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 East Midflands Underwater
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EMUP - Next Meeting
The East Midlands Underwater
Photographers restart their monthly meetings on Tuesday 4th
October downstairs in Nemo's Bar at Stoney Cove. The
meetings starts at 7:30 p.m. sharp
Shetland: 4 EMUPers dive 60 degrees
North by Tim Priest, Gordon Brown, Tony Neal and Rob
Cuss
Competition: On my holidays
EMUP is a collective of underwater photographers,
underwater film makers, divers, non-divers and anyone interested in
natural history. We aim to promote the fantastic underwater world and
in doing so we aim to inspire people to take up diving, learn more,
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EMUP launched in October 2007 and is now in it's
fifth year.
EMUP organises eight monthly talks on the first
Tuesday evening of the month starting in October. Each month they
offer a talker on a given subject and a light hearted competition on
a relevant theme to that month's talk. This is nothing serious, just
the opportunity to show off your work. We aim to promote new
photographers and so each month our competition will include a
beginner's catagory. |
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NUPG Splash-in 2011
Congratulations to Jason Gregory
who was the Macro and Overall Winner in the Northern Underwater
Photographic Group's annual Splash-in this year.
The event was held at Treaddhur Bay, Anglesey on
3rd, September 2011 in awful conditions with rain all day and low
visibility.
The competition will be reviewed at the next NUPG
meeting on October 3rd at The Gurkha Grill Burton Road, Didsbury,
Manchester, M20 2LH (Map),
For further details of NUPG and its activities
please visit www.nupg.org.uk/
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NUPG Splash-in Winner ©Jason
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Anima Mundi - Issue 4 |
Anima Mundi - Latest
issue
The latest issue of the FREE Anima
Mundi by Andrea and Antonella Ferari is now
available for download.
Andrea and Antonella Ferrari are the
husband-and-wife team who authored the ground-breaking, best selling
guidebooks A Diver's Guide to Reef Life, A Diver's Guide
to Underwater Malaysia Macrolife and A Diver's Guide to the
Art of Underwater Photography - plus many others.
andquot;This is our best issue yet, featuring the
debut on our pages of Brazilian biologist Edelcio
Muscat and Canadian bird photographer extraordinaire
David Hemmings. Contents also include Part 2 of our
fully detailed trip report from Selva Verde Nature Reserve in Costa
Rica, a stunning personal photographic portfolio by biologist
Alejandro Arteaga and an in-depth, richly
illustrated essay on tropical Mantis Shrimps, those fascinating and
highly evolved predatory crustaceans.andquot;
To download your copy please visit www.animamundimag.com/
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Epson Red Sea 2011
Your Perfect Excuse for a Vacation in the Red
Sea
Take an exciting one-week break from your daily
routine in the crystal clear water of the Red Sea. Meet people, dive,
photograph fish, party all night long and maybe even win some prizes.
This year- your chances are 3 times higher!
The Epson Red Sea event is celebrating its 7th
year in a row in Eilat, Israel. It is known worldwide as the
International Underwater Photography Olympics and will take
place this year in November 13-19 . The shoot-out days will be
carried out in November 14-16 .
Register now at http://eilatredsea.com/
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Alex Tattersall's Lionfish |
Alex Tattersall wins Oonasdivers
Competition
The winner of the Oonasdivers photo competition
featured on the front and back cover of our 2012 brochure is that
Nauti-boy Dr Alex Tattersall. He receives a Red Sea
diving holiday! Well done Alex!
Pick up your copy of the new brochure at The
Birmingham Dive Show on 23/24 October or request a copy by contacting
info@oonasdivers.com
For further details please visit
www.oonasdivers.com/
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Nikon's new mirrorless camera
The biggest news this week was, of course, the
launch of Nikon's mirrorless, interchangeable-lens camera system. The
Nikon 1 system uses what the company is calling a 'CX' sized sensor,
making it about half the size of the sensors in the Four Thirds
cameras but still four times the size of the sensor in most consumer
compacts. And it's this latter consideration that is significant
since, (eye-watering) price aside, the J1 and V1 appear to be aimed
at the kinds of the kind of buyers who want more capability than
their compacts can offer but don't want a DSLR.
