Photography

Be The Champ! – The Spread

Seagrass meadows are regularly overlooked by underwater photographers for the steadier supply of subjects provided by coral reefs. Read more...

Be The Champ! – Seagrass Beds

Continuing his ‘fieldcraft’ mini-series, ALEX MUSTARD turns his attention to a habitat too easily overlooked by divers – seagrass beds. Read more...

Underwater photographer NICHOLAS MORE has become associated with motion-blur images, and has a number of awards to show that he has become a master of the technique. Here he shares some of his secrets… Read more...

Be The Champ! – The Spread

Anemonefish are great subjects, but so are anemonefish eggs and the parental behaviours that they evoke. Read more...

The pay-off from Workshopping

Are photo-workshops in exotic locations worth the effort? Two trips in, NATASHA ROBINSON has the results to show. Read more...

In search of the best underwater photo-editing Apps

Which are the best value-for-money apps for editing your underwater photos? CHARLIE THISBY compares five contenders. Read more...

Be The Champ! – Photographing Anemonefish

If you know the term ‘field craft’ from topside photography or spy novels, here’s how it applies to anemonefish. Read more...

A Shot in the Dark

Where once divers studied reef- or bottom-dwelling lifeforms, with the odd glance into the blue in hopes of spotting passing pelagics, on a blackwater dive you explore by night in open ocean. Read more...

Be The Champ! – The Spread

"How many teeth has a crocodile got?” goes the old joke. “Who knows – nobody has ever hung around long enough to count them!” Read more...

Akaso EK7000 Pro

I hadn’t heard of Akaso before the 7000 landed on my doormat, but on the strength of this £77 offering I’m impressed. Read more...

Be The Champ! – Cuba

If you thought the Jardines de la Reina was all about winning shark shots, it’s time for a rethink. Read more...

Be The Champ! – The Spread

Palau’s jellyfish lake has been closed to visitors for the past few years to allow the population of jellies to recover, after unusually hot weather in 2016 severely reduced their numbers. Read more...

People Who Need People

Human beings are big animals, of course, but for a long time RICHARD ASPINALL considered other divers more of a nuisance than a photo-opportunity. 'I was wrong!' he admits now Read more...

Be The Champ! – Misool

The Micronesian destination of Palau opens up big vistas for divers lucky enough to get there. Read more...

Light Show

MELISSA HOBSON wasn’t sure what to expect on her first fluo night-dive in Madagascar, but she was anticipating fireworks. Read more...

Adventures in Ringflection

HENLEY SPIERS was looking for a new challenge in underwater photography, and his quest began in a hardware store. Read more...

Be The Champ! – The Spread

Daylight

DIVER’s freediving consultant Marcus Greatwood had been trying to capture the spectacular image below for some time. Read more...

Every One’s a Winner

An image capturing the exact moment a pack of grey reef sharks catch and devour a parrotfish has seen British photographer Richard Barnden named Underwater Photographer of the Year 2019. Read more...

Be The Champ! – Palau

The Micronesian destination of Palau opens up big vistas for divers lucky enough to get there. Read more...

Ocean Art

It’s one of the landmark annual photographic competitions – here are the striking winners of the Underwater Photography Guide’s high-value-prize event. Read more...

Be The Champ! – The Spread

Marine Iguanas are found only in Galapagos. For many photographers they are top of the list. Read more...

Shooting Nemo

What makes clownfish such excellent photographic subjects? The answer is in their host anemones – and in biology. Read more...

Be The Champ! – Galapagos

When underwater photographers find themselves in one of the world’s richest magnets for big marine-life, the question is how to use all those precious moments to best effect. Read more...

James Set Free

FREE DIVER James Set Free JAMES MONNINGTON, freediver, marine biologist, photographer and ex-scuba-diver, talks about his black-and-white view of ...
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Humaneyes Vuze+ 3D

Most of the products we test these days are improved versions of existing products, and if they’re not, there’s usually a good reason why nobody has brought them to market before. Read more...