LAUPS: The Los Angeles Underwater Photographic Society
Founded 1957 - Celebrating 50 years of underwater photography

If you emailed entries, you should have a confirmation email from us by now. Please contact us at webmaster@laups.org if you have not heard back from us.

thanks and good luck!

The email entries are coming in hot and fast right now. You will get a confirmation email from us letting you know we got payment, entry form, and entries, but due to the volume right now, it might not be immediate.

If you have any trouble using the comp entry address, please contact us at webmaster@laups.org without an attached photo and we'll work out the issue.

Thanks for your patience and good luck!

This is a reminder that the 45th Annual International Underwater Photographic Competition is well under way and accepting entries postmarked by Sept 21, 2007.

The 45th International Underwater Photographic Competition and our gracious sponsors offer both experienced and novice photographers, and videographers the opportunity to win valuable prizes including dive trips,
underwater photography and diving equipment!

So far this year includes trips with:
Bilikiki, Solomons
Nai'a, Fiji
Uncommon Adventures
Lagoon Resort, Fiji
Manta Ray Bay Hotel, Yap
Explorer Expeditions, Chuuk/Truk
Club Cantamar, La Paz
and more sponsoring daily.....


10 Categories include: “Macro” (print & digital), “Wide Angle”(print & digital), “Behavior” (digital only), “Cold/Green Water”(print & digital), “Marine Related Scenic” (digital only), "Video Raw" and “Video Edited”.

For complete details on eligibility, rules, and entry forms in .pdf files, please visit the official competition website at www.laups.org



If you have any questions, please contact competition@laups.org

Our monthly meeting is Wednesday September 19, It is our 2nd intra-club competition ENTER-ENTER-ENTER any one could win even if you did not entered the 1st competition of the year.

CATAGORIES:

Creative Freestyle-digital
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Novice Color-digital
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Open Color-digital
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Novice West Coast-digital
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Open West Coast-digital
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Novice Marine Related-digital
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Open Marine Related-digital
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Novice & Open Judged Together Color Prints

Novice & Open Judged Together West Coast Prints

September 22nd is our final California dive trip for the year. Come and join the fun there are a couple spots left, call Cory Gray to sign up 310-568-0797

Bilikiki Cruises will once again be hosting photo professionals on board MV Bilikiki and MV Spirit of Solomons in 2007 and 2008.

Nov 13 - 27, 2007 Join Fred Dion of Underwater Photo-Tech. Receive equipment and photo instruction on a one to one basis at NO EXTRA CHARGE! Great way to improve your photography and have fun doing it! Check it out at http://www.uwphoto.com/travel.html#6

Aug 12 - 26, 2008 will be hosted by the Digital Duo Sue &Jack Drafahl. Enjoy evening slide shows, and instruction in digital photography and Photoshop at NO EXTRA CHARGE. For more information go to http://www.jackandsuedrafahl.com/tripssolomon1.html

Oct 14 - 28, 2008 will be hosted by Rod Klein. Take advantage of Rod's expertise in Digital photography. Join his Digital Workshop at NO EXTRA CHARGE! For more information on Rod and his clinic go to http://www.rhkuw.com/workshops.html

All of these departures are a full 14 nights with 13 days of diving!! And all of the workshops are being offered at NO EXTRA CHARGE over our regular charter rates.

Obviously demand will be high so book now to secure your space. Call or email us with any questions or to confirm a booking.

Send us your photos!

Many of you have uploaded your images to our guest photo gallery and there are really some great shots there. Check it out at http://bilikiki.com/gallery.php or to upload your images go direct to http://bilikiki.com/guestupload.php.

Let us know if you would also like to see them appear as our main images at the top of our web pages. These change on a random basis every time you reload a page.

All the best to all of you from all of us at Bilikiki Cruises!

Wetpixel launches Wetpixel Quarterly, a new quarterly print magazine
Magazine focuses on spectacular underwater imagery and the marine environment

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — September 7th, 2007 —

Wetpixel LLC announces the arrival of a new quarterly print magazine devoted to high-quality underwater photography. Wetpixel Quarterly brings fans of the underwater realm spectacular imagery in a landscape-oriented, high-resolution format. As well as celebrating the beauty of the deep, Wetpixel Quarterly provides a forum for a necessary dialog on marine conservation among photographers, researchers, conservationists, and the general public. To help foster this community, the magazine accepts and encourages contributions from professional and amateur photographers alike. Wetpixel.com is the most respected online destination for all things related to underwater imaging; Wetpixel Quarterly presents an exciting new venue for showcasing the work of this community in print.

The magazine’s founders, Eric Cheng and Elijah Woolery—both avid divers and underwater photographers—hope to foster environmental stewardship by highlighting conservation concerns in Wetpixel Quarterly‘s theme-based issues. “By drawing attention to the links between the beauty of the underwater world and the action required to sustain these environments,” says Woolery, “we’re hoping to increase interest in preserving threatened areas around the globe—and to help protect those areas that are still pristine.” Through interviews, articles, open contests, and, most importantly, the lenses of its contributors, Wetpixel Quarterly brings to the page a new sense of the fragility and splendor of underwater life.

About Wetpixel Quarterly:

Wetpixel Quarterly was founded in 2007 by Eric Cheng and Elijah Woolery to create a high-quality quarterly showcase of the best in underwater imagery in conjunction with news and information about marine research and conservation. Wetpixel Quarterly is printed in landscape orientation using 50% recycled materials.

For more information, visit http://www.wetpixelquarterly.com/

AMAZING REEFS ARE JUST THE BEGINNING

Situated in a small archipelago just Southeast of Sulawesi, a large Amoeba shaped island in the center of Indonesia, Wakatobi is truly a slice of paradise in the middle of nowhere.

Read more of Dive Photo Guide's trip report to Wakatobi here:

DivePhotoGuide Does Wakatobi

For only the third time ever, the Moneterey Bay Aquarium placed a young white shark in the Outer Bay exhibit on August 28. The shark—a male 4-foot, 9-inches and 67 ½ pounds—will remain in the exhibit as long as he's in good health and is small enough for us to return safely to the wild.

Tracking tags on the first two sharks recorded their movements back in the wild. Data from their tags, and those on other juveniles and adults, is expanding scientific understanding of white shark migrations. That’s information vital to efforts to protect these threatened predators.

You can meet the white shark in person when you visit, or try to spot him on our Outer Bay cam as he swims in the exhibit. The aquarium will be open until 8 p.m. this Saturday, September 1 and Sunday, September 2. We’ll post regular online updates on how he’s doing.

Learn more about our new white shark.

Read Dive Photo Guide's review of the exciting new Canon SLRs here:

New Canon DSLRs Offer Exciting UW potential

They might have a reputation as being fearsome killing machines but scientists have discovered that even the ocean's ultimate predator appreciates a decent tune.

A new study by German scientists has discovered that playing certain music to sharks gets them in the mood for mating.

The songs that make sharks frisky

Great ideas can pop open whole new vistas. And they can come in many forms. They can be as big and sweeping as a new business model or as focused as a single piece of equipment. What’s key is that they are leverage points that have the potential to turn tides. Saving the world’s oceans is going to take more than passionate declarations. Conservation Magazine asked a select group of innovative thinkers to go out on a limb. What string should we pull to give marine conservation a decided edge? Here are their answers.

10 Solutions to save the Oceans