The launch has prompted a vicious backlash on both
the forums and comments sections of the site. The high price,
surprisingly large bodies and relatively small sensor being the main
targets. We have to presume that Nikon has made this choice because
the small sensor should mean very high-speed data transfers and
lenses with small, light elements that make it easier to provide
really fast contrast-detection autofocus. At least in the short-term
it looks like Nikon believes keen photographers are better-served by
DSLRs.
Further details www.dpreview.com/
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Joe Daniels |
Website of the Week - Joe
Daniels
Each week we are highlighting a BSoUP Member's
website. This week's choice is Joe Daniels.
Joe's underwater photography has developed through
his love for the marine world which began on a 6 month marine
conservation project in the Seychelles. He then spent over 2 years in
New Zealand and Australia, a year of this was working with Manta Rays
and Whale Sharks on the Ningaloo Reef off Western Australia. Joe
returned to the Seychelles for 3 months as a volunteer on the Marine
Conservation Society Seychelles (MCSS) Whale Shark
Monitoring Project.
Although he is a Divemaster he finds freediving his
preferred method of taking pictures. Joe hopes to continue working
with these gentle giants around the world promoting their
conservation through his photography.
Joe currently lives in the Seychelles and works for
Global Vision International on a Marine Conservation Project.
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British Wildlife Photography Awards
2011
The winning image of a jellyfish was captured by
Richard Shucksmith. His photo was taken at Sula Sgeir (meaning Gannet
Rock) a small uninhabited Scottish island, 41 miles north of Lewis.
The inhospitable area is home to exposed islands sustaining an
astounding variety of marine life. The remoteness of these islands,
as well as the challenge that comes with visiting them, makes
Richard's incredible photo all the more special.
Greg Armfield, Photography and Film Manager from
WWF said "A truly beautiful shot of a jellyfish that perfectly
captures its iridescent colours and magical qualities. All the more
remarkable that it exists in UK waters. Fantastic."
Competition judge Paul Wilkinson, Head of Living
Landscape for The Wildlife Trusts, said "We are delighted to see
how many people from around the UK were inspired by the competition
to explore nature in their local area. This year's entries reflected
a real passion, and affection, for local wildlife. This competition
is a special opportunity to give the natural world that surrounds us
the recognition, and reverence, it deserves."
The winners and a selection of commended entries can be
viewed here.
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Overall winner: Jellyfish © Richard
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San Francisco Ocean Festival |
9th Annual San Francisco Ocean
Festival
7-11 March , 2012
The 9th Annual San Francisco Ocean Film Festival is
soliciiting films to be screeened over a five day period to thousands
of ocean and film lovers who will be headed to San Francisco for this
annual event. Filmmakers from around the world have come to know
SFOFF as the premier ocean film festival.
Featuring over 50 critically acclaimed independent
films, chosen from over 150 submissions, the films offer a rare and
unique opportunity to learn about the vital importance of the world's
ocean and participate in panel discussions, filmmaker Q&A
sessions and special screenings unique to our film festival.
For full details please visit http://www.oceanfilmfest.org/
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Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer
of the Year exhibition
21 October 2011 - 11 March
2012
Open 10.00 - 17.50
daily
Book tickets
now
This world-renowned yearly exhibition
at the Natural History Museum provides a spotlight on the rarely seen
wonders of the natural world.
From 21 October, enter an atmospheric
space inside the exhibition gallery and be inspired by this year's
competition winners. The images are selected from 1000s of
international entries and are beautifully displayed in sleek backlit
installations.
