Technique/Tutorial

Underwater photo tutorials, techniques and tips for all types of underwater photo and video, including macro, supermacro, wide-angle, composition and best camera gear.

Settings for Shooting Wide-Angle and Macro with the Canon 5D Mark III DSLR
By Brent Durand

Underwater Settings for the Canon 5D Mark III

Underwater Settings for the Canon 5D Mark III
Brent Durand
Settings for Shooting Wide-Angle and Macro with the Canon 5D Mark III DSLR

The Canon 5D Mark III is about two and half years old now. Some of us waited a long time for the camera before pre-ordering it, while some may have just picked it up as a first underwater camera. Either way, it's one of the best full frame prosumer DSLRs on the market.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Brent Durand is a weekend wanderer and story teller from California.

Brent is an avid diver and adventure photographer, and shoots underwater any time he can get hands on a camera system. He can be reached at brent@uwphotographyguide.com.

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How to Shoot Dynamic Reefscapes and Add Color to your Portfolio
By Brent Durand

The Big Picture: Shooting Reefscapes

Brent Durand
How to Shoot Dynamic Reefscapes and Add Color to your Portfolio

Reefscapes tell a story. They paint a picture of the underwater scenes that we get to experience as scuba divers. You can freeze gorgonians as they draw mazes towards the sky, dot blue water with so many fish it begins to look like the milky way above psychadelic mountains, or show the diversity of a reef evolving before our very eyes.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Brent Durand is a weekend wanderer and story teller from California.

Brent is an avid diver and adventure photographer, and shoots underwater any time he can get hands on a camera system. He can be reached at brent@uwphotographyguide.com.

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Capture the Shots you Never Could with this Innovative Technique
By Scott Gietler

New Technique: Shooting Blind

Scott Gietler
Capture the Shots you Never Could with this Innovative Technique

 

New Technique: Shooting Blind


Capture the Shots you Never Could with this Innovative Technique

Text and Photos By Scott Gietler

 

 

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Best Settings for Macro and Wide-Angle Underwater Photo and Video
By Brent Durand

Underwater Settings for Sony RX100 II & III & IV & V

Underwater Settings for Sony RX100 II and RX100 III, RX100 IV, RX100 V
Brent Durand
Best Settings for Macro and Wide-Angle Underwater Photo and Video

The Sony Cyber-shot RX100 line of cameras is one of the most popular options for underwater photographers looking for the balance between great photo and video, price, size and ease of use.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Brent Durand is a weekend wanderer and story teller from California.

Brent is an avid diver and adventure photographer, and shoots underwater any time he can get hands on a camera system. He can be reached at brent@uwphotographyguide.com.

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Whale Shark underwater photo & video tips, techniques and best settings for DSLR, Mirrorless, Compact and GoPro cameras.
By Brent Durand (text), Scott Gietler & Vijay Raman (photos)

Whale Shark Photo & Video Tips

Brent Durand (text), Scott Gietler & Vijay Raman (photos)
Whale Shark underwater photo & video tips, techniques and best settings for DSLR, Mirrorless, Compact and GoPro cameras.

Swimming with whale sharks is a special experience - one that can be a relaxing swim, a heart-pounding adventure surrounded by the largest fish in the ocean or a heart-pounding workout swim alongside one of these massive fish.

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Ten Shooting Techniques you Need to Know When Shooting Without Strobes
By Scott Gietler

10 Essential Ambient Light U/W Photo Tips

10 Essential Ambient Light Underwater Photo Tips
Scott Gietler
Ten Shooting Techniques you Need to Know When Shooting Without Strobes

Shooting underwater photos with ambient light is a great way to add variety to your portfolio, whether it's sharks, split-shots (aka over-unders) or silhouettes.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Scott Gietler is the owner of Bluewater Photo, Bluewater Travel, and the Underwater Photography Guide. Bluewater Photo, based in Culver City, CA is one of the world’s largest and most prestigious underwater camera stores, serving many thousands of customers each year, where nothing is more important than customer service. The Underwater Photography Guide is the world’s first website to feature free tutorials on underwater photography, and has become the most trafficked resource on underwater photography worldwide. Bluewater Travel is a full-service dive travel wholesaler sending groups and individuals on the world’s best dive vacations. 

Scott is also an avid diver, underwater photographer, and budding marine biologist, having created the online guide to the underwater flora and fauna of Southern California. He is the past vice-president of the Los Angeles Underwater Photographic Society, has volunteered extensively at the Santa Monica aquarium, and is the creator of the Ocean Art underwater photo competition, one of the largest underwater international photo competitions ever held in terms of value of prizes. He lives in California with his wife, newborn girl and scuba-diving, photo taking 4 year old son.

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Diver in Scene Photo Essay written on Location in Tulamben, Bali
By Brent Durand

3 Quick Tips for Dive Buddy Photos

Brent Durand
Diver in Scene Photo Essay written on Location in Tulamben, Bali

Diver in Scene

 

As underwater photographers we like nothing more than sharing photos of what we’ve seen underwater. But at some point, our audience will stifle a yawn on during fish portrait #26. So how do we keep it interesting?

Answer:  Show them photos of you and your dive buddy in action! 

 

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Expand Your Portfolio with these Tips for Shooting in Rivers, Lakes & Streams
By Eiko Jones

Tips to Capture Amazing Freshwater Images

Eiko Jones
Expand Your Portfolio with these Tips for Shooting in Rivers, Lakes & Streams

 

Tips to Capture Amazing Freshwater Images

Expand Your Portfolio with these Tips for Shooting in Rivers, Lakes & Streams

Text and Photos By Eiko Jones

 

Coho Salmon smolts with reflections of sedge in the estuary of the Campbell River.

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3 Essential Camera Settings for Shooting Underwater
By Brent Durand

Take Your Photography to the Next Level

Brent Durand
3 Essential Camera Settings for Shooting Underwater

 

Take Your Photography to the Next Level

3 Essential Camera Settings for Shooting Underwater

Text and Photos By Brent Durand

 

 

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Tips to Capture Incredible Schooling Fish Photos
By Craig Dietrich

Pelagic Fish Photography

Craig Dietrich
Tips to Capture Incredible Schooling Fish Photos

What’s a pelagic school of fish? The term “pelagic” refers to fish that live neither close to the bottom (called “demersal” fish), nor close to the surface, nor on a reef. They are the fish that we see at open water dive sites subject to currents and chance encounters with large marine life.

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