An overview of GoPro mounting options on trays, handles and poles, with additional tips on housing maintenance
By Brent Durand

GoPro Underwater Housing and Mount Tips

GoPro Underwater Housing and Mount Tips
Brent Durand
An overview of GoPro mounting options on trays, handles and poles, with additional tips on housing maintenance

GoPro cameras are becoming more and more prevalent on dive boats around the world, and for good reason - they shoot excellent video in a small, affordable package.

Here at the Underwater Photography Guide, we're continuing our GoPro tutorial series with this installement on GoPro housing use and maintenance, plus all the mount and accessory options to get the most from your camera. GoPro systems are flexible depending on your budget and type of diving, providing a great way to remember those best moments of your trip.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Brent Durand is a weekend wanderer and story teller from California.

Brent is an avid diver and adventure photographer, and shoots underwater any time he can get hands on a camera system. He can be reached at brent@uwphotographyguide.com.

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New Features & Specs Promise to make the E-M5 one of the Best Mirrorless Cameras for Underwater
By Scott Gietler

Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark II Announced

Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark II Announced
Scott Gietler
New Features & Specs Promise to make the E-M5 one of the Best Mirrorless Cameras for Underwater

Olympus has announced the follow up to their popular E-M5 - the OM-D E-M5 Mark II. Given the popularity of the E-M5 for underater photo and video, the Mark II will surely be a serious player in the mirrorless camera scene, especially given it's robust new video capabilities, including faster Full HD frame rates and 5-axis video stabilization. Additional controls allow for more button function customization to match your underwater shooting style.

 

 

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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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UWPG tests the Canon 7D Mark II for wide-angle, macro and video, plus best settings and more
By Brent Durand

Canon 7D Mark II Review for Underwater Photography

Review: Canon 7D Mark II for Underwater Photography
Brent Durand
UWPG tests the Canon 7D Mark II for wide-angle, macro and video, plus best settings and more

We're starting to see the first underwater housings for the new Canon 7D Mark II - the perfect time to write our in-depth review of the camera. The long-awaited 7D Mark II is a great camera with some major upgrades over the original 7D. But how will it perform for underwater photo and video?

The Canon 7D Mark II has many upgrades you would expect: a 20.2MP APS-C CMOS sensor, faster processers, higher frames per second burst, increased ISO capabilities, intervalometer (finally, Canon!) and even a new battery.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Brent Durand is a weekend wanderer and story teller from California.

Brent is an avid diver and adventure photographer, and shoots underwater any time he can get hands on a camera system. He can be reached at brent@uwphotographyguide.com.

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5 Elements you Must Incorporate into your Ambient Light Photos
By Christina and Eusebio Saenz de Santamaria

Tips to Create Striking Ambient Light Photos

Tips to Create Striking Ambient Light Photos
Christina and Eusebio Saenz de Santamaria
5 Elements you Must Incorporate into your Ambient Light Photos

As underwater freedive photographers, we use only ambient light for all our images. At first this was due to practicality, as it is easier to move fluidly in the water without the cumbersome drag of strobes. However, against conventional modes of thought we now prefer to always shoot this way, as using only the natural light available has driven us to be more creative, thoughtful of every frame we capture and has given us a sense of freedom to experiment.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

One ocean One breath’ is a creative collaboration between professional freedivers, husband and wife duo, Eusebio and Christina Saenz de Santamaria. Eusebio from Spain is the co-founder of ‘Apnea Total’, one of the world’s largest freediving education systems, and is one of the few men to have surpassed 100 metres (328 feet) in depth in the self-powered disciplines of freediving. Christina, originally from Australia, holds the record as the deepest Australian female freediver in history with dives to 82 metres (270 feet) in depth, and ranked in the top 5 deepest women in the world.

When not teaching or training on their island home of Koh Tao in Thailand, they are exploring the world’s ocean on one breath with camera in hand, learning and discovering more about their passions for freediving, underwater photography and filming.

