PHIL RUDIN
Contributor
Phil Rudin began taking photographs underwater while he was in the U.S. Navy in 1968. He is now a freelance writer/travel photographer, Senior Photographer for Dive Chronicles magazine and DC Dive Shows. As past President of the South Florida Underwater Photography Society, Phil has served on the Board of Directors for over eighteen years and enjoys the diverse makeup of the club membership. Phil is retired from the West Palm Beach Florida Police Department where he served as Dive Team Commander for the city. With thirty years experience as a public safety diver and dive team manager Phil has done over five hundred recovery dives during his carrier. Phil has recovered vehicles, aircraft, evidence, bodies and more. Other dive team duties included hull inspections of large commercial vessels, underwater crime scene management, crime scene photography, collection of evidence, training and more. Phil has also traveled extensively throughout the world to pursue his passion for underwater photography. His images have appeared in magazines such as Popular Science, Reflections, Scuba Diving Magazine, Underwater Journal, Skin Diver, Florida Underwater, South Florida Adventures, Waterways, The Sun, Dive Chronicles and others. Phil also lectures on travel destinations, public safety diving and photography around the country. He also teaches at digital seminars in Cozumel and St Croix. Phil currently uses Olympus cameras and lenses, Olympus and SeaTool camera housings, Athena and Olympus lens ports and Inon float arms with Inon strobes and close-up lenses.
Phil Rudin will be teaching a three hour OLYMPUS U/W PHOTO EQUIPMENT seminar on Friday 24 September 2010 from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM at Colorado Dive Show. This seminar is for all skill levels and will provide a hands-on introduction to the Olympus line of underwater equipment. Topics will include the use of DSLR, Pen and consumer compact cameras. Housing selection, lens port selection, strobe selection and other equipment issues will be addressed. Also use of single and multi lighting systems will be discussed as well as any other issues common to the Olympus systems. Phil has used all of the current and past DSLR systems and has a vast knowledge of the Olympus product line. Those of you using Olympus cameras will not want to miss this seminar. The fee for this seminar is $40.00 and includes a free VIP pass good for entry to the show both days. Please contact Dive Chronicles to register at 1-888-557-2822 or contact Phil for additional information at tropicalone@bellsouth.net
Phil Rudin will be teaching a three hour MACRO PHOTOGRAPHY seminar on Saturday 25 September 2010 from 11:00 AM to 2 PM at Colorado Dive Show. This seminar is for all skill levels and will provide hands-on assistance with both consumer compact cameras and DSLRs. You are encouraged to bring your cameras to the seminar so that we can share ideas on how to get the best images out of your equipment. Topics covered will include lens and subject selection, proper exposures, use of TTL and manual strobe lighting, shooting in RAW, lens diopters, extension tubes, tele converters, composition and much more. We will also cover some of the issues involved with enhancing your images in post processing. The fee for the course is $50.00 and includes a free VIP pass good for entry to the show both days. Please contact Dive Chronicles to register at 1-888-557-2822 or contact Phil for additional information at tropicalone@bellsouth.net
Phil Rudin will be teaching a three hour OLYMPUS U/W PHOTO EQUIPMENT seminar on Friday 24 September 2010 from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM at Colorado Dive Show. This seminar is for all skill levels and will provide a hands-on introduction to the Olympus line of underwater equipment. Topics will include the use of DSLR, Pen and consumer compact cameras. Housing selection, lens port selection, strobe selection and other equipment issues will be addressed. Also use of single and multi lighting systems will be discussed as well as any other issues common to the Olympus systems. Phil has used all of the current and past DSLR systems and has a vast knowledge of the Olympus product line. Those of you using Olympus cameras will not want to miss this seminar. The fee for this seminar is $40.00 and includes a free VIP pass good for entry to the show both days. Please contact Dive Chronicles to register at 1-888-557-2822 or contact Phil for additional information at tropicalone@bellsouth.net
Phil Rudin will be teaching a three hour MACRO PHOTOGRAPHY seminar on Saturday 25 September 2010 from 11:00 AM to 2 PM at Colorado Dive Show. This seminar is for all skill levels and will provide hands-on assistance with both consumer compact cameras and DSLRs. You are encouraged to bring your cameras to the seminar so that we can share ideas on how to get the best images out of your equipment. Topics covered will include lens and subject selection, proper exposures, use of TTL and manual strobe lighting, shooting in RAW, lens diopters, extension tubes, tele converters, composition and much more. We will also cover some of the issues involved with enhancing your images in post processing. The fee for the course is $50.00 and includes a free VIP pass good for entry to the show both days. Please contact Dive Chronicles to register at 1-888-557-2822 or contact Phil for additional information at tropicalone@bellsouth.net
