Egypt’s Red Sea offers a fairly unique opportunity to photograph oceanic whitetip (Carcharhinus longimanus) sharks without bait. With the help of some of his amazing images, regular contributor Alex Mustard and Wetpixel Editor Adam Hanlon discuss some of the techniques that can help provide underwater photographers with memorable images of these iconic and increasingly rare animals.
With many of us not being able to travel, we are turning to creating underwater imagery in our home locations. For those of us that live in temperate climes, this often involves shooting in somewhat limited visibility. In Wetpixel Live today, Adam and Alex chat through some thoughts and ideas about creating memorable images in less than ideal water conditions.
Wetpixel Editor Adam Hanlon and regular contributor Alex Mustard discuss the pros and cons of vacuum housing leak detection systems, along with some ideas about how to use and maintain them in the field.
Wetpixel Live strikes a more somber note today as Adam and Alex celebrate the photographic career of Jerry Greenberg, who passed away earlier this month in Florida. He had a career shooting underwater images for all the major magazines that spanned technologies from 2 1/4” film through to digital, and invented many of the techniques that we all now take for granted. Our thoughts go out to his family and friends.
Christmas has arrived early at the Mustard household with today’s delivery of a Nauticam EMWL lens system. Join Alex and Adam as they check out its components and discuss their plans for shooting it.
In this episode of Wetpixel Live, Alex and photogrammetry expert Simon Brown take a peek at some of Simon’s amazing images and discuss the potential uses for the technique, both creatively and scientifically.
On Wetpixel Live, Wetpixel Editor Adam Hanlon outlines how cameras achieve autofocus underwater and presents an argument that a camera’s ability to achieve autofocus is one of the most important criteria that should be considered when choosing a camera for underwater use.
Alex Mustard continues to discuss photogrammetry with underwater photography and expert Simon Brown on Wetpixel Live. In this episode, Simon discusses the tools needed to create these interesting and creative images and 3D models.