Photography Courses with Ross Gudgeon
Ross Gudgeon - Underwater Photographer
Award winning underwater photographer Ross Gudgeon will be running photography courses at Sundive begining in 2012. Ross will be running 2 1/2 day courses on demand.
Next Course 25th, 26th and 27th May, 2012
Ross Gudgeon learnt to dive in December 1979 and still remembers the thought that went through his head on his first dive clearly, "I've gotta get a camera, no one is going to believe this!". Three months later he got his first underwater camera, a second hand Nikonos III and has been taking photos underwater ever since. After shooting film underwater for 18 years Ross made the switch to digital underwater photography with a Nikon Coolpix 5000 in 2002 and currently uses a Canon 7D in a Nauticam housing. When not diving there is nothing more he likes to do than pass on his 30+ years of underwater photography knowledge and experience to help others improve their underwater photography skills.
Ross has won awards in many major underwater photographic competitions including:
- Los Angeles Underwater Photographic 46th International Underwater Photographic Competition
- British Society of Underwater Photographers Underwater Excellence Competition
- Celebrate The Sea Festival Underwater Imagery Competition
- Northern California Underwater Photographic Society SEA International Underwater Photographic Competition
- Our World Underwater International Underwater Photo & Video Competition 2010
- Our World Underwater International Underwater Photo & Video Competition 2012
- 2010 Beneath the Sea Photo & Video Competition
- Underwater Photography Guide Ocean Art Photo Competition
- Underwater Festival 2011
- 2012 Beneath the Sea Photo & Video Competition
He has been published in several magazines including:
- Scuba Diving Magazine (USA)
- Asian Diver
- Ocean Geographic
In 2010 Ross had one of his shots included in an article published in the Guardian and Telegraph newspapers (UK) titled “The World's Best Underwater Photographs 2010”
Photography Course Outline
The course is structured as a weekend workshop consisting of five formal presentations and two critique/informal discussion sessions. An example of the structured follows:
Friday, starting at 5:30pm at Sundive:
- Camera knowledge
- Taking better underwater photos
- Composition
Saturday:
- First dive to practise skills (accompanied by Ross to assess your skills and provide feedback)
- Second dive to practise skills
- Lunch (included in cost of course)
- Lighting
- Wide Angle Photography
- Macro Photography
- Critique of days shots and Q&A session
Sunday:
- First dive to practise skills (accompanied by Ross to assess your skills and provide feedback)
- Second dive to practise skills
- Lunch (included in cost of course)
- Post Processing
RAW conversion
Preparation of shots for display on web, printing etc
Photoshop tips and techniques for UW photos
Critique of days shots and Q&A session
Price for the course would be $175 per person, plus the cost of the 4 dives with Sundive. There is a minimum of 3 participants and maximum of 5 per course.
Ross will also offer one on one courses. These will be tailored to the participants needs and skill level. Cost of this course would be $295 for one day (diving costs will be additional).
Please direct all your photography course enquiries directly to Ross at ross@gudgeon.id.au or phone 0412 862 305.
You may be interested in Ross' website: http://www.gudgeon.id.au/index.html, http://www.submersiveimages.com/