Photography : Capturing Moments, Underwater!
I think as parents, we naturally will capture moments spent with the children.
Especially their precious growing up moments.
All this while I have always captured them ON LAND though.
Until recently, when we got ourselves this waterproof camera!
SO EXCITED!
You see, I’ve always wanted to take photos UNDERWATER!
I want to capture the happenings, faces and moments that many generally can’t capture (simply because our cameras are mostly not waterproof ones)
(Psst … I even thought of the possibility of putting my Canon Powershot S90 into a plastic bag and just slowly dip it in the swimming pool or something! Haha. Good thing I never actually got around to testing it out!)
So anyway.
I’ve been experimenting with this camera – Nikon Coolpix AW100!
(Read its review HERE)
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Here are a few things I discover about taking photos underwater :
– It’s harder! Especially when you’re taking photos of kids, because they obviously can’t stay still and hold their breath underwater for too long
– It’s best if I go underwater myself when taking the photos =) All the shots in this post were taken by me, squatting by the poolside!
And here are two things I want to experiment on soon:
– Taking photos on bright afternoons so I get lots of sunlight in the water. I’m sure it’ll give a different kind of look and feel
(photo above was taken one late afternoon. No direct sunlight)
– Get more close up shots! Faces somehow just look ‘funny’ underwater, I must admit =) So, it’ll be even more precious to capture those looks!
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Have you ever taken photos underwater? Any photos or links to share?
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The AW100 is cool. As a Nikon user, I’ve wanted to get that, but the price was quite steep (although I know it’s worth it). I instead got an older Lumix FT-10. It does the job of underwater photography quite well. 🙂
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Oh, that shot turned out well! Thanks for sharing the link!
I’ve seen ‘amateur’ underwater shots on the internet and they turn out nice and clear … Which got me thinking, I’m not sure if it’s the pool’s water here, or it’s my camera’s ‘limitation’, coz I’m finding it hard to get ‘sharp and clear’ photos in the pool (unless the object is really close!).
Hmm, perhaps it’s the pool water that’s somewhat ‘clouded’ =)
I just recently started taking photos underwater with my iphone in “Ziploc” double lock sandwich bags(air has to be sucked out or it gets blurry)^^ Dont use cheap imitation ziplocs as water somehow still seeps into it. instead of having a waterproof casing for my iphone was too costly. And anyways, i can keep doing this even if I change phones. :p the underwater photo can be seen on my facebook. btw, i havent tried this at the beach yet
Oh, so you did try it with a ziplock! Wow!
You’ve got thousands of pics on your FB albums though =) Just browsed through the names of the albums, can’t quite tell where they’re are to be found =)
Can help and point out the ‘album name’ where these shots are shared? Thanks Nam!
Hehehe lots of albums and photos huh. Anyway this is the link to one of the photos I took underwater with an iPhone ^^ http://tadaa.im/UBJBC
hehe … really, not bad!! iphone + ziplock work! =D
Nice quality images! What is the cost of the camera?
Thanks DC.
We got it for S$420 (with lots of other freebies thrown in =)
Hey Leonny cool pics! Underwater pics are so fun. I had an old one a loooooooong time ago. You’ve just tickled my interest again!
Go go go, Adora! =D Look fwd to seeing splashy underwater shots on your blog! =D