Capture The Beauty & Wonderment of Underwater Animals

Mysterious underwater creatures exist. Capturing these interactions fuels the imagination and inspires creativity.

Motion: Changing Your Approach to Underwater Imaging.

If you have been doing underwater photography, and want to venture into underwater video – here are some practical tips.

Simple Starting Point for Underwater Strobe Use & Positioning

Lighting and strobe positioning are major factors in capturing the rich colors and textures of an underwater scene. Strobes are very important for capturing both brilliant colors and intricate details we see on our dives.

Close Focus Wide Angle Photography (CF/WA)

The basic technique is to get close to the subject while balancing the lighting between foreground and background.

Design Your Photos

Next to lighting and exposure, nothing is more important to photography than good compositon - and it costs nothing to achieve.

Starting Concepts

The Handbook gives you an overview of practical starting tips and techniques for taking better underwater photos.

Avoiding the High Water Mark

No subject scares underwater photographers more than having an expensive housed camera turn into an aquarium. Even a bit of water can turn electronics into a corroded mess.

Adding a lighting system can make one of the largest differences for your underwater photography and videos.

There are a few things that determine the amount of color saturation and image clarity in underwater photography: depth, ambient light, and water clarity. Obviously you're not in control of the depth that your subject is at, or the water clarity, but you do have some say in the amount of light.

Choosing Cameras & Housings for Underwater Photography

Deciding on an underwater photography system to buy doesn’t have to be a bewildering experience. Knowing the basic characteristics and classes of cameras and housings can help organize your choices. Then your personal preferences and budget can help narrow it down further to your best options.

The Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II is a highly customizable camera allowing for many personal preferences and considerations for underwater use. Hopefully this article, with collaboration from customers and staff here at Optical Ocean Sales, will give you a starting point for setting up your E-M1 Mark II camera for underwater use.

Raja Ampat in Indonesia, has always held a lot of fascination for me. Customers on their way there, or just back, were awestruck by the area. “Best in the diving in the world!” they’d say, but having dove for many years, I’ve heard that before…

On our recent shop trip to The Sea of Cortez, I left behind my trusty, but large, D800 Nauticam rig and decided to try a new mirrorless camera: The Sony a7 full-frame camera in a NA-A7 Nauticam housing. The Sony a7 (and a7r, a7s) are very impressive; the first full-frame camera in a mirrorless body! With it being much smaller and lighter than the D800, it was easy to carry around. Performance was very good, the camera is very comfortable and solid to shoot...