Photo/Video

Workshops

Sunday

10:30AM-12:00PM

Georgetown Room

Supercharged AI features in Lightroom Classic will change the way you shoot and edit forever. The world’s your oyster when you master generative remove, 3-D color selections and granular control over focus, blur, and bokeh. It’s wacko! It’s wonderful! It’s wizardry! AI might indeed be pure evil, but the results are soooo good! Learn how to harness the very real power of artificial intelligence in Lightroom Classic – evolve or perish!  

Photo/Video

Workshops

Saturday

9:00AM-12:00PM

Newburyport Room

Beyond Good Dive Practice, Photo Technique and Image Workflow: A Lifetime’s Worth of Cardinal Rules and Core Concepts for Making the Best U/W Photographs Possible

Tom Easop has spent a lifetime photographing the underwater world. From this experience, he has developed Core Concepts and Cardinal Rules to optimize underwater image making. Using these concepts and rules led to unique, optimized practices, techniques and workflows. In this workshop I will teach you my concepts and rules as well as the resulting “hands-on” skills you can immediately put into practice. Organized chronologically before, during, and after a dive trip the topics include:    What to prioritize in your equipment budget    Preparing your equipment for travel and use    Best practices before and after the dive    Speed light vs. continuous light, tripods, backscatter tactics    White point(s)    Focus tactics – not wasting depth of field    Automatic vs. manual exposure tactics    Recognizing your luck, learning from ‘mistakes’    Making ‘mistakes’, making your own ‘luck’    Combining techniques    Safe capture storage    File types, Pixel Geography, color space & ‘The Color Dimension’    Lightroom vs. Photoshop, and other applications for post-processing    Combining digital tools    HDR, image masking    HRLA USM, sharpening    Non destructive workflow    Cataloguing images & session folders    Plus planning, testing, and practicingThis is by far the most valuable workshop I have ever developed, imparting the most important information I’ve learned through photography and retouching schools, shooting and print making workshops, research, underwater camera building, and most of all – 45 years of experience of underwater photography. It will be time well spent for any underwater photographer or videographer regardless of skill level.

Saturday 9AM-12PM – $80

Photo/Video

Workshops

Sunday

9:00AM-10:30AM

Georgetown Room

Are you an underwater photographer who dabbles in video, but doesn't have an easy and efficient way to take your favorite clips and transform them into an amazing edited video you can share with your friends and family? Join this video editing power session to learn the ins and outs of DaVinci Resolve (Free Edition). The software is FREE and works on Mac OS or Windows. This is not a work-along session, but if you’d like to look at the software during class, please download DaVinci Resolve before attending. All video editing software can be daunting to use. In this class, Joel will help demystify its complexities and get you comfortable making a basic edit by the end of the session. Join us to learn how to use DaVinci Resolve to create your next UW Trip Video!

Photo/Video

Workshops

Sunday

1:00PM-4:00PM

Georgetown Room

Lightroom is incredibly powerful, but it’s no match for the Dark Arts in Photoshop. Abracadabra! Backscatter disappears like magic, the crop tool creates extra space and fills it in perfectly, and divers appear – elegantly posed – to populate every empty composition. Add Artificial Intelligence to the mix and things get really dirty – in fantastic, addictive, and insanely useful ways. Learn how to channel Photoshop’s wicked superpowers for good and of course for a little bit of evil too!

Dive Program

Workshops

Sunday

9:00AM-12:00PM

Essex Room

Steve Bigelow ran the MetroWest Saturday Shore Dive Program for the past 10 years, and will offer some tips on  how he plans and decides where to dive and all that.

• Resources
• Safety – Overview
• Site Selection Options – where to dive
• Site Decision Criteria – which one to choose on a given day
• Tools 
• Day Of Evaluation – picking a site, but playing it by ear once you arrive there; making the "Cape Ann Loop" to find good conditions
• Gear – a brief overview of what's needed / required and "good to have" for diving New England
• Site Etiquette – Respect the Locals! Obey Parking Regulations. Keep Gear Organized and Out Of The Way; Share The Beach
• Calling The Dive – monitoring conditions to ensure safety; know YOUR limits. There's no shame in driving all the way to a dive site, only to bail out if it's a mess and go dive into breakfast somewhere…
• Other
  • Sharing Your Dive – take and post pictures
  • Blogging – doing write-ups for dive club newsletters or social media

Photo/Video

Workshops

Saturday

1:00PM-4:00PM

Georgetown Room

Photoshop. It’s adored and feared. It’s canonized and maligned. It is, above all else, de rigueur for underwater photographers who’ve hit the wall with their editing in Lightroom. But words like Layers, Layer Masks, and Selections are enough to send many aspiring editors into a vertiginous spin. Never fear. Behind the complex interface, overwhelming array of tools, and terrifyingly complicated techniques are a few very simple concepts that will absolutely save your bacon and your photos! Shatter the limits of Lightroom and be free!

