Photo Tip – Using Your Smartphone’s Camera Abilities
Feb 28, 2025
By Tobias Friedrich Using all of the available features of your camera or phone will result in better images of your dive as well. For instance, it’s always a good idea to use the different lenses of your phone correctly for the particular subj.. Read More
Landfall – The Marquesas, Paradise at Last (#6)
Feb 27, 2025
16 June 2002 – 10° 30S / 128° 32W Land Ho! Marquesas Rebecca spots land, 19-days out of the Galapagos [An excerpt from Carl’s Log] We spotted Fatu Hiva, Marquesas at 0930 local time. Islands first appear as an indistinct gra.. Read More
Photo Hints – White Balance for Shallow Encounters
Feb 21, 2025
By Tobias Friedrich For shallow encounters with marine animals like this Sperm Whale, you can easily setup your SeaLife Micro 3.0 to shallow white balance or even surface white balance. Setting it to “Underwater Deep” would show too much .. Read More
Underway, Journey toward the Marquesas (#5)
Feb 13, 2025
6 June 06 22S / 111 51W. We’re more or less halfway there and all is well on-board. Stories to follow if I can pry Rebecca’s computer away from here during daylight hours. Don’t know if I reported mine has a keyboard problem a.. Read More
Photo Hint – Capturing Amazing Whale Photos
Feb 07, 2025
By Tobias Friedrich Encounters with Sperm Whales are awesome and rare. That’s why we want to capture the moment as best as possible with our cameras. Even though cameras are very fast nowadays and can capture many images one after another, it&r.. Read More
Underway, the South Pacific Bekons and a Dream of a Lifetime begins (#4)
Feb 06, 2025
29 May – Underway to the Marquesas 02 22S / 092 37 W A large swell started curving into the anchorage off the tiny town of Puerto Villamil, Galapagos. The small anchorage, inside the broken rim of a small volcano top, was fairly crowded. .. Read More
I Think My Drysuit is Leaking
Feb 04, 2025
Draining the Water From Her Suit in Antarctica (Photo courtesy of Marc Nahmias) So you think you are having a difficult day? Jesse Cancelmo was recently in photographing and diving in Antarctica and he relayed a story to us… “One of the .. Read More
Photo Hint – Keep Alert, Position Yourself for the Best Shot
Jan 31, 2025
By Tobias Friedrich Being alert and focused underwater not only adds safety and wellbeing to your dive, but also gives you the best results with your underwater camera. When you can see an animal or a school of fish early or in the distance, you can .. Read More
Photo Hint – Composition for Oceanic Mantas
Jan 24, 2025
By Tobias Friedrich Capturing Oceanic Mantas with a camera is something really special. Sometimes the Mantas swim in a very nice formation together, and you’ll want to be ready and press the shutter at the right moment, especially when the form.. Read More
