Bluewater Photo has announced the 2017 SoCal Shootout which will be held September 8-10, 2017. Registration is now open.
This weekend-long competition brings together underwater photographers of all levels throughout Southern California. Starting Friday morning and spanning through Sunday night, participants have the opportunity to shoot photos in the Pacific Ocean anywhere south of Pt. Conception to north of the Mexican border to be eligible. Continuing into its 7th year, entry for the competition is still only $40. Those interested in participating can sign up online by clicking here. Entrants can enter up to 8 photos or three video entries, or a mix of the two. Please see the website for complete information and rules.
Fantastic Sponsors!
Grand prizes include a Sea of Cortez liveaboard trip from the Quino El Guardian, a Philippines diving package from Aiyanar Beach & Dive Resort, Gear, a variety of high-end Kraken Video lights from iTorch and several Sola lights from Light & Motion.
Gold sponsors include a several YS-D2 strobes from Sea & Sea, a diving package from Maluku Divers in Indonesia, several free trip vouchers from Channel Islands Dive Adventures and an Olympus TG-5 Camera & Housing package from Olympus.
Silver level sponsors include Ikelite, Cinebags Underwater, Ultralight Control Systems, and the CeeRay Dive Boat.
Photo from Jim Argonick from 2016 SoCal Shootout. Click to enlarge.
Many Categories, Something for Everyone!
The SoCal Shootout is designed for photographers of all levels with a variety of categories to enter including separate categories for different camera formats, such as compact vs dSLR. We offer open categories for all levels, and dedicated mirrorless and compact camera categories as well. We also offer two video categories, Unedited and Edited Video which offers entrants to submit a short video narrative composed of multiple shots with added audio or music.
Contest Judges
We are excited to have professional underwater photographer Andy Sallmon back for this year’s competition, judging the entries along with Bluewater Photo owner and professional underwater photographer Scott Gietler.
For more information, visit the website at bluewaterphotostore.com/socal-shootout for more information or contact Kelli at kelli@bluewaterphotostore.com.