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Scuba travel has been running photography workshops with Alex Mustard since 2009.  In that time hundreds of divers have travelled the globe, visiting the world’s top diving destinations with this master photographer.  We work carefully to build each trip around the timing for the best possible encounters.  Alex’ workshops are always popular, aimed at enthusiastic underwater photographers.  They are not competitive - it’s as important to have fun as it is to improve your skills and learn new techniques.
Dr Alex Mustard
Dr Alexander Mustard trained and worked as a marine biologist, but since 2004 has worked full time as a professional underwater photographer and author. He took his first pictures underwater at the age of nine. They were not very good, but over the years they improved and he is widely regarded as one of the most creative underwater photographers, whose works is admired and respected around the world. You can see a portfolio of his work here. He Alex was born in 1975 and has been a certified diver for more than half his life.
His images are known for their distinctive style that makes them instantly recognisable, often with bright, strong colours and simple, yet memorable compositions. They have won many awards and have been widely published. Alex was an early adopter of digital and has pioneered many of the specialist techniques of digital underwater photography, such as the use of filters in available light photography leading to the invention of the Magic Filter, the fisheye-teleconver technique for wide angle macro photography, the use of strobe filters for adjusting water colour, and using telephoto lenses underwater. Moreover, Alex has not kept these techniques trade secrets, but has shared his ideas through numerous magazine articles and columns.
Alex runs the workshops in a friendly and non-competitive manner. This allows all photographers to give and receive constructive and open feedback in a safe environment. I enjoy getting out of my comfort zone because I know I will learn so much - Josef
Alex Says...Although I have been doing Northern Red Sea photographic liveaboard trips every summer since 1998, I love the diving so much I can never wait for the next one. And I am not the only one, my workshops tend to book up quickly because experiencing it once is never enough.
My workshops are not aimed at absolute beginners and most people have SLRs, but cameras snobs are not allowed! All I ask is that you are enthusiastic. MORE
Dates: 10 Aug 2017 - 19 Aug 2017
Jardines Aggressor 1 | Gardens of the Queen
Alex Says...I have long been excited about running a workshop in Cuba. Now with the launch of the Jardines Aggressor in summer 2016 there is an international quality liveaboard experience to match the diving. MORE
Dates: 20 Nov 2017 - 03 Dec 2017
Maluku Resort and Spa | Dive into Ambon
Alex Says...Ambon is a dream diving destination, particularly because the diving comes in two flavours. The protected waters of Ambon Bay are famed as a muck diving mecca, rich in rare and fascinating critters, and referred to as Lembeh without the crowds. This is the place that the famed psychedelic frogfish turns up from time. It is also known to be a great location for Rhinopias, as well as tonnes of froggies, nudis, octopus, pipefish, seahorses and all the typical muck diving creatures. The plan is to spend the first half of the workshop focused on critter diving and macro. MORE
Dates: 16 Mar 2018 - 24 Mar 2018
Carpe Diem | Best of the Maldives
Alex Says...The Maldives has a special place in my heart. I learned to dive in the Maldives and I won my first major photo competition (Young Amateur Photographer Of The Year!) with a photo taken there, so returning is always special. This trip promises to be even more so, because we are doing the Maldives in Style. We’ve chartered the luxurious Carpe Diem liveaboard, but I am only taking 12 guests on a boat that sleeps 20. That means loads of space aboard, and most importantly lots of photographic space underwater. Alex is debuting a new workshop on this trip called Wet And Dry, that is divided 50:50 between underwater and post processing techniques. “The workshop will cover the photographic techniques to capture the subjects we’re focused on as well as a detailed Lightroom post processing workflow to help get the most from your shots” says Alex. MORE
Dates: 14 Jun 2018 - 24 Jun 2018
Lembeh Resort | Lembeh Go Diving
Alex Says...It is back and it is serious! Back in 2016 Lembeh Resort recovered from being 0-1 down to win the shootout 2-1. Round two is scheduled for June 2018. Two teams of photographers will again gather at Gulen Diver Resort, Norway and Lembeh Resort, Indonesia to compete for individual and team glory. Guided and mentored by professional and acclaimed underwater photographers, the teams will strive to produce amazing imagery in a three categories. Alex who will captain the Lembeh team says you can be part of this fun event, joining Alex Mustard in Lembeh or by booking up with our friends in Gulen MORE
Best of the Maldives
The Best of the Maldives does just what it says on the tin - you dive the best and most famous dive sites of the Maldives in a single week of sublime liveaboard diving across Male and Ari atolls. This is a dive holiday in the Maldives to remember tha... MORE
Red Sea Photography Workshop
On Alex' workshops, the sole aim of the diving is photography. We will be going to the sites that are most productive for images and will be repeating sites, sometimes several times, to give you the opportunity to work on shots, change lenses, wait f... MORE
Gardens of the Queen itinerary dives Cuba's spectacular national park. 60 miles off the Cuban coastline, this is the jewel in Cuba's diving crown. More than 600 cays make up the gardens. It is famous for the pristine corals and vast clouds of schoo... MORE
Dive into Ambon
Join Alex Mustard for his Macro and Wide Angle workshop - Dive into Ambon. The spice island of Ambon is nestled in the cosseting waters of the Banda Sea at the heart of the coral triangle. This is deepest Indonesia, on a straight line between Komodo ... MORE