Ticket prices
Adults £9
Child and concession £4.50
Family £24
Free to Members, Patrons and children
aged 3 and under
Nearest tube: South Kensington
Visitor enquiries: +44 (0)20 7942 500
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Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer of the
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Epson Red Sea - Last chance to vote |
Epson Red Sea - Last chance to vote for the Photographer of
the Year
The deadline for voting for the Epson Red Sea
Photographer of the Year 2011 is Monday 26th
September.
There are a total of 15 finalists each with three
images placed ib the top 3 in each of the months April to October
2011.
Voting will be divided
accordingly: 30% of all points - by registered online
voters. 70% of all points will be given by 5 Judges 'The 3 winners
will be the photographers who receives the highest combined score
from the 5 Judges and the online voters.
Flights, accommodation (BB) and
diving costs of the Photographer of the Year will all be covered, in
order to enable this winner to participate at the Epson Red Sea 2011
shoot-out in Eilat.
To vote please go to http://eilatredsea.com/
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BSoUP's Underwater Excellence Competition
Results
Congratulations to Jane Morgan who
was the winner of this year's Underwater Excellence Portfolio
Competition. She won the UnderwaterExcellence tropy and a cheque for
£250 donated by Dive Quest. See Jane Morgan's U/W
Excellence Portfolio for more details.
Jane's portfolio comprised images of Bottlenose
Dolphins taken in the Red Sea, a baby loggerhead turtle taken in the
Bahamas and Whip Gobies taken in Manado. Jane uses a Nikon 300S and
all three of her images were taken using a 16mm lens.
Second place went to Martyn Guess
for his portfolio comprising a a nudibranch taken in Kima Bajo, a
diver at Boo Window in Raja Ampat and a pink anemone taken at Raja
Ampat using a Nikon D300 with macro and wide-angle lenses.
Third place went to Saeed Rashid
for his portfolio comprising an image of seals taken in the Farne
Islands, a nudibrach on a light box taken in the UK and a Red Sea
jellyfish.
Unfortunately neither Jane nor Saeed were present
at the meeting to enjoy their respective acheivements.
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Jane Morgan ©
Bottlenose Dolphins in the Red Sea
Nikon D300S with a 16mm lens |

Jane Morgan ©
Ababy loggerhead turtle taken in the Bahamas
Nikon D300S with a 16mm lens |
A total of 32 portfolios were submitted for the
competition. Twelve of these were pre-selected for projection by a
panel comprising Martin Edge, Linda
Pitkin, Martha Tressler and Brian
Pitkin. The judges choices were collated by JP
Trenque, who also prepared the excellent slideshow for
projection at the meeting.
In addition to the top three the following
portfolios were pre-selected for projection:- Gareth Millson,
Nick Robertson-Brown, Joss Woolf, Paul Morgan, Georgette Douwma,
Trevor Rees, Keith Lyall, Debi Henshaw and Paul
Colley.
'Pre-selecting 12 portfolios was a very difficult
task as the standard was overall high' said Brian
Pitkin. 'The top and bottom half dozen portfolios were easy
to identify, it was those in between that were most challenging'.
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All of the portfolios were
projected to the audience of about 100 BSoUP Members and guests
present who were invited to vote for their favouriie three. And their
task was even more difficult than the judges, who had as much time as
they needed over the preceeding weekend to make their
pre-selection.
How the top six scored:-
Position |
Photographer |
Points |
Firsts |
1 |
Jane Morgan |
78 |
12 |
2 |
Martyn Guess |
64 |
13 |
3 |
Saeed
Rashid |
36 |
9 |
4 |
Gareth
Millson |
34 |
5 |
5 |
Nick
Robertson-Brown |
33 |
4 |
6 |
Joss
Woolf |
30 |
7 |
Click on a name above to view enlarged with full
details.
The top 6 portfolios may be viewed in the Gallery.
If any of the entrants who were pre-selected and
not listed would like to know how they fared please contact Brian Pitkin.
