Guide to Underwater Photography


Underwater Photography Technique, Tutorials & Tips

Thank you for visiting the Guide to Digital Underwater Photography, written  by Scott Gietler. This online book is a complete underwater photography tutorial & class for beginners and advanced photographers, full of underwater photography tips and examples. Please register, join our newsletterFacebook group or follow on Twitter. Ask questions in our underwater photography forums.

What's New in the Underwater Photography Guide

raja ampat macro underwater photographyUnderwater Photography from Raja Ampat July 30th
 
Award-winning macro underwater photography Kevin Lee takes us on a photographic journey through Raja Ampat.
 
 

lightroom 3.0 lens correction fisheye lens for underwater photography

 
 
Using Lightroom 3.0 for underwater photography July 28th
 
Todd Winner shows us how to use Lightroom 3.0 to correct the distortion of underwater photos taken with a Tokina 10-17mm or Nikon 10.5mm fisheye lens
 
 
 
 
stingray underwater photography - alex mustard workshopsHow I got the shot - technique explained July 27th
 
Paul Colley talks about what it's like to take a workshop with top underwater photographers Martin Edge and Alex Mustard, and explains how he got 2 of his favorite award-winning shots.
 
 
 
excess baggage fees for underwater photographers, dive travelTired of excess baggage fees? July 23rd
 
Travel editor Ridlon Kiphart gives 4 proven strategies for eliminating excess baggage fees when travelling for diving & underwater photography.
 
 
Thresher shark underwater photography in the red sea, egyptExploring the Southern Red Sea July 22nd
 
Adam Svoboda takes us on a journey through the southern red sea to the Brothers and Elphinstone reef, where thresher, silky and oceanic whitetip sharks are found.
 
 
review of the sea & sea dx-2g underwater camera for underwater photographySea & Sea DX-2G Camera Review July 21st
 
Shawn Rener reviews the S&S DX-2G, an advanced compact camera, and shows us some new wet-lens options with some great results.
 
 
naui liveaboard underwater photography in fijiLiveaboard adventure in Fiji July 15th
 
Underwater photographer Douglas Hoffman takes on an adventure diving in Fiji on the Nai'a liveaboard
 
 
slow shutter underwater photography tutorialUnderwater photo technique July 14th
 
Stanley Bysshe gives some great tips for taking creative underwater photos with slow shutter speeds - for compact and dSLR shooters alike.
  
underwater macro photography settingsUnderwater Macro Settings explained July 7th
 
This article takes you through all of the settings on your Nikon dSLR, getting you setup for macro underwater photography.
 
 
the cove movie, underwater diver with dolphins"The Cove" finally opens in theatres in Japan July 4th
 
The must-see movie documents the horrible slaughter of Dolphins in Japan. Protesters almost kept the Japanese public from finding out.
 
sigma 8-16mm lens for underwater photographySigma 8-16mm Lens Review June 23rd
 
Complete review of the Sigma 8-16mm lens for landscape and underwater photography.
 
 

 

Advanced photographers should check out the extensive underwater composition course, with many tutorials and lessons on various tips, techniques & scenarios, and my underwater photography blog.

 

 

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All content and photos copyright by Scott Gietler unless otherwise noted.  Some of the photos on this site are contributed by other people who want to share their love of underwater photography.

 

 

 

FANTASTIC! WHAT A SITE SCOTT!

This is a fantastic site Scott! I have been wanting to begin my UW Photography journey but had no idea where to begin. There was so much to try and undersrtand and it was very intimidating. Your website has opened the door for me. There is no doubt I will be scheduling a class with you in the near future....

Thank you so much,

Karl

Hello.
This is a wonderful site. I wish I knew it long time ago..!
I started UW photography in August 2008, and I'm still a beginner as I cannot have much time for practice...
I hope I can take good images one day!
Thank you for your work!
Naoko (from Tokyo)

Hi

This I've been looking for... because I'll also do some astro-photo and therefore wanted to understand the photo concepts etc.

Thank you very much

Best regards, Kent Hansen, Copenhagen Denmark

Very interesting... Thanks to share ! Readers will be ready to take the best underwater shots on shipwrecks locations ! 

