Grab Your Glass: Monterey Shootout This Weekend

The Monterey Shootout is an underwater photo competition focused on fun, education, inspiring new underwater image-makers. The Northern California Underwater Photographic Society (NCUPS) has been running this weekend-long event for 37 years.

Are you new to underwater photography or Monterey diving? Come meet a supportive group of die-hard Monterey divers, learn new shooting techniques in shooting seminars, and maybe even discover a new dive site. Workshops from Backscatter begin on Thursday (see the complete seminar schedule here).

Sunday seminars feature accomplished underwater photographer Mike Bartick. Mike’s work is featured in magazines, textbooks, calendars and more and can be found worldwide. He is a small animal expert that frequently leads groups of photographers into Asia to seek out that special critter. His seminar runs 10:30A.M. – 11:45A.M.

Jason Bradley will be presenting “The Art Of The Print – From Image Capture to Post Processing”. He will discuss the basics of how to gather the best raw material you can, how to develop it, how to make sure your blues are blue, that your water looks like you intended, and how to create the best expression of your work possible. This seminar runs 12:00P.M. – 1:30P.M.

This friendly shooting competition not only rewards advanced shooters with amazing prizes but also bestows fantastic prizes to the newest shooters in the ranks. Add in a cocktail party supported by our sponsors and this is a weekend worth attending.