Cathy Church's favorite underwater photos from her journey (up to 2003) from the Caribbean to the South Pacific, from the surface to 150' deep, all gathered into this beautiful coffee table book.
Cathy Church store warranty and returns policy
IMPORTANT 30 DAY SUPPLEMENTAL WARRANTY INFORMATION
| Available Print Media: | We can work our magic to provide you with: |
| Ultra Premium Photo Luster Paper | RETOUCHING |
| Somerset Velvet Fine Art Paper | EDITING |
| Watercolor paper | SCANNING |
| Premium Giclee Canvas | PHOTO RECOVERY |
| (Matte and Glossy Finish) | CD and DVD burning |
| COMPOSITE FILES FOR PRINTING |
Almost any size you want. Up to and even longer
Premium Giclee Canvas (Matt and Glossy Finish) has the unique texture of a true fine-art look......more>>>
1. Usually, we make a mirror copy around the outer edge of your image that wraps around the sides of the stretcher bar. This makes it look as though.... more>>>
We can stretch any canvas around our high-quality custom molding.
Cost is CI$6 (USD7.32) per linear foot of standard 7/8" molding and $7.00 per foot for 2" molding...
We can make that happen with our wonderful reproduction and Giclee printing on canvas... more>>>
We have a limited selection of black frames for custom framing. All frames include a paper backing, hanging wire, and rubber stops on the bottom corners to protect walls....more>>>
-Make prints from your digital media--Blackberry phone, CD, thumb drive or memory card.
-Fast and easy
-Make calendars or holiday cards, add text and borders, crop and adjust.
-Make great quality copies from your film or prints with our easy-to-use self-service scanners.
-Make prints from your digital media--Blackberry phone, CD, thumb drive or memory card.
-Fast and easy
-Make calendars or holiday cards, add text and borders, crop and adjust.
-Make great quality copies from your film or prints with our easy-to-use self-service scanners.
Our private, one on one affordable classes at Cathy Church's Photo Centre can help you take your photos to the next level.
Whether you want to learn how to take the photo or how to use editing software or even advanced techniques like studio lighting, we can customize a lesson for you. Our instructors will work with you whether you are a beginner or a pro or somewhere in between.
If you have a pocket compact camera or the latest in DSLR's, we can help you get the most from your camera. You will benefit from our personal hands-on methods that will have you learning skills in no time and utilizing new technology to make your photos look amazing. more>>>
Capture your underwater adventure with Cathy Church, the best teacher ever! FUN and EASY!!
1. Do you teach Land Photography, Underwater photography and Image Editing?
2. Can I learn with any camera?
3. What is a class like?
4. Should I bring samples of my past photos?
5. Should I learn with Staff or Cathy?
6. Can I get PADI specialty Certification?
7. How much does it cost? How do I reserve space?
8. What type of photos can I expect?
Cathy and her team have produced the world's largest underwater photo installation at Grand Cayman's Owen Roberts Airport Baggage Claim area. It covers nine feet high and 145 feet long and is comprised of over 50 photos expertly assembled by Cathy's photoshop guru Charles (CJ) Viggers. CJ spent several all nighters assembling the huge file in time for the printing deadline. Vision Marketing (a local company) printed and installed it.
About Cathy Church
As a child, Cathy Church was an avid biologist and bird watcher. She earned a BS in biology from the University of Michigan where she learned to SCUBA dive. She was studying marine biology at Stanford University's Hopkins Marine biology station in Monterey, California when she met Jim Church, a scuba diver who was pioneering underwater photography and writing for Skin Diver Magazine in the early 60s. Cathy wanted to document her underwater work and spent many dives with Jim exploring ways to use the Calypso camera and flashbulb systems with homemade accessories.
About Cathy Church
As a child, Cathy Church was an avid biologist and bird watcher. She earned a BS in biology from the University of Michigan where she learned to SCUBA dive. She was studying marine biology at Stanford University's Hopkins Marine biology station in Monterey, California when she met Jim Church, a scuba diver who was pioneering underwater photography and writing for Skin Diver Magazine in the early 60s. Cathy wanted to document her underwater work and spent many dives with Jim exploring ways to use the Calypso camera and flashbulb systems with homemade accessories.
Most people do not have the time to lobby, study, fund, and fix our environmental problems. By yourself, your tiny little voice will get lost and misplaced. But when we form massive groups, we can flex enough muscle to fix virtually anything!
Everyone Should Support Three Environmental Organizations:
-- One World-Wide -- One Nation-Wide -- One Local
We Cannot Join Them All, So You Must Pick And Choose Your Battles.
I have personally chosen two battles: stop shark finning and save leatherback turtles. You may choose to protect elephants from poachers, or stop over fishing. But concentrate on one thing and do something -- anything, over and over.
There is no single cause that is more important than another, as they all work together.
For shark finning, I support http://www.sharktrust.org, an effective UK group. Many of you contributed to my request for money to install billboards in China where the famous Chinese basketball player Yao Ming is pictured asking everyone to just say no to shark fin soup. We collected enough $20 donations to pay for 100 billboards! This campaign was immensely successful. Collectively that money worked well.
Cathy Church's Photo Centre
at Sunset House Hotel
390 S Church St, George Town
Cayman Islands
We are currently fully staffed, but we are always on the lookout...
Camera sales assistant
Underwater Photo instructor
Cathy Church's Photo Centre and Gallery
P.O. Box 479, Grand Cayman, KY1-1106, CAYMAN ISLANDS
390 South Church Street, at the Sunset House Hotel
Calling from within Cayman: (345)-949-7415
Calling from the US: (607)-330-3504 connects directly with our Cayman office
Fax from within the Cayman Islands: 345-949-9770
Mon-Sat: 9:00 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Sun and Public Holidays: closed
Cathy Church's favorite underwater photos from her journey (up to 2003) from the Caribbean to the South Pacific, from the surface to 150' deep, all gathered into this beautiful coffee table book.
Cathy Church store warranty and returns policy
IMPORTANT 30 DAY SUPPLEMENTAL WARRANTY INFORMATION
| Available Print Media: | We can work our magic to provide you with: |
| Ultra Premium Photo Luster Paper | RETOUCHING |
| Somerset Velvet Fine Art Paper | EDITING |
| Watercolor paper | SCANNING |
| Premium Giclee Canvas | PHOTO RECOVERY |
| (Matte and Glossy Finish) | CD and DVD burning |
| COMPOSITE FILES FOR PRINTING |
Almost any size you want. Up to and even longer
Premium Giclee Canvas (Matt and Glossy Finish) has the unique texture of a true fine-art look......more>>>
1. Usually, we make a mirror copy around the outer edge of your image that wraps around the sides of the stretcher bar. This makes it look as though.... more>>>
We can stretch any canvas around our high-quality custom molding.
Cost is CI$6 (USD7.32) per linear foot of standard 7/8" molding and $7.00 per foot for 2" molding...
We can make that happen with our wonderful reproduction and Giclee printing on canvas... more>>>
We have a limited selection of black frames for custom framing. All frames include a paper backing, hanging wire, and rubber stops on the bottom corners to protect walls....more>>>
-Make prints from your digital media--Blackberry phone, CD, thumb drive or memory card.
-Fast and easy
-Make calendars or holiday cards, add text and borders, crop and adjust.
-Make great quality copies from your film or prints with our easy-to-use self-service scanners.
-Make prints from your digital media--Blackberry phone, CD, thumb drive or memory card.
