Capture the incredible beauty of fish coral and all manner of undersea wonders with underwater macro photography. Learn techniques for exposure, lighting, composition, and more.
Overview
Syllabus
Introduction
- Welcome
- Macro underwater
- Macro optics
- Macro ettiquette
- In-camera histograms
- Strobes and the red histogram
- Shutter speed and ambient light
- Aperture and overall exposure
- ISO and overall exposure
- Light and shadow
- Key and fill lighting
- Shadowless lighting
- Directional lighting
- Creative lighting
- Strobe distance rule
- Depth of field
- Critical focus
- Focus modes
- Focus light
- Composition basics
- Negative space
- Background strategies: Bokeh and black
- Capturing details: Macro within macro
- Strength in numbers
- Seeking good behavior
- Super macro
- Diopters and focal length
- Night diving
- Fluorescence
- Setting up your Lightroom workspaces
- Exposure and contrast corrections
- White balance and color correction
- Advanced post processing
- Next steps
Taught by
Deke McClelland and Hergen Spalink
