The first annual DivePhotoGuide Underwater Photo & Video Festival was held in Wakatobi, Indonesia from March 28 – April 15^th. Twenty underwater photographers and videographers joined us for some extraordinary diving, shooting, workshops and a photo & video competition. We’d first like to thank our fabulous sponsors for providing some amazing prizes – Sea & Sea, Mares, Amphibico, & Ultralight, and Sport Diver Magazine.

We also want to thank all who came out to Indonesia with us and participated by attending workshops and the competition. It was great to shoot alongside so many new friends! A big congratulations to the winners of the competition, the images are fantastic – a great job all around!

So without further adieux – the winners of the first annual DivePhotoGuide Underwater Photo & Video Festival. (A slideshow of winning images can be found here on YouTube, which means the quality isn't that great, but nonetheless it's a nice slideshow set to music. Be sure to click on "watch in high quality".)

To read about the diving / trip report and to see more images, don't forget to check out Part II of our coverage.

Honorable Mention: Jamie Nixon

"Stare Down"

3rd Place: Eddy Wong

"Cuttlefish Mating"
MARES Mask

2nd Place: Eva Haas

"Wakatobi Wild"

MARES BCD

2nd Place: Geoffrey Weglarz

"Wakatobi April 2008"

$1,250 Gift Certificate from Amphibico

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Thanks again to our sponsors!

To read about the diving / trip report and to see more images, don't forget to check out Part II of our coverage.