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Want to learn how to utilize ALL of the features of your underwater camera? Tired of backscatter, half shots, blurred and not quite proportioned images? Think you want to take more than just holiday snaps?  Then join me… Gary Brennand, Internationally recognised professional underwater photographer for a comprehensive, in-depth, personalized course that will give you the knowledge and skills to get the most out of your equipment and start taking those professional photos to really show off to friends, family and maybe something more.

This course is custom designed to suit beginners, intermediate and advanced users.  Sessions are tailored to the knowledge level of the participant and delivered in a one on one or small group setting to ensure there is quality of learning in a stress free environment. So whether you decide to do it alone or muster up the troops, beautiful new images are just a click away!

The course includes an intensive workshop to learn the essentials of digital underwater photography. Topics include: exposure, white balance, controlling light, composition and equipment.

Some of the Underwater Photography Course features:

Learn at your own pace, the course will be tailored to your experience, equipment and goals.

Discover your own camera’s capabilities including accessories such as lenses and strobes, or determine the equipment that would best suit your needs if your planning on purchasing something in the near future.

See improvement after only 8 hours of instruction

Digital Underwater Photo Editing – Using Adobe Photoshop

Today's digital cameras are capable of taking amazing images. But even the best of digital photo's, that have been well exposed, in focus and composed well; can be improved by around 20% by the correct use of Adobe Photoshop.

As a part of this course  I will go through the editing features of Photoshop using your own images so you can see first hand the improved results.

Best of all your course will be run by a PADI Course Director, the highest instructor rating in the PADI system of education.

So why choose Gary to do your course with?
So why is Gary any different from any others around town?  Well Not only has he won numerous international awards for his photographs, he has worked for several year as a Professional photographer in the most prolific dive location in the world, Cairns in Queensland.  Here is really were he honed his skills working 6 days a week for various company around Cairns.

He has a number of his images being displayed around the world including the famous Smithsonian Museum of Natural History in Washington DC and in National Geographic and Time magazine. He holds Photographic Honours (AAPS) with the Australian Photographic Society.

  
Some of his other success include:

• 2014 Singapore International Photographic Competition - Gold Medal
• 2014 Singapore International Photographic Competition - Certificate of Merit
• 2014 BSPA International Photographic Competition India - Silver Medal
• 2014 BSPA International Photographic Competition India - Certificate of Merit
• 2014 Novi Sad International Photographic Competition Serbia - Gold Medal
• 2014 Novi Sad International Photographic Competition Serbia - Certificate of Merit
  
• 2014 Cork International Photographic Competition Ireland - Silver Medal
• 2014 Serbia International Photographic Competition - 2x Gold Medal
• 2014 Serbia International Photographic Competition - Certificate of Merit
• 2014 Toronto International Photographic Competition Canada - Certificate of Merit
• 2014 Chhayapath International Photographic Competition India  - Gold Medal
• 2014 Chhayapath International Photographic Competition India  - Silver Medal
• 2014 Chhayapath International Photographic Competition India  - 3 x Certificate of Merit
  
• 2014 Slovenia International Photographic Competition  - Gold Medal
• 2014 Slovenia International Photographic Competition  - Bronze Medal
• 2014 Bengal International Photographic Competition India - 2 x Gold Medal
• 2014 Bengal International Photographic Competition India - Bronze Medal
• 2014 Wrekin International Photographic Competition UK - Certificate of Merit
• 2014 Chung Ai International Photographic Competition Canada - Bronze Medal
• 2014 Yuanlin International Photographic Competition Taiwan - 4 x Certificate of Merit
• 2014 Tallaght International Photographic Competition Ireland - Certificate of Merit
• 2014 Midland International Photographic Competition UK - Certificate of Merit
• 2013 Maitland International Photographic Competition Aus - Certificate of Merit
• 2013 WA Tourism 1001 Extraordinary Experiences photographic competition - Winner
• 2011 ANZANG international - Finalist 
• 2011 Natures Best Photo Comp – Finalist 
• 2010 Australian Photographic Society, Nature Division - GM Award, Best folio print for 2010
• 2010 Southampton International Photography competition -Gold Medal - best competition image
• 2010 Southampton International Photography competition - Silver Medal - best nature image
• 2010 Tropical Image International Photographic Exhibition - Bronze Medal
• 2010 Maitland International Photography competition - Silver Plaque
• 2010 World Institute of Photographic Masters – 4 x Silver merit awards
  
• 2009 Warragul National Photographic Exhibition - 1st Place Open Digital & Best exhibited Photo
• 2009 Warragul National Photographic Exhibition - Best competition Print & 2nd Place Nature
• 2009 Bristol International Photography Exhibition -Gold medal
• 2009 Nature's Best Photography Windland Smith Rice International Awards  - 3 Honourable mentions
• 2009 Pictures publish in National Geographic Magazine
• 2009 Newcastle National exhibition of photography – Second, Nature
• 2009 Southampton International Photography Exhibition – Bronze medal, Nature
• 2009 World Institute of Photographic Masters – 2 x Silver merit awards
• 2008 Kit Goninon Memorial Award - Australian Photographic Society, 1st Print Division
  
• 2008 Nature's Best Photography Windland Smith Rice International Awards  - Honourable mention
• 2008 Sea International Underwater Photograhic Competition - 2nd Place Advanced Wide Angle
• 2008 British Underwater Image Festivale - 1st Compact digital
• 2008 Jack Andrews Award  - Australian Photographic Society, Nature Division
• 2008 Underwater Images Photo Comp  – 2nd Place Wide Angle
• 2008 Underwater Images Photo Comp – Honorable Mention Wide Angle
• 2008 Maitland Photographic International Nature category - Maitland Award
• 2008 Vigex International Nature category - Merit Award
• 2007 Digidiver International Photo Contest - 2nd Wide Angle
• 2007 Reef Check Australia photo competition – 1st Icons of the Reef
• 2007 Time Magazine/ Tourism Australia Photographic Contest
• 2007 Wetpixel & DivePhotoGuide -  Our World Underwater Photo Comp - Honorable mention
• 2006 Underwater Images Photo Comp – 2nd Place Wide AngleHe has also had quite a few photos published in several international magazines with four of them being covers

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