Photography

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...

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...

Be The Champ! – The Spread

Open-apeture shooting is useful for more than just re-creating Martin Schoeller style fish faces. Read more...

Be The Champ! – Ultra Narrow Field of Focus

Young sea-lions make for potentially prize-winning subjects, says ALEX MUSTARD but the energy, speed and manoeuvrability. Read more...

Be The Champ! – The Spread

The classic Nikonos viewfinder cameras that dominated underwater photography from the 1960s to the 1990s. Read more...

Snoots not just for Macro

The snoot provides a means of getting some variety into your underwater photographs, but Susannah H Snowden-Smith Read more...

Wildlife Wonder

The first of the 100 shortlisted images for the Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2018 were revealed at the start of September. Read more...

Be The Champ!

Not so much a camera, more a way of life – that was the Nikonos. Read more...

Be The Champ! – The Spread

Manta Rays are such a graphic shape, it’s no surprise that they feature on everything from dive T-shirts to tattoos. Read more...

The Shootout – Lembeh Resort vs. Gulen Dive Resort

The live-streamed warmwater v coldwater photographic battle recommenced in June – and the outcome went down to the wire. Read more...

Be The Champ!

How best to capture images of one of the ocean’s most emblematic animals? For this month’s Shark & Ray Special issue, ALEX MUSTARD zeroes in on manta and devil rays – and the importance of group discipline Read more...

Be The Champ! – The Spread

Sea-lions are constantly in motion. In fact, I’m convinced they enjoy demonstrating their acrobatic superiority of the underwater world to divers Read more...