My Shot/s

Filip Blommaert · Issue 127, Jul/Aug 2022 · pp. 58–59

Products mentioned: Canon EOS 5D Mark IV, Canon 16-35mm lens, Nauticam NA5DIV, INON Z-330, Canon EF100mm f/2.8 macro, Canon Sigma 15mm, Ikelite dry-lock housing, Ikelite 161 strobes

My Shot This is an artistic underwater model shoot project and rather unusual in its concept. The creation of a team and the logistical setup was a challenge on its own. The outstanding performance of every player during the shoot made it a day I will never forget. I would like to present you the making-of and outcome of some art pieces of a unique photoshoot. The idea was to get a professional industrial helmet diver get a close encounter with some mermaids. In a way, that he, fully equipped with all his high tech equipment feels vulnerable towards these half-naked sea creatures. For this shoot, I was looking for this contrast. The shoot was done in an indoor dive-site in Beringen, Belgium. The exclusiveness of Todi-experience lies in the fact that it is a giant aquarium with more than two thousand fish swimming around. Max depth is twelve meters, (Thirty-five feet) and the water temper…