Tips for Underwater Photography—Course Preview

When we go down to get our shot let's try to keep our fins up off the bottom so we don't kick up the visibility. And remember to take the animals on their own terms. Gotta give them their own space. Yeah. Cool. All right, let's do it. We out here photographing these manatees and swimming with them. You only need some basic knowledge of do's and don'ts. Things to do and the equipment doesn't have to be that complicated. Water particles and sand, any kind of debris in the water cuts down on your visibility. So you have to get close in order to get nice, crisp, sharp images. To be able to include the entire Manatee You got to have a wide angle lens. Ideally, you want to use something around 15 to 20 millimeters. Aperture priority with these digital cameras is the a way to go. Yeah. The less you have to mess with the better. I usually try to shoot about an F8. Manatees are big animals so you want a lot of depth and field to try to get as much in.