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Video and details on Benjamin Von Wong’s shipwreck shoot

Last week we interviewed photographer Benjamin Von Wong about his recent underwater photo shoot in Bali on a shipwreck. He gave us some great insight, and here are even more specifics about his most popular photo series ever.

Here is an excerpt from his detailed execution of the project:

Post-Production

One of the challenges shooting underwater is that the deeper you get, the more desaturated everything gets. Thankfully, with a couple layers of color balancing (Color Balance, Curves, Selective Color), dodging and burning, and some careful masking, I was able to paint back color and tones into my image.

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Read Benjamin Von Wong’s full blog entry here.