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Photography Articles

Sitting Pretty

Colourful nudibranchs make great subjects, but they can be trickier to shoot than you’d think, says underwater photographer Christian Skauge.

PhotoPro: British Seahorses

Alex Mustard gets to grips with the laws protecting seahorses in UK waters and their implications for the underwater photographer

PhotoPro: Inland and off camera

Alex Mustard exploits the reliable conditions of Capernwray to light a Volkswagen from the inside

PhotoPro: Ring of light

Winter weather doesn’t mean the end of photo thinking. Alex Mustard explains how to build a ring-flash for a tenner

PhotoPro: How to win underwater photo competitions

With the deadline for the British Underwater Image Festival (BUIF) approaching, judge Alex Mustard offers his top ten tips for succeeding in underwater photography competitions

PhotoPro: School of thought

This month, Alex Mustard elicits the advice of one of his photographic gurus as he considers the challenge of shooting schools of fish

Snapper School - The magic setting

Compact digi expert Paul Duxfield gives the low-down on the camera setting that can work magic with your underwater photographs

PhotoPro: Familiarity breeds creativity

DIY accessories and a familiar dive site can make your images stand out from the crowd. Alex Mustard explains why

PhotoPro: Capturing the Rays

If you’re suffering from digital burnout, Alex Mustard has a few tips for capturing the subtlety of the classic underwater sunburst

BSAC has just rolled out the Underwater Photography Skill Development Course, which is aimed at helping today’s generation of digi-compact camera owners. We asked a student and an instructor to evaluate their experiences on one of the pilot courses

Underwater photography - Capturing the Thistlegorm

It’s a perennial Red Sea favourite, but it’s not easy to get great snaps of the Thistlegorm in all its glory. Here’s Alex Mustard to show us how

PhotoPro: Pygmies and giants

Having done battle with backscatter, Alex Mustard addresses the controversial nature of digital photography, and gets some iconoclastic opinions from one of his heroes

PhotoPro: Backscatter elimination

As the UK season draws near, Alex Mustard shares a few secrets for dealing with one of underwater photography’s oldest enemies

BUIF Splash–In

The British Underwater Image Festival (BUIF) Splash in, organised by DIVE magazine and sponsored by Canon and Cameras Underwater, will take place on Saturday 16th May. All photographers visiting Dive Fest are invited to enter.