Photography
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...
Be The Champ! – Young Sea-lions
Young sea-lions make for potentially prize-winning subjects, says ALEX MUSTARD but the energy, speed and manoeuvrability Read more...
Strobeless Manatees
Last month’s column covered photographing manatees while under the US Fish And Wildlife Service’s regulations. As explained Read more...
Imagine Messi Teaching You To Play Football
Not all ‘pro’ photo workshops are the same – on some you just pay and hope. But what’s it like learning to get the best from Read more...
Shoot-out In Anilao
What is it like to have more than 300 muck-divers bothering the critters for several days during a prestigious underwater photographic Read more...
And The Winners Are
A panoramic photograph of British World War II military vehicles deep inside the Thistlegorm wreck has seen German photographer Read more...
Be The Champ
Those who have yet to meet a manatee in person may fail to see the attraction, but few who have had that experience have Read more...
Be The Champ!
With his 2014 DIVER article I-SPY the Thistlegorm, in a Whole New Light, ALEX MUSTARD transformed the way in which Read more...
Be The Champ!
It’s an experience unlike any other in scuba-diving, and needs to be reflected in your photography in all its vertical glory Read more...
Be The Champ!
As ALEX MUSTARD points out, you don’t see the sort of images that appear on this spread too often in magazines such as DIVER Read more...
Be The Champ!
In last month’s column on producing photos of contest-winning standard, ALEX MUSTARD looked at schools of fish. Read more...
Be The Champ!
It’s drummed into us to get close to our subjects, but all that goes out of the window when it comes to photographing Read more...
Be The Champ!
This month marks a significant landmark, as ALEX MUSTARD presents the 60th in this series on taking potentially prize-winning Read more...
Cenotes formations
A British WW2 BSA M20 motorbike on the upper deck, port side of the Thistlegorm’s hold 2, is backlit with two strobes. Read more...
