Scuba Diver Australasia selects Kungkungan Bay Resort to host Digital Shoot-Out

Kungkungan Bay Resort is proud to have been selected by Scuba Diver Australasia Magazine as host resort for its Digital Download photo shoot-out event 2008.

The shoot-out is in a 5-night format between 26 November and 01 December. All are welcome to join irrespective of level of experience, with the emphasis firmly on having fun and learning. There is no entrance fee to pay – all you need to do to join this exciting event is make a normal booking into the resort on those dates and let us know you'd like to join the event.

Prizes will be in three categories with 1st, 2nd and 3rd prize awarded in each category:

CATEGORY	1st prize	2nd prize	3rd prize
Macro Behaviour	Canon EOS 450D Tusa Selene BCD (female)	KBR 7D/7N trip for one	PDS Membership Camaro wetsuit
Portrait	Canon EOS 450D Tusa Xpert Zoom fins	Tasik Ria 7D/7N trip for one	PDS Membership Camaro wetsuit
Portfolio	Canon EOS 450D Scubapro Xtender computer	Kima Bajo 7D/7N trip for one	PDS Membership Camaro wetsuit

Judging the event will be three very well known personalities from the world of scuba diving and underwater photography. David Espinosa, editor of Scuba Diver Australasia, will also be attending. Joining him will be Simon Buxton and Mike Veitch.

Simon Buxton has spent most of his working life in and around the sea. After graduating with a degree in marine biology, he journeyed to Asia to work in the diving industry as an instructor, guide, and videographer. As time passed he began to specialise more in imaging, and the only dives now without a camera are while teaching students about photography on his underwater photo workshops. Simon has placed highly in several competitions in the past few years, and when not diving spends his time designing Web sites and performing studio photography. He is a contributor for various magazines around the world and a Field Editor for ScubaDiver AustralAsia. Highlights of his underwater career so far have been seeing humpback whales underwater, and finding his first mimic octopus in the Philippines. Within Asia he tries to dive Indonesia and the Philippines at least once a year, as he feels these areas offer more than most other locations.

Originally from Vancouver, British Columbia, Mike Veitch has been working as a full-time dive professional in the tropical Pacific since the '90s. As a photo/video pro aboard live-aboards and resorts, Mike has spent many years photographing the incredible marine life of the Indo Pacific region on a near daily basis. Along with his underwater photography and video work, Mike conducts photo classes throughout Southeast Asia and the Pacific (www.divephotofest.com, www.OceanStockImages.com), and currently resides in Bali where he hones his photography and video skills on an almost daily basis.

For further details contact Eco Divers at info@eco-divers.com