Description
Capture the beauty of the underwater world and bring your dives home to share. This course introduces the equipment, techniques and diving practices that lead to great underwater images, from choosing and setting up a camera and housing to understanding how light, color and water behave at depth. You’ll learn practical skills like getting close to your subject, composing your shots, using natural light and strobes, and maintaining the excellent buoyancy that good photography demands, without disturbing the environment. Whether you shoot with a compact camera or a full rig, you’ll gain the fundamentals to take photos you’ll be proud to show off.
The SDI Underwater Photographer Diver Course is designed to introduce divers to the equipment, techniques and procedures necessary to take underwater photographs, and allow the student to experience and discuss many areas of interest to the underwater photographer.
Dives included: 2 open water dives.
Prerequisites
- SDI Open Water Scuba Diver or equivalent
- Minimum age 10 (Junior) / 18 (adult)
- Advanced Buoyancy Control recommended
- Complete a medical statement where relevant
What You Will Learn
- Camera and housing selection and setup
- How light, color, and water behave at depth
- Composition and getting close to subjects
- Using natural light and strobes/flash
- Buoyancy control for stable, low-impact shooting
- Basic post-dive image handling
Required Equipment
- Complete open-water scuba kit
- Underwater camera and housing
- Strobe/light (optional but recommended)
- Dive computer and good buoyancy setup
Course Requirements & Standards (SDI)
- Minimum of open-water training dives with an SDI Instructor
- Emphasis on buoyancy and low-impact photography
- Conducted within recreational limits
After This Course
Pairs naturally with Advanced Buoyancy Control, Night, and Marine Ecosystems Awareness.