-Fast and easy
-Make calendars or holiday cards, add text and borders, crop and adjust.
-Make great quality copies from your film or prints with our easy-to-use self-service scanners.
Our private, one on one affordable classes at Cathy Church's Photo Centre can help you take your photos to the next level.
Whether you want to learn how to take the photo or how to use editing software or even advanced techniques like studio lighting, we can customize a lesson for you. Our instructors will work with you whether you are a beginner or a pro or somewhere in between.
If you have a pocket compact camera or the latest in DSLR's, we can help you get the most from your camera. You will benefit from our personal hands-on methods that will have you learning skills in no time and utilizing new technology to make your photos look amazing. more>>>
Capture your underwater adventure with Cathy Church, the best teacher ever! FUN and EASY!!
1. Do you teach Land Photography, Underwater photography and Image Editing?
2. Can I learn with any camera?
3. What is a class like?
4. Should I bring samples of my past photos?
5. Should I learn with Staff or Cathy?
6. Can I get PADI specialty Certification?
7. How much does it cost? How do I reserve space?
8. What type of photos can I expect?
Cathy and her team have produced the world's largest underwater photo installation at Grand Cayman's Owen Roberts Airport Baggage Claim area. It covers nine feet high and 145 feet long and is comprised of over 50 photos expertly assembled by Cathy's photoshop guru Charles (CJ) Viggers. CJ spent several all nighters assembling the huge file in time for the printing deadline. Vision Marketing (a local company) printed and installed it.
About Cathy Church
As a child, Cathy Church was an avid biologist and bird watcher. She earned a BS in biology from the University of Michigan where she learned to SCUBA dive. She was studying marine biology at Stanford University's Hopkins Marine biology station in Monterey, California when she met Jim Church, a scuba diver who was pioneering underwater photography and writing for Skin Diver Magazine in the early 60s. Cathy wanted to document her underwater work and spent many dives with Jim exploring ways to use the Calypso camera and flashbulb systems with homemade accessories.
About Cathy Church
As a child, Cathy Church was an avid biologist and bird watcher. She earned a BS in biology from the University of Michigan where she learned to SCUBA dive. She was studying marine biology at Stanford University's Hopkins Marine biology station in Monterey, California when she met Jim Church, a scuba diver who was pioneering underwater photography and writing for Skin Diver Magazine in the early 60s. Cathy wanted to document her underwater work and spent many dives with Jim exploring ways to use the Calypso camera and flashbulb systems with homemade accessories.
Most people do not have the time to lobby, study, fund, and fix our environmental problems. By yourself, your tiny little voice will get lost and misplaced. But when we form massive groups, we can flex enough muscle to fix virtually anything!
Everyone Should Support Three Environmental Organizations:
-- One World-Wide -- One Nation-Wide -- One Local
We Cannot Join Them All, So You Must Pick And Choose Your Battles.
I have personally chosen two battles: stop shark finning and save leatherback turtles. You may choose to protect elephants from poachers, or stop over fishing. But concentrate on one thing and do something -- anything, over and over.
There is no single cause that is more important than another, as they all work together.
For shark finning, I support http://www.sharktrust.org, an effective UK group. Many of you contributed to my request for money to install billboards in China where the famous Chinese basketball player Yao Ming is pictured asking everyone to just say no to shark fin soup. We collected enough $20 donations to pay for 100 billboards! This campaign was immensely successful. Collectively that money worked well.
Cathy Church's Photo Centre
at Sunset House Hotel
390 S Church St, George Town
Cayman Islands
We are currently fully staffed, but we are always on the lookout...
Camera sales assistant
Underwater Photo instructor
Cathy Church's Photo Centre and Gallery
P.O. Box 479, Grand Cayman, KY1-1106, CAYMAN ISLANDS
390 South Church Street, at the Sunset House Hotel
Calling from within Cayman: (345)-949-7415
Calling from the US: (607)-330-3504 connects directly with our Cayman office
Fax from within the Cayman Islands: 345-949-9770
Mon-Sat: 9:00 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Sun and Public Holidays: closed
Cathy Church's favorite underwater photos from her journey (up to 2003) from the Caribbean to the South Pacific, from the surface to 150' deep, all gathered into this beautiful coffee table book.
Cathy Church store warranty and returns policy
IMPORTANT 30 DAY SUPPLEMENTAL WARRANTY INFORMATION
| Available Print Media: | We can work our magic to provide you with: |
| Ultra Premium Photo Luster Paper | RETOUCHING |
| Somerset Velvet Fine Art Paper | EDITING |
| Watercolor paper | SCANNING |
| Premium Giclee Canvas | PHOTO RECOVERY |
| (Matte and Glossy Finish) | CD and DVD burning |
| COMPOSITE FILES FOR PRINTING |
Almost any size you want. Up to and even longer
Premium Giclee Canvas (Matt and Glossy Finish) has the unique texture of a true fine-art look......more>>>
1. Usually, we make a mirror copy around the outer edge of your image that wraps around the sides of the stretcher bar. This makes it look as though.... more>>>
We can stretch any canvas around our high-quality custom molding.
Cost is CI$6 (USD7.32) per linear foot of standard 7/8" molding and $7.00 per foot for 2" molding...
We can make that happen with our wonderful reproduction and Giclee printing on canvas... more>>>
We have a limited selection of black frames for custom framing. All frames include a paper backing, hanging wire, and rubber stops on the bottom corners to protect walls....more>>>
-Make prints from your digital media--Blackberry phone, CD, thumb drive or memory card.
-Fast and easy
-Make calendars or holiday cards, add text and borders, crop and adjust.
-Make great quality copies from your film or prints with our easy-to-use self-service scanners.
-Make prints from your digital media--Blackberry phone, CD, thumb drive or memory card.
-Fast and easy
-Make calendars or holiday cards, add text and borders, crop and adjust.
-Make great quality copies from your film or prints with our easy-to-use self-service scanners.
Our private, one on one affordable classes at Cathy Church's Photo Centre can help you take your photos to the next level.
Whether you want to learn how to take the photo or how to use editing software or even advanced techniques like studio lighting, we can customize a lesson for you. Our instructors will work with you whether you are a beginner or a pro or somewhere in between.
If you have a pocket compact camera or the latest in DSLR's, we can help you get the most from your camera. You will benefit from our personal hands-on methods that will have you learning skills in no time and utilizing new technology to make your photos look amazing. more>>>
Capture your underwater adventure with Cathy Church, the best teacher ever! FUN and EASY!!
1. Do you teach Land Photography, Underwater photography and Image Editing?
2. Can I learn with any camera?
3. What is a class like?
4. Should I bring samples of my past photos?
5. Should I learn with Staff or Cathy?
6. Can I get PADI specialty Certification?
7. How much does it cost? How do I reserve space?
8. What type of photos can I expect?
Cathy and her team have produced the world's largest underwater photo installation at Grand Cayman's Owen Roberts Airport Baggage Claim area. It covers nine feet high and 145 feet long and is comprised of over 50 photos expertly assembled by Cathy's photoshop guru Charles (CJ) Viggers. CJ spent several all nighters assembling the huge file in time for the printing deadline. Vision Marketing (a local company) printed and installed it.
