| When scuba diving, people would want to share the | | | | zooming, slowly creep up on the object that you are |
| underwater experience that they see with their | | | | filming instead. |
| friends and family. First, they begin by regaling | | | | Leave auto focus behind. When filming in an |
| coworkers and family members with story after | | | | underwater setting, there are many things that can |
| story of their underwater adventures. Then, they | | | | float into your field of vision and mess with your |
| start to take a snapshot or two. But still, the frozen | | | | auto focus. You might be filming your buddy playing |
| images that they bring back from the depths are | | | | with a stingray in the distance when an eel snakes |
| lacking. It is impossible to convey the agility and grace | | | | across your field of vision, auto focus picks up the |
| of a great white intent on prey or the delicate, jerky | | | | eel, and the whole effect that you were going for is |
| movements of a sea horse. And so they graduate to | | | | ruined. |
| underwater videography. It is through this medium | | | | Watch your angle. Strive to shoot your subject from |
| that they hopes to bring the sea to life for your | | | | a front and slightly underneath view. Since you |
| land-dwelling support group. | | | | cannot direct fish and marine life in the direction that |
| If this sounds familiar and you want to get started in | | | | you would like them to go, this requires a lot of |
| underwater videography, there are some things that | | | | sitting and waiting for your subject to come to you. |
| you need to know before you get started. While | | | | Avoid chasing fish, this only leads to spooked marine |
| shooting film underwater is similar to shooting video | | | | creatures and unsteady shots. |
| on dry land, the sea holds special challenges that you | | | | Use light. Proper lighting is an integral part of |
| need to be aware of. To improve your odds of | | | | underwater videography. Be sure to use plenty of |
| shooting an enjoyable video, follow these tips for | | | | light to sharpen your images and reflect brilliant colors. |
| underwater videography: | | | | Go for action. If you really want to wow your family |
| Stay Steady. Holding the camera steady while | | | | with your underwater videography skills, strive to |
| underwater is quite a challenge but one you must | | | | shoot action shots rather than marine life idly passing |
| master nonetheless unless you want to make your | | | | by. |
| audience sea sick. The only way you can master this | | | | The main component of becoming successful in |
| one is to practice, practice, practice. | | | | underwater videography is practice. If you shoot a |
| Forget zooming. Zooming in underwater videography | | | | lot of film, study what you've shot, and try to learn |
| should be avoided at all costs. This is because | | | | from your mistakes, you will find that your skills |
| suspended matter in the water can become | | | | improve with each dive. |
| magnified and result in a fuzzy image. Instead of | | | | |