Winners – Underwater Videography Contests

March 2022 Video Contest Winner and Review

Published 4 years agoon April 1, 2022

WINNER CHOSEN AND REVIEW BY SCUBAVERSE.COM’S EDITOR-AT-LARGE AND RESIDENT UNDERWATER VIDEOGRAPHY EXPERT JEFF GOODMAN

Winner: Ad Aqua by Lionel Pawlowski

Winning Video:

Spring is here in the UK and diving will get easier in the next few months. YES! Lovely films entered this month. Not so many, but all of excellent quality. The one that stood out for me this time was Ad Aqua by Lionel Pawlowski.

Good diving and filming to all. Jeff.

Diving with angels by Maria Bereozka

They are indeed beautiful fish and good to see so many together. It was a really nice glimpse at their world in a moment of time. Well done for getting close with good camera work and lighting. If it’s any help, you can always try re-framing or zooming in up to 40% closer during the edit without loosing quality. Good music choice.

The Mystery dance of Love by Maria Bereozka

Hi Maria. Thanks for the nicely written intro. Stunning video. Fabulous music choice and nicely edited. You do so well to keep shots running where as many people would stop and start again and it’s so good that you are not afraid of keeping in the distant shots. The ray coming up from the sea bed and into camera was perfect.

Ad Aqua by Lionel Pawlowski

Love the sentiment behind the film. Such a lot of work put into this. You created some wonderful images accompanied by superb narration. Your videography is very good indeed with good framing, sharp pictures and perfect lighting.

Cold Comfort by David Gwyer

Not the usual sort of film that gets entered but this was really nice to see. Brave people. Lovely opening shots and very good narration. Liked the interviews continuing as voice over. Very professional film. Perfect music and mixture of aerial and in water shots. I did like the characters you chose to talk. Great story and well edited.

How I meet my first Manta by Maria Bereozka

I love your passion for the marine world. It shines bright in your films and the animals you are with seem to sense this. Stunning images and great music. Makes me sit back, watch and relax with a smile. I often say in my comments to entries that film makers should have a think about narrating their sequences, but in your case the images say it all.

The April competition is now open for entries. You can enter up to three videos by clicking here.

Jeff Goodman

Jeff is a multiple award winning, freelance TV cameraman/film maker and author. Having made both terrestrial and marine films, it is the world's oceans and their conservation that hold his passion with over 10.000 dives in his career. Having filmed for international television companies around the world and author of two books on underwater filming, Jeff is Author/Programme Specialist for the 'Underwater Action Camera' course for the RAID training agency. Jeff has experienced the rapid advances in technology for diving as well as camera equipment and has also experienced much of our planet’s marine life, witnessing, first hand, many of the changes that have occurred to the wildlife and environment during that time. Jeff runs bespoke underwater video and editing workshops for the complete beginner up to the budding professional.