UPY, DPG Masters & Ocean Art Competitions: winners & judging process discussion with Alex Mustard & Nicolas Remy

[Nicool]

Hi Scubaboarders,.
If you're into photo competitions, The Underwater Club's next webinar (next week) might interest you.

It's a sequel of the event we ran last year, when Alex Mustard and I discussed our favorite shots amongst the winners of UPY / DPG Masters / Ocean Art.
The plan this time:

• Insights into UPY judging this year.
• Insights into DPG Masters judging this year.
• Ocean Art 2024: our favourite shots.
• DPG Masters 2024: our favourite shots.
• UPY 2025: our favourite shots
• Live Q&A

To try & keep this webinar within the two-hour mark, we’ll focus on the main categories of each contest:

• DPG Masters: Macro, Wide, Black & White, Conservation, Blackwater, Traditional, Over-Unders.
• Ocean Art: Macro, Wide, Black & White, Conservation, Blackwater, Portrait, Behaviour.
• UPY: Macro, Wide, Black & White, Conservation, Portrait, Behaviour, Wrecks.

Spoiler alert: although Alex chaired the UPY jury and I chaired the DPG Masters jury, our favourites don’t always match the final category winners—more often than you might think! Each jury member has their own aesthetic preferences, and selecting winners involves discussion, debate, and some compromising!

Last year's event was quite popular with our participants and I look forward to running this one pretty soon!

Event timelines & registration details all there:
https://theunderwaterclub.com/events