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Shooting Portraits Underwater Can Create Beautiful Results

Noam Galai — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 01:33:19 +0000

Shooting underwater is not a simple task, and usually not very affordable. To shoot underwater you need not only the knowledge, but also expensive DSLR housing (or point and shoot cameras designed to shoot underwater) and also underwater lighting system if you want to fully control the lighting. Once you get underwater with your subject, the water lets you create striking and beautiful images, that you can never create out in the fresh air. Check out these great examples of underwater photography. [more]

How To (And Not To) Shoot Underwater Pt.1 Natural Light

Corey Melton — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 18:41:05 +0000

This year my family and I escaped the cold of NYC and went to South Florida to celebrate the holidays. I was so glad to be heading to some warm weather, and I planned some shoots that wouldn’t be typical of the winter weather up North. I had never shot underwater before, so I wanted to challenge myself and try it out. I contacted BorrowLenses to see if they had an Aquatech housing that I could [more]

Introducing Outex – A (Somewhat) Affordable Underwater Housing Kit

Zach Sutton — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 03:48:18 +0000

I’ve always been fascinated with underwater photography. As you may recall, I even featured some of it from Nick Pugay last month. Not only is underwater photography incredibly complicated in terms of lighting, but its incredibly expensive too. Outex is looking to change that with their new underwater kit, but they need your help with their latest Kickstarter project. [more]

An Amazing Look into National Geographic’s Wildlife Photographers

Zach Sutton — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 17:48:41 +0000

Over the last 100 years, National Geographic has brought us some of the most iconic and incredible images of wildlife spanning across the globe. Though on rare occasion, we’re able to actually see the work that goes into capturing these images. Some of these amazing photos take days, or even weeks to capture. The film posted above is a great look into all the images that National Geographic captures during a migration period for various animals. [more]

The Underwater World of Nick Pugay

Zach Sutton — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 15:18:27 +0000

Living in the desert, I don’t see a lot of water. And while I lived on coastline, I never really played with water for shoots other than the occasional beach photo. This is why I became fascinated by Nick Pugay’s work when I first saw it. That’s because Nick Pugay takes your wedding photos and engagement photos, underwater. [more]

Behind The Scenes: Ben Von Wong Shoots ‘The Underwater Realm’

Rebecca Britt — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 16:35:45 +0000

A few weeks ago I posted about the outstanding newly released internet series, The Underwater Realm, and as promised I’m back with the full behind the scenes look at the underwater photoshoot by amazing conceptual photographer, Benjamin Von Wong. He explains how he was able to accomplish the shoot in the pool and how he brought all of the elements together to create a wonderful behind the scenes image of the entire cast and crew at work. [more]

When Whale Sharks and Models Pose Together

David Strauss — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 15:33:16 +0000

When it comes to whale sharks, Shawn Heinrich has been featured before for some of his incredible images. Kristian Schmidt, a fashion photographer who loves using wildlife in his shoots, recently teamed up with Shawn for an ambitious fashion shoot with the harmless sharks.

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Behind The Scenes Of Epic Indie Film: The Underwater Realm

Rebecca Britt — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 04:17:34 +0000

Two years in the making and with a Kickstarter budget to start them off, Realm Pictures has finally released the indie epic The Underwater Realm. The five part series that was released on Christmas Day sets you on a cinematic journey through time and under the waves as you follow the mysterious underwater Atlanteans. [more]

Creative Self-Portrait and Surreal Photography By Conner Allen

Chris Lambeth — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 01:54:06 +0000

Conner Allen is a 19 year old conceptual portrait photographer from Spokane WA. He has some very interesting and inspiring images. He shoots mostly darker themed shoots yet shoots weddings and senior pictures as well. [more]

Oops Olympus! Justin Bieber’s New Music Video Was Also Shot With GoPros [UPDATED]

Rebecca Britt — Sun, 04 Nov 2012 14:00:49 +0000

A couple of nights ago a close friend of mine, Jesse, gushed over Justin Bieber’s new music video, ‘Beauty and A Beat’. How it was entirely shot with the new Olympus TG-1 (a point-and-shoot camera) and how I should write a post about it for the site. So, taking his lead I went ahead and did some research on Justin’s new music video. [more]