken
assumption that macro work involves little or no compositional
effort. He will explore ways in which, rather than pre-setting the
camera for close up and clicking away regardless, much greater care
and thought can be applied concerning overall photograph shape,
layout, background etc.
Pat is the society secretary and
a familiar and popular character at the meetings. His hint of an
Irish brogue and sometimes irreverent delivery style are always well
received and this month will no doubt be no exception!
Focus On
Competition: Swimming Pool Shots
Competition rules. Don't forget you can
always enter by post! Also see Sea and Sea's offer of free pool use
below!
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Main Event:
LINDA DUNK - 'Genesis - the birth of a picture'
Linda will be describing the
process by which a selection of her pictures became a tangible
reality - from conception, through work-in-progress development to
the final shot. Some of these pictures relate to very common UWP
subjects, locations and situations, and Linda will be stressing the
problems associated with, and suggesting possibilities for trying to
maximise potential and aim for something a bit different with
'hackneyed old subject matter'. Linda considers that not all of the
final pictures are satisfactory or successful in terms of the
original idea, and she is hoping this will allow the audience to
interact with her and offer some feedback.
Linda is a past chairman of
BSoUP. Among many awards and prizes, Linda won the BSoUP Open
Portfolio Competition in 1994, 1995, 1996 and again recently in
2002. Linda has
given numerous presentations on underwater photography and her work
has appeared in a variety of publications. She also runs underwater
photography teaching courses on
location. Linda is currently showcasing her work until 29th January,
along with last month's speaker Tony White, at a gallery exhibition in South
London.
While we realise the London
meetings are not easily accessible to all our members, we feel it
important to keep everyone informed of what is going on in the
society in terms of events. Don't forget that remote postal entries
can be made to the Focus On
Competitions.
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David Chandler, SEA and
SEA, offers use of pool to BSoUP members
We are located in sunny Paignton
Devon, just a few minutes from the sea. Accommodation is very
inexpensive at this time of the year, and we open the pool 7 days a
week. En suite rooms can be booked for as little as £17.00 per night
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There is room for several
photographers to work in the pool and we can vary the colour of the
underwater lights, this can give some great underwater
effects.
The BBC have used the pool to
film TV programs and have found it ideal.
In addition visitors can see the
complete range of SEA and SEA imaging equipment.
I look forward to welcoming
BSoUP members here who want to enter the [February Swimming pool
shots] competition.
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SEA and SEA LIMITED
Philip House Aspen Way
Paignton Devon
TQ4 7QR
Telephone: +44 (0)1803 663012
Facsimile: +44 (0)1803 663003
Email:info@sea-sea.com
URL: http://www.sea-sea.com/
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