Cairns Underwater Film Festival Launch Their Film and Photo Competition for 2012.

On Tuesday, May 1st, 2012 Howard Rosenstein – will be presenting: "Exploring the Red Sea" at the New York Underwater Photographic Society’s May Meeting that starts at 7pm.

This underwater exhibition will be placed on the wreck of the Haven oiltanker which sank in 1991 in the Gulf of Genoa, Ital..

On February 7th, 2012 7 PM Joseph Tepper – Associate Editor for Divephotoguide.com and Contributing Editor to Scuba Diver- Through the Lens Magazine – will be giving a presentation on what it takes to be an underwater photojournalist in this digital era at the New York Underwater Photography Society meeting.

On February 8th, 2012 7PM at McGees Irish Pub at the NYC Sea Gypsies February meeting publisher and editor-in-chief of DivePhotoGuide.com Matt Weis will show images and talk about being a underwater photo journalist.

Join underwater photographer and X-Ray Mag contributor Larry Cohen at New York City’s B&H Photo Event Space as he talks about the use of cameras when used underwater.

The underwater world is filled with tiny creatures that range from the beautiful to the down right bizarre. Underwater photographers, get to record this magnificent world. Since the biggest rule of underwater photography is to get close, many photographers concentrate on the small.

Dutch Springs in Bethlehem, PA opens for New Years Eve day dive.

On August 2011, the whole world performed as one huge underwater photo grand prix, hosting 226 amateur and professional photographers from 27 different countries around the world, competing each other for some very worthy prizes!

Cuba is slated to host major international underwater competitions in both 2012 and 2013