Most of the photos we take in the ocean are of animals, corals, and other little critters. But why not also include a diver in your photos, or even capture nice underwater portraits of them? Adding divers to your photos adds an extra dimension to them. It also very nicely portrays the interaction between the diver and the animal, which helps illustrate the human element of scuba diving. The viewer will be able to better perceive the actual scale of the scene within the photo – even more so when you use a wide-angle lens. This concept can even be as simple as why not just take a cool shot of your buddy underwater? In some cases, I can imagine an underwater photographer may feel a bit too advanced to capture simple moments of divers with their thumbs up? To me, it is a very rewarding process to work with divers as underwater models. In my experience, they love to have their pictures taken underwater or maybe even more excited to see themselves in a photo alongside a turtle, porcupine fish, shark or any other beautiful animal. Here are my 10 tips to taking stunning underwater photos of divers. #1 […]
Almost on every dive I have had the chance to swim with a turtle. They are far from shy. Mrs. Hawskbill in this picture swam straight towards me. At that moment all my camera settings were in macro, of course. But I captured her anyway. I saw the shadow on the bottom and that motivated me to be fast no matter what setting. The colors didn’t come out as I had wished, so yes why not turn it into black and white? I love her face in this photo. With her smiley hooked beak which is used to catch and eat sponges, jellyfish, algae and even fish. She likes to pose for me, like Doutzen Kroes. Like many sea turtles, hawksbills are a critically endangered species due mostly to human impact. Hawksbill eggs are still eaten around the world despite the turtle’s international protected status. They are often killed for their flesh and their stunning shells. I think she just got back from the surface to get some air. She was fast and on a mission! As sea turtles are air breathing reptiles, they need to surface to breathe. It is amazing that they can hold their breath for several […]
