This month Alex Tasker gave us an insight into photogrammetry and his journey so far using this technique underwater. Our usual focus at NUPG is capturing the beautiful scenes we see underwater in 2D, so turning these images into something in 3d so you can move around an object or […]

Competition Theme – Cephalopods

A wet windy night did not deter people arriving to be entertained by Jason Gregory this month and his very informative presentation on the planning behind his shot of a Phosphorescent sea pen (Pennatula phosphorea) for the BSoUP Splash-In 2017 competition. He succeeded in getting a well-deserved runner-up spot out […]

February saw the NUPG welcoming Nick & Caroline Robertson-Brown of Frogfish Photography who entertained us with a presentation entitled “Telling Tales” which was all about the type of underwater images required by diving magazines, newspapers, online media and other organisations. Nick is a fellow of the Royal Photographic Society and […]

On the day ‘Splash-In’ underwater photography competitions; Random or plan? – I went plan. This month Jason Gregory is coming to tell us how he produced his beautiful image of a “Sea Pen” which succeeded in him nabbing the runner-up close up shot in The British and Irish Underwater Photography […]

Nick and Caroline Robertson- Brown will be entertaining us with a talk entitled “Telling Stories” – never let the truth get in the way of a good story! The competition theme is “Front Cover” and this month it will be judged by Caroline and Nick Robertson-Brown as being Underwater Photography Editors […]

This month’s competition is for a magazine front cover shot – This competition is going to be judged by Caroline and Nick Robertson-Brown. Have a look at some diving magazine covers to get an idea what they will be looking for. You do not have to have a person in […]

This January for our monthly meeting we had invited talented photographer and multiple competition winning photographer Kirsty Andrews to judge our “Best of 2018” Competition. She had travelled from Bristol to see us and we warmed her up upon her arrival with a curry. I also think she finished the […]

Competition Theme : Best of 2018 Guest Judge : Kirtsy Andrews Our January competition will of course be “Best of 2018” and we’re delighted to say that Kirsty Andrews has agreed to be our guest judge this time. To allow time for judging, the deadline for entries will be 8pm […]

This month saw Nick More returning, this time to talk to us about ‘Fish Portraiture: Techniques and tips for creating characterful pictures’. An interactive session with questions being posed throughout, Nick started by getting us to think about the definition of a portrait and what factors can give an image […]