Event | Underwater Photography and Shark Conservation Workshop

Date

December 14, 2024

Location

Playa del Carmen, Mexico

Workshop Description

If you are interested in improving your underwater photography and shark conservation, this is for you.

This workshop is designed for all photographic levels. Guided by Cecilia Gutiérrez and Mizael Palomeque you will learn how to enhance your skills as a photographer. You will also learn how photography can have positive impacts on conservation.

Dive up close with the female bull shark aggregation that arrive every year during the winter to Playa del Carmen, during each dive you will practice your photo skills and support the monitoring and photo identification work carried out by the Baalche team.

About Blue Project

Today we know that data alone is not enough to achieve the change that our ocean so desperately needs, and that is why photography becomes such a powerful tool, a picture says more than a thousand words. We need to tell the stories of our sharks to protect them.

Mizael Palomeque is a Mexican underwater photographer and shark advocate; he also holds a Masters Degree in Environmental Law and has won a number of different photography awards and continues to use his platform to help change sharks' narrative.

Cecilia Gutiérrez is a professional shark diver and underwater photographer; she also holds a Masters Degree in Natural Resource Management and is a co-founder of multiple organizations aimed at protecting sharks and promoting science.

United by their passion for sharks, the team dedicates its efforts to raising awareness about the importance of their conservation, leading the community science project in Playa del Carmen.

Learn more about the Photo ID & Community Science Project:

Reserve Your Spot

For more information and to book a spot contact: ceci@baalche.com.mx

Ceci Gutierrez and Mizael Palomeque together created Baálche Photography. Based out of Riviera Maya, Mexico, Ceci and Mizael take on a lot of conservation efforts outside of photography too. Ceci holds a Masters Degree in Natural Resource Management and is a co-founder of multiple organizations aimed at protecting sharks and promoting science. Mizael holds a Masters Degree in Environmental Law and has won a number of different photography awards and continues to use his platform to protect sharks. Stay up to date with all of their efforts on their website or Instagram @baalchephotography.