A mirror-like sea and over 40 degrees in the shade, our photo safari in the Red Sea is getting sweaty. It was 28-31 degrees in the water and in total we did 19 dives in very nice conditions. We were often the only boat out here on the reef. A comfortable boat with good logistics for diving and we had handpicked dive guides. Last but not least, we were a lovely bunch of nice, tagged and photo-interested divers. This set the very framework for a third photo safari in the Red Sea under the auspices of Scuba Travel. To that should be added that we had a crew who bet everything that we would have a good time. Not least the chef was fantastic!
This time we were two photo guides on board the boat. For Ingvar it was the third time as a guide. This year he was accompanied by Jonna Bergström, who was Swedish champion in UV photography in 2009. The idea of us being two guides was, among other things, that we could give more individual feedback to each participant.
The layout of the photo safari had three main components: Short educational elements with different themes. Individual feedback on images and perhaps most importantly, joint image reviews where participants show a selection of their images and give each other feedback. Then, of course, the whole thing was based on the fact that we could offer a lot of time with the camera in the water, and that the participants were given photo assignments that stimulated and challenged. For this, our liveaboard was perfectly suited given the simple logistics: Dive - eat - rig cameras and charge batteries - rest - dive. Nothing else disturbs!
