Think about the first time you picked up an underwater camera — what was the initial reason? Maybe you wanted a way to record your dives or a mechanism to show your nondiver friends and family the beauty of the underwater world.
Turbid water can be a challenging environment for underwater photographers, particularly when shooting wide angle. Turbid water may not appear brown or green from the surface — in many cases the water looks entirely different once we drop in and begin the dive. All water is turbid to some degree. Understanding what causes turbidity and knowing how to work around it can make a world of difference when shooting in those conditions. One of the best skills a photographer can develop, particularly for shooting wide angle, is learning how to read water quality.
PEMBACA PASTI MENGENAL BYLINE "David Doubilet dan Jennifer Hayes" dari sejumlah fitur majalah National Geographic. Bekerja sebagai sebuah tim, mereka telah memotret lautan liar dari daerah tropis hingga ke daerah kutub, dan bahkan beberapa dunia akuatik yang tidak biasa di antaranya.
The sea enthralled lmran Ahmad from a very early age. Growing up in Singapore, young lmran never missed an opportuniry to go fishing with his father, a police officer, on their boat off the coast.
IMAGINE SCROLLING THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA posts or flipping through your favorite dive magazine. Your eye catches a photo of the most pristine waters you have seen. The sun is peeking through the surface, beautifully illuminating coral in pops of color in every direction. A diver overhead perfectly balances the composition.
Working with models underwater has been a fundamental cornerstone of my career for more than four decades. I love shooting images of marine life, but for magazine editorial assignments, advertising photographs, and stock photography with model-released people, collaboration with a skilled underwater model has been paramount.
Fotografer bawah air terkadang mengacu pada zona air sempit di mana subjek membelah permukaan sebagai antarmuka Plimsoll. Di sini terdapat banyak kesempatan untuk pemotretan dinamis yang diperoleh dengan memiringkan kamera di atas atau di bawah garis air. Fotografer bawah air yang berdedikasi dan kreatif dapat menangkap bidikan split over-under tradisional dengan meniskus lurus standar dan pantulan dramatis dari bawah subjek, sinar matahari, atau keduanya sebagai bagian dari bidikan split yang dimodifikasi atau gambar sepenuhnya di bawah air.
BEFORE THE INTERNET WAS AVAILABLE, people read print magazines to learn about scuba diving — how to do it, what gear to buy, and where to go. For 51 years, from 1951 to 2002, the king of the genre was Skin Diver magazine. The undisputed queen of cover photography for Skin Diver was Geri Murphy.
We are the product of our cultures and our life’s experiences, but a simple twist of fate can alter our life’s trajectory. That’s what happened for Jade Hoksbergen. It’s hard to imagine, given her underwater photography, that she was afraid of the water as a child.