Dive Safety

Workshops

Saturday

9:00AM-12:00PM

Topsfield Room

Dive Computers – nearly all divers carry one, but does everyone really understand how they work and how to properly use them?  In this workshop, Dive Pro Monty Fitzpatrick will walk you through a brief history of the dive computer, and give an overview about how they "know" how much dive time you have left, and what your nitrogen loading is throughout your dive.  We won't dive too deep into the algorithms behind most dive computers, as that's more technical than this workshop intends to go.  But we will cover some of the basics:

• Why to use a computer vs. old-school dive tables
• How to decide which computer is best for the diving you plan to do
• Key features to look for in your computer
• Console-integrated units vs. wrist-mount options
• Air integration – its benefits and limitations
• Popular models that are available at most dive shops
• Understanding the important features and data shown on your computer
• Maintenance and care for your computer

Whether you're a brand new diver or have been salty for years, there's something to be learned about these little devices we've become so accustomed to wearing to dive.  Whether it's understanding how to simply use your computer, or interesting functions you didn't realize your unit included, you'll benefit from attending this workshop.  We will have an extensive Q&A session; feel free to bring your computer.  We may not be able to answer every question about every computer, but we'll do our best to make sure you're more confident and comfortable with yours before you leave.

Photo/Video

Film Festival

Saturday

8:00PM-10:00PM

Howard and Michele Hall are perhaps best known for their underwater IMAX films.  In 1994 Howard directed the first underwater IMAX 3D feature, Into the Deep.  In 1998 Michele produced and Howard directed the IMAX feature Island of the Sharks.  In 2005 they returned to the IMAX 3D format by directing and producing Deep Sea 3D which was awarded Best Picture at the Giant Screen Cinema Association Conference and Best Large Format Film at Wildscreen 2006.  In 2009 the Hall’s released Under the Sea 3D.  This film won best cinematography at the Giant Screen Cinema Association Conference in 2009 and Best Documentary at the International 3D Society in 2010.  Howard was director of underwater cinematography for Primesco Productions’ Lost Worlds, MacGillivray Freeman Films’ The Living Sea, the IMAX 3D feature Return to Hubble, and was underwater cinematographer for MacGillivray Freeman’s Journey Into Amazing Caves.  In 2002 Howard was underwater sequence director and Michele was location manager for MacGillivray Freeman’s IMAX feature Coral Reef Adventure, a film in which both are featured on camera.  The Hall’s latest IMAX film, Secrets of the Sea 3D, was released in 2022 and was a coproduction between Howard Hall Productions and Oceanic Research.

Of the five highest grossing 3D films produced by IMAX Corporation, two were directed by Howard Hall.  Into the Deep has earned box office receipts of over $70 million and Deep Sea 3D has earned over $96 million.

Between them, Howard and Michele have won seven Emmy Awards.  Howard has produced and/or directed many award winning natural history television films including a National Geographic Special which he co-produced with Michele, and four episodes of the PBS series Nature.  Howard also directed and Michele produced the award winning five-hour series Secrets of the Ocean Realm for PBS.   The Hall’s most recent film, Soul of the Ocean, is a 78-minute feature length film that was finished in 2022.

Howard holds a BS degree in zoology from San Diego State University.  He is a member of the Directors Guild of America and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Michele is a Registered Nurse and holds a B.S. degree in Health Sciences.  She is a member of the Television Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Women Divers Hall of Fame.

Photo/Video

Workshops

Friday

9:00AM-5:00PM

Georgetown Room

This is an intensive, hands-on workshop that’s perfect for complete Lightroom newbies, or for current users wanting to take their skills to the next level. To get the most out of the Bootcamp, you’ll need a laptop running the most recent version of Lightroom Classic that your operating system can handle, and at least one external hard drive. Bring all appropriate power sources, adapters, and cables. Please make sure your gear is in good working order and ready to go. We will not have time to address individual technical issues. The Bootcamp includes a 16GB flash drive pre-loaded with class work files, and a 50-page spiral bound workbook.
The Lightroom Bootcamp does not cover any web-based versions of Lightroom. We’ll be using Lightroom Classic only. 

Photo/Video

Workshops

Saturday

9:00AM-10:30AM

Georgetown Room

Are your macro images lacking pizzazz! Are you stuck in a rut or lacking creativity whenever you shoot macro?! Join us as we show our tips and tricks to get extraordinary results with your macro photography. We'll cover our favorite lighting techniques, on camera and off camera snooting, making creative backgrounds, and more! 

Photo/Video

Workshops

Saturday

10:30AM-12:00PM

Georgetown Room

The Masking and Selection tools in the Develop Module have taken a quantum leap that greatly expands their power. The ability to add, subtract, combine, and invert complex selections has made this little old sorceress very happy, and I think you’ll feel all tingly too when you join us for this deep dive into Masking in Lightroom Classic. You want this!