About Cathy Church
As a child, Cathy Church was an avid biologist and bird watcher. She earned a BS in biology from the University of Michigan where she learned to SCUBA dive. She was studying marine biology at Stanford University's Hopkins Marine biology station in Monterey, California when she met Jim Church, a scuba diver who was pioneering underwater photography and writing for Skin Diver Magazine in the early 60s. Cathy wanted to document her underwater work and spent many dives with Jim exploring ways to use the Calypso camera and flashbulb systems with homemade accessories.
About Cathy Church
As a child, Cathy Church was an avid biologist and bird watcher. She earned a BS in biology from the University of Michigan where she learned to SCUBA dive. She was studying marine biology at Stanford University's Hopkins Marine biology station in Monterey, California when she met Jim Church, a scuba diver who was pioneering underwater photography and writing for Skin Diver Magazine in the early 60s. Cathy wanted to document her underwater work and spent many dives with Jim exploring ways to use the Calypso camera and flashbulb systems with homemade accessories.
Most people do not have the time to lobby, study, fund, and fix our environmental problems. By yourself, your tiny little voice will get lost and misplaced. But when we form massive groups, we can flex enough muscle to fix virtually anything!
Everyone Should Support Three Environmental Organizations:
-- One World-Wide -- One Nation-Wide -- One Local
We Cannot Join Them All, So You Must Pick And Choose Your Battles.
I have personally chosen two battles: stop shark finning and save leatherback turtles. You may choose to protect elephants from poachers, or stop over fishing. But concentrate on one thing and do something -- anything, over and over.
There is no single cause that is more important than another, as they all work together.
For shark finning, I support http://www.sharktrust.org, an effective UK group. Many of you contributed to my request for money to install billboards in China where the famous Chinese basketball player Yao Ming is pictured asking everyone to just say no to shark fin soup. We collected enough $20 donations to pay for 100 billboards! This campaign was immensely successful. Collectively that money worked well.
Cathy Church's Photo Centre
at Sunset House Hotel
390 S Church St, George Town
Cayman Islands
We are currently fully staffed, but we are always on the lookout...
Camera sales assistant
Underwater Photo instructor
Cathy Church's Photo Centre and Gallery
P.O. Box 479, Grand Cayman, KY1-1106, CAYMAN ISLANDS
390 South Church Street, at the Sunset House Hotel
Calling from within Cayman: (345)-949-7415
Calling from the US: (607)-330-3504 connects directly with our Cayman office
Fax from within the Cayman Islands: 345-949-9770
Mon-Sat: 9:00 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Sun and Public Holidays: closed
Cathy Church's favorite underwater photos from her journey (up to 2003) from the Caribbean to the South Pacific, from the surface to 150' deep, all gathered into this beautiful coffee table book.
Cathy Church store warranty and returns policy
IMPORTANT 30 DAY SUPPLEMENTAL WARRANTY INFORMATION
| Available Print Media: | We can work our magic to provide you with: |
| Ultra Premium Photo Luster Paper | RETOUCHING |
| Somerset Velvet Fine Art Paper | EDITING |
| Watercolor paper | SCANNING |
| Premium Giclee Canvas | PHOTO RECOVERY |
| (Matte and Glossy Finish) | CD and DVD burning |
| COMPOSITE FILES FOR PRINTING |
Almost any size you want. Up to and even longer
Premium Giclee Canvas (Matt and Glossy Finish) has the unique texture of a true fine-art look......more>>>
1. Usually, we make a mirror copy around the outer edge of your image that wraps around the sides of the stretcher bar. This makes it look as though.... more>>>
We can stretch any canvas around our high-quality custom molding.
Cost is CI$6 (USD7.32) per linear foot of standard 7/8" molding and $7.00 per foot for 2" molding...
We can make that happen with our wonderful reproduction and Giclee printing on canvas... more>>>
We have a limited selection of black frames for custom framing. All frames include a paper backing, hanging wire, and rubber stops on the bottom corners to protect walls....more>>>
-Make prints from your digital media--Blackberry phone, CD, thumb drive or memory card.
-Fast and easy
-Make calendars or holiday cards, add text and borders, crop and adjust.
-Make great quality copies from your film or prints with our easy-to-use self-service scanners.
-Make prints from your digital media--Blackberry phone, CD, thumb drive or memory card.
-Fast and easy
-Make calendars or holiday cards, add text and borders, crop and adjust.
-Make great quality copies from your film or prints with our easy-to-use self-service scanners.
Our private, one on one affordable classes at Cathy Church's Photo Centre can help you take your photos to the next level.
Whether you want to learn how to take the photo or how to use editing software or even advanced techniques like studio lighting, we can customize a lesson for you. Our instructors will work with you whether you are a beginner or a pro or somewhere in between.
If you have a pocket compact camera or the latest in DSLR's, we can help you get the most from your camera. You will benefit from our personal hands-on methods that will have you learning skills in no time and utilizing new technology to make your photos look amazing. more>>>
Capture your underwater adventure with Cathy Church, the best teacher ever! FUN and EASY!!
1. Do you teach Land Photography, Underwater photography and Image Editing?
2. Can I learn with any camera?
3. What is a class like?
4. Should I bring samples of my past photos?
5. Should I learn with Staff or Cathy?
6. Can I get PADI specialty Certification?
7. How much does it cost? How do I reserve space?
8. What type of photos can I expect?
Cathy and her team have produced the world's largest underwater photo installation at Grand Cayman's Owen Roberts Airport Baggage Claim area. It covers nine feet high and 145 feet long and is comprised of over 50 photos expertly assembled by Cathy's photoshop guru Charles (CJ) Viggers. CJ spent several all nighters assembling the huge file in time for the printing deadline. Vision Marketing (a local company) printed and installed it.
About Cathy Church
As a child, Cathy Church was an avid biologist and bird watcher. She earned a BS in biology from the University of Michigan where she learned to SCUBA dive. She was studying marine biology at Stanford University's Hopkins Marine biology station in Monterey, California when she met Jim Church, a scuba diver who was pioneering underwater photography and writing for Skin Diver Magazine in the early 60s. Cathy wanted to document her underwater work and spent many dives with Jim exploring ways to use the Calypso camera and flashbulb systems with homemade accessories.
About Cathy Church
As a child, Cathy Church was an avid biologist and bird watcher. She earned a BS in biology from the University of Michigan where she learned to SCUBA dive. She was studying marine biology at Stanford University's Hopkins Marine biology station in Monterey, California when she met Jim Church, a scuba diver who was pioneering underwater photography and writing for Skin Diver Magazine in the early 60s. Cathy wanted to document her underwater work and spent many dives with Jim exploring ways to use the Calypso camera and flashbulb systems with homemade accessories.
Most people do not have the time to lobby, study, fund, and fix our environmental problems. By yourself, your tiny little voice will get lost and misplaced. But when we form massive groups, we can flex enough muscle to fix virtually anything!
Everyone Should Support Three Environmental Organizations:
-- One World-Wide -- One Nation-Wide -- One Local
We Cannot Join Them All, So You Must Pick And Choose Your Battles.
I have personally chosen two battles: stop shark finning and save leatherback turtles. You may choose to protect elephants from poachers, or stop over fishing. But concentrate on one thing and do something -- anything, over and over.
There is no single cause that is more important than another, as they all work together.
For shark finning, I support http://www.sharktrust.org, an effective UK group. Many of you contributed to my request for money to install billboards in China where the famous Chinese basketball player Yao Ming is pictured asking everyone to just say no to shark fin soup. We collected enough $20 donations to pay for 100 billboards! This campaign was immensely successful. Collectively that money worked well.
