2023 Digital Shootout Review

Staff · Issue 134, Sep/Oct 2023 · pp. 23–24

Products mentioned: Nauticam, Isotta, Backscatter, Pegasus Thruster DPVs

This year’s Digital Shootout marked the 20th anniversary of this renowned event. WOW! 20 years of dive, shoot, learn and repeat, the perfect recipe for a working vacation for the underwater image-maker looking to level up! And there was no better place to celebrate it than Little Cayman Beach Resort! During this two week-long workshop, an international mix of 60 guests and 20 staff gathered for the sharing of photography and editing techniques, checking out the newest underwater imaging gear, exploring Little Cayman’s Bloody Bay and Jackson Bight sections of the Bloody Bay Marine Park and capturing images of ocean inhabitants with like-minded dive buddies, old and new. The two-week schedule – 3 boat dives daily, late afternoon seminars, evening image critiques or inspirational presentations by the pros – makes for a contagious learning environment for improved underwater imaging in a ver…