Tuesday, June10 2025: Patrick Webster - Gulf of California, Antarctica & more
Patrick Webster, (you remember him from his great social media posts from the Monterey Bay Aquarium) has a few minutes between his expeditions for NatGeo/Lindblad in Antarctica (!) and is going to tell us all about diving there and a few other places. It’s going to be a good, if chilly, one.
Patrick says: “I’ve just gotten back from some expedition photo projects in Antarctica and in the Gulf of California with the Western Flyer of John Steinbeck and Ed Ricketts.”
For the talk, he’s going to show us amazing images from those places and will spend the majority of the time talking about specifics of improving photos. Especially light, moment, composition and Lightroom editing. And maybe most importantly given how great a storyteller he is, he will give pointers for storytelling based on videos he’s made, like the recent one for the Monterey Shootout.
Patrick Webster
Pat Webster is a marine media monsieur politely pushing pixels as @underwaterpat. Born and raised a missionary kid in the French Alps and the suburbs of Stockholm, Sweden, he found his way into kelp forest evangelism via UC Santa Cruz's scientific diving program and frequent visits to his backyard kelp kathedrals in Monterey Bay, California. Pat's underwater photography and debilitating word asso-sea-ocean syndrome have buoyed him along his career in marine science education and expedition photography with National Geographic Lindblad Expeditions. His work has been featured at The Seymour Marine Discovery Center, Monterey Bay Aquarium, The Nature Conservancy, SCUBA Diving Magazine, Netflix, BBC Earth and more. Pat's favorite thing is to help connect his fellow Earthlings with the Inner Space of Planet Ocean, all with a little kelp from our fronds.
June Minicomp Voting
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Meeting
Meeting starts TUESDAY at 7pm (Pacific Time!). But I strongly urge you to arrive by around 6:45 to make sure there are no zoom difficulties.
NCUPS Background
The Northern California Underwater Photographic Society (NCUPS) is a 501c3 nonprofit organization that promotes interest in underwater photography. The club has been active since 1957, sponsoring educational events on both underwater photography and video while promoting awareness of the underwater environment and pertinent ecological issues. NCUPS serves the greater San Francisco Bay area, including Silicon Valley. FEIN 94-3278015
