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UWPG Writer Receives Eastman Kodak Award for Photographic Excellence

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Underwater Photography Guide Writer Receives Prestigious Photography Award

 

 

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Maui based photographers Douglas and Mieko Hoffman received Eastman Kodak Awards for Photographic Excellence yesterday at the 2010 Professional Photographers of Hawaii annual banquet. This is a national award from Kodak given to select professionals. Douglas' image was a B&W portrait of a Humpback Whale and Mieko's was a digital painting of a lion fish. This is the first time that a Maui based husband and wife received the award. The portraits will join other Kodak award winners in a special exhibition at the National Professional Photographers of America convention in January.

 

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Humpback Whale by Douglas Hoffman

 

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Lionfish by Mieko Hoffman

 

Douglas and Mieko have owned Maui Photography Inc, since 1998. The company offers year round landscape, portraiture, and underwater photography workshops and services in Maui. Two or three times a year Douglas leads a group to photograph sharks and colorful reefs in Fiji, and Southern Hemisphere Humpback whales in Tonga.

 

www.douglasjhoffman.com

 

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Scott Gietler

Scott Gietler

Scott Gietler is the owner of Bluewater Photo, Bluewater Travel, and the Underwater Photography Guide. Bluewater Photo, based in Culver City, CA is one of the world’s largest and most prestigious underwater camera stores, serving many thousands of customers each year, where nothing is more important than customer service. The Underwater Photography Guide is the world’s first website to feature free tutorials on underwater photography, and has become the most trafficked resource on underwater photography worldwide. Bluewater Travel is a full-service dive travel wholesaler sending groups and individuals on the world’s best dive vacations. 

Scott is also an avid diver, underwater photographer, and budding marine biologist, having created the online guide to the underwater flora and fauna of Southern California. He is the past vice-president of the Los Angeles Underwater Photographic Society, has volunteered extensively at the Santa Monica aquarium, and is the creator of the Ocean Art underwater photo competition, one of the largest underwater international photo competitions ever held in terms of value of prizes. He lives in California with his wife, newborn girl and scuba-diving, photo taking 4 year old son.

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