Underwater Photography Courses with Sue Daly, Sark, dates to be confirmed for 2011
With its wealth of colourful marine life and clear waters, Sark is one of the best dive destinations for underwater photographers in the British Isles. This week long course is perfect for beginners and improvers with informal, one to one tuition from award-winning wildlife photographer and film-maker Sue Daly in how to get the best from your camera, whether a compact or SLR. There will also be an introduction into what you can do with your images in Photoshop. Underwater videographers are also welcome with basic advice offered on putting together a storyline and editing your footage as well as filming and lighting underwater. Sue will also be on hand to help you identify the marine life you capture on camera. For experienced underwater photographers the week offers you the chance to dive with like-minded divers and photograph some of Sark's beautiful marine life including corals and the inquisitve Cuckoo Wrasse. There will also be plenty of encounters with species rarely, if ever, seen around the British mainland such as the Black-face Blenny, Ormer and the fabulous Anemone Prawn as well as the oppurtunity to dive the unique Gouliot Caves.
The course includes six days boat diving around the reefs of Sark and, weather permitting, a wreck dive or two off Jersey or Guernsey. The dive sites will be chosen specifically with underwater photography in mind. Our boat for the week will be the ten metre Starfish of Sark run by Andy Leaman of Sark Diving Services who has more than 20 years experience as a diver and skipper in Channel Island waters. (Starfish now has a diver lift fitted to the stern.)
The course fee of £545 includes two dives a day for six days with tanks, weights and air and self catering accommodation in a shared thatched cottage. The fee also includes return foot passenger travel with Condor Ferries from the south coast of England to Guernsey which means no worries about trying to cram your dive and camera gear into airline baggage allowances. Transfers between Sark and Guernsey are also included aboard Starfish. Food is not included during your stay but there are several grocery stores in Sark for self catering and an excellent choice of restaurants for eating out. You will need to bring your own diving gear and underwater camera equipment. Nitrox is also available for an additional fee.
Contact Sue Daly for more information and to book your place. Private courses can be arranged on other dates if required for a minimum of six people, as can marine life courses.