Cathy Church's Photo Centre
at Sunset House Hotel
390 S Church St, George Town
Cayman Islands
We are currently fully staffed, but we are always on the lookout...
Camera sales assistant
Underwater Photo instructor
Cathy Church's Photo Centre and Gallery
P.O. Box 479, Grand Cayman, KY1-1106, CAYMAN ISLANDS
390 South Church Street, at the Sunset House Hotel
Calling from within Cayman: (345)-949-7415
Calling from the US: (607)-330-3504 connects directly with our Cayman office
Fax from within the Cayman Islands: 345-949-9770
Mon-Sat: 9:00 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Sun and Public Holidays: closed
Throughout this web site you can find everything you need to know about Cathy's classes, trips, sales, rentals and of course her stunning gallery.
Join Cathy’s next great photo adventure to the Philippines, August 11 - 24, 2018. MORE>>>
To Cuba on the Jardines Aggressor II Feb. 2 - 9, 2019 MORE>>>
To Komodo and Alor Indonesia on the Pindito Fall, 2019 MORE>>>
Our Underwater Photo Fest has the world’s longest dive times! Join our 10th Cathy Church Underwater Photo Fest at Sunset House, in Grand Cayman. On the shallow dive days, you can dive, shoot, come up when your tank is low, get some water or fruit while your tank is being changed (you don’t even have to get out of the water). Go back down and do it all over again until THREE HOURS are up.
Cathy has a wonderful staff of skilled underwater photographers and videographers who can provide you with all of your underwater image needs. If you cannot come to Cayman but still need a photo or video from the underwater realm, you can hire us to take virtually anything you need. We have access to boats, reefs, beautiful water, and models.more>>>
Cathy Church
Jim Catlin
Adeline Wee
Planning an underwater wedding is easy.
Sunset House Hotel is the best location for an underwater wedding for several important reasons:
1. You can board a boat at the dock right at the hotel to take you to the location of your choice.
Or step in to the calm, clear, warm water at the shore and swim a short distance to the location of your choice. Many people like the flat area seaward of the mermaid where your wedding party can kneel comfortably on the bottom without fear of damaging fragile coral near by.
If you would like photographs taken of you anywhere in the water or on land here in Cayman, we can do it for you! You take home eitherthe CD or DVD from a digital shoot or video, or have your prints made here, or both! All prices in $US. more>>>
Photo buddy with Sunset Divers at Stingray City!
Impress your friends with a photo of you "playing" with a 4-foot Southern Stingray or a six-foot green moray eel at Stingray city!
Hire a Private Photographer or videographer for you or your group on the boat!
Let one of our experienced photographers or videographers tell the story of your unique diving experience swimming through coral tunnels, exploring the wreck of the Kittiwake", or interacting with turtles and angel fish. Do not let this great opportunity go by!
Do you know someone who would like to go diving with you but is afraid to? If so, then pass this article along to them after you have read it yourself. In my thirty years of diving I have seen many people conquer their fear and go on to love SCUBA diving. But, I have also seen many instructors and spouses destroy the possibility of a frightened person ever learning to dive. This article is for three people: the frightened student diver, the supportive friend, and the instructor. Often the roles I describe will overlap. Read them all to see which pertain to you and to help assure that everyone is doing the best they can to improve the odds that the frightened student will become a comfortable diver. (While I use the words him, his and he in the following, I, of course, mean him or her, he or she.) more>>>
Capture your underwater adventure with Cathy Church, the best teacher ever! FUN and EASY!!
Classes for ALL levels and ALL underwater cameras!
Cathy has been teaching underwater photography for over 40 years.
She doesn't just throw facts at you, she adjusts her teaching to match how you learn and she loves watching YOUR photos get more and more beautiful.
Do you teach Land Photography, Underwater photography, Video and Image Editing?
Yes -- we teach all types of photography, videography as well as digital image-and video-editing (Photoshop, Aperture, Final Cut Pro, iMovie and more). You can have a private or semi-private class with one of our instructors or attend an evening above-water group class. As always you will learn in a fun, relaxed atmosphere.
Cathy Church's Underwater Photo Fest in Grand Cayman at the Sunset House Hotel Enjoy exciting classes with Cathy and her fabulous staff
Fabulous Fun ** Plentiful Prizes ** Free Darn Good Demo Gear ** Great Giveaways
AM Boat dive
Shore diving available
PM Lectures
PM Photo Critiques
Kittiwake PM trip
Night Boat Dive
Stingray City Trip
Underwater Scavenger Hunt from shore
BBQ dinner and Photo Contests / Giveaways Final video / Slideshows
Would you like a private boat for just you and Cathy Church?
Would you like to have Cathy helping you above and underwater to get the best possible photos that will be all yours?
Would you like a boat that comes and goes when you want and to dive sites that you want all to yourself?
We offer a full-service, on-site above water and underwater photography base to meet the needs of the most demanding photographers, including Cathy Church, an award winning, professional underwater photographer. We can provide everything you need for your shoot, or we can shoot your advertising, editorial or stock job for you. Contact us to discuss your needs.
Cathy Church is available to shoot your job. With fifty years of experience and understanding of professional underwater photography, she has an extensive portfolio of worldwide clients, including Nikon, Kodak, US Virgin Islands, Carnival Cruises, Cayman Islands, Sharp Electronics, Atlantis Submarines and more. She knows what is involved to make sure that the photo is successful and MEETS YOUR NEEDS. Our assistants are photographers and experienced divers.
August 11 – 25, 2018 aboard the Azores and at Atlantis Dumaguete Resort
Join me (Cathy Church) for a great photo workshop for ten nights aboard the Azores followed by four more nights at the Atlantis Dumaguete resort on Negros Island. On this extended trip we will have time to visit the best clear-water reefs and walls as well as amazing small critter muck dives, a bait ball or two and even Thresher sharks! All of these are on my list of essential diving experiences.
On Aug. 21 we move from the Azores to the Atlantis Dumaguete Resort. No need to lose any diving days for flying or transfers, etc. Cameras are transferred intact to their fabulous camera room and SCUBA gear is taken directly to the convenient SCUBA equipment room.
Join Cathy in Cuba, aboard the Jardines Aggressor II, Feb. 2 - 9, 2019
The Aggressor People to People program is run by the “Oceans for Youth Foundation.” They will receive your payments to keep your visit completely legal under the current laws allowing US citizens to travel to Cuba for education. Trumps's recent changes do not affect this type of travel. Thus, during our 7 nights on board the Jardines Aggressor II biologists and marine experts will host nightly discussions and presentations on the marine environment, conservation, and the importance of this healthy ecosystem.
Commercial fishing and industries are prohibited, permanent residences are non-existent, and tourism is strictly controlled. This policy was initiated in the 1990’s by Fidel Castro, who himself was a diver and understood the value of protecting marine environments. These reefs demonstrate the result of that care. The spectacular Jardines de la Reina National Park is located 60 miles off the southern coast and hopefully there will always be dive boats to help monitor its protection from fishing boats.
These two connecting trips cover the best of Indonesia with reduced air travel. We leave from Bali, continue to Komodo and then on to Maumere when some guests will leave and fly back to Bali while others will fly in to meet us and some will simply stay put. From Maumere the second trip will continue eastward north of Flores and make a large loop through Alor and return to Maumere for our flight back to Bali. This is a new and exciting itinerary to give us the best of Komodo, along with new sites away from the crowded park and with less current, and then onward on the second trip to the exciting diving in this newly explored area of Alor.