BSoUP Members only may view all of
the entries in the Competition
slideshow, but you will be asked to login if you haven't already
done so this session.
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Jane Morgan ©
Whip Gobies taken in Manado
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Next month BSoUP is holding its annual Bets of
British Portfolio Competition. The Competition is now open to
Members only for entries via the Competition Entries page. A
portfolio must comprise of 3 images. Please read the Rules before
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Image © Pete Bullen |
BSoUP / DIVER Print
Competition
Ocean Leisure Cameras confirm
sponsorship
We are delighted to announce that London-based
Ocean
Leisure Cameras have agreed to sponsor the competition this
year.
Ocean Leisure Cameras have generously donated a
voucher for £250 to spend at Ocean Leisure or Ocean Leisure
Cameras plus a pair of tickets to one of their forthcoming Sunday
afternoon in-store training sessions worth £100 for the winner of the
Advanced British and Irish Print category.
Other sponsors of this year's competition include
Oonasdivers, DIVER magazine, Mike's Dive Store and The Wildlife
Trusts
All underwater photographers are invited to submit
prints to the Competition. The best 80 will be mounted and displayed
at the Dive Show at the NEC, Birmingham, where the public will be
invited to vote for their favourites in each of four categories. The
overall winner will be judged by an independent panel.
The competition deadline is 1st
October.
For full details of the competition please visit
www.bsoup.org/
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Oceania Dive and Ecotourism
Expo
7-9 October, 2011
RNA Showgrounds, Brisbane,
Australia
The Oceania Dive and Ecotourism Expo (ODEX) is a
spring consumer and trade show that is co-hosted with Blue Edge, an
international freediving and spearfishing symposium and the 5th
annual Underwater Festival. This event will be a family friendly
3-day extravaganza of product showcases, media launches and seminars
relating to scuba diving, water sports, sustainable and adventure
travel, underwater imaging, freediving, spearfishing, and marine
conservation
Other Special Features Include IFandSN Blue Water
Hunting Forum International Dive and Ecotourism Travel Hall Marine
Science and Conservation Hubs More than 40 Seminar Presentations
Cosplay@ODEX Competition Lucky Door Prizes Social and Networking
events Underwater Festival Top 100 image display and much more.
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Cover photo: Starfish © Dan Bolt |
BSoUP magazine - Latest issue
The latest issue of BSoUP's magazine has now been
sent to all members.
Issue 96 includes: Edtorial by
Joss Woolf, Under the Spotlight - Georgette Douwma
by Joss Woolf, Nuwieba - a photographers training
ground by Keith Lyall, Bull Sharks in Fiji by
Malcolm Nobbs, British Underwater Photography
Championship with winners and judges comments, In the field - with
the Raggies in South Africa by Gavin Parsons, Going
Solo by Alex Tatttersall, Some thoughts on composite
images by Trevor Rees, Photographing Boule Bay
[Jersey] by Jeremy Cuff, BSoUP Officers, 2011.
This latest issue was edited by Joss
Woolf, with the assistance of Paul Morgan
and Mike Russell and produced by Gavin
Parsons, to whom BSoUP extends its sincere
thanks.
If you would like to receive printed copies of
in focus, as and when it is published, then why not
join BSoUP.
The deadline for submission of articles, images and
ads for the Winter issue is 14th October, 2011. Please send all copy
to Joss Woolf at josswoolf@hotmail.com
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BSoUP - September Meeting
The next BSoUP meeting takes place
on Wednesday, 21st September 2011 at 7.30 for 8.00
p.m. at our usual venue the Holland Club, Imperial College, South
Kensington, London, SW7 5BD. New and prospective new members will be
welcomed from 7.30 p.m. See Welcome
Main Event: An evening with Martin Edge. 'Common Faults
and Edge Fixes' (Part 1)
Underwater
Excellence: A portfolio of 3 images. The Competition is
now closed. The Winner will receive £250 courtesy of DiveQuest. BSoUP
Members only may view all of the entries in the Competition Slideshow, but you will be asked to
log in if you haven't already done so this session.
