Cave and tech diver Kerrie Burow will be talking about her journey through cave-diving photography techniques when she graces the Tech Stage at the GO Diving Show ANZ in September.
Kerrie is a qualified closed-circuit rebreather (CCR), technical and cave diver, as well as an award-winning underwater photographer, including winning her category in the Underwater Photographer of the Year 2022, and garnering frequent placements and acknowledgments in the Australasia Top Emerging Photographer awards, among others.
She is a regular contributing writer and photographer for Scuba Diver Magazine Australia and New Zealand, and her articles and images have been published nationally and internationally in a number of magazines.
Professionally, Kerrie works in the corporate world as a consultant in the learning sciences, and enjoys collaborating with subject matter experts who wish to teach their knowledge and skills expertise.
Her talk topic on the Tech Stage will be:
Cave-Diving Photography across the Continents: My First Two and a Half Years – What I Wish I Knew from the Beginning
This workshop will be presented as a visual diary of learning cave-diving photography, starting in Australia in January 2022.
Covering important insights and experiences in the caverns and caves of Australia, Europe and Mexico, participants will share the process of growth, understanding that each cave dive with a camera offers valuable lessons and opportunities for continuous improvement.
The importance of safety, camera settings in low-light conditions, composition, the crucialness of understanding light and the photographic process from concept to final editing will be covered.
Participants will come away empowered to capture beautiful images while minimising their impact on delicate underwater environments.
The GO Diving Show ANZ
This annual event, taking place this year on 28-29 September at the Sydney Showground at the Olympic Park, is aimed at showcasing the very best of our underwater world to everyone from raw novices who are either contemplating getting into diving, or have completed their entry-level courses, to advanced divers, right through to technical divers and veteran CCR divers.
There are an array of stages – the Main Stage, the Photo Stage, the Australia/New Zealand Stage, the Inspiration Stage and the Tech Stage – that will play host to dozens of speakers from around the world, as well as a host of interactive features to suit young and old, from VR diving experiences, trydives, a demonstration pool, mermaids, and much more.
Surrounding the stages and features will be a broad range of exhibitors, from tourist boards and tour operators to resorts, liveaboards, training agencies, retailers, manufacturers, and conservation organisations.
The 2024 GO Diving Show UK, now in its fifth year, attracted more than 10,000 attendees over the weekend, and spanned an area of 10,000 sq m of exhibition space, and the Australia and New Zealand variant aspires to reaching this level in coming years.
Entry to the inaugural GO Diving Show ANZ is completely free – register here to get your tickets for what is undoubtedly the diving event of 2024 in Australia. There is plenty of parking on-site and the venue is easy to get to with plenty of transport options, so get the dates in your diary now and prepare for an epic weekend celebrating all forms of diving.
