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Hey SB'ers - Just a quick heads up to all the underwater photographers and videographers... I'm leading an underwater photo trip to the Galapagos during the heart of whale shark season, and we had a couple of cancellations that will work in a couple of lucky people's favor. so...we're giving...

Hey gang - Sorry to be quiet for so long, but things are usually hectic. Just wanted to give everyone a heads up that there are just a few days left to enter one of the largest and most prestigious series of international underwater photo & video competitions. "Canned" info below. Good luck...

Actually whether you win or not you can publish or license your images, they do not have exclusive rights to it. And "Commercial work" is a subjective term, is a published image commercial work if it is the only image you have ever published? Subjective at best. They really should clear that...

***UPDATED*** All of my sentiments below are confirmed with the editors of SD. Rules most likely won't be changed due to the boiler plate nature of Bonnier's programs, but there is no intention for anything beyond using winning images to announce winners and promote future contests...

It's nice to see Cathy's name come up so often, she is really great. She won the diver of the year award this past weekend at the Beneath The Sea show. While you're waiting to take an in-person course, here's a good place to start for info on various underwater photography techniques from...

Hey guys - the Our World Underwater video competition has two categories (General and Conservation) for video shorts up to 5 minutes long. The deadline is midnight PST today. More info on the official site UnderwaterCompetition.com Huge prize pool and a prestigious competition. Hope to see you...

Hey guys - if you have some great shots and have not entered the Our World Underwater & DEEP Indonesia competitions, consider entering them before midnight PST today. More info on the official site UnderwaterCompetition.com * 14 still image categories, 2 video categories * open to...

Hey an awesome shot of your feet in the bathtub can be really creative actually :)

Hey guys - first - happy new year, and wishing everyone tons of underwater photography this year! The deadline for the first major international underwater photo and video competitions of the new decade is January 15th. Your entries must be submitted by the deadline date in order to compete...

OCTOBER 30th: NYUPS is proud to present “20,000 Bytes Under The Sea”, a special presentation by legendary National Geographic photographer and IMAX filmmaker, Emory Kristof. Emory Kristof has been a National Geographic photographer ever since working for the magazine as an intern...

PRESTIGIOUS INTERNATIONAL UNDERWATER PHOTOGRAPHY & VIDEO COMPETITION SERIES ANNOUNCES 2010 COMPETITIONS – OVER $80,000 IN PRIZES The “Superbowl” of International Underwater Image & Video Competitions Celebrates The Splendor, Mystery & Plight of The Oceans With Categories For All Levels From...

We just issued an industry wide challenge for any manufacturer, engineer or do-it-yourselfer, to create an adapter to use Nikonos lenses on any digital camera, or to develop a digital back for the Nikonos body. Call it the last hurrah before all of the Nikonos lenses out there become permanent...

All of the 2009 trips are sold out, but one of our partners has a spot or two on his December Raja Ampat trip. Email me if you're interested. We have a couple of spots left for Sardine Run 2010 and the Walindi portion of PNG 2010

Professional photographer Howard Schatz had a break in at his studio this weekend and all of his Nikonos RS equipment was stolen. Please if you see it listed anywhere contact me right away, thanks! Equipment Serial Number Nikonos RS Camera Body...

This is the question we ask this Earth Day. Got any answers? Please share them here. The ocean is our playground, it feeds our underwater photography passion. So let's reflect and try to give back - "Ask not what your ocean can do for you..." Here are our top 5 suggestions, #5 is particularly...

Some pretty big news from Nikon today guys... We've reported the rumors for weeks, Nikon has formally announced the new D5000 DSLR, as somewhat of a replacement of the D60 entry level DSLR. It is 12.3 MP, has a vari-angle LCD screen, HD video with audio, one-button live view, 4 frames per...

NYUPS is a good bunch of people and the meetings and events are always fun and informative

This past weekend we presented the winning short films of The 4th annual Wetpixel & DivePhotoGuide International Underwater Photo & Video Competition, in association with Our World Underwater. There were two video categories (General & Conservation). The winning videos are really superb. We...

If you have not had a chance to check out the winners of the competition and the film festival presentation - take a few minutes to get blown away... This has become one of the biggest, if not the biggest underwater competition in the world and the imagery is really amazing and beautiful. We...

If you're in the NY/NJ/CT/PA area and are getting into underwater photography, this Tues March 3rd is Point & Shoot Night at NYUPS: "I Don't Need No Stinkin' SLR" This meeting will be an image round table format and is dedicated to compact / point & shoot cameras. We will display member...