Underwater Photography: Wide Angle
2h 42mIntermediate2016-11-14
Authors
Deke McClelland
Author, Educator, Image Editing and Graphic Design Expert
Hergen Spalink
Underwater Photographer
Course details
Forget landscape photography—it's time to try shooting seascapes. Wide-angle underwater photography enables you to capture the broad vistas of undersea life. In this course, Deke McClelland and master diver and professional underwater photographer Hergen Spalink take you below the surface to explore the creative options, gear, and techniques behind wide-angle underwater photography. Learn how to adjust strobe strength, aperture, and ISO with in-camera histograms; capture blended and contrasted images; expertly light underwater scenes; and distinguish your photos from the rest of the pack by capturing sunballs, rays of light, and over–unders. Plus, get an introduction to close-focus wide-angle techniques for producing even more attention-grabbing compositions.
Learning objectives
Wide-angle optics
Blending and contrasting exposure
Controlling exposure with aperture
Lighting underwater
Shooting on walls and slopes
Composing underwater shots
Capturing rays of sunlight
Going in for close focus
Post-processing in Lightroom
Learning objectives
Wide-angle optics
Blending and contrasting exposure
Controlling exposure with aperture
Lighting underwater
Shooting on walls and slopes
Composing underwater shots
Capturing rays of sunlight
Going in for close focus
Post-processing in Lightroom
Skills covered
Travel PhotographyLightroomPhotographyAdobeDeep Dive (X:Y)
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - Welcome
1. What Is Wide Angle
- 02 - Wide-angle underwater
- 03 - Wide-angle optics
- 04 - Wide-angle etiquette
2. Exposure
- 05 - In-camera histograms
- 06 - Strobes and the red channel
- 07 - Shutter speed and the blue channel
- 08 - Aperture and the RGB channels
- 09 - Blending or contrasting the exposure
- 10 - ISO and the RGB channels
3. Lighting
- 11 - Strobe distance rule
- 12 - Getting closer
- 13 - Avoiding backscatter
- 14 - Feathering the light
- 15 - Lighting from above
- 16 - Lighting a vertical shot
- 17 - Shooting on a wall
- 18 - Shooting on a slope
- 19 - Shooting with a single strobe
- 20 - Using a strobe diffuser
- 21 - White balance for strobes
4. Composition
- 22 - Bull's-eye or center frame
- 23 - The golden spiral
- 24 - The golden ratio
5. Special Techniques
- 25 - Advanced wide angle
- 26 - Exposing the sun
- 27 - Shooting sunballs
- 28 - Capturing rays of sunlight
- 29 - Shooting over-unders
- 30 - Close-focus wide angle
6. Post Processing
- 31 - Setting up your Lightroom workspaces
- 32 - Exposure and contrast in an underwater photo
- 33 - White balance and color in an underwater photo
- 34 - Advanced tools for developing underwater photos
Conclusion
- 35 - Next steps