Alert Diver Category: Imaging

Certain studio photo techniques can lend themselves to underwater photography. Using the right lighting can highlight the details in certain sea critters — leading to breathtaking images.

While their journeys were each different, Allison Vitsky Sallmon and Andy Sallmon are passionate underwater photographers. Read more about their passions and how they met.

Award-winning underwater photographer Tony Wu had his ah-ha moment when photographing a sperm whale. Since that encounter, he transitioned to marine photography and has done a lot of work with whales since.

A successful split-shot image enables the viewer to see both above and under water. To compose a fantastic split, read these photo techniques from an expert.

Greg Lecoeur had an intense love of nature and the sea at an early age. He switched careers late in life and became an underwater photographer.

Becky Kagan Schott is an accomplished underwater photograph and videographer. She has won five Emmys for underwater camera work and has shot for National Geographic and the Travel Channel.

As part of the 2019 Nature’s Best Photography Windland Smith Rice International Awards annual competition, the Ocean Views category honors those photographers whose skill and creative vision have captured a frozen moment in time that can bring attention to both the bounty and fragility of the marine ecosystems found in and near our underwater world.

Capturing wide-angle images in nutrient-rich environments is one of the most valuable skills an underwater photographer can develop. Learn how to enhance those techniques.

Bob Talbot is an experienced still photographer and filmmaker — including work in the “Free Willy” movies. Read more about his journey to photography.