Hello. I would like to be able to recall this program when I have the time to absorb and learn more of your fine tutorials and underwater photo techniques. Thank You,
Dale Johnson

the best and most informative site ever!!!
Scott,thanks a lot, i really appreciate your effort,
keep up the good work.

Scott, you are a whizz. Unbelievably quick response. I had no sooner posted my challenge and I had an answer back asking me a few questions and then a more detailed response to assist with the said "challenges". Thanks so much. Now to put your suggestions into practice. I'll definitely be bookmarking your site so I can keep coming back to "learn" AND... this is one site that I will DEFINITELY recommend to my diving underwater photography friends. Cheers - K

Great resource Scott, it will take weeks to get through all the information. Will recommend the site to all my camera clinic students.

Regards

Nigel

As a proud sponsor of Underwater Photography Guide, I couldn't be more thrilled to see the launch! We have a small but growing group of budding u/w photographers who are excited about the website too. Go Scott go!

Congratulations on launching the site! It's a terrific resource. I only wish you had created it a few years earlier so I could have had it available when I was first starting out in underwater photography. I'm proud to appear on your Bali Destination page! Thanks, Scott

Great job with the website, Scott! And you continue to add more and more helpful information - tons of great tips that can photographers with any level of experience. I find the site a great reference that I keep coming back to time and time again.

Thank you for sharing your experience with others so that they may improve their skills and get more enjoyment from capturing the beauty of the underwater world and its creatures.

I am thrilled to have discovered this website!

For the first time in 20 years I'll be doing UW photography and for the first time using a digicam.

Even armed with Photoshop I was worried how I was going to avoid completely making a mess of my shots.

Thank you!

It's about time someone made a website like this! The information here is invaluable, especially to people like me that are just starting their journey in UW photography. Excellent work by you and all the contributing photographers as well; the images on this site are truly stunning and does an excellent job at illustrating and validating the articles and advice. Thanks and keep up the great work!

As a beginning UW photographer, I have found this to be a FANTASTIC resource. Aside from private lessons, I could not ask for a better guide. I have found an answer to all of my questions/inquiries so far, in this guide. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and thoughts!

Michael Zeigler

* Canon PowerShot SD790IS | Canon Housing | Sea&Sea YS-25 *
[color=#FF0000]----> Nikon D90 housing on the way <----[/color]

Excellent work, Scott.
A most valuable resource for all. Every underwater photographer should bookmark this site.
Thank you for all the hard work.
Alex

Many thanks for this comprehensive guideline on how to run underwaterphotography.
With this "manual" will serve provide both purposes, a basic information for the ones to get started and on what to take care on, as well as an excellent Buddy to improve yourself, no matter how experienced you are.
Many, many tips on equiment and how to create a photo best are included and illustrated by examples.
Excellent done!

Many thanks
Uwe

Scott- Thank you SO much for starting and maintaining this website. It is full of wonderful information that was previously hard to find online! It is extremely kind of you to share your knowledge and wisdom free of charge to help others improve their underwater photography skills. As stated by a previous viewer, I would recommend that you publish a book with this information. It would serve nicely as a travel companion I wouldn't leave home without :-)Thanks again!!

Now that is what I call a useful and fantastic website.
Scott - thank you so much for this great job.
I am sure that uwphotographyguide.com will have all the succes that it deserves.
Great infos, fantastic tips (that I use (and try) often during my photo-dives) and a very easy site to navigate into.
Like I always say : "Que du bonheur".
See you in Switzerland.
Michel...:O)...

Hi, love the site, wish i found it before i left a week ago, but still got some great pictures out of my camera at St. Eustatius (Statia).

There great tips here, but isnt it a idea to add a chapter regarding photoshop improvements, lots of ppl dont have a clue how to simply enhance there pictures by adjusting colortone, saturation, brightness and selective colorenhancement.

keep up the great work!!!

Thank you very much!

This is a great one-stop shop for accurate knowledge and valuable advice in all the important areas of underwater photography. You've done a great job here, Sko-T!

Thank you very much for sharing this. This is a very informative guide, and I learned some new things from it. I would suggest that you also turn this into a book. I would purchase one of these just to take it along with me when I go to take UW pictures. Thanks again.

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