2022 Digital Shootout, Bonaire

Digital Shootout staff · Issue 128, Sep/Oct 2022 · pp. 24–26

The worldwide community of underwater photographers is small in scale, but mighty with our shared love of the ocean. Being out of the water for 2+ years felt foreign to many of us. How glorious it was to not only spend precious moments underwater again, but also to reunite with our fellow image-makers at the 19th Digital Shootout in Bonaire at the Divi Flamingo Beach Resort! During this year’s two week- long workshop for underwater photographers, an international mix of 65 guests and 20 staff gathered for the sharing of photography and editing techniques, checking out the newest underwater imaging gear, exploring and relishing in the tranquil calm of Bonaire below the surface and capturing meaningful images of marine inhabitants with like-minded dive buddies old and new. While this year’s Shootout offered a new two- week schedule – 3 boat dives daily, 24-7 shore diving available, late af…