This is how you take the best underwater photo
Tip 1: choose the right waterproof camera
For taking photos underwater, you need the right camera. Maybe you already have one at home. Almost all action cameras are suitable for this, because they're often waterproof up to 10m deep. With other models, you can capture images up to 30m deep. You can take them with you while diving in deeper waters. An underwater enclosure makes any action camera suitable for deeper waters. Do you prefer to take photos with a compact camera? There are a number of waterproof compact cameras available too.
Tip 2: provide sufficient light
The deeper you go into the water, the darker the environment becomes. Therefore, try to stay as close to the water surface as possible. Enough sunlight falls on your subject to take a well-exposed photo. If you are shooting with bright sunlight, make sure that you do not block the light but that you photograph with the light. Then your subject will be highlighted precisely.
Tip 3: use the flash
If you go diving and go deep into the water, it is advisable to use the flash during shooting. The images otherwise become very dark. In addition, a flash ensures that more color is captured in the shot. If you start flashing, make sure that you are shooting close to your subject. If there is a lot of water in between, you can see many of the floating particles in the water through the flash.
Tip 4: move as calmly as possible in the water
The more you move in the water, the more turbid the water becomes. You then have to wait until the water is clear before you can take a good photo. If you keep moving, you will have much less problems with this. A cloudy image can also arise due to the distance between the camera and the subject. If you shoot up close, you have little or no trouble with image-disrupting dust particles in the water.
Tip 5: take many photos in succession
If you want to capture the beautiful fish in the water, you don't have much time to take a photo. Fish startled quickly and immediately disappeared. It is therefore smart to take a number of photos in succession with the burst mode. In this way there is at least 1 good photo in between. Taking multiple photos is advisable anyway because you are less stable due to the water. This gives you more chance of motion blur in your photos.
