JUNE 2023 SPEAKER – FAN PING

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JUNE 13TH 2023, 6.45PM: IN-PERSON MEETING ONLY

WITH FAN PING - FINDING LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS
Learn from award-winning photographer and videographer, Fan Ping, as he draws on his experiences diving in caves and overhead environments to outline the differences between open water photography and cave photography. His talk will focus on dive gear, diving skills, planning, and the dramatic lighting techniques for which he has become known.
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Fan Ping is a Chinese photographer and filmmaker based in Atlanta, USA. He specializes in combining artistic elements with nature, and in using complex lighting skills in overhead environments. This artistic style has brought him international acclaim, and he has won awards in many major underwater photo/video competitions.

In recent years, Ping has been focused on underwater cave photography and joined KUR (Karst Underwater Research) as a photographer/videographer to document the beautiful springs of Florida. He believes, “In the end, we will conserve only what we love; we will love only what we understand, and we will understand only what we are taught.” He hopes people will fall in love with the underwater world though his lens.

The name of Ping’s studio, “Be Water Imaging,” is inspired by Bruce Lee. He wants to be formless yet powerful as a cave diver and photographer, just like water, and eventually be able to push the boundaries of underwater photography.

Please check out more of his work and his Underwater Cave Photography course at

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FAN PING’S AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS INCLUDE:

  • Highly Commended in Wide-angle and Portrait categories, Underwater Photographer of the Year 2023
  • Honorable mention in Wide-angle category, DPG/Wetpixel Master Underwater Imaging 2022
  • Commended in Wide-angle category, Underwater Photographer of the Year 2022
  • Film selected by 18th International Ocean Film Festival
  • Film selected by 2020 Swiss Underwater Festival
  • Silver award DPG/Wetpixel Master Underwater Imaging 2020
  • 1st place in Video category, MIDE Lens Beyond Ocean 2018
  • 2nd place in Wide-angle category, DEEP Indonesia 2018
  • 2nd place in Wide-angle category, Underwater Photographer of the Year 2018
  • 1st place in Il Mare category, See in the Sea Underwater Photo Competition 2017
  • 1st place in Story category, first EPNF China Wild Life Photo Competition 2017
  • 3rd place in Human Interaction category, United Nations World Ocean Day Photo Competition 2017
  • Grand award and 3rd place in Nature and Color category, UWPixel China Underwater Photo Competition 2016
  • 1st place in Wide-angle category, ADEX China Underwater Photo Competition 2015