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Equipment for Underwater Photography

Let's talk about equipment for underwater photography. What are the basic equipments you need?
1. Cameras off course!
2. Camera Housing

Most if not all cameras these days comes with build-in flashes. However these flashes may not be strong enough to light up your subject. As a result you may get a greenish or blueish or underexposed image. So if you want to have a consistent exposure of your subject you will need the additional equipment.

3. Light Strobes or Flashes
4. Arm to hold your strobes.

Now cameras come in 2 types, amphibious and non-amphibious. The amphibious (See Figure 1a and 1b) are the ones where you can actually bring into the water with you without the hassle of getting an additional housing. These are the truly underwater cameras. They are basically waterproof underwater cameras. Historically before the underwater camera housing became popular and affordable; these were the type that most underwater photographers from professionals to amateurs used. The earlier amphibious underwater cameras were film based. Unlike, the digital cameras, you are unable to preview your shots. As a beginner, it could be very frustrating as your pictures could come out pitched black or blurry blue when processed.

Now the amphibious cameras are your normal cameras housed in a polycarbonate or aluminum housing fabricated specially for the particular digital camera model. These days digital cameras come with varying sophistication depending on the photographers’ needs. They ranged from the normal point-and-shoot (Figure 2a) to the prosumer (Figure 2b) down to the digital SLRs (Single Lens Reflex) (Figure 2c).

I will discuss more of the digital camera in my next blog. Till then I leave you with a parting shot of a cow fish taken during my recent trip to Lembeh.

UWP...my two cents worth

Why take pictures underwater? There are several reasons, simplest one would be to take home pleasant memories of creatures encountered during you dive adventure.

Underwater photography used to be an elite sport or profession; underwater photographers are of a different breed of man and women. So consumed by their desires and passion to document the sea, they brace the challenges of the aquatic world to bring us the beauty of life beneath our beloved ocean. As a kid growing up, I was exposed to images from magazines such as the National Geographic and often wonder how these magnificent images were capture. I had great admiration for these courageous individuals. They are liken to the great explorers spearheading the exploration of the mysterious aquatic world so little known and forever being exposed to the threats of uncontrolled human actions. Looking at their wonderful images, the mesmerizing rich colored ocean and its occupants, so inspiring and at times intimidating, a sense of envy often creeps in between my pillars of admiration for the skills of these artists. My hope would be someday to replicate such skills in my quest to bring to you, my readers the wonders of our ocean beneath as seen through the lens, composed in my mind and published from my heart. Till my next pose, I leave you with a cute image of a puffer taken during my dive trip (Aug, 2009) to Lembeh Straits, North Sulawesi.

Welcome to effortless underwater photography blog

Hi my name is Roland Lim. I have a passion for underwater photography. I have been doing it for the past 2 years. In addition to this , I am also a PADI instructor and enjoy teaching scuba diving to all ages. I 'll be teaching and certifying students whenever I am not with my underwater camera.