Adam sets out to explain how color temperature can help create memorable images. Despite the option of correcting it in post-production, getting it correct in the camera will help ensure that colors remain saturated and rich. He also provides some practical advice that can help photographers achieve this.
Wetpixel Editor Adam Hanlon was fortunate to get “hand-on” with the new Nikon Z9 at a Nikon Pro event recently. He was able to do some perfunctory tests with the new camera along with some of the lenses that are useful for underwater image makers. He tries to discover whether the Z9 is an appropriate upgrade for use underwater.
In response to an inquiry by one of the participants in the 2022 Wetpixel/Under the Jungle Cenote Photography Workshop, Wetpixel Editor Adam Hanlon discusses wide-angle lens and port choices and how these can be affected by attempting to create imagery in very low light. He chats about technique, port size, lens types, and overviews water contact optics.
2022 is here and in this episode of Wetpixel Live, Wetpixel Editor, Adam Hanlon, wishes the Wetpixel community the very best, and sets out some of the plans that are in store for the year.
The Wetpixel/DPG Masters of Underwater Photography contest is accepting entries and Wetpixel Editor Adam Hanlon provides critical guidance for entrants on Wetpixel Live. One of the most prestigious and significant underwater imaging contests in the world, the contest offers photographers and filmmakers the opportunity to showcase their work to a global audience and win some cool prizes too!
A recent question raised on social media has prompted the question of what “good quality” light is, what it looks like, and closely related, how to achieve it. In this episode of Wetpixel Live, Wetpixel Editor Adam Hanlon attempts to define it and goes on to set out some ideas about how to achieve it too.
Reacting to a recent post and multiple online and physical campaigns about an apparent overturn of the current shark fishing ban in the Maldives, Wetpixel Editor Adam Hanlon sets out the story behind this controversy. It now seems that the comments that provoked the campaign were taken somewhat out of context and the Maldives Majlis remains committed to the shark fishing ban and is in fact strengthening its enforcement of it.
A frequent question on the Wetpixel forums and during trips and workshops is how to select good subjects for underwater imagery. Wetpixel Editor Adam Hanlon sets out to try and give some ideas about how to do so, and discusses how your own photographic goals will rightly affect what you decide to capture and how much time you will invest in a given subject.
Join Wetpixel Editor Adam Hanlon, Howard and Michelle Hall, Terry Gosliner, Beth Watson, Tobias Friedrich, Ram Yoro, Andrew Marriot, Henley Spiers, Mike Bartick, Alex Santos, and Bo Mancao at the Philippines International Dive Exhibition (PHIDEX). It is being held virtually over the next 3 days but registration is required. Look forward to seeing you there!
In part due to a new simplified claims process in the US, Wetpixel Editor Adam Hanlon provides an overview of copyright, and how underwater image makers might protect their work from being used without reward. He stresses that he is not an intellectual property lawyer, but tries to provide some basic principles and ideas to ensure that if your work is used without permission, you understand what recourse you can potentially seek.