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Wetpixel Live: Amazing Underwater Modeling Techniques
Kimber and Ken Kiefer continue to discuss how they achieve their stunning images. Delving into more specifics, they talk about communications, safety divers, and gear set up. They then outline how they deal with cold and any potential issues with the creatures they encounter.
Wetpixel Live: Underwater Modeling Shoots
Adam chats to Ken and Kimber Kiefer about how they go about setting up and planning an underwater modeling shoot on Wetpixel Live. They discuss how they work together as a team, practice in their pool, and then apply the techniques and ideas they develop there to shoot in open water.
Issue 117 of Underwater Photography Magazine Available
Issue 117 of Underwater Photography (UwP) magazine is now available to download. It contains the winning underwater images from WPY 2020 and reviews the Retra Flash Pro, INON UWL-95 C24 & Dome Lens Unit III, INON UFL-G140 SD, and SD Front Mask for HERO5/6/7, E-PL10 Octo Housing, and the Chasing M2 and Qysea v6 ROVs. The technique article is about HMS Victory, and the location is Tamariu.
Wetpixel Live: Apps for Photo Editing
Guide: Diving Lolobau Island and the Fathers Reefs by Don Silcock
Don Silcock continues his amazing guide to the diving and photographic opportunities that abound in Papua New Guinea. Illustrated by his stunning imagery, the latest article discusses the Lolobau Island and the Fathers Reefs off the island of New Britain.
Call for Images: Historic Manta ID shots
Wetpixel member and contributor Burt Jones is appealing for “historical” image contributions to the Bird’s Head Seascape Manta ID database. Specifically, they are seeking images of mantas taken in Raja Ampat in 2009 or earlier. The database already has over 1400 identified individuals. While mantas are protected within Indonesia, they are not in all the countries of rhe coral triangle. By showing that they have large migratory patterns, this can be used to motivate governments to institute protections internationally.
Wetpixel Live: Guide to Fotosub Competitions
On Wetpixel Live, Wetpixel Editor Adam Hanlon and regular contributor Alex Mustard discuss the unique characteristics of Fotosub underwater photography contests. Sometimes known as Splash-Ins or Shootouts, these contests are a big feature of underwater imaging in some parts of the world, yet are often poorly understood and followed in English speaking countries.
Nauticam ships NA-EM10IV housing for Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark IV
Nauticam are shipping their aluminum housing for the Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark IV camera. Equipped with the N85 port system, it offers fiber-optic strobe triggering using the camera’s own flash. Th housing ships with stiffening brackets and a shutter release extension for use with (optional) trays.
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