APRIL 20-MAY 7
Bluewater Photo’s Annual Workshop with Photo pros Erik Lukas and Mike Bartick. Learn photo techniques, shooting skills and editing
Bluewater Photo’s Annual Workshop with Photo pros Erik Lukas and Mike Bartick. Learn photo techniques, shooting skills and editing
May 20-30 - Critterhunt Critterhunt is an annual workshop with two daily seminars covering photo techniques and lighting with Mike Bartick and editing by...
Read MoreMAY 10-20, 2023 Citizen Science Nudibranch Workshop with special guest Dr. Terry Gosliner, senior curator of invertebrate zoology and geology from the...
Read MoreAPRIL 20-MAY 7 Bluewater Photo’s Annual Workshop with Photo pros Erik Lukas and Mike Bartick. Learn photo techniques, shooting skills and editing
Read MoreBackscatter Macro Intensive with Mike BartickBackscatter photo and video’s Annual Macro Intensive Workshop with optional Blackwater add on March 12-22 plus...
Read MoreFebruary 16-26 - Macro Madness with Award winning underwater photographer’s Brook Peterson and Mike Bartick.32 dives with nitrox, guide, boat and 2 daily...
Read MoreCritterfest is our longest running annual workshop at Crystal Blue Resort. By popular demand we have added an additional critterfest workshop for...
Read MoreI was extremely fortunate to have been invited by a diving friend to attend my first “Critterfest” workshop in 2014. It was held at Crystal Blue Resort , Anilao, Philippines and hosted by Mike Bartick . Mike is both an excellent communicator and photographer, both above & below water with amazing innovative ideas & techniques. I was so impressed with the workshop on so many levels. Firstly , discussions and demonstrations provided by Mike were both interesting and so very informative . He demonstrated various examples of camera placement and lighting techniques . He showed a wide number of “critters” that we might encounter , what to look for and how to approach them to photograph what Mike called “the peak of the action” . The workshops were enhanced with mid- day discussions on computer use of Lightroom and conducted by his Critterfest workshop partner, Bruce Shafer. The workshops run like a fine oiled machine. This is due to the incredible staff Mike has backing him up. The dive boats, staff, guides and dive gear operation is second to none. The camera room where everyone has their own personal desk with lights & power boards are exceptional. The accommodation and meals provided are great made even better by the smiling staff. Crystal Blue even has its own commercial water business that supplies the best water to drink. The pick up from your hotel in Manila there and back is so professional and always on time. I am very happy to endorse all of Mikes workshops held at Crystal Blue and I know that I am looking forward to my sixth visit.
Mike's Macro photography workshop at Crystal Blue Resort was a game changer for me, I've turned from someone who was struggling to light up a macro subject to choosing which technique to use, taking shots with multiple techniques, and then struggling, but this time to choose which picture is better than the other, because all of them are great to choose one over the other. Also Mike is a master instructor in lighting with a snoot, his teachings and daily follow-ups transformed me from about to shoot myself in the foot to mastering the snoot, shooting with a snoot is so hard, but Mike's teaching will help you break all the obstacles you will face during the learning process. If you want to master macro photography, Mike is the MAN.
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