Marty Snyderman

Marty Snyderman is a film producer, Emmy Award winning cinematographer, still photographer, author and speaker specializing in issues concerning marine wildlife and the marine environment. His film, "The Secret World of Sharks and Rays", a documentary about the natural history of sharks, premiered during October of 1998 on the PBS series NATURE. Marty produced and filmed To Be With Sharks (View From The Cage) which premiered on the Discovery Channel in July 1994 during Shark Week. A big ratings success, it is the second most widely watched premier in the history of Shark Week. In addition, Marty's cinematography has been used by Warner Brothers, National Geographic Society, BBC, NOVA, PBS, United Wildlife, CBS, ABC, the Audubon Society, Paramount’s magazine series and the Discovery Channel. Marty's still photography and/or writing has been utilized by National Geographic Magazine, numerous National Wildlife Federation publications, Natural History, Audubon, Sport Diver, Dive Training, Skin Diver, Shark Diver, Newsweek, the Monterey Bay Aquarium, New England Aquarium, and Seattle Aquarium, and by numerous other publications and organizations expressing interest in the marine environment both in the United States and overseas.

Bonnie Pelnar

From the first images Bonnie captured with a rented Motormarine camera during a 1987 Cozumel dive trip, she was hooked! Her hobby became a passion and her passion became a career. She left a successful career with Kodak over twelve years ago to start her company Under Watercolours, and hasn't looked back since. Today Bonnie is recognized as one of the leading designers in the dive and travel industry with over 110 original web sites, 15 CD ROMs, logos, catalogues and brochures you've probably picked up at the dive shows. More than 1200 of Bonnie's photographs can be found online and in print used to promote the best of the dive industry. You've recently seem many of Bonnie's photos in Sport Diver and Scuba Diving Magazines. Her travels have taken her to the most exotic dive destinations of the world; Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Australia, Fiji, Philippines, Africa, Galapagos, Socorro, Palau, Micronesia, Hawaii, and all over the Caribbean and Mexico. Bonnie teamed up with Marty Snyderman to develop a series of online courses teaching digital underwater photography and the digital workflow for underwater photographers, which can be found at www.TheUnderwaterPhotographer.com.