Main Event:An evening with Martin Edge. 'Common Faults
and Edge Fixes' (Part 2).
If you have entries for the BSoUP / DIVER
Prints Competition 2011 you may hand them in on the night.
Full
details
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JAUniverse - Jeremy and Amanda Cuff |
Website of the Week - Jeremy and Amanda
Cuff
Each week we are highlighting a BSoUP Member's
website. This weeks choice is JAUniverse, the website of Jeremy and
Amanda Cuff.
Since 1999, Jeremy and Amanda have developed
considerable skills in both photography and writing through practical
"in the field" experimentation and by attending various courses
culminating in A-Level Photography Grade "A"s.
As underwater photographers they have studied with
the UK's foremost teacher Martin Edge here in the UK and also in the
Caribbean, Hawaii, the Egyptian Red Sea. They've also taken tuition
with Kurt Amsler, a world renowned underwater photographer based in
the south of France.
For further details please visit www.ja-universe.com/index.htm
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Editor recruited for SCUBA - BSAC's new
magazine
The British Sub-Aqua Club (BSAC)
and publishers TRMG are pleased to announce that the editor of their
new magazine, SCUBA, is the award-winning diving journalist Simon
Rogerson. Formerly the editor of DIVE
magazine, Rogerson has worked in the diving industry for 12 years and
is a winner of the Professional Publishers' Association's editor of
the year. Within a new structure he will work closely with BSAC to
create SCUBA, a brand new diving magazine with a strong emphasis on
British diving and the club system.
When the first edition of SCUBA is launched in
November it will instantly become the UK market leader, the
biggest-selling diving title delivered directly to the country's most
avid divers.
To read more plese visit http://library.bsac.com/
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Guide to Tropical Marine Fish - Volume
1 |
Guide to Tropical Marine Fish iPad
app
Andrea and Antonella Ferrari have announced the
release of an app series for the iPad 2 entitled a "Guide to
Tropical Marine Fish." Volume 1 has now been released, with the
series eventually comprising a total of 5 separate apps, each
featuring 100 species with full-screen photos and a detailed info
file describing common and scientific names, distribution, size,
habitat, color, pattern, life habits and identification features.
The first app (from whale shark to ocelot grouper)
is available now via the Apple app store, with the further 4 to follow in
October/November. Versions for iPad 1 will be available soon and an
iPhone version will have its release date announced in 2012. Adam
Hanlon,
Wetpixel.
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Wildlife in 3D
The Stereoscopic Society
12 November 2011 at 2.00pm for
2.30pm
St Pancras Church Hall, Lancing Street, London, NW1
1NA. (see Maps)
The provisional programme includes the
following:-
Latrabjarg (Puffins); Icelandic
seabirds including razorbills and puffins. African Wildlife; Kenya,
Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia and The Gambia. Tanzania Safari. Sea Life
of Mexico; whales, dolphins and sealions. Antarctic Odyssey;
Falklands, South Georgia Antarctic Peninsula; seals, sealions,
seabirds and lots of penguins. Fungi; micro and macro. Orchids of UK,
Insects. Insects in flight and a selection of Dr Pat Whitehouse's
work, from the following; Garden Natural History Natural history in
3D.
For further details please visit The Stereoscopic Society.
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The Celebrate the Sea Festival |
Celebrate the Sea Festival
Manado, North Sulawesi,
Indonesia
23-25 September, 2011
Celebrate the Sea is the most prestigious
event of the sea in the Asia Pacific - first launched in 2002 as part
of ADEX - Asian Diver Expo, the festival has been subsequently staged
in Kuala Lumpur 2003 and 2004, Singapore 2005 and 2006, Philippines
2007, 2008 and 2009 - it has evolved to be the one of the most
important international event of the sea. The 3-day event is comprise
of showing the latest in marine feature documentaries, children's
painting competition, exhibition featuring an international prints in
competition, posters display on marine environmental issues.
