Underwater Macro Photography: Thoughts and strategies for minimising our environmental impact

Alex Tattersall · Issue 91, Jul/Aug 2016 · pp. 37–44

Products mentioned: Nikon D7200, Nauticam housing, Nikon 105mm VR, Nauticam SMC

Digital underwater photography is still in its infancy yet along with the rapid advances in social media, the wealth of impressive underwater images is now breath-taking. By signing up to some of the numerous UW photography groups on social media networks, very quickly you will be exposed to a seemingly endless stream of simply stunning imagery. Furthermore, we need only to follow the development of UW competition winning images over the last ten years to appreciate how far the art has come in such a relatively short time. Unfortunately, this makes creating original and innovative imagery an increasing challenge, and in our small, obsessive world where many people want to develop a stand-out profile to self-promote and perhaps build an income stream, the challenges are obvious. If money is no object (or they are assigned on a professional budget), photographers can travel to relatively u…