I chose the Pindito for this adventure because the Pindito is the only boat with over 20 years of continuous operation in Indonesia. The crew is more experienced than any other crews and THAT is a valuable commodity that no new boat in the area can compete with.
Top 8 reasons to travel with Cathy:
1. You will have access to Cathy Church to answer your questions about your camera equipment and techniques. You will enjoy my free coaching and mini-lectures offered throughout the day to answer photo questions, share ideas, and critique images.
2. You will get free lessons and help with editing your photos with Photoshop. If you need special help, I will even help you in the water if I see you having a problem with your camera or technique.
3. You can find help or share your own ideas with everyone around you. You will be surrounded by photographers who are happy to help you with answers, tips and ideas.
4.You will be with only the nicest people. We choose people who are easy-going, who take their good times with them and who are flexible and are ready to share. If you especially want a particular dive site, everyone else will say that's fine with them because they know that next time everyone will do the same for them.more>>>
2010 Sept. 18th:
We arrive in Maumere after our flight from Bali. The Sea Safari VII will depart for Adonara strait while we organize our dive gear and cameras. (See map below.)
Sept. 19th:
We arrive at the island of Adonara, across a narrow strait from the big island of Flores. Diving here is "muck" diving along reef slopes looking for seahorses, frogfish, crustaceans, ghost pipefish, etc. Can you see the really tiny black frogfish in the yellow circle?
20 and 21:
In the South Alor Region, we will be diving at Beangabang Village, a black sand bay opening to the Indian Ocean at the southern end of Alor. Beangabang is listed as the favorite critter dive of many underwater photojournalists.
August 11 – 25, 2018 aboard the Azores and at Atlantis Dumaguete Resort
Join me (Cathy Church) for a great photo workshop for ten nights aboard the Azores followed by four more nights at the Atlantis Dumaguete resort on Negros Island. On this extended trip we will have time to visit the best clear-water reefs and walls as well as amazing small critter muck dives, a bait ball or two and even Thresher sharks! All of these are on my list of essential diving experiences.
On Aug. 21 we move from the Azores to the Atlantis Dumaguete Resort. No need to lose any diving days for flying or transfers, etc. Cameras are transferred intact to their fabulous camera room and SCUBA gear is taken directly to the convenient SCUBA equipment room.
Throughout this web site you can find everything you need to know about Cathy's classes, trips, sales, rentals and of course her stunning gallery.
Join Cathy’s next great photo adventure to the Philippines, August 11 - 24, 2018. MORE>>>
To Cuba on the Jardines Aggressor II Feb. 2 - 9, 2019 MORE>>>
To Komodo and Alor Indonesia on the Pindito Fall, 2019 MORE>>>
Our Underwater Photo Fest has the world’s longest dive times! Join our 10th Cathy Church Underwater Photo Fest at Sunset House, in Grand Cayman. On the shallow dive days, you can dive, shoot, come up when your tank is low, get some water or fruit while your tank is being changed (you don’t even have to get out of the water). Go back down and do it all over again until THREE HOURS are up.
Cathy has a wonderful staff of skilled underwater photographers and videographers who can provide you with all of your underwater image needs. If you cannot come to Cayman but still need a photo or video from the underwater realm, you can hire us to take virtually anything you need. We have access to boats, reefs, beautiful water, and models.more>>>
Cathy Church
Jim Catlin
Adeline Wee
Planning an underwater wedding is easy.
Sunset House Hotel is the best location for an underwater wedding for several important reasons:
1. You can board a boat at the dock right at the hotel to take you to the location of your choice.
Or step in to the calm, clear, warm water at the shore and swim a short distance to the location of your choice. Many people like the flat area seaward of the mermaid where your wedding party can kneel comfortably on the bottom without fear of damaging fragile coral near by.
If you would like photographs taken of you anywhere in the water or on land here in Cayman, we can do it for you! You take home eitherthe CD or DVD from a digital shoot or video, or have your prints made here, or both! All prices in $US. more>>>
Photo buddy with Sunset Divers at Stingray City!
Impress your friends with a photo of you "playing" with a 4-foot Southern Stingray or a six-foot green moray eel at Stingray city!
Hire a Private Photographer or videographer for you or your group on the boat!
Let one of our experienced photographers or videographers tell the story of your unique diving experience swimming through coral tunnels, exploring the wreck of the Kittiwake", or interacting with turtles and angel fish. Do not let this great opportunity go by!
Do you know someone who would like to go diving with you but is afraid to? If so, then pass this article along to them after you have read it yourself. In my thirty years of diving I have seen many people conquer their fear and go on to love SCUBA diving. But, I have also seen many instructors and spouses destroy the possibility of a frightened person ever learning to dive. This article is for three people: the frightened student diver, the supportive friend, and the instructor. Often the roles I describe will overlap. Read them all to see which pertain to you and to help assure that everyone is doing the best they can to improve the odds that the frightened student will become a comfortable diver. (While I use the words him, his and he in the following, I, of course, mean him or her, he or she.) more>>>
Capture your underwater adventure with Cathy Church, the best teacher ever! FUN and EASY!!
Classes for ALL levels and ALL underwater cameras!
Cathy has been teaching underwater photography for over 40 years.
She doesn't just throw facts at you, she adjusts her teaching to match how you learn and she loves watching YOUR photos get more and more beautiful.
Do you teach Land Photography, Underwater photography, Video and Image Editing?
Yes -- we teach all types of photography, videography as well as digital image-and video-editing (Photoshop, Aperture, Final Cut Pro, iMovie and more). You can have a private or semi-private class with one of our instructors or attend an evening above-water group class. As always you will learn in a fun, relaxed atmosphere.
Cathy Church's Underwater Photo Fest in Grand Cayman at the Sunset House Hotel Enjoy exciting classes with Cathy and her fabulous staff
Fabulous Fun ** Plentiful Prizes ** Free Darn Good Demo Gear ** Great Giveaways
AM Boat dive
Shore diving available
PM Lectures
PM Photo Critiques
Kittiwake PM trip
Night Boat Dive
Stingray City Trip
Underwater Scavenger Hunt from shore
BBQ dinner and Photo Contests / Giveaways Final video / Slideshows
Would you like a private boat for just you and Cathy Church?
Would you like to have Cathy helping you above and underwater to get the best possible photos that will be all yours?
Would you like a boat that comes and goes when you want and to dive sites that you want all to yourself?
We offer a full-service, on-site above water and underwater photography base to meet the needs of the most demanding photographers, including Cathy Church, an award winning, professional underwater photographer. We can provide everything you need for your shoot, or we can shoot your advertising, editorial or stock job for you. Contact us to discuss your needs.
Cathy Church is available to shoot your job. With fifty years of experience and understanding of professional underwater photography, she has an extensive portfolio of worldwide clients, including Nikon, Kodak, US Virgin Islands, Carnival Cruises, Cayman Islands, Sharp Electronics, Atlantis Submarines and more. She knows what is involved to make sure that the photo is successful and MEETS YOUR NEEDS. Our assistants are photographers and experienced divers.
August 11 – 25, 2018 aboard the Azores and at Atlantis Dumaguete Resort
Join me (Cathy Church) for a great photo workshop for ten nights aboard the Azores followed by four more nights at the Atlantis Dumaguete resort on Negros Island. On this extended trip we will have time to visit the best clear-water reefs and walls as well as amazing small critter muck dives, a bait ball or two and even Thresher sharks! All of these are on my list of essential diving experiences.
