The GoPro Hero is great for underwater video. It's small, rated for 40m depth, shoots in wide-angle and has great video quality. I take mine on every dive. Shooting without an LCD is ok but the new GoPRo with built in LCD promises to make framing much easier underwater!
http://shop.gopro.com/cameras/heroplus-lcd/CHDHB-101.html
Monday, June 1, 2015
Thursday, May 14, 2015
Silhouettes Underwater
A silhouette is a view of a subject that shows a featureless outline. Underwater silhouettes typically lack colorful detail and the subject is often captured as a dark blue or black outline against the surface of the rippled water highlighted by the light of the sun.
You can use silhouettes to convey the dream like qualities of being underwater. Underwater photographer usually try to photograph larger objects in silhouette, such as divers, sharks, mantas, and large corals.
Because you are just dealing with outlines and dark objects you must pay particular attention to the composition of your picture and the position of the subject of your picture. Make sure that your subject is directly between the your camera and the sun.
Silhouettes are more dramatic and work best when the photographer is diving in clear water with decent visibility.
Depending on the mood you want to create it is best to get close to your subject so that your picture does not end up having a tiny subject in the middle with a huge dark area around it. Of course there are exceptions to this. For example, in the image of the snorkeler I deliberately wanted to convey the sense of space around the snorkeler.
Another important consideration is your exposure setting. You might want to bracket your shots (take three pictures varying the exposure up and down one stop) to give a range of effects.
Usually when you photograph underwater you always use your flash but when taking a silhouette picture you need to turn your flash off. In this way, you won't get any back scatter from particles in the water. You can even shoot in somewhat murky water where other shots are impossible.
Tuesday, May 12, 2015
GoPro Underwater Videos
Love these underwater videos from the gopro site: https://gopro.com/channel/deep-sea.
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