Here are some basic principles for successful underwater photography when you're just starting out. Six simple tips to get you started with great underwater images...<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Because underwater photography is more difficult, but much more beautiful than waterless photography... \ud83d\ude02 \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contents<\/h3>
1. Control (really) your buoyancy<\/a><\/div>
2. Know your camera inside out<\/a><\/div>
3. Conduct field trials<\/a><\/div>
4. The right dose of strobe light<\/a><\/div>
5. Make several images of the same subject<\/a><\/div>
6. Anticipate battery and humidity problems<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/nav><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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My evolution: compact camera, SLR, MIL<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
I took up underwater photography in 2005-2006<\/a>. My very first underwater camera was a disposable body, with silver film inside, all in a transparent plastic waterproof case with a yellow background. You could find these in tourist stores...<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I liked it so much that I immediately bought my first digital camera and its little underwater housing. At first, I tried my hand (and my eye) with this modest compact camera, the Canon Powershot A95<\/a>, from 2005 to 2009. I learned a lot about underwater photography with this \"basic\" camera, which was enough to get me started.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I finally got to grips with its possibilities, then the camera died... I then switched to an SLR in early 2010 with the Canon Eos 7D<\/a> and an Ikelite housing. Thirteen years later, in 2023, I changed my camera again and invested in a mirrorless interchangeable lens (MIL) one, the Canon EOS R7<\/a>, and a Nauticam housing.<\/p>\n\n\n