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News - November 2007

London Festival of Diving
Website of the Week - Gus Robson
SanDisk Red Sea - Shoot out winner
ITV wants your footage
North Sea Film Festival in the Netherlands
BSoUP's new Chairman - JP Trenque
BSoUP Focus On Final 2007
BSoUP Beginners Portfolio Competition
Website of the Week - Nick Robertson-Brown

SanDisk Red Sea World of Underwater Images
November BSoUP Meeting
Website of the Week - Gary Roberts
Festival de l'Image Sous-Marine, Neuchâtel
Belgrade International U/W Film Festival
BSoUP's Beginners Portfolio Competition
Underwater Journal
Underwater Photography Magazine
Website of the Week - Trevor Rees

BSoUP will be in attendance and, among the speakers, Linda Pitkin will offer her top tips on underwater photography.

Check out the timetable here

London Festival of Diving

Sunday 2 December, 9.30 a.m. - 4.30 p.m.

Divers in and around London are invited to the London Festival of Diving on Sunday 2 December at the London Welsh Centre, 157-163 Gray's Inn Rd, WC1 ­ a full-on day of kit, speakers, workshops and socialising. The centre is a ten minute walk from King's Cross station or Russell Square tube (see map), and a whole day's entertainment can be had for just £6.

Further details: www.londondivers.co.uk

Website of the Week - Gus Robson

Each week we are highlighting a BSoUP member's website. Gus Robson's is this week's choice.

Gus has lived on Arran for the past thirty three years and dived on Arran and elsewhere for the last seventeen.

If you are a BSoUP member and your website is not included on the BSoUP member's websites page, please send the URL of your site to the BSoUP Membership Secretary, Mike Russell

Subsequently your website will be added to the list. All we ask is that you provide a link on your website to http://www.bsoup.org

Gus Robson's Home page

SanDisk Red Sea World of Underwater Images

Shoot out winner - Arthur Telle Thlemann

At the recent SanDisk Red Sea World of Underwater Images competition in Eilat, Israel, Arthur Telle Thlemann (Spain) won the top prize of US$10,000 courtesy of SanDisk, 3 weeks diving for two in Papua New Guinea, with Walindi, Loloata Resorts and aboard Star Dancer plus return air tickets Singapore/Papua courtesy of Papua New Guinea Tourism Promotion Authority for his portfolio of five images taken in Eilat during the three days of the competition.

Full details at www.sandiskredsea.com/

ITV wants your footage

ITV has launched an online video channel in which amateur sports people can share homemade films of their sporting activities.

For divers, it could be footage of an unforgettable underwater encounter with a special marine creature - or, of course, some pre-dive foul-up on the boat! ITV also hopes that some films will impart useful skills information and coaching tips.

The site, called Grassroots Sport, is run as part of ITV Local, based on ITV's 11 community-based broadcasting regions. ITV Local already runs news, weather, films and documentaries on a regional basis.

To access Grassroots Sport, either to upload an entry or to view others, go to www.itvlocal.com

In an announcement dated 14 November, ITV said that for "the next three weeks there'll be a £500 cash prize on offer for the most popular videos". Selected films will be shown on some of ITV's other media outlets, including local TV news, as part of a Grassroots Sport promotion campaign.

North Sea Film Festival in the Netherlands

30 November - 2 December, 2007

The Submarine Foundation is proud to announce the first Dutch festival dedicated specifically to underwater video, the North Sea Film Festival.

Scheduled to be held at the Hague in the Netherlands from November 30 to December 2, 2007, the festival has received 85 underwater-themed entries in the two categories of 60 minutes and 20 minutes maximum lengths. Forty of these will be screened at the festival.

For further see: North Sea Film Festival

BSoUP's new Chairman - JP Trenque

At the AGM held on Wednesday this week Martha Tressler stood down as BSoUP's Chairman having served a maximum of three years allowed under the constitution. During her term of office Martha has done a huge amount to raise the profile of BSoUP notably with respect to the annual Splash-in and BSoUP's appearances at Dive Shows. Martha will be assuming the new role of Splash-in Co-ordinator.

JP Trenque, BSoUP's Publicity Officer, was elected as the new Chairman. JP is well known to those who attend meetings or enter competitions as he designed the online entry system on BSoUP's website and presents the competitions entries each month. He also set up the Members Forum on the website.

An IT professional, JP is also an accomplished underwater photographer having won numerous competitions both at home and abroad (see www.jptrenque.com)

Anthony Holley also retired as Treasurer, although he will continue in his role as Magazine Production Editor. Mike Russell has kindly agreed to take on the role of Treasurer as well as Membership Secretary.

For a full list of the year's BSoUP's Committee see Contacts.

BSoUP Focus On Final 2007

The first and second placed images from this year's monthly Focus on competitions went head to head last night in the final.

There were a total of 14 images and each was projected twice and the audience present invited to vote for their favourite three.

Congratulations to Shannon Conway, a BSoUP member now living in Australia, who won the Focus On Trophy and the fabulous new book 'REEF: Exploring the underwater world' by ScubaZoo, signed by the authors and donated by publisher Dorling Kindersley.

