Exclusive Workshops with Lawrence Alex Wu
Please note that these workshops may be combined with your favorite dive spots here in Bali and are not inclusive of day diving prices.
Discover Underwater Photography - 1 hour + 2 dives (extra dive = US$20) - US$ 120
A quick workshop with Alex to get rid of those greenish/bluish hues commonly found in most underwater photos plus some basic techniques for your camera under the waves. Taking less than an hour, it fits into your dive trip to any of Bali's dive sites.
Also included in this workshop are post dive evaluations and suggestions on the photos taken from your dives with Alex as well as tips to improve all your diving techniques as an UW photographer.
Underwater Photos Made Easy - 5-6 hours + 1 pool & 2 ocean dives (extra dive = US$20) - US$340
Whether you shoot just for fun or take your photography seriously, this workshop cuts down to the guts of how to improve your photography in simple language (no technical photo-jargon) for you to master the fundamental underwater techniques used by photography pros. It's inclusive of the Composition Module and Camera Settings Module plus more underwater topics.
Also included in this workshop are post dive evaluations and suggestions on the photos taken from your dives with Alex as well as tips to improve all your diving techniques as an UW photographer.
~ Techniques to improve your image composition
~ Getting the correct lighting
~ Getting great photos without strobes
~ Understanding your camera settings
~ Essential principals in photography
~ Turning your greenish and bluish photos to colorful ones
~ Underwater photography techniques
~ Diving techniques for underwater photographers
~ Keeping your underwater equipment healthy and safe
~ Tips on your equipment setup and diving with a camera
~ Answering your questions on upgrades, options and anything related
Strobe Lighting Underwater - 4-5 hours + 1 pool & 2 ocean dives (extra dive = US$20) - US$300
Not quite sure what settings to use with your underwater strobes? Are your strobed photos too bright or too dark? A little confused with all the buttons and dials?
This hands-on workshop for digital shooters gets you in-control and comfortable with your external strobes together with your camera settings. You’ll learn the difference between strobe lighting in macro and wide angle photography to expand on your image compositions with external lighting.
For the underwater shooter with strobes wanting more from his dive photography, this workshop will get anyone comfortable using their camera and strobes together.
~ External lighting and its effects on your image
~ Fundamental principles of light
~ Lighting your photos with color
~ Your camera modes and settings
~ Strobe lighting with no backscatter
~ Finding and shooting underwater species
~ Strobe configurations for your setup
~ Keeping your strobe setup healthy and safe
~ Answering your questions on techniques, tips and anything related
Sophisticated Strobe Techniques - 3-4 hours + 2 ocean dives (extra dive = US$20) - US$280
Decided that it’s time to take your underwater strobe photography to the highest level? Feeling that your photos look like so many others? Want to explore ways to push your originality and creativity? Learn more about the marine life so you can capture those hard-to-get pictures of them.
Designed for the serious and passionate dive photographer, this in-depth workshop focuses on very technical usage of strobes and lighting techniques underwater. Much of the workshop is focused on being in the water trying the advanced techniques learnt on land.
Get insights on how the professionals spot animals and capture their incredible behavior and character. Get tips from Alex that usually only come with hundreds of dives and years of underwater photography experience in just a few hours.
~ Specialized strobe techniques of the pros
~ Advanced strobe work underwater
~ Techniques of artificial lighting
~ Marine animal behavior and photography
~ Getting creative with lighting with subjects
~ Accessory additions for your strobes
Easy Photo Management on your Computer - 3 hours - US$180
Losing control of your growing photo library? Wasting lots of time with images that are stored in troublesome external hard drives? Having difficulties finding an image? Looking for a faster easier way to fix colors, crop and edit/Photoshop your images?
Adobe Lightroom is simple, powerful and the most efficient photo management and photo editing program available that even Photoshop, Aperture, Picasa and ACDsee users are switching to it. Work with ALL of your images, even if they are on external hard drives and NOT connected to your computer! And best of all, cut down on your Photoshop files and tasks by over 90% saving lots of your time and tons of megabytes on your computer.
This workshop for all digital camera shooters* will get you managing your land and underwater photos faster than figuring out a new phone. Take control over your growing library of photos. Edit them like a pro without Photoshop and learn to work with the most effective photo program on the market.
* Suitable for land and underwater photographers
~ Images transfers from memory card to Lightroom
~ Quickly managing your photos
~ Easily getting photos to emails, prints, Facebook and Flickr
~ Crop, edit and beautifying your photos
(see “Before & After” figure)
~ Underwater image editing tips
~ How to remove backscatter in photos
~ Questions and answers all about the program
To see more of Alex's photography: www.LawrenceAlexWu.com
It is important that you reserve Alex's time in advance. We may have dozens of students and divers everyday, but we have only one Alex here at Blue Season Bali. If you are interested in revolutionizing your personal underwater photography skills, please ensure that you don't miss out on a fantastic opporutnity by contacting us now.