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Why Smartphones Could be the Future of Underwater Photo and Video
People have been talking about smartphones taking over the camera market for years. But will they actually become viable replacements […]
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Shooting with the Sea & Sea YS-D3 Strobe in the Sea of Cortez
One of my favorite things about leading the Underwater Photography Guide’s photoworkshops is bringing along new toys to try out […]
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Satellite Tagging – The SHARC Tag Program
One of the few advantages of lockdown is that underwater camera clubs are getting international speakers to support their virtual […]
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Canon EOS R5 Underwater Settings
The Canon EOS R5 is a camera that has it all – 8K internal RAW recording, 45 megapixel still images, […]
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Blue Whales in Sri Lanka with Theresa Guise and Peter de Maagt
As a member of the Bristol Underwater Photography Group in the UK, I was fortunate to attend a call with […]
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Ocean Art Safe Under The Sea Winners
First of all, we would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to all the amazing underwater photographers that participated […]
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Photographing Pygmy Seahorses
In the world of underwater macro photography, few subjects are so perfectly suited for spectacular one-to-one macro image capture than […]
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3rd Place Underwater Art Ocean Art Safe Under The Sea
3rd Place Underwater Art Ocean Art Safe Under The Sea Francisco Sedano Vera “Inside Out” The Story: This image […]
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3rd Place Wide Angle Ocean Art Safe Under The Sea
3rd Place Wide Angle Ocean Art Safe Under The Sea Edwar Herreno “Shelter” Edwar won a dive trip from Atlantis […]
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Top tips for working with a model underwater
I was in London some years back listening to a presentation by David Doubilet. Being with the foremost underwater photographer […]
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Best Underwater Housing Brands
Underwater photographers in days gone by had to invent their own camera housing solutions, because they didn’t exist. Today we […]
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Best Photoshop Tips for Underwater Photography
Photoshop is Adobe’s powerhouse for editing underwater photos. Layering images together for split view composites or designing a new logo […]
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Adobe Lightroom vs Photoshop for Underwater Photographers
Adobe is the premier photo editing source for underwater photographers. Photoshop has long been around since the 1980’s and Lightroom […]
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Best Underwater Video Lights
Choices, choices, and more choices. The team at UWPG have put a list of underwater video lights together that range […]
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May, 2020: A Month of AWESOME Content!
This month we’ve decided to do something special at the Underwater Photography Guide. We brought together our favorite editors […]
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Top Stay-at-Home Tutorials for Underwater Photography
For those that live and breath diving and photography, staying at home doesn’t mean an end to our passions! Our […]
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Mastering the Art of Split Level Photography
Since the early 1990s I had been part of a handful of film shooters specializing in fly fishing photography and […]
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Striped Marlin and Baitballs in Mexico – An Adrenaline Rush
Editor’s note: Franco Banfi leads wildlife photo trips all over the world. I recently went on a sperm whale trip […]
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The Best Focus Lights
Let there be light! Focus lights serve to make life easier for underwater photographers. This is particularly true when working […]
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Best Ways to Protect the Ocean
Our Planet’s name is deceptive; we call it Earth. In fact, 70% of it is covered by water. The ocean […]
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Ultimate Guide to Photographing Sea Lions Up Close
My first couple of times trying to photograph sea lions, I didn’t quite get things right. In fact, I got […]
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Best GoPro Hero 7 and 8 Underwater Settings
GoPro has added several manual and customizable settings to their latest Hero 7 and Hero 8 action cameras. Producing professional […]
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Best Underwater Video Cameras
Top Ten Video Cameras Underwater It’s an exciting time for underwater videographers. Once upon a time still photographers […]
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Nudibranch Encounters Pygmy Squid: Story Behind the Shot
The Discovery This was like any other night dive that I had been on before. We entered from shore at […]
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