News - November 2003

BSoUP Beginners Portfolio Competition
Image 2003 Winners
BSoUP Meeting Wednesday 19 November
A step by step guide to underwater video by

John Boyle - New book
Naval and Maritime Photo Contest
Antibes Festival 2003 Winners
Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2003

BSoUP Beginners Portfolio Competition for the DIVER Trophy

Congratulations to Samantha Bean who won this year's BSoUP Beginners Portfolio Competition for the DIVER Trophy.

There were 17 portfolios entered. Runner-up was Isabella Nash and third place went to Justin Spray.

Full details will appear here soon.

Image 2003 Winners

Eleventh International Festival of Underwater Photography and Film.

Sponsored and organised by DIVER Magazine in association with the British Society of Underwater Photographers

Congratulations to all the winners at Image 2003.

Link to DIVER Magazine

BSoUP Meeting Wednesday 19 November at 7.30 for 8.00 p.m.

This month, we have taken advantage of an extremely exciting opportunity and are thrilled to be hosting one of the greatest underwater photographers in the world. Amos Nachoum has kindly accepted our invitation to speak at the
November meeting, his very demanding schedule permitting.

Amos is a true adventurer, his imagination and breathtaking images spanning an awesome array of continents and animals. If it is big, elusive and photographically challenging in the extreme, Amos has either captured the shot or is working on it.

For more than twenty years, Amos's explorations have been featured by National Geographic, the BBC, and the Discovery Channel.

His photo essays have been published among others in National Geographic, Outdoor
Photographer, Sport Diver, BBC Wildlife, Men's Journal, Time, Life, and Conde Nast Traveller. His presentation style is both charismatic and
inspiring and if you can attend, you will not be disappointed.

The November meeting will also include the A.G.M., starting at 8.00 p.m. sharp, followed by the Beginners Portfolio Competition. If you wish to enter then please ensure that you submit your entry before 8.00 p.m. to avoid disappointment.

The Focus On final has been postponed to December!

As last month, when our guest speaker was Kurt Amsler, I would be grateful for an indication of your potential attendance.

Gill McDonald

New book - A step by step guide to underwater video by John Boyle

This is a much needed and totally comprehensive book covering every stage of underwater video - from those crucial decisions on what equipment to buy through to valuable information on how to actually produce a film and sell your work. Fun to read, and illustrated by personal anecdotes and hints from the author it is the book that everyone who uses a video camera underwater or is thinking of doing one day should read.

Further details www.sharkbayfilms.com/home.html

Naval and Maritime Photo Contest

$500 First Prize, and a one-year membership in the Naval Institute
$350 Second Prize, and a one-year membership in the Naval Institute
$250 Third Prize, and a one-year membership in the Naval Institute
$100 each Fifteen Honorable Mentions

Topic: Naval or maritime subject, not limited to calendar year of contest
Open to: All amateur and professional photographers
Deadline: 31 December

Antibes Festival 2003 Winners

Congratulations to Zena Holloway who won the Plongeur d'Argent and Prix de la Meillure Adaptation Musicale for her film 'Watermark' and the Prix de la Publicite et l'Image Sous-Marine and Palme d'Or for her ad. for 'O'Neill footwear' at this year's Antibes Festival.

Congratulations also to John Boyle and Fionn Crow Howieson who won the Palme d'Argent for their film 'Undersea homes'.

Results

Further details at Wetpixel.com

Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2003

Winners in the Underwter World category in the prestigious annual Wildlife Photographer of the Year include Manu San Félix, Pete Atkinson,
Steve Smithson, Darryl Torckler, Linda Dunk and Thomas Haider.

The competition is organised by BBC Wildlife Magazine and The Natural History Museum.