Corals of Tenggol Island. Wide-angle shot using Nikon D70 + 12-24mm lens. F/9 @ 1/125, custom white-balance. Post-processing in Adobe Photoshop.

Many of us already own a digital camera and being a certified diver (or if you're planning to take the PADI Open Water course), underwater photography is just a small step away from there! Get in on the action with the PADI Digital Underwater Photographer Specialty course. You can quickly and easily capture the underwater world with your camera and on your computer, to be shared later with your family and friends.

During the PADI Digital Underwater Photographer Specialty course, you learn to use the PADI SEA (Shoot, Examine and Adjust) method, which takes full advantage of digital technology. The result is good underwater photos faster than you may imagine. You not only learn how to take good photos, but how to share them with your friends via email or printing, optimizing your work with your computer, storage and more.

You must be a PADI Open Water Diver or Junior Open Water diver to take this course (or have a qualifying certification from another training organization). Not yet a diver? No problem. Do your Open Water course first and start the Digital Underwater Photographer course during the last dive for your Open Water certification. It's that convenient!

Dancing Durban Shrimp, Redang Island. Nikon D70 + 105mm VR Micro lens. 

Some of the things you will learn in this course:

• Choosing the digital cameras and underwater housings that fits your needs and budget
• Setting your digital camera and preparing the underwater housing for your dives
  
• Using the Shoot, Examine, Adjust method for getting great shots quickly
• Digital file formats, resolutions, exposure, composition etc.
• Use of underwater strobe
  
• Editing and sharing your pictures
• The three primary principles for getting good photos underwater
  

Only two (2) dives are required to complete this course therefore the course can be done as part of your dive trip and can even be started during the last dive of your PADI Open Water Diver course. This course is priced RM500, inclusive of an original PADI Digital Underwater Photography Manual and a white balance slate.

>> Special Offer: Open Water + Digital U/w Photographer course, save RM150!

>> Click here to go to Halimi's Flickr website to view his other underwater images