IPB University ITK Public Lecture Review Underwater Photography and Videography
The Department of Marine Science and Technology (ITK) IPB University held an online Public Lecture, 'Underwater video and photography', Thursday (13/7). Present as a speaker is Audita Harsono, a professional diver in the field of underwater photography and videography. Participants in this course were students taking the Short Semester Scientific Diving Course from IPB University, the Indonesian University of Education and the Bandung Institute of Technology as well as the general public.
“Diving is one of the industries that can be used as a professional choice for maritime graduates. By inviting presenters from appropriate fields, it is hoped that the participants will be able to gain knowledge as well as motivate them to be able to pursue the world of diving up to the professional level," said Dr Beginer Subhan, the person in charge of the course who is also an expert on Indonesian coral reefs.
The material from Audita Harsono began with the delivery of information related to the diver profession in the field of underwater videography. For approximately two hours, participants can ask questions freely through the zoom comments column to the presenters to ask questions or discuss underwater video and photography.
Not only discussing, Audita Harsono also shared the experience she had when taking underwater pictures. In addition, participants also had the opportunity to see Audita Harsono's videographic work.
During the discussion session, there was a lot of material that the participants could take. Starting from good photo or video-taking techniques, the camera used up to preparation before shooting a video and how to deal with obstacles when shooting footage.
“Underwater photography can be done by anyone. However, as a diver, of course you have to master buoyancy well so you can get the right angle for the best results," said Audita Harsono.
One of the lecturers at the Scientific Diving Course, Dondy Arafat, SPi, MSi added, underwater video and photography are skills in scientific diving activities. This ability should be possessed by young scientists in the marine field.
"With the advancement of digitalization and ecological processing software, photographic skills are needed for ecological data purposes while still prioritizing diver safety or job safety analysis. Therefore, it takes practice and speciality for these skills," he concluded. (*/Rz) (IAAS/MFR)
