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Alex Mustard photography

Escorted Photography Holidays

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

Dates: 21 Jan 2024 - 30 Jan 2024

Emperor Harmoni | Raja Ampat Discovery

Alex Says...NOW FULL ALEX MUSTARD ESCORTED WORKSHOP: This package is on a SORONG - SORONG basis. Along with the photo workshops it includes 16 guests on a 24 guest liveaboard. Workshop, 8 Days Diving with Guide, Full Board, Nitrox, Land Excusion, Cocktail Party, Transfers to and from airport, including Waisai ferry on arrival. Marine Park & Port Fees. Per person, based on shared twin lower deck cabin for 9 nights. MORE

Dates: 15 Mar 2024 - 28 Mar 2024

Misool Eco Resort | Misool Photography Workshop

Alex Says...1 FEMALE SHAARE SOUTH BEACH VILLA SPACE - The one, the only Alex Mustard & Erin Quigley Misool workshop MORE

Dates: 29 Apr 2024 - 10 May 2024

Lembeh Resort | Lembeh Go Diving

Alex Says...NOW FULL Alex extended Lembeh critter workshop MORE

Dates: 17 Jun 2024 - 24 Jun 2024

Ghazala Explorer | Wrecks and Reefs

Alex Says...NOW FULL The iconic ALEX MUSTARD Red Sea workshop with 3-4 dives day (except first and last day), 12lt tank & weights, FREE NITROX, marine park fees and port fees. Flights are direct with TUI from Gatwick to Hurghada - please ask about regional departures at the time of booking. You have 7 nights in a lower deck cabin on a full board basis. Prebook and prepay for your optional extras including cabin upgrades, additional kit hire, hotel day use package or Egyptian entry visa. Pay locally for alcohol or any on board souvenirs or TEK gases. MORE

Dates: 24 Jun 2024 - 01 Jul 2024

Ghazala Explorer | Wrecks and Reefs

Alex Says...NOW FULL The iconic ALEX MUSTARD Red Sea workshop with 3-4 dives day (except first and last day), 12lt tank & weights, FREE NITROX, marine park fees and port fees. Flights are direct with TUI from Gatwick to Hurghada - please ask about regional departures at the time of booking. You have 7 nights in a lower deck cabin on a full board basis. Prebook and prepay for your optional extras including cabin upgrades, additional kit hire, hotel day use package or Egyptian entry visa. Pay locally for alcohol or any on board souvenirs or TEK gases. MORE

Dates: 11 Sep 2024 - 24 Sep 2024

Solitude Adventurer | Komodo National Park

Alex Says...NOW FULL - Alex Mustard extended Komodo workshop MORE

Dates: 04 Nov 2024 - 11 Nov 2024

Ghazala Explorer | St Johns

Alex Says...If you have only done the north, be prepared, this trip has totally different diving and photography. The reef structures are different, with shallow sites famed for extensive caverns and pinnacles. Plus there are far more bigger creatures MORE

Dates: 17 Nov 2024 - 24 Nov 2024

Bella Eriny | Wrecks and Reefs

Alex Says...This workshop is focused on shooting these spectacular reefs in optimal conditions. The sheltered east coast around Sharm El Sheikh is packed with stunning reefs and the this workshop is timed for late November specifically to get the best light. The low sun at this time of year, gives beautiful dappled light on both the morning and afternoon dives on this trip, providing the opportunity for stunning wide angle scenics that cannot be matched at other times of year. MORE

Wrecks and Reefs

Wrecks and Reefs is our number 1 Egyptian liveaboard itinerary for a reason. Dive the best of the Northern Red Sea and discover the world class wrecks and breath taking reefs every day and night. The warm, clear waters are packed with rich coral gard... MORE

St Johns

St Johns is a large reef system right at the end of the Egyptian Red Sea and all time favourite with scuba divers of all abilities. This itinerary packs in the stunning reef systems of St Johns in the Deep South, Fury Shoal and Wadi Gamal. The reef l... 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

Raja Ampat Discovery

Raja Ampat may be difficult to find on a map but it is a scuba diving experience quite unlike any other and one of the all time great Indonesian dive destinations. This is a vast expanse of sea, peppered with literally hundreds of tiny islands and c... MORE

Komodo National Park

Komodo National Park is well known for the ferocious looking dragons but it is also growing in reputation as being a must do dive destination in Indonesia. The unique ecology of the area, formed by volcanic activity, has shaped a diver's paradise un... MORE

Lembeh Go Diving

Lembeh Go Diving... MORE