All rights reserved. To freeze a moment in time and create an image with mood and feeling is any photographer's greatest challenge, and underwater photography is one of the most demanding of all the photographic specialties. It occurs in an alien environment that can prove detrimental to both the photographer and his or her equipment.
Underwater photography is a labor of love.
Underwater photographers must have excellent dive skills and remain fully cognizant of both dive plan and dive buddy, while still concentrating on the photographic subject. Subjects must be approached cautiously with little or no disturbance to the reef. And, the photographer must locate an intimate angle to make the most dramatic photograph possible. The objective is to light, expose, and retreat- leaving only a memory of human contact. Exposing Film Underwater Factors unique to the underwater environment cause most land photography techniques to fail.