About Us
UnderwaterCompetition.com is jointly hosted by Jason Heller and Eric Cheng from DivePhotoGuide.com and Wetpixel.com. The site was created due to the overwhelming popularity of their first international photo competition, which was organized in 2005 in association with the Our World-Underwater show in Chicago.
Both Eric and Jason are professional underwater photographers with a passion for the marine environment and for progressing diving and underwater imagery through new media. Their commitment to the underwater imagery community is to provide the “Superbowl” or “Formula One” of competitions. The competitions offer participants chances to win prizes that range from premium dive travel packages to photo and diving equipment, DVD’s, signed books and more. Each competition is judged by a panel of professional photographers and magazine editors and supported by world class sponsors who are leaders in the diving and underwater photo and video industries.
15% of the proceeds from each competition go towards marine conservation efforts.
DivePhotoGuide.com is a portal for the global community of underwater photographers and videographers of all levels. Members span across 163 countires worldwide. Features include daily news in the world of underwater imaging, diving and all things ocean related, product reviews, photo galleries, including a special gallery of all the top pros in the world, a centralized calendar of every underwater photo & video competition across thre globe and more!
Wetpixel.com is dedicated to providing the latest information on digital underwater photography and imaging. In 2003, Wetpixel.com was awarded the prestigious Antibes Festival prize for Best Website, and in 2005, Scuba Diving Magazine dubbed Wetpixel.com the Editor's Choice for Best Dive-Related Website. Our community of over 6,200 underwater photographers span and travel the globe.
Our World-Underwater is celebrating 38 years and being one of the largest consumer dive shows in the US. OW-U offers the public an opportunity to meet industry professionals. A chance for the non-diver to try scuba. A great way to kick off the diving season. People local and two and three states away come to OW-U for the weekend. The weekend is full of educational workshops, seminars, film festivals and manufacturers repair clinics. OUR WORLD-UNDERWATER host two huge film festivals, one Friday night and another Saturday evening. Many industry professional got their start at these festivals. There are over 200 booths for people to enjoy, displaying many travel destinations, equipment manufacturers and Midwest dive centers. OW-U is a great place to spend a weekend.
DEEP Indonesia is Indonesia’s first Diving, Adventure Travel & Watersports expo. The growth of the diving and water sports industry in Indonesia demonstrates a noticeable improvement in people’s lifestyles. This has also been observed in other sports industries across the country. Despite being a new player in sports industries, stability in Indonesia’s economy has increased people’s income allowing them to participate more and more in sports and healthy living activities. And with a population of 220 million people- which is the equivalent of the rest of South East Asia combined- the potential growth is enormous.