These ranges of courses are suited for those who are looking to achieve confidence to be able to use their camera in a mode other than ‘automatic’ mode in a short space of time.

Maria will use her hands-on experience from gaining beautiful photographs and share hard-won tips and tricks to help you gain confidence in your photographic skills and achieve beautiful photographs whether above or underwater. She will also share her experience and knowledge of the many destinations she has visited worldwide to bring you a day to remember, new skills learnt in an easy-to-understand course with little ‘technical jargon’.

Naturally, this comes with the personal touch for which she is renowned at spectacular venues surrounded by rolling countryside to make your day special.

These courses are held at our very own classroom in Bromley, Action Underwater TV Studios in Essex as well as locations in Oxford, Salisbury and Leeds. These venues offer excellent classroom facilities, a beautiful pool to practice underwater photography in as well as superb woodland view

Why not treat yourself to an overnight stay at Eynsham Hall in Oxford as a special treat whilst on a course? With prices at just £70 for two people including bed and breakfast, guests can take a well-deserved break, be pampered and enjoy all of the luxury facilities that Eynsham Hall offers. Please email us at info@oceanvisions.co.uk for more information as to how to book. All guests booking overnight accommodation will receive a free welcome gift.

Are you pushed for time and want to get to grips with understanding your camera on a personal one-to-one level in a short time. Then this course is for you!

Based at our new Gallery, this course will take you through all the steps covered on the One Day Course in no time at all, giving you complete confidence to use your camera and get the best results from it - but without getting wet! A photo clinic of going through your own photos is included, as is a free gift as with all our courses.

Learn how to use Photoshop at the same time. A fantastic 2 hr Introduction to Photoshop for Underwater Photographers can be added onto this course for the same price.

Underwater Photography is now easier than ever before by joining a one-day course tailor-made for divers with compact cameras to help you set up your camera correctly so that you can bring home photographs to impress your friends and family.

Topics include Setting Up and Maintenance, Macro –v- Wide Angle Photography, Understanding Manual White Balance/Red Filters/Flash, What Makes a Great Photograph and an afternoon extensive pool session to hone your photographic composition skills.

This will be followed by a review of photos taken back in the classroom. Visit our Guest Gallery to see the spectacular results that guests have achieved from these techniques taught.

Cameras are available to try out for the day at a special price of £20 which includes a personalised CD of your day’s photographs as well as a £10 discount voucher off future purchases.

Prices: £145

Dates

This special course will show beginners how to enhance and create special effects to their photographs to make them stand out from the rest. Basic to intermediate skills will be taught to give confidence in Adobe Photoshop Elements or CS. This course is an introductory course based on Jack and Sue Drafahl's renowed book on Adobe Photoshop for Underwater Photographers.

Price £129 for just two guests

Dates

These courses run on request at either our new Gallery in Bromley, Kent, or at Eynsham Hall in Oxford. Drop us an email and let me know which date works best for you. If the date is free - it's yours! Don't forget that when ordering your underwater photo on canvas, you can come to our gallery and learn how to edit your photo for free with a cup of coffee!

Don't forget you can visit them for their own special photoshop course in Oregon, USA. It is well worth a visit and have a beautiful studio which they love to share with their guests. Visit their website at www.jackandsue.com for more information.

Get creative with your compact camera underwater on our new course which focuses completely on developing your skills in taking great photographs underwater and being able to spot great photo opportunities.

Guests should have a basic knowledge of how their camera works as only a brief introduction will be given on different settings. There will be two pool sessions to hone your skills - a one hour session in the morning before lunch, then we will download and review the shots taken with tips given on how to improve your shots or look at different angles. Then we will have another pool session in the afternoon to practice learned techniques. Subjects to perfect your skills on include sharks, wrecks, caves with a large variety of fish and turtles - all plastic of course but very life-like!

This course is also ideal for those guests who have the ability to change their aperture and shutter speeds on their cameras, as the extra pool session will give an ideal opportunity to understand further and practice using these settings. Numbers are kept small to ensure lots of pool space.

Special Introductory Price £149

6th July – Eynsham Hall, Oxford
27th July – Action Underwater Studios, Essex
10th August – Eynsham Hall, Oxford
17th August – Bromley, Kent – Two Spaces Only

photo © Neil Calvert

For further information and How To Book, please email us at
info@oceanvisions.co.uk or call 07957 621915. We look forward to helping you with your
future photographic adventures and will do everything possible to help.