Parting Shots

Alex Mustard & Dan Bolt · Issue 94, Jan/Feb 2017 · pp. 68–69

Products mentioned: Nikon D5, Nikonos 13mm fisheye, Subal ND5 housing, Inon Z240 strobes, Carl Zeiss underwater corrector port, Olympus OM-D E-M1, Aquatica AE-M1, Olympus 12-50mm lens, Subsee +10, Sea & Sea YS-D1

Parting Shot 1 Babies are a popular subject for underwater photography. Many photographers earn good money shooting baby swimming lessons in the pool, in fact, it has long been recognised as one of few profitable avenues in our field. By far the best know water baby photo is on the cover of Nirvana’s seminal album Nevermind, certainly amongst 40 somethings now, who were full of teen spirit at the time of its release. Although, I suspect most underwater shooters wouldn’t be able to name the photographer (Kirk Weddle) who took that classic image, I know I can’t without the help of Google. My daughter Isabella was born in June and we have been doing baby swimming lessons with her in the pool in England. These are mainly aimed at teaching the parents how to introduce babies to the water in a safe way, as well as having a qualified teacher check her submergence reflex before we start dipping …