Out of the Blue

Your photography will evolve over time and your digital editing techniques should too. Learn some inside tips for Adobe Lightroom.

A diver swims overhead holding a camera

Photography of the Unseen

Certain marine critters are elusive and harder to photograph — not impossible. Learn the best photographic ideas, techniques and insights into methods for taking photos of these critters.

White frogfish pokes head out of corals. The frogfish looks like a head of cauliflower.

Blue Water

Blue-water photography takes place in water so deep, you never see the bottom. The environment is huge and you drift with the currents. In blue water, cutting-edge photography can occur.

Dive photographer photographs a rare black jelly with long, plush purple tail

Underwater Smartphone Photography

LIKE ANOTHER UNIVERSE, the underwater world is full of whimsical inhabitants, sinuous sharks, and huge mammals that have always fascinated people and probably always will. As a photographer, you enter […]

Gerald Nowak: Extreme Environments

Over the years I have often admired Gerald Nowak’s underwater photos. There is so little overlap between the markets available to European versus North American photographers, however, that I did not know the backstory of his career. A recent phone call rectified that.

Gerald Nowak

Henley Spiers – Turning Dreams to Reality

Explore the journey of Turning Dreams to Reality. Discover how Henley Spiers transformed his career from corporate to ocean adventure.

Orcas hunting

Photography for a Cause

Photographer John Weller who was the primary visual architect of Ross Sea conservation. Weller documented sea life around this Arctic location.

Cute penguins waddle on ice

Shooter: Roger Steene

Photographer Roger Steene shares his story about what got him into photography. Read more of Steene’s story.

Roger Steene wears a drysuit and holds a camera, while bobbing in the water

Shooter: Doug Perrine

Photographer Doug Perrine is an accomplished wildlife photographer who specializes in marine life. Read more about Perrine and how he got into diving.

Dolphins surf the waves in front of a rock facing

Shooter: Flip Nicklin

Flip Nicklin is an accomplished whale and underwater photographer. Read more about the career of Flip Nicklin.

Male humpback whale stares at camera