PADI Digital Underwater Photographer Specialty

Digital has taken the underwater photography world by storm. Get in on the action with the PADI Digital Underwater Photographer Specialty course. You can quickly and easily capture the underwater world with your camera and on your computer.

During the PADI Digital Underwater Photographer Specialty course, you learn to use the PADI SEA (Shoot, Examine and Adjust) method, which takes full advantage of digital technology. The result is good underwater photos faster than you may imagine. You not only learn how to take good photos, but how to share them with your friends via email or printing, optimizing your work with your computer, storage and more.

Course Highlights

The PADI underwater digital photo program is wonderful at gaining skills to improve your dive photo skills and even down to how you store and archive your dive pictures. The PADI outline for the digital divers photo course is in two segments:

Level 1:

- Point-and-shoot cameras and their practicability’s
- White balancing
- Color filters
- Taking photographs without external flash

Level 2:

- Using histograms
- File formats
- Image resolution
- Picture composition
- Organization and archiving

Prerequisites

• Must be a PADI Open Water Diver or Junior Open Water (or have a qualifying certification from another training organization) However, you can take the course as a snorkeler and receive a non-diving certification.
• Choosing and using modern digital cameras and underwater housings

The PADI Digital Underwater Photographer certifications credits toward the Master Scuba Diver rating. This is one of PADI’s most adaptable specialty courses, and can even be started during the last dive of your PADI Open Water Diver course