For more information, please visit their websites:

www.oneoceanonebreath.com

www.apneatotal.com

ALSO BY CHRISTINA & EUSEBIO SAENZ DE SANTAMARIA

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Ray Collins shares the story behind his Ocean Art winning image
By Ray Collins

Story Behind the Shot "Kirra Underwater"

Ray Collins
Ray Collins shares the story behind his Ocean Art winning image

 

Story Behind the Shot "Kirra Underwater"


Ray Collins shares the story behind his Ocean Art winning image

Text and Photos By Ray Collins

 

 

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Review and Sample Photos from Fantasea's new RX100 III Housing
By Underwater Photography Guide

Taking the Fantasea RX100 III Housing Underwater

Underwater Photography Guide
Review and Sample Photos from Fantasea's new RX100 III Housing

 

Taking the Fantasea RX100 III Housing Underwater


Review and Sample Photos from Fantasea's new RX100 III Housing

By The Underwater Photography Guide

 

 

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Photo Essay and Guide to Underwater Photography in Cabo San Lucas
By Brent Durand

A Weekend Dive Getaway in Cabo

Brent Durand
Photo Essay and Guide to Underwater Photography in Cabo San Lucas

As the bubbles race towards the surface it becomes quiet enough to hear the songs of the whales underwater, enchanting in the deep blue, and making it almost a pity to exhale my next breathe. But you have to remember to breathe while diving, especially when mesmerized by the large schools of fish in Cabo San Lucas in Baja Sur, Mexico.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Brent Durand is a weekend wanderer and story teller from California.

Brent is an avid diver and adventure photographer, and shoots underwater any time he can get hands on a camera system. He can be reached at brent@uwphotographyguide.com.

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Photographing Sea Lions, Whale Sharks, Humboldt Squid and Even Some Macro Critters
By Ron Watkins

Wide-Angle in the Sea of Cortez & Midriff Islands

Ron Watkins
Photographing Sea Lions, Whale Sharks, Humboldt Squid and Even Some Macro Critters

As a University of Arizona alumnus, I was very familiar with the Sonora, Mexico seaside town of Puerto Peñasco (aka Rocky Point) and the Sea of Cortez.  Only a short drive from Tucson, spring breaks were spent camping on the beach, drinking cheap beer, partying at JJ’s Cantina and eating great seafood.  Later when I got PADI certified, I ventured further down the Sea of Cortez to San Carlos for my open water dives.  But after traveling all over the world in search of pristine diving and big animal action, it would be over 20 years from my initial visits to the

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Ron Watkins is an international award winning photographer and writer. He has been passionate about underwater photography since 1996 and his photography has appeared in magazines, websites, juried art displays, national aquariums, libraries and private collections.

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An Inside Look at Painting Marine Life Murals on Building Walls
By UWPG

Insight into Art: Amok Island

UWPG
An Inside Look at Painting Marine Life Murals on Building Walls

 

Insight into Art: Amok Island


An Inside Look at Painting Marine Life Murals on Building Walls

Interview by Brent Durand, January 12, 2015

 

Amok Island

'Histrio Histrio/Sargassum Frogfish' Leederville, Western Australia 2014

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A Tutorial on Capturing Sharp Eyes and Nice Bokeh in your Underwater Photos
By Brent Durand

Macro Methods: Sharp Eyes and Nice Bokeh

Brent Durand
A Tutorial on Capturing Sharp Eyes and Nice Bokeh in your Underwater Photos

 

Macro Methods: Sharp Eyes and Nice Bokeh


A Tutorial on Capturing Sharp Eyes and Nice Bokeh in your Underwater Photos

Text and Photos By Brent Durand

 

 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Brent Durand is a weekend wanderer and story teller from California.

Brent is an avid diver and adventure photographer, and shoots underwater any time he can get hands on a camera system. He can be reached at brent@uwphotographyguide.com.

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