PHIL RUDIN
Contributor
FRIDAY 5 PM - 8:00 PM
U/W Photo with Compact Digital Cameras,
Phil Rudin
Phil Rudin will be teaching a two hour UNDERWATER PHOTOGRAPHY
WITH COMPACT DIGITAL CAMERAS seminar. The class is directed
at photographers using compact camera systems and those wanting
to get into underwater photography. Students are encouraged to bring
their cameras to the seminar, but a variety of equipment will also be on
display. Topics include an introduction to using digital underwater camera
systems, RAW and Jpeg file use, wet and dry lens adaptors, strobe
selection and use, enhancing images in post processing and much more.
The fee for the course is $40 and includes a free VIP pass for entry to the
show on both days.
SATURDAY 10 AM - 1 PM
Macro Photography, Phil Rudin
Phil Rudin will be teaching a three hour MACRO PHOTOGRAPHY seminar.
This class is for all skill levels and provides hands-on assistance with both
consumer-level compact cameras as well as 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 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 and includes a free VIP pass for entry to the show both days.
Phil Rudin
Phil began taking photographs underwater while he was in
the U.S. Navy in 1968. He is now a freelance writer/travel
photographer, as well as 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 sixteen 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 career, and 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, and training. 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. 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.
U/W Photo with Compact Digital Cameras,
Phil Rudin
Phil Rudin will be teaching a two hour UNDERWATER PHOTOGRAPHY
WITH COMPACT DIGITAL CAMERAS seminar. The class is directed
at photographers using compact camera systems and those wanting
to get into underwater photography. Students are encouraged to bring
their cameras to the seminar, but a variety of equipment will also be on
display. Topics include an introduction to using digital underwater camera
systems, RAW and Jpeg file use, wet and dry lens adaptors, strobe
selection and use, enhancing images in post processing and much more.
The fee for the course is $40 and includes a free VIP pass for entry to the
show on both days.
SATURDAY 10 AM - 1 PM
Macro Photography, Phil Rudin
Phil Rudin will be teaching a three hour MACRO PHOTOGRAPHY seminar.
This class is for all skill levels and provides hands-on assistance with both
consumer-level compact cameras as well as 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 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 and includes a free VIP pass for entry to the show both days.
Phil Rudin
Phil began taking photographs underwater while he was in
the U.S. Navy in 1968. He is now a freelance writer/travel
photographer, as well as 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 sixteen 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 career, and 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, and training. 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. 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.
