By Rosella Campbell


If you have always wanted to be involved in this art, then now is the time for you to take those necessary baby steps. However, you need to perform them one by one. By doing so, you can be certain of a smooth flow in your operation and that will lead you to wrap up the fun or professional shoot in no time.

First, you are required to be very specific with the final location of the shoot. You also have to know that underwater photography is best done in still waters. Thus, be able to scout for the nearest swimming pools in your area. Have them shortlisted based on your budget and the type of session that you will be having.

Second, be a light maniac from this point onwards. Keep in mind that you will never have those great images if it is pitch black in your shoot location. Thus, have your sessions during the day or even in the afternoons as much as possible. If you cannot make that happen, then bring a lot of light equipment with you.

Third, be on the ground most of the time. You do not have to dive into the pool so that you can get world class images. In fact, the sun can already make things easier for you. You will just have to position yourself in the right side of the pool so that you will not be a hindrance to the results that you want to achieve at the end of the project.

Also, do everything you can to get close to the subject. It does not matter if your model is uncomfortable with that kind of set up or not. Keep in mind that you are fully in charge of the whole situation. Thus, simply do some prep talk with them so that they would know why you are sticking your camera to their faces.

Moreover, learn to stretch those muscles. You can never get a good shot if you will not outstretch your arms once in a while. Remember that there is more than one angle being made available by nature to you. Thus, you have to explore on that more if you desire to be the best in the field that you have chosen.

You will have to be more knowledgeable with bubbles as well. They may not occupy your pictures most of the time but they can be a great source of experiment. They can be a perfect addition to your images especially if your model is not capable of giving you the emotion that you wish to have in your project.

Additional props are even handy too. They can certainly bring more life to the ideas that you already have. Just make sure that they are related to your concept so everything will be in unison and in order.

Overall, keep practicing. This may be a new arena for you but that does not mean that you would never be able to find your way through it. You would just have to get used to those waves everyday.




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