Doing the splits

Phil Rudin · Issue 115, Jul/Aug 2020 · pp. 35–41

As many of our loyal UwP readers may know I am normally reviewing photography equipment for the magazine but during the past three months COVID-19 has kept many of us out of the water and access to test equipment has shrunk. As a result I will shift my focus a bit to writing more about mastering different disciplines of underwater photography along with the equipment and techniques involved. I thought a great place to start would be at the surface with split shots which take us from the terrestrial world into the underwater world we all love so much. Splits allow us in some cases to identify the location in which we are photographing, to capture wildlife and human activity at or near the surface plus much more. Many splits, also called Over/ Under shots, are regularly awarded winners in a number of prestigious international photography contests held around the world. During the 2020 UPY …