Do you want to show the underwater world to your land-based friends? Take the PADI Underwater Videographer Specialty course and you'll learn the skills necessary to shoot your own underwater footage.
What do I need to start?
PADI Open Water Diver or Junior Open Water Diver certification (or equivalent)
Minimum age: 10 years old
An Underwater Video Camer
How long will it take?
Recommended Course Hours: 24
Minimum Open Water Training: three dives over one day
What will I do?
You'll learn about selecting, maintaining and caring for your underwater video equipment as well as safe diving practices while on a videography dives. Further, you'll learn videography fundamentals, such as exposure, focus, shot types, moves, story line and shot sequencing. Then you'll get to put your knowledge to actual use during your three open water dives.
What Next?
Your Adventures in Diving Underwater Videographer adventure dive may count towards your Underwater Videographer Specialty course at the instructors discretion. This Specialty course also counts toward one of the five required dives for the Master Scuba Diver Certification.
Doing your Underwater Naturalist together with this specialty gives you the chance to take video showing interaction of the creatures you are learning about.