Dive Safety

Workshops

Saturday

12:00PM-1:00PM

TBD

NAUI Workshop Series Boston Sea Rovers International Symposium

“NAUI Member Update”

 

Member updates are one of the most popular events to attend at trade shows worldwide.

Hear the latest news directly from the NAUI world headquarters staff. Learn what is on the

horizon for the organization and you as a NAUI member.

The update will address topics such as:

• Review of 2024 activities

• What’s coming in 2025

• 2025 Standards & Policies changes

• Opportunity to meet fellow NAUI Members

Location:

71st Boston Sea Rovers 2025 International Symposium

Danvers, MA – Doubletree Hotel

 Date / Time:

Saturday March 15th – 12:00pm – 1:00pm

Speakers:

Angelo Fiore – NAUI Vice President of Global Sales

David Caldwell – NAUI Worldwide Northeast Regional Manager / Northern Atlantic Dive

Expeditions, Inc.

NAUI Workshop Series open to all Boston Sea Rovers International Symposium participants

available at no cost or registration unless otherwise stated.

Dive Safety

Workshops

Friday

6:00AM-1:00PM

Double Tree Hotel

This workshop is open to all Public Safety teams, team members, and anyone with an interest in Public Safety Diving. Speakers are dive industry representatives, public safety diver trainers, current, and former team members. The workshop offers a platform for the Public Safety community to share ideas and experiences.  The 2025 workshop will include an in-water demonstration / tryout of a Kirby Morgan dive hat
The program cost for the day is $95.00 which includes a 2025 Boston Sea Rovers tee-shirt.  Check out the Boston Sea Rovers Public Safety Group Facebook page for up to the minute information.

Dive Programs

Workshops

Sunday

9:30AM-12:30PM

Newburyport Room

Scouts Oceanography Merit Badge

Sunday March 16, 2025 9:30 – 1PM

Merit Badge Councilors

Mark Fregeau PhD.

Woody Tinsley

Scouts should bring Blue Cards and printed out copy of Oceanography Merit Badge Workbook

Schedule:

9:30AM – 1PM:   Merit Badge Activities – Newburyport Room on 2^ndfloor of Hotel

Questions? Email Mark Fregeau

Register (where you purchase tickets under BSR Sponsored Workshops)

Animals

Workshops

Saturday

9:00AM-5:00PM

Gloucester Room

FREE ALL WEEKEND SEASHELL EXHIBIT
-second floor Mezzanine-Gloucester Room-

Saturday 9:00 a.m to 5:00 p.m.
Sunday 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Drop by and see educational exhibits of seashells from the world over and learn about their habitats, biodiversity and ecology and their use in food, science, medicine, on stamps, and in art and crafts.

Bring your own seashells and learn how to identify it with the help of experts on mollusks who will be available to assist you and teach you how to use some of the best seashell identification books.

Choose your own seashells from one of the world’s beaches at our 'seashell adoption table' provided by our members.

When you visit the exhibit be sure to sign up for an opportunity to take home the special Door Prize — a collection of unique seashells and a book about mollusks

Sponsored by the Boston Malacological Club
Founded in 1910

Join one of the world's oldest active seashell groups for fun and educational monthly meetings in Cambridge, Mass.  For information contact:
George Buckley – gbuckley@fas.harvard.edu

Please note the contact information below is for informational purposes only – No registration is required!

Animals

Workshops

Sunday

9:00AM-3:00PM

Gloucester Room

FREE ALL WEEKEND SEASHELL EXHIBIT
-second floor Mezzanine-Gloucester Room-

Saturday 9:00 a.m to 5:00 p.m.
Sunday 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Drop by and see educational exhibits of seashells from the world over and learn about their habitats, biodiversity and ecology and their use in food, science, medicine, on stamps, and in art and crafts.

Bring your own seashells and learn how to identify it with the help of experts on mollusks who will be available to assist you and teach you how to use some of the best seashell identification books.

Choose your own seashells from one of the world’s beaches at our 'seashell adoption table' provided by our members.

When you visit the exhibit be sure to sign up for an opportunity to take home the special Door Prize — a collection of unique seashells and a book about mollusks

Sponsored by the Boston Malacological Club
Founded in 1910

Join one of the world's oldest active seashell groups for fun and educational monthly meetings in Cambridge, Mass.  For information contact:
George Buckley – gbuckley@fas.harvard.edu

Please note the contact information below is for informational purposes only – No registration is required!

Dive Programs

Workshops

Saturday

10:00AM-2:00PM

Waterpark Pool

Ever want to try scuba!  Discover what it's like to going beneath the waves

Dive On It Scuba will be hosting the annual Try Scuba event at Boston Sea Rovers again this year.   

Space for these events is limited and is first-come, first-served.

Registration at https://diveonit.square.site/tryscubasearovers