Pro shooting

Paul Kay · Issue 10, Dec/Jan 2002 · pp. 31–34

Products mentioned: Nikon D1x, Nikon F100, Subal housing, 17~35 AFS Nikkor, Nikon SB105 strobes, Inon ttl sensor, Ultralight strobe arms, TLC strobe arms, Fuji Provia III, Kowalski light

In the UK we currently have some of the most draconian legislation covering diving for profit. The emphasis on safety has taken many twists and turns and has resulted in a myriad of strange, sometimes contradictory, difficult to implement and often worrying rules. Indeed there are many who believe that the regulations now governing commercial diving simply work on the premise that divers are safest not going in the water! A typical example of the ‘overkill’ required under the current legislation is shown by an assignment that I recently undertook. This was to provide publicity photographs for Exploris, an aquarium and seal sanctuary run by County Down Council in Northern Ireland. Apart from anything else, this was an interesting job because the vast majority of photographs were taken using the Nikon D1x camera which produced images of appropriate quality, and which could easily be utilis…