Recently I reached the point that is probably not uncommon for “happy enthusiasts” like me – I felt that I had stopped growing as an underwater photographer. Trying to move things to the next level therefore required some fresh thinking and so I connected with Kate Jonker.
It was a good call.
In our one-on-one sessions I learnt some setting tricks and lens / diopter ideas that I would likely not have figured out on my own even though the concepts were simple to grasp and execute once I understood the ‘why’.
And I found the image review very helpful – for example, she unpacked in detail where I was focusing, the effect of aperture on my actual images as well as evaluating the general composition. Kate has a really nice way of sharing what she sees. In my opinion Kate Jonker is South Africa’s top underwater macro photographer so what she ‘sees’ is of consequence.