NYUPS is a community for anyone interested in underwater photography or video. We have regular meetings in New York City, sometimes featuring world renowned guests like David Doubilet, Amos Nachoum, Howard Schatz or Emory Kristof. Other times we just meet to share our own work on a specific theme.

Our goal is to promote the art of underwater imaging, and to help our members improve their skills through sharing and discussing their photos and videos. Our meetings are for all levels - it doesn’t matter what equipment you use or how long you've been shooting. Also, you do NOT need to submit material to attend the meetings – feel free to just come and enjoy the presentations, learn from the discussion and make your own comments. However, will only show submitted images if the creator is at the meeting.

You can be notified about our meetings by joining the Big Apple Divers - our announcements and calls for submissions are sent to the whole club. If you prefer not to join the club, you can also email us at photos@bigappledivers.com, and we will add your name to a separate distribution list.

Last month we did not have member submitted images, but rather we had a special presentation by Pedro Valencia on blackwater photography. If you did not make it to this session, you can see the presentation here:

For the October 13th, 2026 meeting, the theme is Translucent. Show us the critters you have found that let the sun shine through their bodies, and make your photos glow!

Once again, these meetings are for photographers and videographers to share and discuss their favorite images and videos. And our meetings are for all levels - it doesn’t matter what camera you use or how long you've been shooting, We just want to share the joys of underwater imaging. Also, you do NOT need to submit material to attend the meeting – feel free to just come and enjoy the photos and video, learn from the discussion and make your own comments. We plan on including some live editing as well, so that people can see the sort of work that can be done with modern image processing software.

We do want to stress that the point of these meetings is to explore the techniques used in creating the images. This way the submitter can benefit from feedback and the audience can learn about the process. Please do not expect to just to show images without knowing the technical details of your shots, or without being prepared to speak about your process and participate in the discussion. This is not meant to be a showcase for your work, but rather an interactive experience about how we can all improve our skills.

While each person can submit up to ten photos we may not show all of them. Therefore, please number your images and place any that you most want to see presented earlier in the list. Videos are also welcome, up to four minutes in length or two videos no longer than two minutes each. We will only show images or video if the creator is at the meeting. Submitted images and videos may be posted to the NYUPS social media accounts, with attribution.

IMAGE SPECS:
All images should be .JPG files, no larger than 2.5 MB each. If you would like to submit videos, please share them with us using Dropbox or another similar online service. Please email your images or video links - with the subject line “NYUPS SUBMISSION” - to Mike Rothschild at photos@bigappledivers.com

You will receive a confirmation of the receipt of your images. If you don’t, please contact Mike directly (doctormike at kidsent dot com). The deadline for image submission is Tuesday, October 6th..

WHERE
Fred's NYC
476 Amsterdam Ave at 83rd Street
212-579-3076

WHEN
Tuesday
October 13th, 2026
7 - 9pm


Hope to see you all there!

Best,

Adam Schneider
Mike Rothschild
Hank Hall
Larry Cohen