Workshop With Jack McCoy
Tuesday 19 July 2011 DURBAN, South Africa: Jack McCoy presents a workshop that explores the latest camera technology used for capturing the ocean from chopper cams, water housing to submarine cameras. He shares the knowledge he has gained after more than 35 years of surf filmmaking.
Ocean Camera Innovations, with Jack McCoy
Royal Hotel, 12.30pm, Wednesday 27 July
Jack McCoy, 63, is an internationally recognized surfing photographer, writer, director, producer, and cinematographer behind a life's work of 25 surfing films. In this workshop, McCoy shares his knowledge of the latest innovations in underwater and water-based photography and cinematography that are spearheading the evolution of specialist equipment with a fascinating variety of applications, from special high-tech High Definition cameras, remote-controlled helicopter cameras, water housings and in particular, his own pioneering work in a special high speed submarine rigged with a camera that he used to film parts of the feature documentary A Deeper Shade of Blue (premieres at Wavescape / DIFF on Sunday 24 July at the Bay of Plenty at 7pm).
