March 19-27, 2010

SOLMAR V is proud to bring back photo pro Bonnie Pelnar for a special photo excursion to the Socorro Islands. What better place to learn from a pro while sharpening your photo/video skills than the Socorro Islands, long known for an abundance of marine life and consistent big animal encounters.

Bonnie will be available to assist you with questions and tips about underwater photography throughout the trip. During the evenings Bonnie will also be giving up her secrets on how to use Adobe Photoshop to make your best shots of the day even better and will be demonstating Photoshop highlighting the features that are especially useful for underwater photos. Bring your digital cameras and your laptops! AND Bonnie is a lot of fun to have onboard!

Photo Contest with Prizes!
Bonnie will conduct a photo contest for the best shots of the week with prizes as well as lots of recognition. As an added bonus, we will give away free subscriptions for the course of your choice to TheUnderwaterPhotographer.com to all attendees.

To sign up for the workshop and book your spot please contact Bonnie directly.

Bonnie Pelnar From the first images Bonnie captured with a rented Motormarine camera during a 1987 Cozumel dive trip, she was hooked! Her hobby became a passion and her passion became a career. She left a successful career with Kodak over thirteen years ago to start her company Under Watercolours and hasn't looked back since. Today Bonnie is recognized as one of the leading designers in the dive and travel industry with over 120 original web sites, 15 CD ROMs, logos, catalogues and brochures you've probably picked up at the dive shows. Thousands of Bonnie's photographs can be found online and in print used to promote the best in the dive industry. You've recently seem many of Bonnie's photos in Sport Diver and Scuba Diving Magazines. Her travels have taken her to the most exotic dive destinations of the world; Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Australia, Fiji, Philippines, Africa, Galapagos, Socorro, Palau, Micronesia, Hawaii, and all over the Caribbean and Mexico. Bonnie teamed up with Marty Snyderman to develop a series of online courses teaching digital underwater photography and the digital workflow for underwater photographers, which can be found at www.TheUnderwaterPhotographer.com.