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Introduction to Underwater Photography

Underwater photography deals with taking photographs while under water and covers still and motion picture imaging with the use of specially designed cameras. Underwater photography is also done with the help of unmanned submersibles at the bottom of the sea. However, it is generally referred to photographs taken by scuba divers in lakes, rivers and under the surface of ocean.

History

English photographer William Thompson is credited for taking the first underwater photograph, which he captured in 1856 using camera in a water tight box.

 
 
 
 
 
 

Equipments for Underwater Photography

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Housing-A Waterproof Camera Casings
Housing-A Waterproof Camera Casings
Underwater photography requires skill and is not a cakewalk for every pho...
Color Correcting Filters
Color Correcting Filters
Photography is a challenging past time and requires a lot of detailed rese...
Perfect Use of Strobe lights
Perfect Use of Strobe lights
Take any random underwater photograph and it has made use of a submers...
Different Types of Lenses
Different Types of Lenses
There are many types of lenses which are designed as per the requirements ...
How Camera Lenses Works
How Camera Lenses Works
All cameras have a lens. There are compact cameras known as point-and-shoo...
 
 
 
 

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Creative Photography With Sunbursts

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Create Magical Silhouettes Underwater

Silhouette is a view of the object shot against a bright background so that the subject becomes black with a featureless interior. The creative shooting technique

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How to Make Shipwreck Photography

Underwater photography has fascinated divers since long and offers endless opportunities to the aficionados. Divers have the choice of shooting shipwrecks

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Split Shots - A Creative Photography

Split shots are the creative shooting forms in which a picture is half above water and half under it. The technique is used to capture scenes above

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  • Beginner's Tips

  • Tips for Pro

  • Tips for Campact Users

This is a very well known fact that 70% of Earth comprises of water. Hence, one may find a large number of varieties such as fishes, coral reefs and many more to capture. This is what excites people and they are attracted towards underwater photography. Consider following Beginner Tips while pursuing underwater photography.

Tips for Advanced Underwater photography - shooters would definitely say that underwater photography is incredibly rewarding but at the same time it is one of the most difficult genres to practice. There are many colorful creatures, coral reefs and many great landscapes present underwater that are just ‘waiting’ there to be photographed.

One can get even more creative by using compact camera for underwater photography. The focus is to develop one’s skills in underwater photography completely and to spot great photo opportunities. One can shoot ordinary photos underwater using tips for compact camera users,