Digital Jam! January 12 -19th/2008

It promises to be an even bigger success! Here's your host from 2007 who will be with us next year too!

                          

                                                                                   Brad Nolan>>>>

OVER $10,000. in PRIZES!!!!

Join us for a truly phenomenal week of diving, shooting photo and video and testing out some of the newest technology on the market!  You'll be diving in Grand Cayman with Divetech at Cobalt Coast Resort, situated on the pristine NW Tip of Grand Cayman in a unique diving resort. You will be entertained both above and below the water in a special setting of sunsets, the crystal clear aquamarine Caribbean Sea, and hosted to a week of diving, editing, slides shows and friendly competition. This is a fun filled program for both ‘experts’ and new photo/video enthusiasts. 

Underwater digital still photography and video is still new to everyone. The workshops and photo clinics will be conducted by world class underwater photographer, Courtney Platt (6 time National Geographic photographer), who will be with you for the week to provide tips and techniques for shooting underwater and share his skills that he has learned over decades. By the end of the week you will be shooting great shots and then enter the "friendly" competition. Digital video has made editing much easier. Do you find it easier to tell a story with video than stills? Then edit your clips and sequences shot with any video camera into a quick 2-minute story. We will have editing seminars, but you will need to bring your own editing gear. Edit on your own laptop; otherwise connect two cameras and edit linearly. Enter your story into the video category and be eligible to win prizes.

Courtney Platt - Your Photo Pro for the week!
Born 5/5/57 and raised in Newport Beach, California, Courtney moved to Grand Cayman in 1983 after completing his B.S. degree in Physical Education (with a minor in Marine Biology). A scuba diver since 1972, he taught scuba at Bob Soto’s Diving for his first 3 years in Cayman. From 1986-2004 he piloted the deep dive submersibles to 1,000’ for RSL (now Atlantis Adventures). He went full-time as a professional photographer after his first assignment for National Geographic Magazine in 1988 and continued moonlighting in the deep sub. A seasoned professional photographer, Courtney Platt has been photographing underwater since 1976. He is also a master of advertising, wedding, location portrait, architecture, nature, aerial, product and underwater photography. The most recent of eight assignments for National Geographic Magazine were a 2,400 year old Greek shipwreck in Turkey which appeared in the March, 2002 issue, the Henrietta Marie Slave ship in the August, 2002 issue, Black Beard’s flagship the Queen Anne’s Revenge and the wrecks of the Battle of Trafalgar, October, 2005. His assignment and stock images have illustrated numerous publications including: National Geographic (Down the Cayman Wall”, Nov. 1988), National Geographic World. Skin Diver, Scuba Times, Ocean Realm, Sport Diver, Sea Frontiers, Time, Forbes, Popular Science, numerous Cayman publications and several books. Commercial Clients include: Andreas Ugland and Sons, BB&P, Cable & Wireless, Celebrations, CNB, CIDOT, CUC, Dart Foundation, Flowers, Hyatt, Maples and Calder, Morritts, Pinnacle Productions, Pirate’s Week, Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceuticals, Remax and many others. His new coffee table book, “Paradise Interrupted” became available this September for the anniversary of Hurricane Ivan. For a look at his work on line, go to: www.courtney platt.com

Your Digital Jam Package includes:

Digital Jam 2008 Non Diver
Double Occupancy Diver  
Oceanfront Room 965 1640
Oceanfront Suite 1110 1780
Quad Occupancy    
2-bedroom oceanfront suite 1045 1720
Single Occupancy    
Oceanfront Room 1490 2160
Oceanfront Suite 1775 2440

 

 

 

 

Digital Jam RULES:

Only participants diving in Digital Jam are qualified to enter. Photo must be taken during the week of the event.

COMPETITION CATEGORIES:

Digital Still Categories

MACRO (any underwater image of a 7x5 inch or smaller picture area)

WIDE ANGLE (underwater images larger than a 7x5 inch picture area)

CREATIVE (u/w images may be enlarged, manipulated, altered, etc. in this category)

ABOVE WATER (explore the creative limits of digital outside the housing)

The Digital Still Categories are open to all skill levels.  Video cameras in “photo” mode qualify as long as the resolution is greater than 1 megapixel.

Video Category

2 Minute Story (any camera, any tape format, any editing system, any audio or background music). You supply your own editing system.

Video entrants may be of any skill level. Bring your own music but video clips need to be shot during the week of the Shootout. At least 75% should be underwater. Your camera skills as well as editing creativity will be judged. Show off your editing system and methods.

CONSERVATION RULES:

Applicable to all entrants and entries: Conservation Rules established by EPIC®. Marine life should never be stressed or endangered for the sake of a photo. Entries exhibiting the following behavior will be disqualified:

JUDGING CRITERIA:

Stills: Overall Esthetic Appeal, Technical Image Quality, Composition Degree of Difficulty

Video: Camera Handling &Technique, Composition, Lighting–Natural/Artificial, Degree of Difficulty

PRIZES:

First, second and third place will be awarded in each category

Digital Jam Brochure - Dive Shops welcome!

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