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Speakers and Judges attending:
Emory Kristof - National Geographic Explorer
- discoverer of the Titanic, Howard and Michelle
Hall - cinematographers - DEEP SEA and Coral Reef Eden IMAX
3D, Chou Loke Ming PhD - Professor Department of
Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Mark
Erdmann PhD - Senior Advisor, Indonesia Marine
Program, Michael
AW - author Richest Reefs Indonesia, Beneath Bunaken, Ocean
Geographic, Mathieu Meur - author Essential Digital
Underwater Photography, Steve Jones - explorer, underwater
photojournalist and BSoUPMember,
Joe Moreira -
Editor in Chief, Ocean Geographic, Evonne Ong - Editor, Ocean
Geographic, Ronny
Rengkung - underwater photographer - Indonesia,
Special Guest - Valerie
Taylor, shark expert and conservationist,
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DEMA
The annual DEMA trade
show is to be held from 2nd to 5th November at the Orange County
Convention center in Orlando, Florida. As always, Wetpixel will be
on-hand to cover the entire show, and plans are already underway for
the by now famous Wetpixel cocktail party. Please stay tuned for
announcements about dates and venues for the imaging party of the
year.
Each DEMA show plays host to a series of seminars
in the Image Resource Center on the show floor. The schedule of
speakers has now been announced and among the speakers are Wetpixel's
Associate Editor and BSoUP Committee Member Alex Mustard, and Senior Moderator
Shawn
Heinrichs.
DEMA Show 2011 is the only international trade-only
event for the diving, action water sports and travel industries. Join
the thousands of dive industry professionals who will gather at DEMA
Show this November 2-5 in Orlando, Florida.
Adam Hamlon, Wetpixel
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DEMA |
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Pacific North West Diver. Cover image: Marli
Wakeling |
Pacific Northwest Diver - Latest
issue
The current edition of the FREE bimonthly Pacific
Northwest Diver e-Magazine published by the Pacific Northwest
Underwater Photographic Society (PNWUPS) is available for download
now!
The Pacific Northwest Underwater Photographic
Society (PNWUPS) is an organization formed to encourage interest and
participation in underwater photography. At its meetings, PNWUPS
provides educational and entertaining programs geared to developing
skills for both point and shoot and DSLR photographers.
To download your copy please visit http://pnwups.com/. You will
need to register.
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Website of the Week - Andrew
Cooper
Each week we are highlighting a BSoP member's
website. This week's choice is Andrew Cooper.
Andrew was born in 1965 and currently lives in
Hertfordshire, United Kingdom. He has always had a passion for water.
When learning to swim, he always wanted to try the diving boards.
Aged 6 he joined a diving club and progressed quickly. At the age of
13, he was travelling around the world competing in many
international diving competitions and diving displays with his diving
club (Highgate diving club).
Andrew represented Great Britain on the
springboards and highboards in the World championships in 1978.
Although diving ceased through injury, his love of water continued
and he took up water skiing.
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Andrew Cooper |
He eventually started scuba diving in 1999, when he joined Enfield
BSAC 1105: www.enfieldbsac1105.co.uk
He is currently a BSAC Dive Leader www.bsac.com
Initially, all his diving was in the United Kingdom. However, scuba
diving has taken him to many places around the world including Bali,
Bermuda, Borneo, Burma/Myanmar, Cayman Islands, Cocos Island,
Indonesia, Malaysia, Red Sea (north and south), Maldives, Thailand
and South Africa.
On his 18th Birthday, he got his first SLR camera
which went everywhere with him. Once the bug for scuba diving had
taken hold, he had to take underwater pictures too. This has been his
biggest passion ever since and always gets excited about his next
trip...
Andrew was introduced to the British Society of
Underwater Photographers (BSoUP) in 2007. Talking to other members,
seeing their images and going on BSoUP organised trips, has helped
him to progress his photography further.
