Two Workships being offered by Cathy Church.

About Cathy:
Cathy Church, highly recognized as one of the best teachers and authors on underwater photography. She received the NOGI award for the arts, the DEMA “Reaching Out Award” and was inducted into the Woman Divers Hall of Fame. She is on the founding board of governors of International Scuba Diving Hall of Fame and became a member of the Explorers’ Club. She shot the award winning Cayman Islands underwater poster “Wonderland,” and has worked for clients such as Kodak, Nikon, Dolphin Cruise Lines, U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Cayman Islands. She was a photo editor for Skin Diver magazine and her work has appeared in Skin Diver Magazine, Scuba Times as well as advertising campaigns for the U.S. Virgin Islands, and books including five of her own. She expanded into black and white photography and published “My Underwater Photo Journey” in 2004. Cathy and Herb Rafael teach underwater photography and operate Cathy Church’s Underwater Photo Centre and Gallery.

Mastering U/W Strobes”
Workshop Cost : $ 75.00
(Approximately 3-4 hours)
Sunday from 1 til 4: 30 PM

This three-hour “Mastering Underwater Strobes” workshop will cover strobe exposures for all types of underwater cameras and strobes. It will deal with strobe use for primary lighting and for balanced flash fill, for both film and digital systems, from point and shoot to SLR. You will learn Cathy’s favorite creative lighting techniques with single and multiple strobes.

“Cathy takes a complex topic and makes it clear. Her humorous, easy-to-understand approach has made her the country’s most popular photo instructor.” This workshop is suitable for everyone interested in improving their underwater techniques. If you do not already know what an f-stop and shutter speed are, Cathy will review it for you, or contact her for a one-page handout to read in advance, to help make your seminar more enjoyable.

When you sign up for the class, you MUST e-mail Cathy and tell her what type of camera you will be bringing or let her know if you have no camera to bring. She will bring hand-outs for each style of camera you have, so you must send her your information at cchurch@candw.ky. Clearly include the make and model, such as Olympus Stylus SP350 and that you are in the Mastering U/W Strobes Workshop

To Register for this course call 888-557-2822 and state you want to register for the Texas Dive Show “Mastering U/W Strobes”.

“You bought your digital camera, now what?”
Workshop Cost : $ 75.00
(Approximately 3-4 hours)
Saturday from 1 til 5 PM

Bring your camera system to this lecture so that you can enjoy hands-on guidance to show you step-by-step how to get the best possible photos from the camera system you have. The class size will be limited so that everyone will get the personal attention that is needed when you say “Where do I find THAT function?”

Topics covered: Batteries, media cards, image size, down loading to a computer, cataloguing your images, care of your housing, understanding menus, setting the controls, determining exposure, aiming the strobe, zoom and auxiliary wide-angle lenses, diving with your camera, compensating for focus delay, getting the best photos.

The group will be divided into partners for practice drills so if you only have one camera for both of you, that will be fine. Bring a fully charged battery and a spare if you have one.

When you sign up for the class, you MUST e-mail Cathy and tell her what type of camera you will be bringing or let her know if you have no camera to bring. She will bring hand-outs for each style of camera you have, so you must send her your information at cchurch@candw.ky. Clearly include the make and model, such as Olympus Stylus SP350.

When you leave this workshop you will have developed a good working knowledge of underwater digital photography with your camera system.

To Register for this course call 888-557-2822 and state you want to register for the Texas Dive Show “ You bought your digital camera, now what?”