On Aug. 21 we move from the Azores to the Atlantis Dumaguete Resort. No need to lose any diving days for flying or transfers, etc. Cameras are transferred intact to their fabulous camera room and SCUBA gear is taken directly to the convenient SCUBA equipment room.
Join Cathy in Cuba, aboard the Jardines Aggressor II, Feb. 2 - 9, 2019
The Aggressor People to People program is run by the “Oceans for Youth Foundation.” They will receive your payments to keep your visit completely legal under the current laws allowing US citizens to travel to Cuba for education. Trumps's recent changes do not affect this type of travel. Thus, during our 7 nights on board the Jardines Aggressor II biologists and marine experts will host nightly discussions and presentations on the marine environment, conservation, and the importance of this healthy ecosystem.
Commercial fishing and industries are prohibited, permanent residences are non-existent, and tourism is strictly controlled. This policy was initiated in the 1990’s by Fidel Castro, who himself was a diver and understood the value of protecting marine environments. These reefs demonstrate the result of that care. The spectacular Jardines de la Reina National Park is located 60 miles off the southern coast and hopefully there will always be dive boats to help monitor its protection from fishing boats.
These two connecting trips cover the best of Indonesia with reduced air travel. We leave from Bali, continue to Komodo and then on to Maumere when some guests will leave and fly back to Bali while others will fly in to meet us and some will simply stay put. From Maumere the second trip will continue eastward north of Flores and make a large loop through Alor and return to Maumere for our flight back to Bali. This is a new and exciting itinerary to give us the best of Komodo, along with new sites away from the crowded park and with less current, and then onward on the second trip to the exciting diving in this newly explored area of Alor.
I chose the Pindito for this adventure because the Pindito is the only boat with over 20 years of continuous operation in Indonesia. The crew is more experienced than any other crews and THAT is a valuable commodity that no new boat in the area can compete with.
Top 8 reasons to travel with Cathy:
1. You will have access to Cathy Church to answer your questions about your camera equipment and techniques. You will enjoy my free coaching and mini-lectures offered throughout the day to answer photo questions, share ideas, and critique images.
2. You will get free lessons and help with editing your photos with Photoshop. If you need special help, I will even help you in the water if I see you having a problem with your camera or technique.
3. You can find help or share your own ideas with everyone around you. You will be surrounded by photographers who are happy to help you with answers, tips and ideas.
4.You will be with only the nicest people. We choose people who are easy-going, who take their good times with them and who are flexible and are ready to share. If you especially want a particular dive site, everyone else will say that's fine with them because they know that next time everyone will do the same for them.more>>>
2010 Sept. 18th:
We arrive in Maumere after our flight from Bali. The Sea Safari VII will depart for Adonara strait while we organize our dive gear and cameras. (See map below.)
Sept. 19th:
We arrive at the island of Adonara, across a narrow strait from the big island of Flores. Diving here is "muck" diving along reef slopes looking for seahorses, frogfish, crustaceans, ghost pipefish, etc. Can you see the really tiny black frogfish in the yellow circle?
20 and 21:
In the South Alor Region, we will be diving at Beangabang Village, a black sand bay opening to the Indian Ocean at the southern end of Alor. Beangabang is listed as the favorite critter dive of many underwater photojournalists.
August 11 – 25, 2018 aboard the Azores and at Atlantis Dumaguete Resort
Join me (Cathy Church) for a great photo workshop for ten nights aboard the Azores followed by four more nights at the Atlantis Dumaguete resort on Negros Island. On this extended trip we will have time to visit the best clear-water reefs and walls as well as amazing small critter muck dives, a bait ball or two and even Thresher sharks! All of these are on my list of essential diving experiences.
On Aug. 21 we move from the Azores to the Atlantis Dumaguete Resort. No need to lose any diving days for flying or transfers, etc. Cameras are transferred intact to their fabulous camera room and SCUBA gear is taken directly to the convenient SCUBA equipment room.
Throughout this web site you can find everything you need to know about Cathy's classes, trips, sales, rentals and of course her stunning gallery.
Join Cathy’s next great photo adventure to the Philippines, August 11 - 24, 2018. MORE>>>
To Cuba on the Jardines Aggressor II Feb. 2 - 9, 2019 MORE>>>
To Komodo and Alor Indonesia on the Pindito Fall, 2019 MORE>>>
Our Underwater Photo Fest has the world’s longest dive times! Join our 10th Cathy Church Underwater Photo Fest at Sunset House, in Grand Cayman. On the shallow dive days, you can dive, shoot, come up when your tank is low, get some water or fruit while your tank is being changed (you don’t even have to get out of the water). Go back down and do it all over again until THREE HOURS are up.
Cathy has a wonderful staff of skilled underwater photographers and videographers who can provide you with all of your underwater image needs. If you cannot come to Cayman but still need a photo or video from the underwater realm, you can hire us to take virtually anything you need. We have access to boats, reefs, beautiful water, and models.more>>>
Cathy Church
Jim Catlin
Adeline Wee
Planning an underwater wedding is easy.
Sunset House Hotel is the best location for an underwater wedding for several important reasons:
1. You can board a boat at the dock right at the hotel to take you to the location of your choice.
Or step in to the calm, clear, warm water at the shore and swim a short distance to the location of your choice. Many people like the flat area seaward of the mermaid where your wedding party can kneel comfortably on the bottom without fear of damaging fragile coral near by.
If you would like photographs taken of you anywhere in the water or on land here in Cayman, we can do it for you! You take home eitherthe CD or DVD from a digital shoot or video, or have your prints made here, or both! All prices in $US. more>>>
Photo buddy with Sunset Divers at Stingray City!
Impress your friends with a photo of you "playing" with a 4-foot Southern Stingray or a six-foot green moray eel at Stingray city!
Hire a Private Photographer or videographer for you or your group on the boat!
Let one of our experienced photographers or videographers tell the story of your unique diving experience swimming through coral tunnels, exploring the wreck of the Kittiwake", or interacting with turtles and angel fish. Do not let this great opportunity go by!
Do you know someone who would like to go diving with you but is afraid to? If so, then pass this article along to them after you have read it yourself. In my thirty years of diving I have seen many people conquer their fear and go on to love SCUBA diving. But, I have also seen many instructors and spouses destroy the possibility of a frightened person ever learning to dive. This article is for three people: the frightened student diver, the supportive friend, and the instructor. Often the roles I describe will overlap. Read them all to see which pertain to you and to help assure that everyone is doing the best they can to improve the odds that the frightened student will become a comfortable diver. (While I use the words him, his and he in the following, I, of course, mean him or her, he or she.) more>>>
Capture your underwater adventure with Cathy Church, the best teacher ever! FUN and EASY!!
Classes for ALL levels and ALL underwater cameras!
Cathy has been teaching underwater photography for over 40 years.
She doesn't just throw facts at you, she adjusts her teaching to match how you learn and she loves watching YOUR photos get more and more beautiful.
Do you teach Land Photography, Underwater photography, Video and Image Editing?
Yes -- we teach all types of photography, videography as well as digital image-and video-editing (Photoshop, Aperture, Final Cut Pro, iMovie and more). You can have a private or semi-private class with one of our instructors or attend an evening above-water group class. As always you will learn in a fun, relaxed atmosphere.
