Sigma 8-16mm ultrawide lens is widest focal length available for APS-C sensor dSLRs
By Scott Gietler

Sigma 8-16mm ultrawide wide-angle lens

Sigma 8-16mm Wide-Angle Lens Announced
Scott Gietler
Sigma 8-16mm ultrawide lens is widest focal length available for APS-C sensor dSLRs

Sigma announced it's new Sigma 8-16mm F4.5-5.6 DC HSM lens is now for sale. This ultra-wide lens gives cropped sensor (APS-C) dSLR users a new wide-angle lens to consider for both landscape photography and underwater photography. 

 

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I've owned a sigma 10-20mm for quite a while, it is an excellent lens for the price, and I consider that lens a must have for all of my nature photography trips, so I had high expectations. Read my review of the Sigma 8-16mm.

 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Scott Gietler is the owner of Bluewater Photo, Bluewater Travel, and the Underwater Photography Guide. Bluewater Photo, based in Culver City, CA is one of the world’s largest and most prestigious underwater camera stores, serving many thousands of customers each year, where nothing is more important than customer service. The Underwater Photography Guide is the world’s first website to feature free tutorials on underwater photography, and has become the most trafficked resource on underwater photography worldwide. Bluewater Travel is a full-service dive travel wholesaler sending groups and individuals on the world’s best dive vacations. 

Scott is also an avid diver, underwater photographer, and budding marine biologist, having created the online guide to the underwater flora and fauna of Southern California. He is the past vice-president of the Los Angeles Underwater Photographic Society, has volunteered extensively at the Santa Monica aquarium, and is the creator of the Ocean Art underwater photo competition, one of the largest underwater international photo competitions ever held in terms of value of prizes. He lives in California with his wife, newborn girl and scuba-diving, photo taking 4 year old son.

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F8 and Be There

Famous Photography Phrase "F8 and be there"

History, explanation and common uses 

 

When I was driving Ridlon Kiphart to an LAUPS meeting, we were discussing underwater photography and I mentioned the phrase "F8 and be there". His eyes lit up and he mentioned how underwater photographer David Doubilet used to say that, and he attributed the phrase to David.

 

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Instructional Tutorials for beginner underwater photographers
By Scott Gietler

Video Tutorials

Video Tutorials for Underwater Photography
Scott Gietler
Instructional Tutorials for beginner underwater photographers

Please enjoy these free instructional video tutorials on underwater photography that I recently created. Each video is 1-2 minutes long, and was created with the beginner underwater photographer in mind. Please leave a comment if you found these videos helpful, or if you have a question.

 

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS PAGE HAS MOVED TO OUR NEW VIDEO PAGE

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By Damien Siviero

Aquatica Housing for Canon 7D

Damien Siviero

Aquatica Canon 7D Underwater Housing Review

By Damien Siviero

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Tony Wu's Underwater Photography Blog

Tony Wu's Underwater Photography Blog

 

Recently I caught up with professional underwater photographer Tony Wu, to discuss his underwater photography blog. I say "caught up" because it seems like Tony travels often. When he is back from a dive trip, he's back for a just a couple days, and then back on a plane. Well that's the impression I got!

 

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Underwater Photoshop Lesson - Gaussian Blur

Underwater Photoshop Lesson - Gaussian Blur

 

Editing underwater photos in photoshop is very much a matter of taste. Some people may like the results of a change in photoshop, while another may not. In this series of lessons, I will simply share the tools that I've used to manipulate various underwater photographs.

 

Original Underwater Photo before photoshop

 

original underwater photo

Underwater Photo before post-processing, jpeg generated from RAW file.

 

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Catalina Island Dive Report Jan 2010

Catalina Dive Report & Underwater Photos

Jan 30th, 2010

 

We had some excellent diving and underwater photography at Catalina Island in the Channel Islands, Southern California yesterday in Jan 2010.

 

Good photo subjects for macro and wide-angle, great friends on the boat and decent visibility all made for a great day in and out of the water.

 

Press release - official launch of UWPhotographyguide.com

Press Release - Official Launch of the Guide to Underwater Photography

 

I officially launched my web site to the media today, putting out a press release. After so much hard work it's nice to share the site with as many people as possible.

 

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