Underwater Photography Articles & Tutorials

At UWPG we constantly publish new articles on all aspects of underwater photography and video. We cover macro, wide-angle, dive destinations, gear reviews, tutorials and techniques, post-processing, marine life, photo essays, dive adventures, dive travel tips and other useful info for underwater photography.

Packing Strategies for Traveling Photographers
By Mark Strickland, August 10, 2011
An approach to packing your checked and carry-on camera gear
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Using a Ring-Flash for Underwater Photography
By Bill Van Antwerp, August 8, 2011
An alternative to traditional underwater strobes for dSLR and compact cameras
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Photographing Underwater Textures & Designs
By Kevin Lee, August 4, 2011
Kevin Lee shares his amazing underwater images of the textures and designs created by Mother Nature.
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Shore Diving with a dSLR
By Michael Zeigler, August 3, 2011
An approach to accessing underwater photography from the shore
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Story Behind the Shot: Bettina Balnis
By Bettina Balnis, July 29, 2011
Bettina explains how she achieved this winning shot of two skeleton shrimp for the 2010 Ocean Art Photo Competition.
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Lessons on Copyright
By Bonnie Pelnar, July 21, 2011
Bonnie Pelnar shares important information about copyright, and what it means to you. This is the first part in a series.
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Indo-Pacific Critter Guide Gets Updated
By Scott Gietler, July 20, 2011
The Ultimate Indo-Pacific critter list and online field guide just got better, with dozens of new entries.
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Ultimate Guide to Canon 7D Underwater Settings
By Todd Winner, July 17, 2011
Tutorial to help underwater photographers get the most out of the Canon 7D
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Featured Artist: Cynthia Hankins
By Cynthia Hankins, June 30, 2011
Underwater photo artist Cynthia Hankins tells how she started selling her photos as a business.
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Anilao Shootout Winners 2011
By Scott Gietler, June 26, 2011
Winning photos from the May UWPG Anilao shootout competition.
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Compact Corner: Discovering Focus Check
By Brent Durand, June 21, 2011
A simple yet powerful tool for your underwater photography.
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Copyright, Trademark and Patent – The Difference
By Bonnie Pelnar, June 17, 2011
Bonnie Pelnar explains the difference between Copyright, Trademark and Patent in part 2 of a series
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Story of the Shot: Douglas Hoffman
By Michael Zeigler, June 15, 2011
Award-winning underwater photographer Douglas Hoffman shares his approach to capturing shark images.
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Underwater Photo Essay: Ambon, Indonesia
By Bill Van Antwerp, June 15, 2011
Underwater photographer Bill Van Antwerp shares his photos from the Maluku archipelago, Indonesia.
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Diving Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia
By Michael Zeigler & Jim Lyle, June 9, 2011
Jim Lyle and Michael Zeigler put together a guide to diving one of the most pristine reefs in the coral triangle.
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Dive Travel: Making a List
By Ridlon Kiphart, May 29, 2011
Dive Travel: The Importance of a List Make sure you have everything for your next underwater ...
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Conservation: Restoring Orange County's Kelp
By Nancy Caruso, May 22, 2011
Kelp Forest Conservation: Get Inspired! Orange County Ocean Restoration Project By Nancy ...
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ReefID: Share your Underwater Photography
By Michael Zeigler, May 16, 2011
ReefID: Share your Underwater Photography and Identify your Subjects A great new tool to enha...
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Seafari: First Annual Philippine Underwater
By Mike Bartick, May 14, 2011
First Annual Philippine Dive Seafari Event Underwater Photography helps shine the spotlight o...
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Introduction to Mirrorless Cameras for Underwater
By Scott Gietler, May 13, 2011
A Focus on Micro Four Thirds Cameras
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Epson World Shootout 2011
By Michael Zeigler, May 12, 2011
Epson World Shootout 2011 Underwater Photography Grand Prix   SHARE...
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Big Animal Encounter: Humpback Whales
By Marianne Kehr, May 10, 2011
Humpback Whales at the Socorro Islands An amazing underwater photography encounter with the giants o...
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Manta Ray Night Dive
By Scott Gietler, May 3, 2011
The ultimate underwater photography experience
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Lightroom 3 Adjustment Brush
By Todd Winner, April 1, 2011
Shooters Toolbox: Lightroom 3 Utilizing the adjustment brush Text and Photos by Todd Winner ...
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2011 Ocean Art Photo Competition
By Zig, March 14, 2011
Announcing the 2011 Ocean Art Photo Competition, brought to you by the Underwater Photography Guide.
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Diving Kenya
By Kevin Lee, March 7, 2011
Scuba Diving...Out of Africa A travel report of diving and underwater photography in Kenya Text and ...
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Ocean Art Wide-Angle Winner
By Phil Sokol, March 1, 2011
Wide-Angle Underwater Beauty An underwater photographer shares how he got the winning wide-an...
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Anilao Photo Essay
By Mike Bartick, February 17, 2011
Amazing underwater photography from Anilao.
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Story Behind the Shot: Diving the Shallow Waters
By Tony Cherbas, February 10, 2011
First place winner in the "Novice" category of our Ocean Art Contest, Tony Cherbas describes how he got his winning shot "Narcissus"
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Mouthbrooding Cardinalfish
By Vijay Raman, February 10, 2011
Mouthbrooding Cardinalfish How to photograph mouthbrooding behavior Underwater photography of mouthb...
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Supermacro with the New SubSee Diopter
By Scott Gietler, January 19, 2011
Tips on using a diopter, for compact and dSLR underwater shooters
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Story of the Shot: Keri Wilk
By Keri Wilk, January 9, 2011
Keri shares his experience capturing this amazing image.
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Batteries: Put to the Test
By Bill Van Antwerp, December 15, 2010
Determining the best batteries to use for your strobes
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An Interview with Seacam Founder, Harald Hordosch
By Scott Gietler, December 12, 2010
An Interview with SEACAM President Harald Hordosch By Scott Gietler     ...
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Lightroom Overview - Who and Why you should use
By Todd Winner, December 10, 2010
Who and why you should use Lightroom
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Diving Jeju Island, South Korea
By Kevin Lee, December 7, 2010
Diving Jeju Island, South Korea An underwater photographer visits the "Land of the Morni...
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Underwater Photography Tutorial - Canon G11, G12
By Stanley Bysshe, December 5, 2010
Underwater Photography Tutorial - Canon G11, G12
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Where and How to Photograph Basking Sharks
By Kirk Mottershead, December 5, 2010
Basking Shark Photography
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Russia's White Sea
By Eco-Photo Explorers, December 1, 2010
  Diving Russia’s High Arctic: Beneath the White Sea Underwater Photography while...
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Story of the Shot: Todd Winner
By Todd Winner, November 30, 2010
Todd describes how he captured this octopus and sunburst
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