Photography hints and recommendation

Get hints and recommendation on underwater pictures on the GO Diving Show this weekend, when Nikon, Digital Diver and Scubapix might be delivering inspiring displays on the Sunday.

Sunday 10am – 11am: Nikon – Jake Wilton: Lessons from the sector

Discover how multi-award-winning wildlife photographer Jake Wilton made a profession in underwater pictures and the way he configures his digital camera for the sector. Reserve a Space now.

Sunday 11am – 12 midday: Digital Diver – Underwater Photography Made Simple: Starting Out with Phones, Action Cameras & the OM TG-7

This might be a pleasant, entry-level presentation geared toward serving to newbies get began with out feeling overwhelmed. We’ll discover the principle setup choices – smartphones, motion cameras, and the OM TG-7 digital camera system – and stroll by way of the strengths and sensible trade-offs of every class so attendees know precisely what gear suits their wants and finances.

Sunday 12 midday – 1pm: Nikon – Daniel Sly – Mastering Macro with Nikon

Uncover a brand new world with Nikon and award-winning Photographer, Daniel Sly as we discover the smallest particulars of Sydney’s hidden secrets and techniques. Reserve a Space now.

Underwater cinematography means continually combating physics, mild loss, color shift, and refraction. Challenges that make it exhausting to seize footage that feels pure and tells a narrative. This speak explores the mindset shifts behind higher underwater imagery from planning, method, lighting, and storytelling, and the way skilled filmmakers make it look easy.

GO Diving Show ANZ 2026

The GO Diving Show ANZ, now in its third yr, returns to the Sydney Showground on 5-6 September and guarantees a wealthy smorgasbord of world-class audio system, inspirational exhibitors and entertaining actions – whether or not you’re a novice diver, an skilled leisure diver or a hardcore techie, there’s something for everybody. And with children beneath 16 going free, it’s the good weekend of water-related enjoyable for the entire household.

Central to proceedings is the Main Stage, full with large video wall. Headlining the Main Stage is industrial diver – and the inspiration for Hollywood film Last Breath – Chris Lemons, whose superb story of survival after being stranded on the underside of the North Sea in 100m has nonetheless left the specialists baffled. You may need seen the film and the documentary of the identical title, however listening to from the person himself is just unmissable.

Chris is joined on the Main Stage by acclaimed technical diver, underwater photographer and wreck hunter Pete Mesley, marine biologist, award-winning creator and documentary film-maker Sheree Marris, underwater photographer and conservationist Ross Long, and the intrepid staff from Shipwreck Hunters Australia, who might be taking us behind the scenes of the favored TV collection.

As effectively because the star-studded Main Stage, there are additionally three devoted secondary phases – Photo Stage, Tech Stage, and Inspiration Stage – boasting a cracking roster of presenters, together with underwater photographers Vanessa Mignon, Michael Aw and Brett Lobwein, technical divers Mark Tozer, Yana Stashkevich and John Kendall, and lots of extra. Be educated, entertained and impressed by this legendary line-up.

The GO Diving Show isn’t just a collection of phases internet hosting fabulous talks, there are additionally a host of interactive options to go well with younger and previous, and with a few of them, you don’t even must be a diver to get pleasure from them!

There are two implausible VR diving experiences – discover inside Mount Gambier’s iconic Tank Cave, in a stunningly reasonable three- to five-minute ‘fly-through’ of a reconstructed part of the cave, and enterprise into 70m-plus off Sweden to go to the historic Mars shipwreck, which is astonishingly well-preserved after a number of hundred years underwater.

The Royal Australian Navy are becoming a member of the present this yr, providing an immersive look into the elite world of maritime defence. They might be bringing alongside a group of cutting-edge gear for a very interactive show. From superior tactical diving rigs and high-tech rebreathers to the newest in underwater surveillance and clearance diving gear, it is a uncommon alternative to get hand’s-on with the tech that powers the nation’s naval operations. Whether you’re a gear fanatic or interested by a profession beneath the waves, come meet the specialists and discover the equipment that defines naval excellence.

After an amazing reception final yr, the Historical Diving Society are returning, showcasing the fascinating historical past of diving by way of a devoted show celebrating how underwater exploration has advanced. Visitors can count on to see examples of traditional diving gear, together with conventional hard-hat gear, alongside skilled insights into the strategies, expertise and tales that formed the early days of the game. Run by passionate volunteers, the show presents an in-depth take a look at diving heritage and is a must-see for anybody curious about how trendy scuba diving got here to be.

Discover the unbelievable world of marine conservation with ORRCA (Organisation for the Rescue and Research of Cetaceans in Australia). Dedicated to the safety and welfare of whales, dolphins, seals, and dugongs, don’t miss their marine rescue demonstrations, the place you’ll get a front-row seat to the specialised strategies and gear used to avoid wasting stranded or injured marine giants. Whether you’re a passionate ocean advocate or a curious diver, come learn the way this devoted staff of volunteers operates and discover out how one can assist defend our valuable marine mammals. Witness the rescue mission first-hand!

If you wish to really ‘get wet’ for actual, there are two Discovery Pools proper within the corridor – one is devoted to newbies taking their first tentative fin-steps into the world of diving with an entry-level trydive, whereas the opposite is dedicated to certified divers to who to strive one thing new – specifically closed-circuit rebreathers. You can guide your slots within the Discovery Pools with SDI here.

There are additionally a bunch of seminars over the weekend, together with classes by coaching businesses PADI and SDI, and pictures specialists Nikon.

And in fact, on the coronary heart of the present, surrounding the phases and options might be a broad vary of exhibitors, from vacationer boards and tour operators to resorts, liveaboards, coaching businesses, retailers, producers, and conservation organisations. This sensational array of all-things-diving gives the proper excuse to scout your subsequent vacation vacation spot, plan your subsequent certification course, take pleasure in just a little retail remedy on some shiny new equipment, and discover out the newest efforts to guard our watery planet.

Special Screening of ‘Ocean’

Join Save Our Marine Life (SOML) for a particular screening of gorgeous documentary Ocean throughout a breakout session on Saturday 5 September at 2pm.

Narrated by Sir David Attenborough, Ocean is a panoramic cinematic journey beneath the waves, celebrating the wonder and marvel of our blue planet whereas sharing an inspiring message of hope – if we give the ocean the area to get well, it may possibly bounce again sooner than we ever imagined.

Following the screening, be part of a energetic dialogue exploring the movie’s key themes, the position of marine sanctuaries in restoring ocean well being, and the way Australia’s diving group might help form the way forward for marine safety. Whether you’re a leisure diver, dive operator, teacher, underwater photographer or ocean fanatic, that is your probability to attach with fellow ocean lovers, share concepts, and be a part of a rising motion to guard the reefs, marine life and wild locations that make Australia one of many world’s biggest diving locations.

Get your GO Diving Show tickets now!

Tickets for the GO Diving Show ANZ are on sale now – advance day tickets are $12 as an alternative of the on-the-door worth of $15, however the first 1,000 tickets are 2-for-1 with code TWO4ONE, making it unbelievable worth for cash, so get your skates on and guide now. Kids 16 and beneath get in without spending a dime, making it the proper household time out. There is loads of parking on-site and the venue is simple to get to with loads of transport choices, so get the dates in your diary now and put together for an epic weekend celebrating all types of diving.