Results - top six images

Beginners Portfolio Competition for the DIVER Trophy

There was a record total of 49 portfolios submitted for last night's Beginners Portfolio Competition, although one of these (which came second with 38 points) had to be disallowed as we subsequently discovered that the photographer had previously come second in an international competition.

Congratulations to Anna James, this year's winner of the DIVER Trophy and a cheque for £100 kindly donated by DIVER magazine.

Results - the top six portfolios

Anna James' winning Beginners Portfolio

Website of the Week - Nick Robertson-Brown

Each week we are highlighting a BSoUP member's website. Nick Robertson-Brown's is this week's choice.

Nick runs Orca Divers 5* IDC Dive Centre in Manchester.

If you are a BSoUP member and your website is not included on the BSoUP member's websites page, please send the URL of your site to the BSoUP Membership Secretary, Mike Russell

Subsequently your website will be added to the list. All we ask is that you provide a link on your website to http://www.bsoup.org

SanDisk Red Sea World of Underwater Images, Eilat, Israel

The winner of this year's online competition is Levent Konuk from Turkey

Levant  has been invited to participate in the SanDisk Red Sea underwater 2007 competition, which starts today. He won the top prize: flight tickets to Eilat, 7 days accommodation and diving during the competition.

Six photographers reached the finals. In addition to Levent Konuk, these included Andrey Nekrasov from Ukraine, Christian Skauge from Norway, Filip Staes from Belgium and BSoUP members Derek Haslam and Mark Thomas from England. Well done guys!

The next online contest will begin on January 1st, 2008.

Crab by Levant Konuk, SanDisk Underwater
Photographer of the Year

Peter Rowlands

November BSoUP Meeting

Wednesday 21st November 2007 at 7.30 for 8.00 p.m. in The Holland Club, Imperial College, South Kensington, London SW7. Directions.

Annual General Meeting. We'll try and keep this short.

Focus On Final. First and second each month this year compete. The winner will receive a copy of the fabulous new book 'REEF: Exploring the underwater world' by ScubaZoo, signed by the authors and donated by publisher Dorling Kindersley

Beginners Portfolio Competition for the DIVER Trophy. We have already received 14 portfolios! Is your's one of them? Full details.

UK (Green Water) Photo Techniques by Peter Rowlands.

Peter is the editor of Underwater Photography Magazine (UwP) a free bimonthly magazine, available as a pdf download. A former BSoUP Chairman and current BSoUP member, Peter will discuss the challenges of taking images in Britain's green waters.

Website of the Week - Gary Roberts

Each week we are highlighting a BSoUP member's website. Gary Robert's is this week's choice.

Gary Roberts, a member of the NUJ, is a freelance photographer based in Manchester covering assignments throughout the UK and overseas.

If you are a BSoUP member and your website is not included on the BSoUP member's websites page, please send the URL of your site to the BSoUP Membership Secretary, Mike Russell

Subsequently your website will be added to the list. All we ask is that you provide a link on your website to http://www.bsoup.org

Festival de l'Image Sous-Marine, Neuchâtel, Switzerland.

Deadline: 15 November 2007

The next Festival de l'Image Sous-Marine takes place in 15-16 February 2008 in Neuchâtel. Entries are invited for the annual competiton which offers a total of 2,000 SF in prizes.

Further details: www.festisub.ch/index2.php?lang=en

BSoUP's Beginners Portfolio Competition for the DIVER trophy

Deadline: 22.00 hours GMT on Tuesday 20 November, 2007.

If you have never come first, second or third in a national or international underwater photographic competition then you are eligible to enter BSoUP's Beginners Portfolio Competition. whether or not you are a BSoUP member. The winner will receive the DIVER trophy and £100 donated by DIVER magazine.

All you need do is submit a portfolio of six images as a jpg file via our online entry form. But please read the Rules first.

Underwater Journal

The October/November issue of the FREE bi-monthly web based magazine is now available as a pdf download at www.underwaterjournal.com/

Issue 5 includes west Florida's Weeki Wachee Springs, Shearwater’s new Pursuit Computer, CoCoCheznaynay Scuba Tube socks, Diving medicine - PFOs, the Siren's song, California's San Clemente Island, Freedom Divers, the Olympus PT-E03 Housing and three gas computers.

Underwater Journal is edited by Walt Stearns.

Underwater Journal cover shot:
A mermaid at Weeki Wachee Springs
Photo by Walt Stearns

Underwater Photography Magazine - UwP

The November/December issue of the FREE bi-monthly web based magazine Underwater Photography (UwP) is now available as a pdf download at www.uwpmag.com/

Issue 39 includes Editorial, News & Travel,
New Products, Compact cameras, Nissan van, Bali East, Bay of Fundy, Big Red Sea, Shell Wildlife
Competition, Sorry Willy, Book review and Parting Shots.

The magazine is produced by former BSoUP Chairman and current member Peter Rowlands and includes articles by BSoUP members and others.

Website of the Week - Trevor Rees

Each week we are highlighting a BSoUP member's website. Trevor Rees' is this week's choice.

If you are a BSoUP member and your website is not included on the BSoUP member's websites page, please send the URL of your site to the BSoUP Membership Secretary, Mike Russell

Subsequently your website will be added to the list. All we ask is that you provide a link on your website to http://www.bsoup.org

Trevor Rees' Home page

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