The Ocean Art 2019 Underwater Photography Competition Accepting Entries!

Published 6 years agoon October 7, 2019

The Underwater Photography Guide is accepting entries for the 8th Annual Ocean Art Underwater Photo Competition!

Ocean Art is one of the most prestigious underwater photo competitions in the world. A long list of prizes valued at over $80,000 also makes it one of the best endowed, attracting amateur to pro photographers across the globe. Sixteen categories ensure all photo disciplines and cameras compete fairly, while the 75+ winning images create a portfolio of the best underwater photos of the year. Winning images are shared by media outlets around the world!

Photos must be submitted before the deadline of 23:59PM PST on November 30, 2019. Register Here

Judges

Judges include world-renowned underwater photographers Tony Wu, Martin Edge, Marty Snyderman and Scott Gietler. Martin Edge is the author of The Underwater Photographer, a top-selling book on underwater photography. Marty Snyderman is an Emmy winner with work appearing in top publications like National Geographic. Tony Wu is a renowned underwater photographer and author of Silent Symphony. Scott Gietler is the owner of Bluewater Photo, Bluewater Travel, and the Underwater Photography Guide.

Categories

This year they have made some category changes.

Mirrorless camera technology advanced at lightspeed in 2018 and many new mirrorless camera systems are as good or better than DSLR’s. Therefore, they have merged the mirrorless categories into the “open” categories. This allowed for them to introduce four new and very promising categories – Novice Wide-Angle, Novice Macro, Blackwater, and Underwater Conservation. The judges can’t wait to see what our amazing community of underwater photographers produces!

For more information about the Ocean Art competition click here for details.

Nick and Caroline Robertson-Brown

Nick and Caroline (Frogfish Photography) are a married couple of conservation driven underwater photo-journalists and authors. Both have honours degrees from Manchester University, in Environmental Biology and Biology respectively, with Nick being a Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society, a former high school science teacher with a DipEd in Teaching Studies. Caroline has an MSc in Animal Behaviour specializing in Caribbean Ecology. They are multiple award-winning photographers and along with 4 published books, feature regularly in the diving, wildlife and international press They are the Underwater Photography and Deputy Editors at Scubaverse and Dive Travel Adventures. Winners of the Caribbean Tourism Organization Photo-journalist of the Year for a feature on Shark Diving in The Bahamas, and they have been placed in every year they have entered. Nick and Caroline regularly use their free time to visit schools, both in the UK and on their travels, to discuss the important issues of marine conservation, sharks and plastic pollution. They are ambassadors for Sharks4Kids and founders of SeaStraw. They are Dive Ambassadors for The Islands of The Bahamas and are supported by Mares, Paralenz, Nauticam and Olympus. To find out more visit www.frogfishphotography.com