Volunteer: Underwater Photography and Video Project in South Africa

21 hours ago


Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Global Nomadic Full time
Overview

Volunteer: Underwater Photography and Video Project in South Africa at Global Nomadic.

Location

Location: Mozambique or South Africa

Duration

Duration: 4 weeks

Start Dates

Start dates are each month; enquire with us when applying.

Cost

Cost: $3,900 USD per month

Fee Includes: all food, accommodation, pre-departure + in-country support, orientation and all project related activities

Does not Include: flights, travel insurance, personal spending, visas and vaccinations

Benefits
  • Gain knowledge and practical skills to become an underwater photographer and videographer.
  • Ideal for interns with an interest in getting their feet wet and getting footage under the water.
  • Keywords: Scuba, underwater photography +amp; videography

Please note: This opportunity is designed to give you the contacts and experience to help further your career. You are not replacing any member of staff, but helping alongside them, whilst learning new skills. Simply click the APPLY Button to submit your application, and ask as many questions as you need.

Introduction

The project you will be working with is an environmental and media company who focus on bringing attention to environmental issues specific to Africa, always looking for unique and authentic perspectives in their work. They work with many different clients, ranging from broadcasters, corporations, non-governmental organizations, print media and online news outlets. Their work is not restricted to water-based work, and you can also get involved in their terrestrial work.

If you are looking to acquire knowledge and practical skills to become an underwater photographer and videographer, then we can help They use dSLR cameras in Sea+amp;Sea housings; Panasonic HVX200 video and GoPros together with lighting and accessories to film the stunning coral reefs of the Indian Ocean. This course will empower you to see and explore the underwater realm in a totally new and intimate manner.

We focus on teaching you to become part of the marine world; using specialised breathing techniques and capitalising on the marine inhabitants natural curiosity. Their hand-picked and personally trained team will teach you how to capture the perfectly exposed and composed images and film. Creativity and new techniques are key. You can, if interested, also learn how to capture star trails; time-lapses and other interesting land based techniques. The course leaders mix in a little bit of information on how a young person entering this competitive but exciting field , can make money out of underwater photography.

We have developed a training syllabus consisting of direct tutorship, practical underwater photographic expeditions, practical cultural photographic expeditions, free diving training, and theoretical plus practical tuition for digital workflow and post-processing of your photographs.

Underwater expeditions and cultural expeditions
  • Underwater photographic expeditions: Month long students will partake in 20 expeditions. 2 of these sessions will be pool based and focus on techniques to photograph and to work with human models underwater. 16 other expeditions will concentrate on photographing and/or filming local marine wildlife- both wide-angle and macro subjects.
  • Cultural photographic expeditions: Students will partake in 2 cultural expeditions. One of these will be water/surf based and focus on techniques to photograph human models at the waters edge. One expedition will concentrate on photographing local village life.
  • Free diving training: in addition, students will partake in 4 underwater free-diving expeditions. One of these will be pool based and focus on techniques to successful breath-hold underwater. Open water expeditions will concentrate on locating and photographing local marine wildlife (such as whale sharks or humpback whales and also reef vistas or landscapes which have recently gained in popularity in art sales) whilst on snorkelling gear and one will concentrate on working with models underwater ( this last one will either be pool based or possibly in the shallow surf or rock pools).
About

Although the course is not limited to this- here are some of the aspects of this field that you can expect to learn about:

  • Extensive, intense and detailed training on UW cameras and digital underwater photography, and setting up your housing and camera and maintenance
  • Successful shooting of models underwater,
  • The progression from enthusiastic amateur to professional underwater photographer with a positive cash-flow
  • Night time photography on land incl. shooting star trailsLandscapes
  • Locals- villages and on the seashore
  • Shooting wide angle
  • Stock Photography
  • Macro underwater work
  • Super-Macro underwater work
  • Ambient light photos in water
  • Strobe use and creative UW lighting effects
  • Working with premiere and adding music to films
Digital Workflow
  • Lectures/practicals include: Multiple Underwater Photo software workshops on Lightroom, Photoshop and Premiere specifically geared to Underwater Photographers
  • Creative ideas for UW specialists
  • How to correctly keyword your images both in Lightroom and on stock sites

As a student and guest your daily routine will vary between diving and photographing or videographing, being tutored in photography and video techniques and free diving, and processing and editing your photographs.

The program runs on weekdays only. On weekends you will be able to take part in activities and tours or simply relax.

Please note: all information above is subject to change. Please check the most up to date information on the Global Nomadic website when applying. Simply follow the link when applying.

Seniority level
  • Entry level
Employment type

Volunteer

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Industries
  • Environmental Services
  • International Trade and Development
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