To learn more about Andrew and see
some of his images please visit www.acimages.co.uk/
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Lundy Splash-in 2011 |
Lundy Splash-In 2011
The Lundy Splash-in 2011 held over the August Bank
Holiday weekend coincided with the island's 40th anniversary as a
marine nature reserve.
The 26 entrants competed in three different
categories with Owen Atkinson's seal image, taken on
a borrowed compact camera, winning the overall prize.
Jeff Pavitt, Rob White, Rob Cuss, Alex
Tattersall, Owen Atkinson and James Wright
were amongst the prize winners.
To see their images please visit
www.divingimages.co.uk/
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Website of the Week - Shannon
Conway
Each week we are highlightimg a BSoUP Member's
website. This weeks' choice is Shannon Conway.
Shannon Conway is a professional underwater
photographer creating images for the advertising, editorial and the
fine art market. He has an energetic passion for his photography with
the patience to capture that peak of the action. Get in touch if you
wish to discuss any fine art, stock images, courses or just chat
about underwater photography in general. If he does not contact you
quickly he is underwater so please be patient.
To learn more about Shannon and see some of his
images or enrol on a course please visit http://www.underwaterphotography.com.au/
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Shannon Conway |
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X-Ray Magazine Issue 44. Cover: Matthew
Meier
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X-ray Magazine - Latest issue
The latest issue of the FREE X-ray magazine is now
available for download.
Big Mozambique issue: Mega fauna off East Africa
with Don Silcock, Tofo and Zavora with Scott
Bennett; Diving the islands of the Bahamas with
Charles Stirling; Diving diversity on Grand Bahama
Island with Matthew Meier; Audace wreck with Massimiliano
Canossa; Tagging sharks on Palau with Georgina
Wiersma and Peter Verhoog; Deep diving motivation by
Wes Skiles; Natural light in underwater photography
by Lawson Wood; Nudibranch safari in Norway with
Christian Skauge; plus news and discoveries,
equipment news, photo and video equipment, dive books, shark tales,
whale tales and much more...
To download your copy please visit www.xray-mag.com/
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Enter in Blue 2
19 November 2011
at 8:00 p.m.
de Stadssschouwburg Sint-Niklaas, Belgium
Underwater Photography and
Film,
accompanied by Big Band Enter and featuring Ilse De Gendt, Gino Rosiers,
Jean Jacques Rietjens, Christ'l Van Zandbergen, Luc Rooman, Serge
Ego, Marc Vermeiren, Gino Meskens, Peter Poels, Harry Klerks, Els Van
Den Borre, Bruno Van Saen, Sven Van
Langenhove, Vic Verlinden, Miranda Minne, Els Pauwels, Hedwig
Dieraert, Rinie luykx and Janny
Bosman.
Presale andeuro; 7.50
Checkout
andeuro; 10.00.
Tickets will soon be sold online
at http://www.enterinblue.be/
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Enter in Blue 2 |
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Oceanz Dive Conference and Exhibition
2011 |
Oceanz Dive Conference, Exhibition and
National Photo Competition 2011
Sat 12th and Sun 13th November
2011
Deadline: 13th October 2011
New Zealand's biggest Dive Show and Photo
Competition is being staged at the Baycourt Complex, Downtown
Tauranga
This will be a great competition, celebrating all
areas of underwater photography with the real winner being our
wonderful underwater assets. Through the competition we hope to
inspire everyone to understand the value fragility of what lies
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SUPS - Next Meeting
Tuesday 13th September
2011
Focus-on: Groups.
Remember choose your best three
images for both above and below the water. Also the initial selection
of calendar images for 2012. The Stevenage Underwater Photographic
Society meets every 2nd Tuesday of each month from 8pm at the
Stevenage Arts Guild, Community Arts Centre, Roaring Meg, Stevenage,
Hertfordshire, UK.
