Preventing camera fogging, dome port scratches, o-ring care
By Scott Gietler

Underwater Camera Maintenance

Underwater Camera Housing Set-up, Protection & Maintenance Tips
Scott Gietler
Preventing camera fogging, dome port scratches, o-ring care
  • Never let your underwater housing sit in the sun, to prevent camera fogging. When in the open, and especially in the hot sun, keep a wet towel over it. Letting the sun hit your underwater case can cause condensation later when you dive, and can dry it out and cause salt crystals to form. 

  • Always keep 1 or 2 desiccants in the waterproof housing to prevent fogging up

  • Always have your rig handed to you in the water, don't jump in with it

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Macro photography preparation for taking great photos
By Scott Gietler

Macro Underwater Photography

Scott Gietler
Macro photography preparation for taking great photos

To get good at Underwater Macro Photography, I suggest you master the following topics, and then read on:

Aperture & Depth of Field

Underwater Macro Settings for Digital Cameras

Underwater Macro Composition

 

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An introduction to properly composing your shots
By Scott Gietler

Underwater Composition

Composition in Underwater Photography
Scott Gietler
An introduction to properly composing your shots

What do you want included in a photo? What do you want left out? What idea do you want your photo to convey? As your underwater photography progresses, you will put more thought into what you want your photograph to convey. 

Composition is an art, not a science. These rules and ideas for composition are meant to give you ideas for how to creatively compose your shots, not to lock you into rigid rules. The best composition for a subject will depend on your personal preferences.

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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Includes settings for compact and dSLR cameras
By Scott Gietler

Settings for Macro and Wide-Angle

Underwater Settings for Macro and Wide-Angle
Scott Gietler
Includes settings for compact and dSLR cameras

One of the most popular questions people ask, is what are the best underwater camera settings they should use for macro or Wide-angle underwater photography, on a digital camera. There is no 1 setting for all shots, but I try to give people an idea of what settings they can start with, and how to adjust them underwater. After reading this section, you should read the section changing settings during a dive.

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Learn the basics of underwater photography
By Scott Gietler

Guide for Beginners

Underwater Photography for Beginners
Scott Gietler
Learn the basics of underwater photography

This is a “quick start” guide for those of you who are new to underwater photography.  If you’ve taken some underwater photos before, you might want to skip this but if you are just starting out with a point and shoot here are the basics. If you haven’t purchased a camera or housing yet, you can take a look at the Underwater Equipment section or contact us directly at our partner site Bluewater Photo.

Taxonomy upgrade extras: 

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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