CLASSES: Specialty - Underwater Photo

Digital Underwater Photographer Specialty
The Digital Underwater Photographer course is a two-part (Level One and Level Two) introduction to digital underwater photography and is centered around today’s point-and-shoot digital cameras. The course helps divers develop the knowledge, skills and practical techniques necessary to obtain excellent photographs with a digital camera, even on their first photo dive. This specialty is a materials-driven course intended for a broad audience – snorkelers, Discover Scuba Diving participants, Open Water Diver students and certified divers. The course is primarily for those interested in learning the basics of digital underwater photography.

Prerequisites
To qualify for the Digital Underwater Photographer course, you must:

• Be certified as an Open Water Diver, Junior Open Water Diver or have a qualifying certification from another training organization.
• or Be a Snorkeler
• No Minimum age for snorkelers, Scuba Divers must be 10 years old.

Course Overview
Level One of the course guides students in achieving good results easily, even if they’ve never used a digital camera before. It is designed as an introduction to course skills and knowledge. In Level One, students learn what equipment they need to take great underwater photographs, how to prepare their underwater photo system, and basic underwater photo techniques while diving in an environmentally friendly manner. Level One training, is open to snorkelers, Open Water Diver students and certified divers. Students who successfully complete Level One may receive a certification card.

Level One skill development may be conducted in a pool/confined water or in open water. After students successfully complete Level One, they may move on to Level Two to learn how to make their photographs even better.

Level Two expands what they need to know about file formats, resolution settings, making their images lighter or darker, getting good color, composing their photo, downloading photographs into their computer and adjusting them to look their best. Level Two training is open to snorkelers and certified divers. You conduct Level Two skill development in open water. Participants who successfully complete Level Two skill development qualify for the Digital Underwater Photographer Specialty certification.

Course Costs
The Digital Underwater Photographer Specialty Certification from Wet N Rugged Sports includes:

• 2- 4 hours of classroom lecture (Level one)
• additional 2- 4hours of lecture (Level Two)
• One pool or open water dive (Level one)
• One Open Water Dive (level two)
• Certification Processing and Administrative fees
• Additional Equipment required: Underwater Camera and equipment available at Wet N Rugged Sports for rental or purchase.

Level One of this course costs $95
Level One and Two of this course is $145

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