For further details about SUPG, please visit www.sups-online.com/
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Stevenage Underwater Photographic
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Bristol Underwaster Photography Group
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BUPG - Next
Meeting
Tuesday 13th September
2011
The Meeting (start time 20:00hrs) will
be at our normal venue - The Casson Centre, Rodway Road, Patchway,
BS34 5DQ (map)
It is easiest to access it via Durban
Road, off Highwood Road - you can turn right at the traffic lights if
coming from the Gloucester Road direction. The Casson Centre is the
left hand part of the Patchway Community Centre, immediately next
door to the Patchway Town Council Offices. There is off road parking
adjacent to the Centre and further spaces along Rodway Road, near to
the local Spa shop.
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The monthly competition theme is 'Wide
Angle'. Send your digital files to our new Competitions Member, Peter
Plume, by midday this Sunday - 11th September.
Arthur Kingdon will
give a presentation on Sharpness and Depth of Field. Arthur will also
give a short tutorial on how to put a portfolio together - Next month
is our British Portfolio competition.
Cathy Lewis will give
a short tutorial on an aspect of Photoshop and Ian
Jakeway will give a short presentation on Infra Red
Photography Underwater
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UwP - Latest issue
The latest issue of the FREE UwP Magazine is now
available to download.
Issue 62 includes Editorial, New Products, Sola
4000 by Peter Rowlands, Nauticam GH2 Housing by
Peter Rowlands, A6M Zero by Chris
Hamilton, Things that glow by Alex Tyrell,
Snails and Slugs by Mark Webster, Storm Clouds over
Eden by Wade and Robyn Hughes, Back to the Future by
Mark Webster, Parting Shot by Kristian
Taylor.
To download your copy please visit www.uwpmag.com/
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UwP #62. Cover image: Chris
Hamilton
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Paul Colley |
Website of ther Week - Paul
Colley
Each week we are highlighting a
BSoUP Member's website. This week's choice is
Paul Colley.
Paul Colley OBE MA FRAeS LRPS is a member of the
Royal Photographic Society and the British Society of Underwater
Photographers. As President of the Royal Air Force Sub Aqua
Association, he takes every opportunity to pursue his passions for
diving and underwater photography.
Although relatively new to both disciplines (he
used his first underwater compact camera in 2006), he has been
instructed by top UK photographers Martin Edge and Alex Mustard, to
whom he is eternally grateful for passing on some essential skills.
Paul is seeking to work with photography communities full time on
reaching the end of his current contract.
To learn more about Paul and see
some of his images please visit www.mpcolley.com/
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Ocean Art Photo Competition
2011
Deadline: November 20th,
2011
Over $82,000 in
prizes
Winners choose their own
prizes
3 Categories dedicated to
Compact Camera users, 12 categories total
Submit underwater photos taken anywhere,
anytime
Judges include world-renowned underwater
photographers Martin Edge, Marty
Snyderman, Tony Wu, and Bonnie
Pelnar
Open to all photographers
For further details please visit www.uwphotographyguide.com
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Ocean Art Photo Competition 2011 |
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Image: Pete Bullen |
BSoUP / DIVER Print Competition
2011
Deadline: Saturday 1st October
2011
The annual BSoUP / DIVER Print Competition is
scheduled to take place at the DIVE Show organised by DIVER Magazine at the
National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham over the weekend of 22-23
October 2011.
There is a total of 4 trophies and 10 individual
awards. Oonasdivers have generously donated a holiday at Marsa
Shagra to be taken by 23 October 2012, which includes flights,
transfers, 7 nights full board in a tent (upgrades available) and 5
days unlimited shore diving for the overall winner. The winner of the
Overseas Print Category will recieve a voucher for £250 to spend at
Cameras Underwater. Further prizes will be announced as and when they
are confirmed.
The Comnpetition is now open. For furrther details
'lease see BSoUP /
DIVER Prints Competition.
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