Underwater Digital Photography Gear Recommendations By Mauricio Handler

May 1, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Underwater Photography Gear Recommendations By Mauricio Handler

    Expert underwater photojournalist, Mauricio Handler, has an innovative approach to marine photography. He pairs years of experience, an innate creativity, and interesting shooting techniques with a variety of gear to master such beautiful shots. In the following article, Handler shares his gear recommendations to achieve beautiful underwater pictures. Underwater Gear: Housings, Cameras, Lighting and Brands Since 1987, Handler has been using Aquatica professional aluminum housings and Technical Lighting Control arms exclusively and has never had a reason for … [Continue reading…]

Underwater Fashion Photography Techniques with Cal Mero

April 23, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Underwater Fashion Photography Techniques with Cal Mero

  Photographer Cal Mero is best known for his innovative, creative, and flowing underwater fashion photographs. His images are extremely unique and he uses light in a masterful way to truly capture the fluid movements of his model beneath the surface of the water. In the following article, Mero shares the techniques he uses before, [...]

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An Interview with Professional Underwater Fashion Photographer Cal Mero

March 27, 2012 By 1 Comment
Under water Fashion Shot by Cal Mero

  From looking at the radiating photographs taken by Cal Mero, its hard to believe this underwater fashion photographer when he says his first 10,000 photographs were “terrible”. Mero first became interested in the art after he began to pursue the sport of scuba diving in his hometown of Melbourne, bringing with him an underwater [...]

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Environmental Statement by remarkable underwater digital photographer Mauricio Handler

January 3, 2012 By Leave a Comment
This is one of the most famous and recognizable underwater images of our times. The photo of me working underwater was taken by Brian Skerry.

  As a wildlife underwater photographer I have seen first hand the changes that have occurred and continue to transform our natural world, in particular our oceans, lakes and streams. The list is long and would take many pages to address. The highlights though are clearly the loss of coastal habitat and coral, the increase [...]

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Oskar Barnack Award International Photo Competition 2012

December 28, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Oskar Barnack Award International Photo Competition 2012

  Leica has announced that it will open its Oskar Barnack Award photo competition to submissions starting January 16th 2012. An international jury awards a prize to the photographer best able to capture and express the relationship between man and the environment in a sequence of 10-12 images, documented with contemporary, creative, unintrusive, and groundbreaking [...]

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Interview With Mauricio Handler: Underwater Photographer Shares His Passion

December 20, 2011 By 1 Comment
It was taken freediving and on the surface as two sailfish, male and female came to the waters surface. Nikon D3 w/ 17-35 mm lens and 2x Ikelite strobes.

What lies below the sea seems a mystery to many of us land dwellers. However, marine photojournalist, Mauricio Handler, does an incredible job of capturing the deep blue sea and shooting images of what occurs beneath the surface. He uses light in an incredible way to portray the creatures that live beneath the surface most [...]

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Underwater and Marine Photography Techniques with Mauricio Handler

December 6, 2011 By 2 Comments
This is a photo Mauricio Handler did of Nat GEO photographer Brian Skerrry in Izu Japan.

  Remarkable underwater and marine photographer, Mauricio Handler, is an expert at using lighting, composition, filters, and a variety of other techniques to capture incredible shots. He is one of the most talented underwater photographers in the world and has great insight of the techniques it takes to get a beautiful shot. In the following [...]

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Famous Underwater Digital Photographer, Marine photojournalist and Explorer: Mauricio Handler

November 29, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Mauricio Handler during a British Virgin Islands workshop. Note the early rig- a Mamiya RZ67 housed in an Aquatica Housing. Photo Credit: RAUL TOUZON

  With an addiction to jet fuel and a passion for adventure, Mauricio Handler created a career for himself in marine photojournalism. His photographs reveal mysteries that exist both above and below sea level, capturing the grace and beauty of marine life. Passionate about documenting life, landscapes, and peoples living close to any and all [...]

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Night Photography Gear Recommendation by Alister Benn

November 23, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Nikon D3x 14-24/2.8 90 images x 30s big moon, near full. One or two frames before full dark.

Night and nature photographer, Alister Benn, has mastered the ability to capture incredible shots using even the slightest amount of light available. His talent and innovation, when paired with a variety of gear he uses, create beautiful images. Below, he shares with us his detailed gear recommendation. Best Cameras and Brands for Night Photography When [...]

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