Cathy Church's Underwater Photo Fest in Grand Cayman at the Sunset House Hotel Enjoy exciting classes with Cathy and her fabulous staff
Fabulous Fun ** Plentiful Prizes ** Free Darn Good Demo Gear ** Great Giveaways
AM Boat dive
Shore diving available
PM Lectures
PM Photo Critiques
Kittiwake PM trip
Night Boat Dive
Stingray City Trip
Underwater Scavenger Hunt from shore
BBQ dinner and Photo Contests / Giveaways Final video / Slideshows
Would you like a private boat for just you and Cathy Church?
Would you like to have Cathy helping you above and underwater to get the best possible photos that will be all yours?
Would you like a boat that comes and goes when you want and to dive sites that you want all to yourself?
We offer a full-service, on-site above water and underwater photography base to meet the needs of the most demanding photographers, including Cathy Church, an award winning, professional underwater photographer. We can provide everything you need for your shoot, or we can shoot your advertising, editorial or stock job for you. Contact us to discuss your needs.
Cathy Church is available to shoot your job. With fifty years of experience and understanding of professional underwater photography, she has an extensive portfolio of worldwide clients, including Nikon, Kodak, US Virgin Islands, Carnival Cruises, Cayman Islands, Sharp Electronics, Atlantis Submarines and more. She knows what is involved to make sure that the photo is successful and MEETS YOUR NEEDS. Our assistants are photographers and experienced divers.
August 11 – 25, 2018 aboard the Azores and at Atlantis Dumaguete Resort
Join me (Cathy Church) for a great photo workshop for ten nights aboard the Azores followed by four more nights at the Atlantis Dumaguete resort on Negros Island. On this extended trip we will have time to visit the best clear-water reefs and walls as well as amazing small critter muck dives, a bait ball or two and even Thresher sharks! All of these are on my list of essential diving experiences.
On Aug. 21 we move from the Azores to the Atlantis Dumaguete Resort. No need to lose any diving days for flying or transfers, etc. Cameras are transferred intact to their fabulous camera room and SCUBA gear is taken directly to the convenient SCUBA equipment room.
Join Cathy in Cuba, aboard the Jardines Aggressor II, Feb. 2 - 9, 2019
The Aggressor People to People program is run by the “Oceans for Youth Foundation.” They will receive your payments to keep your visit completely legal under the current laws allowing US citizens to travel to Cuba for education. Trumps's recent changes do not affect this type of travel. Thus, during our 7 nights on board the Jardines Aggressor II biologists and marine experts will host nightly discussions and presentations on the marine environment, conservation, and the importance of this healthy ecosystem.
Commercial fishing and industries are prohibited, permanent residences are non-existent, and tourism is strictly controlled. This policy was initiated in the 1990’s by Fidel Castro, who himself was a diver and understood the value of protecting marine environments. These reefs demonstrate the result of that care. The spectacular Jardines de la Reina National Park is located 60 miles off the southern coast and hopefully there will always be dive boats to help monitor its protection from fishing boats.
These two connecting trips cover the best of Indonesia with reduced air travel. We leave from Bali, continue to Komodo and then on to Maumere when some guests will leave and fly back to Bali while others will fly in to meet us and some will simply stay put. From Maumere the second trip will continue eastward north of Flores and make a large loop through Alor and return to Maumere for our flight back to Bali. This is a new and exciting itinerary to give us the best of Komodo, along with new sites away from the crowded park and with less current, and then onward on the second trip to the exciting diving in this newly explored area of Alor.
I chose the Pindito for this adventure because the Pindito is the only boat with over 20 years of continuous operation in Indonesia. The crew is more experienced than any other crews and THAT is a valuable commodity that no new boat in the area can compete with.
Top 8 reasons to travel with Cathy:
1. You will have access to Cathy Church to answer your questions about your camera equipment and techniques. You will enjoy my free coaching and mini-lectures offered throughout the day to answer photo questions, share ideas, and critique images.
2. You will get free lessons and help with editing your photos with Photoshop. If you need special help, I will even help you in the water if I see you having a problem with your camera or technique.
3. You can find help or share your own ideas with everyone around you. You will be surrounded by photographers who are happy to help you with answers, tips and ideas.
4.You will be with only the nicest people. We choose people who are easy-going, who take their good times with them and who are flexible and are ready to share. If you especially want a particular dive site, everyone else will say that's fine with them because they know that next time everyone will do the same for them.more>>>
2010 Sept. 18th:
We arrive in Maumere after our flight from Bali. The Sea Safari VII will depart for Adonara strait while we organize our dive gear and cameras. (See map below.)
Sept. 19th:
We arrive at the island of Adonara, across a narrow strait from the big island of Flores. Diving here is "muck" diving along reef slopes looking for seahorses, frogfish, crustaceans, ghost pipefish, etc. Can you see the really tiny black frogfish in the yellow circle?
20 and 21:
In the South Alor Region, we will be diving at Beangabang Village, a black sand bay opening to the Indian Ocean at the southern end of Alor. Beangabang is listed as the favorite critter dive of many underwater photojournalists.
August 11 – 25, 2018 aboard the Azores and at Atlantis Dumaguete Resort
Join me (Cathy Church) for a great photo workshop for ten nights aboard the Azores followed by four more nights at the Atlantis Dumaguete resort on Negros Island. On this extended trip we will have time to visit the best clear-water reefs and walls as well as amazing small critter muck dives, a bait ball or two and even Thresher sharks! All of these are on my list of essential diving experiences.
On Aug. 21 we move from the Azores to the Atlantis Dumaguete Resort. No need to lose any diving days for flying or transfers, etc. Cameras are transferred intact to their fabulous camera room and SCUBA gear is taken directly to the convenient SCUBA equipment room.
Throughout this web site you can find everything you need to know about Cathy's classes, trips, sales, rentals and of course her stunning gallery.
Join Cathy’s next great photo adventure to the Philippines, August 11 - 24, 2018. MORE>>>
To Cuba on the Jardines Aggressor II Feb. 2 - 9, 2019 MORE>>>
To Komodo and Alor Indonesia on the Pindito Fall, 2019 MORE>>>
Our Underwater Photo Fest has the world’s longest dive times! Join our 10th Cathy Church Underwater Photo Fest at Sunset House, in Grand Cayman. On the shallow dive days, you can dive, shoot, come up when your tank is low, get some water or fruit while your tank is being changed (you don’t even have to get out of the water). Go back down and do it all over again until THREE HOURS are up.
Cathy has a wonderful staff of skilled underwater photographers and videographers who can provide you with all of your underwater image needs. If you cannot come to Cayman but still need a photo or video from the underwater realm, you can hire us to take virtually anything you need. We have access to boats, reefs, beautiful water, and models.more>>>
Cathy Church
Jim Catlin
Adeline Wee
Planning an underwater wedding is easy.
Sunset House Hotel is the best location for an underwater wedding for several important reasons:
1. You can board a boat at the dock right at the hotel to take you to the location of your choice.
Or step in to the calm, clear, warm water at the shore and swim a short distance to the location of your choice. Many people like the flat area seaward of the mermaid where your wedding party can kneel comfortably on the bottom without fear of damaging fragile coral near by.
If you would like photographs taken of you anywhere in the water or on land here in Cayman, we can do it for you! You take home eitherthe CD or DVD from a digital shoot or video, or have your prints made here, or both! All prices in $US. more>>>
Photo buddy with Sunset Divers at Stingray City!
