Articles
Wetpixel Live: Career Building for UW Image-Makers
Registration Open for Diving Talks 2021
The Diving Talks Conference is going to be held from 8 to 10 October at the Tróia Peninsula, Portugal. It features 26 talks by international diving speakers including Jill Heinerth, Krzystof Starnawski, Marissa Eckert, Mark Powell, Martyn Farr, Natalie Gibb, Phil Short, Sabine Kerkau, and Sami Paakkarinen.
Wetpixel Live: Underbathwater 2021
The Underbathwater competition is a unique underwater photography contest that solicits entries of images taken in “bathwater.” It originally arose out of the frustrations caused by the lack of opportunities for creating underwater pictures during lockdown, it is an incredible collection of innovative and creative imagery. Alex and Adam discuss the 2021 winners on Wetpixel Live.
Wetpixel Live: Underwater Image Making in Mexico’s Cenotes
Adam Hanlon chats to Natalie Gibb of Under the Jungle about her amazing video and still imagery from the stunning cenotes of Mexico’s Yucatan. They chat about how she plans shoots, lighting, camera movements, and general technique in the beautiful but challenging environment.
Register now for PHIDEX 2021
The Philippines ’ Department of Tourism has announced that PHIDEX 2021 will run from 19 to 21 March. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the “Our Sea, Our Story” themed event will be hosted virtually with discussions and talks by a number of prominent international personalities.
Adobe Adds Super Resolution Option to Camera Raw
In the latest update, Adobe has added a Super Resolution option to Camera Raw. The utility users machine learning to increase image resolution while improving details and color rendering. Other new functionality added is support for ProRaw and additional filtering and sorting options in the app’s filmstrip.
Shout Out for Lionfish Footage
Submarine pilot Erika Bergman is building a lionfish tracking/detection computer vision program that will utilize machine learning to locate the animals. In order to train the model, she is seeking around 100 10-second video clips of lionfish from a variety of locations, times of day, viewing angle, etc. If you have clips in your video library, please get in contact with Erika via email.
Wetpixel Live: Facebook Group Top 5 Images for February
Wetpixel’s Facebook Group is a never-ending source of inspiration with a plethora of wonderful imagery shared there. Using Facebook’s algorithm Alex and Adam review the 5 “top-ranked” images that were posted in the Group in February.
Recent News
- Birdie, for tossing your GoPro into the air (via )
- Underwater explosions captured in slim (via )
- Photographs of an upside-down underwater world (via )
- NG photo of the day Whale Shark (via )
- BTS of the original Nirvana Nevermind underwater shoot (via )
- Underwater photographs of paint and flowers (via )
- Sound blasts could keep whales away from wind farms (via )
- Behind the shot: Underwater archer (via )
- Ocean Art photography competition now open (via )
- Flickr photo licensing is no more (via )