'Underwater Photography Art and Techniques' by Nick Robertson-Brown

Dan Bolt · Issue 77, Mar/Apr 2014 · pp. 70–71

Products mentioned: Underwater Photography Art and Techniques (book)

I always enjoy being asked to do a book review for UwP, because no matter how much I think I know about this underwater photography game there’s always a new approach, technique or idea I’ve not come across before and this new book from Nick Robertson-Brown doesn’t disappoint. Before cracking on with the review, I have to admit that I was slightly mis-led by the title: ‘Underwater Photography Art and Techniques’ (UPAT). This is not the fault of anyone or any thing, just my mis-interpretation of what that could mean. This is in fact a ‘generalist’ underwater photography book which covers everything from camera/housing selection, through learning about exposure and composition and ending with the obligatory chapter on post-processing. That’s not to say it’s a bad book, far from it, but I was looking forward to getting into some semi-esoteric philosophy about the subjective ‘art’ of underwa…