Impress your friends with a photo of you "playing" with a 4-foot Southern Stingray or a six-foot green moray eel at Stingray city!
Hire a Private Photographer or videographer for you or your group on the boat!
Let one of our experienced photographers or videographers tell the story of your unique diving experience swimming through coral tunnels, exploring the wreck of the Kittiwake", or interacting with turtles and angel fish. Do not let this great opportunity go by!
Do you know someone who would like to go diving with you but is afraid to? If so, then pass this article along to them after you have read it yourself. In my thirty years of diving I have seen many people conquer their fear and go on to love SCUBA diving. But, I have also seen many instructors and spouses destroy the possibility of a frightened person ever learning to dive. This article is for three people: the frightened student diver, the supportive friend, and the instructor. Often the roles I describe will overlap. Read them all to see which pertain to you and to help assure that everyone is doing the best they can to improve the odds that the frightened student will become a comfortable diver. (While I use the words him, his and he in the following, I, of course, mean him or her, he or she.) more>>>
Capture your underwater adventure with Cathy Church, the best teacher ever! FUN and EASY!!
Classes for ALL levels and ALL underwater cameras!
Cathy has been teaching underwater photography for over 40 years.
She doesn't just throw facts at you, she adjusts her teaching to match how you learn and she loves watching YOUR photos get more and more beautiful.
Do you teach Land Photography, Underwater photography, Video and Image Editing?
Yes -- we teach all types of photography, videography as well as digital image-and video-editing (Photoshop, Aperture, Final Cut Pro, iMovie and more). You can have a private or semi-private class with one of our instructors or attend an evening above-water group class. As always you will learn in a fun, relaxed atmosphere.
Cathy Church's Underwater Photo Fest in Grand Cayman at the Sunset House Hotel Enjoy exciting classes with Cathy and her fabulous staff
Fabulous Fun ** Plentiful Prizes ** Free Darn Good Demo Gear ** Great Giveaways
AM Boat dive
Shore diving available
PM Lectures
PM Photo Critiques
Kittiwake PM trip
Night Boat Dive
Stingray City Trip
Underwater Scavenger Hunt from shore
BBQ dinner and Photo Contests / Giveaways Final video / Slideshows
Would you like a private boat for just you and Cathy Church?
Would you like to have Cathy helping you above and underwater to get the best possible photos that will be all yours?
Would you like a boat that comes and goes when you want and to dive sites that you want all to yourself?
We offer a full-service, on-site above water and underwater photography base to meet the needs of the most demanding photographers, including Cathy Church, an award winning, professional underwater photographer. We can provide everything you need for your shoot, or we can shoot your advertising, editorial or stock job for you. Contact us to discuss your needs.
Cathy Church is available to shoot your job. With fifty years of experience and understanding of professional underwater photography, she has an extensive portfolio of worldwide clients, including Nikon, Kodak, US Virgin Islands, Carnival Cruises, Cayman Islands, Sharp Electronics, Atlantis Submarines and more. She knows what is involved to make sure that the photo is successful and MEETS YOUR NEEDS. Our assistants are photographers and experienced divers.
August 11 – 25, 2018 aboard the Azores and at Atlantis Dumaguete Resort
Join me (Cathy Church) for a great photo workshop for ten nights aboard the Azores followed by four more nights at the Atlantis Dumaguete resort on Negros Island. On this extended trip we will have time to visit the best clear-water reefs and walls as well as amazing small critter muck dives, a bait ball or two and even Thresher sharks! All of these are on my list of essential diving experiences.
On Aug. 21 we move from the Azores to the Atlantis Dumaguete Resort. No need to lose any diving days for flying or transfers, etc. Cameras are transferred intact to their fabulous camera room and SCUBA gear is taken directly to the convenient SCUBA equipment room.
Join Cathy in Cuba, aboard the Jardines Aggressor II, Feb. 2 - 9, 2019
The Aggressor People to People program is run by the “Oceans for Youth Foundation.” They will receive your payments to keep your visit completely legal under the current laws allowing US citizens to travel to Cuba for education. Trumps's recent changes do not affect this type of travel. Thus, during our 7 nights on board the Jardines Aggressor II biologists and marine experts will host nightly discussions and presentations on the marine environment, conservation, and the importance of this healthy ecosystem.
Commercial fishing and industries are prohibited, permanent residences are non-existent, and tourism is strictly controlled. This policy was initiated in the 1990’s by Fidel Castro, who himself was a diver and understood the value of protecting marine environments. These reefs demonstrate the result of that care. The spectacular Jardines de la Reina National Park is located 60 miles off the southern coast and hopefully there will always be dive boats to help monitor its protection from fishing boats.
These two connecting trips cover the best of Indonesia with reduced air travel. We leave from Bali, continue to Komodo and then on to Maumere when some guests will leave and fly back to Bali while others will fly in to meet us and some will simply stay put. From Maumere the second trip will continue eastward north of Flores and make a large loop through Alor and return to Maumere for our flight back to Bali. This is a new and exciting itinerary to give us the best of Komodo, along with new sites away from the crowded park and with less current, and then onward on the second trip to the exciting diving in this newly explored area of Alor.
I chose the Pindito for this adventure because the Pindito is the only boat with over 20 years of continuous operation in Indonesia. The crew is more experienced than any other crews and THAT is a valuable commodity that no new boat in the area can compete with.
Top 8 reasons to travel with Cathy:
1. You will have access to Cathy Church to answer your questions about your camera equipment and techniques. You will enjoy my free coaching and mini-lectures offered throughout the day to answer photo questions, share ideas, and critique images.
2. You will get free lessons and help with editing your photos with Photoshop. If you need special help, I will even help you in the water if I see you having a problem with your camera or technique.
3. You can find help or share your own ideas with everyone around you. You will be surrounded by photographers who are happy to help you with answers, tips and ideas.
4.You will be with only the nicest people. We choose people who are easy-going, who take their good times with them and who are flexible and are ready to share. If you especially want a particular dive site, everyone else will say that's fine with them because they know that next time everyone will do the same for them.more>>>
2010 Sept. 18th:
We arrive in Maumere after our flight from Bali. The Sea Safari VII will depart for Adonara strait while we organize our dive gear and cameras. (See map below.)
Sept. 19th:
We arrive at the island of Adonara, across a narrow strait from the big island of Flores. Diving here is "muck" diving along reef slopes looking for seahorses, frogfish, crustaceans, ghost pipefish, etc. Can you see the really tiny black frogfish in the yellow circle?
20 and 21:
In the South Alor Region, we will be diving at Beangabang Village, a black sand bay opening to the Indian Ocean at the southern end of Alor. Beangabang is listed as the favorite critter dive of many underwater photojournalists.
August 11 – 25, 2018 aboard the Azores and at Atlantis Dumaguete Resort
Join me (Cathy Church) for a great photo workshop for ten nights aboard the Azores followed by four more nights at the Atlantis Dumaguete resort on Negros Island. On this extended trip we will have time to visit the best clear-water reefs and walls as well as amazing small critter muck dives, a bait ball or two and even Thresher sharks! All of these are on my list of essential diving experiences.
On Aug. 21 we move from the Azores to the Atlantis Dumaguete Resort. No need to lose any diving days for flying or transfers, etc. Cameras are transferred intact to their fabulous camera room and SCUBA gear is taken directly to the convenient SCUBA equipment room.
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