PADI Digital Underwater Photographer Specialty - £159

The PADI Digital Underwater Photographer course is a two-part (Level One and Level Two) introduction to digital underwater photography centred around today's compact digital cameras. The course helps student divers develop the knowledge, skills and practical techniques necessary to obtain excellent photographs with a digital camera, even on their first photo dive.

Course Overview
Level One:

equipment needed to take great underwater photographs
how to prepare underwater photo systems
basic underwater photo techniques while diving in an environmentally friendly manner

Level Two:

file formats
resolution settings
making images lighter and darker
getting good colour
composing the photograph
downloading photographs to computers and adjusting them to look their best

The goals of PADI Digital Underwater Photographer Speciality training are:

Understand and apply basic principles of the art and science of photography including exposure, focus, strobe photography, available light photography, camera-handling techniques and composition
Select, prepare, care for and maintain underwater photographic equipment
Take underwater photographs that are properly composed, focused and exposed

Course Duration
Independent study and completion of knowledge reviews
confined and open water dives

Pre-requisites
You must be certified as a PADI Open Water Diver, PADI Junior Open Water Diver or have a qualifying certification from another training organisation or be a snorkeler
Be 10 years of age or older
Complete a medical statement attached to our booking form

Price Includes
Academic Materials (Excluding Video/DVD)
Air fills
PADI registration fee

What you will need to bring
2 passport-sized photographs
Academic Materials