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Jürg Kaufmann is a Swiss fine art photographer renowned for his evocative portrayals of sailing and architectural subjects. With a career spanning over two decades, Kaufmann has developed a distinctive style that marries technical precision with artistic sensitivity, capturing the interplay of light, form, and motion. Jürg discovered Outex waterproof camera systems for his imaging gear so he can travel light, add no weight or bulk to his camera gear when shooting in waves or out in the elements, and maintain the best imaging optical quality for his work.

Outex underwater housing ambassador Lucas Gilman is one of the leading adventure photographers and filmmakers in the industry. His powerful and incisive images run in top publications & advertisements worldwide and he counts on the best camera gear to deliver the goods. A love of adventure and an addiction to color creates his distinct style of photography and filmmaking.  He unveiled the first Pro Res RAW video shoot underwater using Outex, the Nikon Z series camera, and the Atomos Ninja recorder at NAB.

Sports photographer and Outex underwater housing ambassador Kirill Umrikhin surf photography bio.

Michael Clark is an internationally published outdoor photographer specializing in adventure sports, travel, and landscape photography. He produces intense, raw images of athletes pushing their sports to the limit and has risked life and limb on a variety of assignments to bring back stunning images of rock climbers, mountaineers, kayakers, big-wave surfers and mountain bikers in remote locations around the world. He uses unique angles, bold colors, strong graphics and dramatic lighting to capture fleeting moments of passion, gusto, flair and bravado in the outdoors. Balancing extreme action with subtle details, striking portraits and wild landscapes, he creates images for the editorial, advertising and stock markets worldwide. As a former physicist Michael has worked on both sides of the technical revolution – helping refine the technology and using it for his current profession. Michael has worked as a professional photographer since 1996 and added digital photography to his repertoire in 2003. While Michael still shoots some film, mostly medium format, the lion’s share of his images are now produced with high-resolution digital cameras. He has been featured in Digital Photo Pro (December 2011), Outdoor Photographer (September 2001), Nikon World Magazine(Summer 2006), Digital Photographer (UK, 2010), Rangefinder Magazine (May 2010), and New Mexico Magazine (2007) for his work with extreme sports. Digital Photo Pro proclaimed Michael a "Master of Adventure" Photography in their 2011 Masters issue.

Olivier Morin has been a staff photographer for Agence France-Presse for the past 27 years.  Born in France in 1965, Olivier has been based in Bordeaux, Lille, where he shot mainly international sports, Eastern France Photo chief based in Strasbourg, before becoming Chief Photographer for the Nordic Countries in Stockholm and spending Six years in AFP Milan, Italy. For the past year, he is Editor in Chief Photo France in Paris. Olivier is covering a variety of daily affairs including economy, fashion and sports, his specialty, with outdoor-water features. He has been shooting 10 Olympic Games, both Summer and Winter, and soccer covers, Rugby, Athletics Worlds Championships, Alpine skiing World cups and World Championships on a regular basis. The winner of the first prize in the 2000 Fuji photo contest for an archery picture from the Sydney Olympics, 2nd prize and 3rd prize in Sportfolio in 2013 and 2015, and won Italy's sports picture of the year in 2013 for a shot of Usain Bolt under lightning bolt during the 100m final at the World Championships in Moscow, and Sports Illustrated photo of the year with this photograph, among others awards.

Outex underwater housing ambassador Chris Higgins is an avid outdoorsman, triathlete and traveler. He uses his experience with mountain biking, caving, climbing, hiking and photography to bring the outdoors to a desktop near you. Chris got his start as a remote location photographer by traveling to some of the most breathe taking and extreme environments in the world that words alone could not describe. Over the last few years Chris has conquered some of the highest peaks on the continent and explored it’s deepest caves. Chris carries his camera with him hundreds of feet underground to reveal a part of the world most could only imagine as well as to the tops of some of the most breath taking mountain ranges in the world. Chris keeps his social media pages updated often with his latest expedition so you too can be a part of the adventure. 

Underwater fashion and portrait photography session by professional photographer and instructor Carla Durante. This short video shows the before & after underwater photography preparation with models, Outex underwater camera cases, waterproof makeup, and underwater wardrobe.

Jessica is a Vancouver Canada native and has spent a majority of her Photography Career photographing around many parts of the world. Jessica loves to capture life unfolding in front of her lens. With a diploma in Professional Photo Imaging and a Degree in Business Administration, specializing in Marketing/ Advertising; Jessica has worked with such companies as the Vancouver Canucks, Getty Images and has been published in multiple Sport Fishing Magazines and other publications. Jessica aims to capture moments that people rarely see, the essence of these frames, frozen on her camera, is awe inspiring to her, and she is forever looking for that next shot. This video shows her Outex installation, tips, and tricks of the trade.